Hi all
I’m looking for a large air fryer that’s quick and easy to use. Any suggestions?
Thank you in advance
Large Air Fryer
Antpant on 12/05/2024 - 18:50
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I have one of these. the left side bottom "hinge" "broke" .
i just keep the door closed/in place with a wine bottle.
otherwise it's an okay unit - I use it daily.
I wrap tinfoil around the removal bottom tray for easier cleaning.
I barely use my regular oven any more.
Mistral is CRAP as are most other copy cats.
They do not cook evenly!!!!The only air fryer to consider is the ORIGINAL! ie Philips
It has a patended airflow design that ensures if works very effectively so cannot be copied.
The only large ones I'm aware of require an engineering degree to operate, so sorry, I can't help on this occasion.
Yep. I got the latest Ninja monster thing as a gift, it's been used 3 times and mostly for pressure-cooking beans. You do need that engineering degree, and lots of spare bench space. If you have a full kitchen, I don't understand what's the point of these things. I'd probably get the cheapest with decent reviews and use it for chips, like most people seem to.
Thought you were an enginner Muzeeb.
Disappointing replyMate, I've got an engineering degree. Large air fryers are beyond me. Maybe try a physicist, but only if they specialise in fluid dynamics.
Hi,
I had a lot of success with Tefal after I upgraded to a larger Air Fryer.Look at: https://www.tefal.com.au/c/DUAL-EASY-FRY-%26-GRILL-XXL-AIR-FRYER-–-EY905C/p/1510002538
or https://www.tefal.com.au/c/DUAL-EASY-FRY-%26-GRILL-XXL-AIR-F…The triple with steam is better
When my toaster died I decided to try the Breville Smart Oven Air Fryer https://www.breville.com/au/en/products/ovens/bov860.html . Well it's more than done the job, with a few caveats. I use it almost every day and has replaced my main oven for many items also. Air fryer is not quite as good as say the Phillips style with the drawer basket, but it's close enough not to be an issue. Wings, fish, potato gems, all come out crispy and more than god enough to my taste.
However it does have a few downsides, hard to clean, the surfaces are some kind of attempt at non-stick but mark easily and well, ovens are hard to clean at the best of time but you also have things on/near the walls you have to work around. You also need to be careful to not put things in the air fryer basket that have a chance of dripping onto the quartz elements or they may crack.
For context, I purchased this Feb 2021,it's now showing external signs of wear. I had the black (anodized) version, next to the right hand side of the door, that anodized layer has been striped away over time as that is where some steam escapes during cooking & is now showing signs of rust.
At the rate it's slowly showing signs of wear, I would say it has another year in it, maybe longer. So expect 3-4 years of daily use, sometimes multiple times a day.Hope that helps you make a decision.
If you want a proper large one. Can't go wrong with this 25L one from kmart, good price..
Just picked 1 up the other week and it's been great so far
https://www.kmart.com.au/product/25l-air-fryer-and-oven-silv…
Yes agree.
Bought one to use whilst awaiting kitchen renovation.
Use daily. Quick & easy to clean.
Reasonable price.
Does take up a bit of bench space tho.
You probably already have a large air fryer installed in your kitchen. One with a large glass door.
Why is this negged? An "air fryer" is indeed a fan-forced oven. Smaller and faster air-flow than your typical kitchen oven, but an oven nevertheless. The "air fryer" name is marketing genius!
So if somebody wants a big one, that is an obvious suggestion.
Cause it's a smartass comment irrelevant to OP's question would be my guess.
Smartarses negging because they cannot contribute, more likely.
If I have too much food for the air-fryer, I use a full-sized oven. Is that hard to understand?
@bargaino: Cool but you are not the OP, the OP wants an Air fryer. Your comprehension skills are lacking.
@Axelstrife: Do you not comprehend they are the same thing? Like Chinese Gooseberry and Kiwifruit. One just sells better.
@Speckled Jim: That's just plain wrong.
Most decent full-size ovens these days are fan-forced ovens.
It has been so for the last decade or two. Heck, my 25 year old oven is fan-forced (heating element is embedded around the fan - not visible; and there is a top griller as well).BTW, I also have a "mini benchtop fan-forced griller oven" which I use a lot. Because it is mini size, it is faster and more convenient. Works exactly the same. (guess what it is called today?)
I agree. Someone gave me one of these air fryer contraptions and I got all excited because of all the hype, but I have found that it doesn't do anything that I can't do in my oven.
Many people don't consider that as they have never even tried roasting something in the oven.
It's expensive but this is a solid option https://www.jbhifi.com.au/products/ninja-af500-xxxl-flexdraw…
Just bought one of these for Mothers Day from JB Hifi for $395 (asked for a deal and they could only give me $3 off) less $30 Perks. It's a big machine in our small kitchen, and the single Mega tray is a bit difficult to clean in our kitchen sink since it's so big, but it does the job well. We've had a couple of Philips air fryers in the past but now with 4 people in our household, we needed something bigger and the wife aspired to cooking bigger items like a whole chicken and this seemed to be the best way to have a versatile air fryer when we want to cook smaller portions (eg chips) vs something large.
I just ordered the same one after killing our Philips XXL due to my own stupidity, that said with five of us it's definitely been a worthwhile addition to the kitchen over the last five years. I killed it over the weekend and I will say that the garlic bread cooked in our full sized fan forced oven wasn't as easy. I pre-heated (something I don't do in the air fryer) then cooked it for the same amount of time (which is the 14 minutes it says on the packet) and it wasn't nearly done enough. More time and it still wasn't quite there but the troops were over waiting and ate it anyway :P Tonight we are having left overs and I was ready to chuck more garlic bread into the air fryer… then remembered the new one isn't here yet and I so couldn't be arsed with the oven. For our usage, it's worth the space it permanently takes up on the bench.
(also reheated pizza is so much better out of the air fryer).The Ninja itself looks pretty good, Dual zone seems like a great idea, syncing cooking times sounds awesome. Lots of times I've chucking in stuff for 5 minutes then added more stuff and kept going… this makes that a one step process ;) Being a little larger than the current one is also nice, although each half is smaller so I'm hoping that will stop the kids just dumping in a whole bag of chips at once.. we will see.
So far we are enjoying the new air fryer but anecdotally it feels like cooking times need to be slightly longer than in the Philips. The frozen chips come out much crispier than before though but what would’ve been 20 minutes before is now 25-30. Hard to say how much of this increase is due to us using both sides simultaneously for different things. One other observation is I miss the handles for easily shaking the chips but you can use the tray width to shake easily enough.
@jace88: I did notice in reading the documents that came with it with example times were showing as nearly twice as long as what I was running in the Philips unit and flagged with the family that we need to keep an eye on things for a while until we get it dialed in.
We have only used it once last night and I reckon you're right and cooking times are longer. You would have thought that time x temperature would be much the same result, but apparently not. We will see soon enough how much extra time it costs us since previously we could run one thing after another and not be too far apart when catering to a few kids an their friends. This has a larger tray so if it fits enough more but takes longer it wont be an issue, but were I'm still stuck with two loads taking twice as long I'll be a little disappointed.
What makes it so good compared to cheaper ones?
Ninja badging.
Ninjas are cool.
Can't deny the truth.
Can you put stuff on top of it or does it get too hot?
Manual explicitly says not to even when not in use… my wife felt the need to point this out to me lol
I recently bought the Instant Pot Vortex 10 L from Amazon and it's great. It's very large, has several cooking options.
If money isnt as much of an issue then Philips XXL Airfryers would be the safest option, Ive owned the older version for about 2 years now with constant use and they have never failed me and cooks everything perfectly and quickly.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Philips-Connected-Thermometer-HD98…
This is a 8.3L one that's a very good price, about $100 cheaper than everywhere else right now.
The advantage of the Philips XXL is that just about every online airfryer recipe is tailored for them. It seems to be the industry standard.
1 vote for Phillip air fryer, using it every day, cooking with it from chicken, pork to banana, potato and bread,
I have a (albeit older version of) Ninja Foodi air fryer grill. It doesn't seem big at first, but because its relatively flat, you can get a lot more in there. A lot of air fryers are tall but you can't stack things on top of each other to cook most of the time.
The Foodi does fry + roast + bake + high speed grill as well, and does really amazing meat. We often just grill chicken for e.g and then add it to curries etc afterwards because the flavour is so much better.
What makes it any better to grilling the meat in a cast iron pan or sandwich grill? I'm tossing up between this model and the big flexdraw one I commented above.
Honestly not sure why it comes out better haha. It is a dedicated grill function with a grilling element inside. Whereas most other air fryers just have slightly different settings which are essentially different temperature, whether you choose Fry, Roast, Bake, etc
I mean its definitely cleaner than a cast iron pan (which i can't use on my glass cooktop). I use a silicon tray in the Foodi, and that just goes in the dishwasher
I was choosing between AF500 and AG551. Ultimately the thing which turned me off the grill model is no handle to toss chips which is a common staple in our household amongst other frozen items for the kids. That being said if we cooked more burgers or steaks then I probably would’ve gone for the grill model. That and I also have a Weber baby Q for steaks.
Sheet pan with a wire rack will get you 90% there for ~$20.
I have one of these and it works well.
https://www.amazon.com.au/Kitchen-Couture-French-Multifuncti…
Also on special in seems
We have the steam oven variant of that, the airfryer is decent and the steam function helps with steam food as well as cleaning
Use your oven?
Large air fryers are called ovens.
you mean like an oven?
An airfyer oven is fairly easy to use and clean.
Something like https://mistral.com.au/product/25-litre-digital-air-fryer-ov… on the lower end of the scale.