I was unconvinced we would use one much as we rarely have fried food but OH, spurred on by his brother was very keen.
Having decided on what features were important to us, e.g. it had to be see through so we could tell when things were ready without opening it, not too enormous as we have a small kitchen, front opening like a microwave and able to cook a small joint or chicken. That left us with a very small choice of appliances, all extremely expensive.
I suggested we buy one second hand to experiment and resell if we didn’t find we used it enough. Once we were experienced if we liked it we could buy one with the features we found useful and resell the first one.
Patience on Gumtree paid off just over a week ago when we found a Russell Hobbs Express Airfry Mini oven for £45.
I have left it up to OH to use it and so far he is really pleased. We haven’t used it to fry anything yet but as an oven it heats up really quickly and cooks in half the time. We can use our smaller casserole and pie dishes and view progress without losing heat. The only negative so far is that the oven surface gets warm, I thought it would be better insulated but it heats the kitchen I suppose.
OH is still pleased and enthusiastic, long may that continue.
