Philips Airfryer - anyone have?

[Romeo_RX]

How essential is it to preheat? For example, if the instructions on a pack of chips says “preheat for 5min at 200”, is it really necessary?

I know instructions for cooking times are suggestions, as with ovens and microwaves it differs between models and you have to learn how yours work…but I’ve read a couple of times that preheat is not really necessary with air fryers, so hence me asking the question.

Philips, not necessary at all.

 

[bwana]

How essential is it to preheat? For example, if the instructions on a pack of chips says “preheat for 5min at 200”, is it really necessary?

I know instructions for cooking times are suggestions, as with ovens and microwaves it differs between models and you have to learn how yours work…but I’ve read a couple of times that preheat is not really necessary with air fryers, so hence me asking the question.

Philips typically recommends preheating for most things but I don’t think it’s really necessary.

 

[Heisenborg]

Air fryer with a lining at the bottom is just an oven on steroids.

It works. But not the meta

 

[Romeo_RX]

Air fryer with a lining at the bottom is just an oven on steroids.

It works. But not the meta

It covers the starfish. Without the rune, you don’t get the magic.

 

[InvisibleJim]

They are all the same unless it have some funny bad design like the ones that have no separate basket.
So its either that, or the operator. Do you use liners?
What fongkong make is it?

The make is Silver Crest. We don't use liners

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

The make is Silver Crest. We don't use liners

Yes I think that is those that does not have a separate inner basket so air does not flow around your food.
Nothing wrong with a Philips, but there are many other makes that is just as good or even better. The Philips hype is long gone and their prices have been dropping as less people are buying them. Oh and the Philips is also Fonkong, they just bought the license to use the Philips name.

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

Slow is definitely not an adjective to describe a Philips AirFryer. I can tell you that much.

I can also tell you that @Jean Claude Vaaldamme has a fong kong air fryer so don’t listen to him.

Yet I have posted more pictures with great food in this thread than most of you, including you. All talk but no evidence?

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

Philips, not necessary at all.

LOL although I agree that pre heat is not necessary for any air fryer. Contrary to your claim, Philips recommends pre heating on almost every recipe on their own site?

 

[WanderingMind]

I first bought a Milex, and although the basket started peeling off its coating, it’s still going strong after two years. Our Phillips Airfryer arrived a year ago, and sits next to it for double-duty in our household. After a year, its basket is still pristine, and I personally find it leaves meat juicier than in the Milex. So yes, I think the Phillips hype is well-deserved … we do more cooking in the airfryers than the oven these days (once you realise an airfryer is basically a really efficient small oven which gets hot almost immediately it feels way more normal chucking everything into it). Chicken pieces, nuggets, sausages, oven bake chips, pork chops, lamb chops … you name it, you can dump it into an air fryer and walk away and have a meal ready for you in no time at all. My advice is get the Phillips and keep your cheap one for other things … two air fryers are always better than one.

Careful if that basket is non-stick it can be awful for your health.
I have been hearing those cheap non-stick stuff that peel cause cancer.

 

[Romeo_RX]

Yet I have posted more pictures with great food in this thread than most of you, including you. All talk but no evidence?

Okay sure. All I cook in the AirFryer these days is roast chicken, lamb chops, wors and potatoes. Nothing that’s too interesting to look at, but it tastes amazing.

 

[Romeo_RX]

LOL although I agree that pre heat is not necessary for any air fryer. Contrary to your claim, Philips recommends pre heating on almost every recipe on their own site?

No idea why. Maybe in colder climates it helps.

 

[Smiggles]

Slow is definitely not an adjective to describe a Philips AirFryer. I can tell you that much.

I can also tell you that @Jean Claude Vaaldamme has a fong kong air fryer so don’t listen to him.

His Goldair is just a glorified ornament. He doesn't use it at all.

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

His Goldair is just a glorified ornament. He doesn't use it at all.

My kids use it every day, sometimes twice a day.
As it should be, air fryers was made for kids and people that does not know how to cook properly. Like you

 

[Smiggles]

My kids use it every day, sometimes twice a day.
As it should be, air fryers was made for kids and people that does not know how to cook properly. Like you

Ah yes can't manage it yourself? Is it too complicated to dust it off?

 

[Romeo_RX]

Last I heard he was going to buy some aquarium plants and goldfish to put in it. I guess fish food is too expensive.

 

[Smiggles]

I need air fryer advice.

My frugal wife bought me a Fong Kong brand air fryer a while back. Unsurprisingly it has never produced very good results and is a bit slow cooking food so we don't use it that much.

If I upgrade to a more respectable brand like Phillips or another, can I confidently expect a better air fryer experience? Probably would be looking at something at least 6L capacity in the +/- R2k ballpark.

Yes that fong kong one seems to be 1400 watts judging by the TAL listing. Just get this Philips https://www.amazon.co.za/Philips-2X-Large-Functions-Connected-Airfryer/dp/B0CPJ57L9G which is 2000 watts.

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[airborne]

How essential is it to preheat? For example, if the instructions on a pack of chips says “preheat for 5min at 200”, is it really necessary?

I know instructions for cooking times are suggestions, as with ovens and microwaves it differs between models and you have to learn how yours work…but I’ve read a couple of times that preheat is not really necessary with air fryers, so hence me asking the question.

Preheat to cook something that needs to be done perfectly for whatever reason, anything else especially chips not necessary at all. It used to be necessary when old people like @Jean Claude Vaaldamme use their ovens because they take an eternity to heat up.

 

[deesef]

No idea why. Maybe in colder climates it helps.

Most "colder climates" are in first world countries that have central heating. My apartment in Germany mid-winter was always warmer than the place I grew up in, in Joburg, from May till September.

Pre-heating would be more necessary in this sheet hole than in the "colder climates"

 

[epah]

Most "colder climates" are in first world countries that have central heating. My apartment in Germany mid-winter was always warmer than the place I grew up in, in Joburg, from May till September.

Pre-heating would be more necessary in this sheet hole than in the "colder climates"

Wow, sorry you feel like that about South Africa.

 

[deesef]

Wow, sorry you feel like that about South Africa.

Me too. If only we could fit the politicians into the airfryer...