Dando
Q-School Graduate
Today we get to try an air fryer roast dinner
Air Fryers … any good / recommendations
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chellie
Tour Winner
chrisd
Major Champion
That's Christmas sorted
Spot on Bob
spongebob59
Journeyman Pro
Ordered the OP350 multi cooker.
Best get practising as I'll be doing Xmas dinner with it ?
Best get practising as I'll be doing Xmas dinner with it ?
Mandofred
Well-known member
I ended up buying the Ninja flat air fryer. Does the things I want.....can't cook large items, but it has worked great for frozen pizza, sandwiches, chips etc. According to the reviews, it doesn't do quite as good a job of air frying as the strict air fryers do, but it's a heck of a lot quicker than using the oven. I just consider it a nice toaster oven....and it folds up against the wall so it doesn't take that much counter space.
Dando
Q-School Graduate
They are good
It was lovely although the spuds need a bit of work to get them perfect
OnTour
Head Pro
Ours arrived Saturday, Bacon and poached eggs spot on, roast Sunday potatoes also perfect. 2 week overuse in play before the cupboard welcomes it
Dando
Q-School Graduate
2 batches of homemade sausage rolls cooked - 15 mins per batch which is better than the oven
road2ruin
Q-School Graduate
Ours arrived Saturday, Bacon and poached eggs spot on, roast Sunday potatoes also perfect. 2 week overuse in play before the cupboard welcomes it
Ours arrived on Sunday to a similar wave of air frying anything that moves. I am hoping it doesn't end up consigned to the tech area I have in the garage alongside the robot hoover......
PJ87
Journeyman Pro
Because of the house battery I love trying to avoid the oven where possible as it's a massive waste of energy..
Last night was lamb shank in the pressure cooker and mash in the spare pressure cooker
Much less energy used
Plus bacon in the air fryer is god level food
Dando
Q-School Graduate
Ours arrived Saturday, Bacon and poached eggs spot on, roast Sunday potatoes also perfect. 2 week overuse in play before the cupboard welcomes it
care to share the poached egg technique?
OnTour
Head Pro
Got a silicon pouch years ago, butter that pop egg inside and air fry (used to boil it) worked great no idea on timings just ran it with the bacon, then a little more time on it's own,
not sure it's saving much energy more using more fish n chips night will recoup the extra money wasted so far
not sure it's saving much energy more using more
fish n chips night will recoup the extra money wasted so far 
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Q.... we sometimes get a readmeal.. a fish pie or a sheppards pie etc from Sainsbury... usual instruction is like 30 mins at 180 degrees in the Oven. This is quiet expensive - as you end up running the oven for an hour. So keen to use the ninja fryer for this.
how does this translate to an air fryer. If i put '180 bake', the air fryer will burn thru the pie in about 15-20 mins. So looking to find a way to translate this, since dont fancy having an undercooked lasagne for dinner.
(ps: those saying make it yourself.. try full time jobs for me and mrs plus running around various kid clubs/activities)
how does this translate to an air fryer. If i put '180 bake', the air fryer will burn thru the pie in about 15-20 mins. So looking to find a way to translate this, since dont fancy having an undercooked lasagne for dinner.
(ps: those saying make it yourself.. try full time jobs for me and mrs plus running around various kid clubs/activities)
Dando
Q-School Graduate
So far I’ve found that cooking for about half the time on the packet works
Mudball
Assistant Pro
I have been experimenting, and coming to nearly the same conculsion.... i am assuming you are leaving the temp unchanged i.e. 180. I think there might be a case of lowering the temp as well
Dando
Q-School Graduate
Yeah 180 seems to be the magic number
If you Google Air fryer timings there are charts that give a conversion. We tend to go 20⁰c less, 75% of the time. I might be slightly out but it's not far off.
chellie
Tour Winner
Reduce the temperature by about 10 degrees and reduce the time as well. I usually go 10 minutes less as a starting point.
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
Reading this with interest as I know the out-laws have bought a Ninja of some description for us for Christmas. Really looking forward to seeing which one and giving it a go.
Mudball
Assistant Pro
Tnx.. just did... looks like
*Air fryer conversion (convert oven to air fryer)
Air frying is the perfect way to cook many foods, but oven-baked goods are particularly good cooked in the air fryer. You always get crispy results and the food cooks much more quickly than in a conventional oven.
It is usually very easy to convert packet instruction and recipes from oven to air fryer. However, the time and the temperature both need to be adjusted:
1) Reduce the temperature by around 35°F/ 20°C
2) Reduce the cooking time by around 20%
You can use the air fryer calculator below to convert traditional oven recipes for the air fryer. This oven to air fryer conversion calculator includes options for Fahrenheit (°F) and Celsius (°C).
So for my simple mind... i m going to go with 20..... Reduce by 20 degrees and 20% less time..
Kind of aligns with you
