Air fryers-are they worth it?

Bought an air fryer to replace my defunct halogen. I really wish I'd gone for another halogen. Prefer the shape and being able to see the food as its cooking.

I don't like my air fryer, I've given it a good go, not for me.

I had halogen ovens and did find their use very easy. However, whereas the large glass bowl was easy to keep clean, I found that the area round the element in the lid totally impossible to clean. Fat, obviously, splattered up into that area. Hinged lid meant it was not removable for cleaning (and even the earlier one I had without a hinged lid proved just as impossible to clean).

Because of this I did not bring this item with me when i moved into a flat with a much smaller kitchen. With rthe airfryer I use silicone liners inthe drawer and it is all so very easy to clean after each use.

I commenced with a 'compact' airfryer, which has now been passed on to one of my student g.children). With that I discovered how very easy and useful this gadget is in my kitchen and now have a one with a much larger drawer.

I wouldn't be without mine. I only use my regular oven occasionally, for things in large rectangular trays .

I also would not be without my halogen oven

Elegran

The other thing that isn't obvious is that a counter-top halogen oven does a similar job to an air fryer, but is a different shape. It is round instead of rectangular, the element is in the hinge-up lid, and the body is see-through, so you can see how your food is getting on without pulling out a drawer, and the large round body of toughened glass takes round containers.

I wouldn’t be without my halogen oven. Bought it when they were cheap as chips in Aldi and use it three or four times a week.

Thanks to that and my King Pro electric pressure/slow cooker, I haven’t used my oven in ages.

The other thing that isn't obvious is that a counter-top halogen oven does a similar job to an air fryer, but is a different shape. It is round instead of rectangular, the element is in the hinge-up lid, and the body is see-through, so you can see how your food is getting on without pulling out a drawer, and the large round body of toughened glass takes round containers.