Philips Airfryer - anyone have?

bwana said:
I cook bacon on baking paper, works better than foil as it turns out, so cleanup is super simple. Ball up the paper and bin it. ;)
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I used to do that in the oven but bacon still splattered. In AF I use baking paper under things like chicken kiev when buttery filling might leak and burn on the metal grill, but bacon /chops etc. go directly on AF grill so the heat circulates properly - cooks both sides at once.

SauRoNZA said:
I don’t know anyone who cleans their oven every time they use it. More like once every six months or so.
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Neither do I, six monthly oven clean sounds about right :D, but a few months of bacon splatter in the oven was much harder to shift . I find washing the AF every couple of uses easier, but probably because I have the small one.
 
RedViking said:
Unless it is a Philips, you will have NO idea if it works or not. Life is too short to buy anything else. So stop waisting time (and money) and get the Philips XL.
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Disregard this. He hasn't used anything else so no way to say that it better or worse than the Philips.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Bought the missus a cheepish one as a tester to see if the concept works for us..... Figure it will take awhile to get used the idea...
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RedViking said:
Unless it is a Philips, you will have NO idea if it works or not. Life is too short to buy anything else. So stop waisting time (and money) and get the Philips XL.
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XXL is better :p

There are enough buying options from refurbished or waiting for a sale.
 
Well she cooked bacon in it yesterday and it came out OK.... Time will tell whether you lot are all just trying to justify why you spent the money on a random kitchen gadget or not :p...
 
Daisy Cloudskitter said:
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Neither do I, six monthly oven clean sounds about right :D, but a few months of bacon splatter in the oven was much harder to shift . I find washing the AF every couple of uses easier, but probably because I have the small one.
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Aah I suspected it was a every couple of uses instead of every time.

I can’t possibly do that unless i made bread only.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Well she cooked bacon in it yesterday and it came out OK.... Time will tell whether you lot are all just trying to justify why you spent the money on a random kitchen gadget or not :p...
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I'm still super impressed with the Philips Airfryer and I wish I've done this a lot earlier. I've made the following:

Salmon, ribeye, lamb sausages and a flatty chicken. All was very good and will do it again :whistling:

One big plus for me is that you don't have to always just braai or oven it. I would recommend the grill, pan and the cups accessories for Philips Airfryer. (Geewiz has some of them cheaper than TA/SLS)
 
rodga said:
Disregard this. He hasn't used anything else so no way to say that it better or worse than the Philips.
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I had a cheaper AF for a long time. It worked fine, but since I upgraded to the Philips all I can say is wow. Should've done it ages ago.
 
bwana said:
In one batch? There might be some value to me for one of these things after all.

How long did it take?

We usually do a pack or two at a time in the oven but it takes 20-23 minutes from start to finish.
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Entire pack slightly overlapped, takes 7min
 
bwana said:
Thanks - not much for overlapping, it always leads to complications, but I appreciate the feedback.
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You forget there is a lot of air movement inside the air fryer so it doesn’t just sit there.

Also, as it curls they pull apart.

Give a quick shake half way and the overlapping doesn’t matter.
 
SauRoNZA said:
You forget there is a lot of air movement inside the air fryer so it doesn’t just sit there.

Also, as it curls they pull apart.

Give a quick shake half way and the overlapping doesn’t matter.
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Curled bacon? FWIW the ultimate quick cook bacon is in the chip frier, but it comes out curled as well.
 
bwana said:
Curled bacon? FWIW the ultimate quick cook bacon is in the chip frier, but it comes out curled as well.
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It’s full of fat that curls? How does one make bacon that isn’t curled?

Am I missing something?
 
SauRoNZA said:
It’s full of fat that curls? How does one make bacon that isn’t curled?

Am I missing something?
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Flat as a board when I cook it in the oven. Movie star quality. If you wanted to photograph the perfect strip of bacon it would come from the oven. ;)
 
bwana said:
Flat as a board when I cook it in the oven. Movie star quality. If you wanted to photograph the perfect strip of bacon it would come from the oven. ;)
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Well I prefer them curly then.

Flat as a plank just sounds weird.

I used to make it in the oven and never took note of it specifically.

Only matters how it tastes.

I guess with lower heat you’d accomplish it in the AF too, but then takes longer.
 
I love the detail we are going into about cooking the ultimate piece of bacon. This is amazing!
 
RedViking said:
Unless it is a Philips, you will have NO idea if it works or not. Life is too short to buy anything else. So stop waisting time (and money) and get the Philips XL.
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Actually, I have a Midea as well and it's almost on par. Cooks a little bit slower but then it is a lot larger than the Philips model I have.
 
Nemoneiros said:
I'm still super impressed with the Philips Airfryer and I wish I've done this a lot earlier. I've made the following:

Salmon, ribeye, lamb sausages and a flatty chicken. All was very good and will do it again :whistling:
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I've done all the above except salmon. I've also done pork belly in it. Came out rather well.
 
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