Another success for the Airfryer.

I love my air fryer. It’s ideal for me living on my own. The rotisserie chicken I did was excellent. I’ve done a fruit cake, too.
I realised yesterday (!) that I haven’t been reducing the temperature to fan oven levels, which goes a long way to explaining why some things have been slightly ‘over’.
I’m sure I read in the accompanying booklet that they didn’t recommend cooking sausages in it. Are they OK in there or is there a lot of spattering?

Has anyone found a decent cookery book for the 2 drawer Ninja model? There are some recipes online, but the cookery books that I've found all seem to have had terrible reviews. We've had our 2 drawer Ninja for about 2 weeks now and finding it very good for cooking meals for 2 - corn on the cob for lunch today; have also done roast chicken joints, meatballs, slices of pizza, salmon etc. Still use hob for things like bol sauce or curry (probably should use slow cooker) and oven for batch baking. But definitely using oven less, and more efficiently when it is on. Very easy to keep Ninja 2 drawer clean - much easier than cleaning oven.

I have one I bought a couple of years ago, never used it. Hope to try soon (if it still works ?). I cooked a piece of pork in my slow cooker and only put it in the oven with the roasties and to crisp the crackling. It was lovely, going to try the same with chicken on Sunday ?

I’ve recently bought the Ninja two drawer model and so far I’m very happy with it. My only question is, what’s difference between the settings? Air fry, roast, bake, dehydrate, super crisp. I’ve tried them all except dehydrate and not sure what the difference is. I suspect one setting would do everything as long as you can adjust the temperature.

This thread has totally amazed me.

For some reason I thought these would be super simple to use.
I cook nearly everything from scratch.. are they actually any use for me I wonder? I was on the brink of buying one but don't feel I want to learn a whole new way of doing things really.

Should I bother?

I've had a Cosori airfryer for about 2 years but hardly used it except for the likes of chips for the first year because the American recipes in the Cosori book were so offputting. Then I screwed up my courage and have very successfully cooked a whole chicken, baked potatoes, sausages, salmon, hard boiled eggs, and have recently used it for heating up ready meals. I definitely wouldn't be without it and am trying to work towards rarely using the oven. Salmon and sausages alone are worth the expense!

Depending on the size of your air fryer don't overload it. That's what I found with my sweet potato fries and frozen oven chips. Also give it a good shake, like our Mums did the chip pan, a couple of times. Or even turn them over.

I bought a small one when I was having trouble getting calor propane for my cooker. I have only used oven once since then... I do wish that I had bought a bigger one even though there is just me.

Danma, B and M have them here in the fens, east anglia, half price. T
We use ours on a regular basis, they are very easy to keep clean.
I wash them by hand, not sure if they can go in the dishwasher.

Willow68

I cook everyone mine. Eggs hard boiled, well not boiled haha I do pizza and baked eggs with mushrooms and onions, quiches just everything. I often put stuff in tin foil and wrap it, such as veg and noodles with chicken breast … beat thing I ever purchased. I have the ninja 15 in 1 now, and it’s worth every penny. It’s better than I ever expected.

Everything not everyone ?

I cook everyone mine. Eggs hard boiled, well not boiled haha I do pizza and baked eggs with mushrooms and onions, quiches just everything. I often put stuff in tin foil and wrap it, such as veg and noodles with chicken breast … beat thing I ever purchased. I have the ninja 15 in 1 now, and it’s worth every penny. It’s better than I ever expected.

missdeke

I have a very small kitchen with very little worktop space so have hummed and haahed a lot about getting an airfryer. First question is are they easy to clean without a dishwasher, second question, are they very heavy. Thanks.

I imagine the different types vary in terms of your questions. I have a Tower Airfryer, which weighs about 3 kg - but I don’t move it about - it sits on the worktop. I haven’t got a dishwasher - this model is easy to wash by hand. It cost about £48 from Amazon.

Has anyone used a pie maker? I'm contemplating getting one, the type that cooks two pies at a time. Yet another device that could cut down the need for the oven. I have a combination slow cooker/pressure cooker and an air fryer.

I’m desperately trying to buy a large air fryer but they’re like rocking horse droppings at the moment.
If anyone know where I could get one ….. ?

I’m still trying to incorporate the Instant Pot into my cooking before getting an air fryer.

I still don’t get on with it as well as my old-fashioned stove top pressure cooker!

My mum was a great slow-cooker user and one of the main thing she always did was hot stock to get it going, never take lid off when in use this adds 1 hour to cooking time every you do

I have a very small kitchen with very little worktop space so have hummed and haahed a lot about getting an airfryer. First question is are they easy to clean without a dishwasher, second question, are they very heavy. Thanks.

I use my small appliances now hardly ever using the oven
Small reminder:
Check you've not left anything in the oven on a tray etc.
I've just found some mummified stuff I forgot
Oh the shame!

I've had an electric pressure cooker for about 7yrs and I bought an air fryer oven (shelves not basket) just over a year ago. Between these two appliances and my microwave I've not used my main oven in well over a year, I'm inclined to say that it's more likely that I've used it 3 times in as many years.

dragonfly46

Another warning with Ninjas is that they can suddenly give an Error code which means it has died. This usually happens when they are just out of guarantee.

I bought mine from John Lewis, same price as other places but JL give a two year guarantee so if mine does give up after a year, I’m covered!

It’s worth looking at Lakeland for electrical items as I recently bought a food processor with a three year guarantee, even better than JL, and again the same price elsewhere.

Another warning with Ninjas is that they can suddenly give an Error code which means it has died. This usually happens when they are just out of guarantee.

Mine is the very simplest Ninja.
It only has four functions, airfryer, roast, reheat and dehydrate.
I will never use the latter and so far haven’t used roast.
It is mainly airfryer and worth the cost to me.
I mostly cook for myself and my GD cooks during the week for herself.
I use it for chicken breasts. Salmon fillets, chops, sausages etc, single things which cook beautifully in minutes.
A larger multifunction one would be too much , I don’t need that.
They will soon be 25 functions in one pot and a degree in logistics to be able to use them.

Thank you Jaxjacky you have brought me down to Earth.
Air fryers do sound very tempting, but like you I have a slow cooker, and microwave, also a pressure cooker, three types of oven (big, small and slow) and also a soup maker.
Enough is enough - I could spend a fortune “saving money”.

I’ve sent my ninja 9 in 1 back unused. I think I got a bit caught up in the ‘must have’ but on closer analysis I’ve realised it would rarely be used.
We have two slow cookers, a microwave, rarely eat chips, pies, ready prepped food or bake, our main meal is cooked from scratch.
I’ll just use the slow cooker more than I do now and make more use of the microwave.

Having read the tips I must have another go with mine. In the winter I did find the pressure cooker function very useful especially for soup made with chicken carcass.