Tefal Actifry. Any good?
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I've been thinking about one of these for a while now, having heard and read some rave reviews about them.
Are they really that good?
Is it really worth £130?
Anyone have one?
I love fried chips, but have never owned a deep fat fryer for many reasons (bulky, smelly, unhealthy, dangerous, dealing with large quantities of dirty oil etc...) but this seems like what I have been waiting for?
I've been thinking about one of these for a while now, having heard and read some rave reviews about them.
Are they really that good?
Is it really worth £130?
Anyone have one?
I love fried chips, but have never owned a deep fat fryer for many reasons (bulky, smelly, unhealthy, dangerous, dealing with large quantities of dirty oil etc...) but this seems like what I have been waiting for?
We bought one a few months ago and it has been superb. It really does work well, although you have to plan, as a full bowl of chips will take about 50 mins to cook. We previoulsy used a deep fat fryer and althouh the Actfri is ten times as much as the cheapest deep fat fryer, it is really ten times better. No smell, no oily steam, no oil deterioration, very little cleaning and only uses a tablespoon of oil each time.
You get the best chips if you use a potato with low water/starch content and you have to wash and dry the chips thoroughly before cooking. I've found that red potatoes, with the skins left on work best. You can do other things in it as well. We've done chicken wings, breaded mushrooms, onion rings.
You get the best chips if you use a potato with low water/starch content and you have to wash and dry the chips thoroughly before cooking. I've found that red potatoes, with the skins left on work best. You can do other things in it as well. We've done chicken wings, breaded mushrooms, onion rings.
If I remember correctly the ActiFry was on Watchdog a few weeks ago, due to the fact that if the fan failed (not uncommon apparently) there were no saftey measures in place to stop the unit catching fire! The programme had an idependent product saftey tester evaluate it and he was certain that it would not pass a number of safety standards!
JayBM said:
If I remember correctly the ActiFry was on Watchdog a few weeks ago, due to the fact that if the fan failed (not uncommon apparently) there were no saftey measures in place to stop the unit catching fire! The programme had an idependent product saftey tester evaluate it and he was certain that it would not pass a number of safety standards!
yes I saw that too...Costco were selling these at a good price the other day, can't entirely remember how much but if you want one it might be worth looking there.
Piglet said:
JayBM said:
If I remember correctly the ActiFry was on Watchdog a few weeks ago, due to the fact that if the fan failed (not uncommon apparently) there were no saftey measures in place to stop the unit catching fire! The programme had an idependent product saftey tester evaluate it and he was certain that it would not pass a number of safety standards!
yes I saw that too...Costco were selling these at a good price the other day, can't entirely remember how much but if you want one it might be worth looking there.
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