Could we get rid of ovens?

It strikes me that by the time you have got all the other appliances and presumably you need a big kitchen as they all require work surface space. The whole thing becomes so complicated that it is simpler to use an ordinary everyday cooker, where all your cooking requirements are met by one appliance.

M0nica

How on earth do you roast a 15lb turkey in an airfryer?

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In small pieces very slowly!

M0nica

It strikes me that by the time you have got all the other appliances and presumably you need a big kitchen as they all require work surface space. The whole thing becomes so complicated that it is simpler to use an ordinary everyday cooker, where all your cooking requirements are met by one appliance.

Yes.

I wanted an icecream maker but DH said "Not another appliance!"
The bread maker stopped working, the food processor is in a cupboard (used sometimes) as is the slow cooker, juicer comes out if DD is home, the mixer is out on the worktop but DGD and I used a mixing bowl and wooden spoons to make cakes last week - baked in the oven.

I use my oven quite a bit, so wouldn't want to do without. I have a small countertop toaster/oven, but it takes up a bit of space, so we keep it in a storage room and take out when needed. I do not own an airfryer, and don't really have the desire for another item on the countertop.

I have a Ninja but prefer my oven for most things.

Come to think of it - I hardly use my oven. It’s my hob that gets used. I don’t bake. I don’t do a Sunday Roast like I used to.
So really, I don’t particularly need an oven.

last night we had a pasta bake for supper. Once made and in a bowl I put cheese and breadcrumbs on it and popped it in the oven for 10 minutes. I cannot get it under the grill in my current cooker. I love cheesy crispy bits on top of made dishes.

M0nica

last night we had a pasta bake for supper. Once made and in a bowl I put cheese and breadcrumbs on it and popped it in the oven for 10 minutes. I cannot get it under the grill in my current cooker. I love cheesy crispy bits on top of made dishes.

Those crispy cheesy bits are the best bit, to me.
After cheese on toast has been made, I'm the one scraping off and eating any lovely golden bits of cheese that have fallen or run off the toast into the grill pan. Mmmm!

@Marsha 4 x jacket spuds in microwave for 8 mins (give them a fork stab). Take out and spray with oil and add salt and airfry for 10 ish mins for crispy skins.

Since I have lived alone for the past thirty four years I have only had a mini oven. Make bread and cakesetc. Since I have been unstable on my legs I have managed with a microwave , the mini oven and slow cooker and cook everything from scratch. Cannot be bothered to try all these new gadgets.

I don't have a full sized oven, just a very good combi microwave oven (big enough to cook a small turkey) and a Ninja Foodi - the best crispy bacon ever, with no smoke or splatters.
The microwave grills, bakes and roasts, the Ninja roasts, bakes, grills, makes yoghurt and is also a pressure cooker.

I’ve got a ninja 15-1 a ninja soup maker that does loads of things and a single plate hot plate don’t have a oven and don’t need one lol much cheaper with my ninjas

My oven is my ‘friend’. I love baking of all sorts, and have never had a microwave.

I don't have an oven, I do have a 2 ring hotplate, needed to cook veg or to boil an egg. I have a combi microwave and I did have an air fryer but just changed this to a Ninja multi cook which can, bake, roast steam, dehydrate, slow cook, pressure cook and more all in one machine.

Marydoll, I bought a Ninja foodi 14-1 last month, I love it but the one thing I want to know is how you clean it as it is all enclosed

I will get back to you. My daughter knows the answer!

I would never dream of getting rid of my oven!

We had an air fryer and disliked it, so it went to the charity shop.

I am saving by making the whole meal in the oven if it is to be on. Roast plus roast potatoes, a casserolle with everything in it, vegetables warmed in the oven for the last five minutes or so, if they are tinned.

I have a Sage Airfryer type mini oven. It's brilliant. When it's just DH and me, we have no need use the big oven. It will take a large chicken, no problem.

Beanutz2115

Marydoll, I bought a Ninja foodi 14-1 last month, I love it but the one thing I want to know is how you clean it as it is all enclosed

If you mean how to clean the element, you can put a dishwasher tab in the pot with water and set it to steam.

If it's not too dirty, steaming with some bicarb and lemon juice will do the same job less violently.

Love my airfryer but also use the ovens for baking (both ovens are now 'on the blink' so I am thinking hard whether to replace them - or not).

I have not successfully baked in the airfryer: could someone please advise the secret of successful baking in it?

I tried baking a ginger cake and turned the temperature right down (as I thought was recommended) but the blessed thing took hours to cook.

Do you follow your normal recipe temperatures using the airfryer or adjust them?

If the latter, is there a rule of thumb to follow?

Many thanks if you can help!

I have quite a big airfryer with lots of functions and I love it. I use it for everyday meals for two of us but typically you have to cook in two parts, say roast potatoes then chicken joints as they need different times/temperatures.
However if you want to do a complicated meal for more people an oven is essential. You can't cook it all at once and couldn't keep the separate parts on hold for roast beef and all the trimmings for example.
Also even my large airfryer couldn't take a full sized pizza, and it will only take a 1.2kg chicken if it's spatchcocked.
I think that an airfryer would be great instead of an oven if you don't cook much though, for someone like a student in a bedsit or an older person in sheltered accommodation where most meals are provided.
It cooks scampi and chips brilliantly!

Nope. Never had an AirFryer, and only had a microwave when we lived in the States, and it came with the place we rented.
I use our oven daily.

Candelle, the advice is to reduce both the temperature and the cooking time by 25%.

doodledog Doesn't the steam function need the steam lid? How do you steam the air fryer lid please? Mine is a bit mucky behind the element.

Use my oven once a month to batch bake. The rest of the time, airfryer, micro, and three compartment Morphy Richards steamer hob for egg dishes and stir-fry