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Posted 9 April 2023
George Home Black Compact Air Fryer 1.5L - £25 @ Asda
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Whether you're looking to cook crispy chips or roast a chicken, this compact air fryer from George Home can do it all. The 1.5L capacity means you can comfortably cook 1-2 portions, while the 30 minute timer with auto shut off means you can leave it to it while you get on with other tasks. One of the most impressive features of this fryer is that no oil is needed, while cleaning is made easy thanks to the dishwasher safe drip tray and basket. - Black -1.5L capacity -Non-stick food basket and drop tray - Dishwasher safe basket and drip tray -Weight: 2.9kg -H 31.5cm x W 27cm x D 27cm
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Best avoided
With lacklustre, uneven cooking, this air fryer is a Don’t Buy and best avoided. If you want great low-fat fried food, you’ll need to spend a bit more and get a Best Buy.
Pros
Compact and simple-to-use design
Dishwasher safe
Cons
Dreadful at cooking
Feels cheaply made
Not energy efficient
What is it?
A cheap air fryer from Asda own-brand George. The basket has a 1.5L capacity and the maximum quantity for frozen chips is 300g, enough for two or three portions. It can cook this in 18-20 minutes.
It uses manual controls rather than automatic programs. You can choose any temperature between 80°C and 200°C via a manual dial.
It has a 30-minute timer, also controlled via a manual dial, after which it will shut off automatically.
At 31.5x27x27cm, it’s very compact – in fact, it’s one of the smallest air fryers we’ve ever tested. This could make it ideal if you’re short on space.
It comes with a two-year manufacturer guarantee.
What’s it great at?
Honestly, not much. The chicken wings it cooked up weren’t half-bad and (given it literally has just two controls - a dial for temperature and time) it’s simple to use.
The basket and drawer are both dishwasher safe, which will save you from the washing up. If you don’t have a dishwasher, both are still pretty ease to wash up by hand.
Is there anything I should watch out for?
It really struggles to cook anything evenly. Even with shaking and stirring halfway through, chips will either be burned or underdone, and some of the chicken drumsticks we cooked were left pale and not crispy.
The whole thing is back-to-basics, so there’s really nothing you can mess up when using it. The manual also has a table of cooking instructions to guide you through. But the whole thing, unsurprisingly, feels cheaply made.
Is there anything else I should know?
It’s not the fastest or most efficient air fryer available, although this is quite typical of small air fryers.
Should I buy it?
Absolutely not. Sure, it’s very cheap, but you’ll just end up disappointed by its inability to cook anything evenly. Consider one of our Best Buy air fryers instead.
Happy caravaning
Yes it's small...clues on the box ..COMPACT.
Fine for one person...at a push 2 depending on what you're cooking ...if you want to do American portions ...buy a bigger one...simples
I have just recently bought a slightly larger one as it was half price deal on here ..but I've kept this one and still bring it out to do small stuff...in a lot of ways I still prefer it (edited)
After about a year the basket handle got a bit wobbly. Tightening the screws and adding a dab of high temp silicone glue from Amazon stopped that working free again. Strong recommend, for the simplicity, compact size and low, low price.
Suddenly it won't feel cheap because you'll know you spend £200 on it and can tell your friends it wasn't a £25 ASDA jobbie, when in reality they have the same old fashioned spiral electric heating element and basic fan all these devices have, so it'll be things like the shape of the holes cut in the metal tray and appearance (twisty dials which collect grime instead of easy to keep clean touch buttons) which really tell these devices apart.
I do hate reviews like the one above. Such a nonsense making a fuss out of "features" or saying a cooking device is "dreadful at cooking" and then making up stuff like "not energy efficient" when they all work in exactly the same way. It's all about the unboxing now and whether it has a "premium feel" whatever that means. Where instead are the stats to aid conparison? Time to reach 180⁰C? Energy needed to cook 100g of chips? Annual cost to cook 100g of chips a day?
If you cram both full of chips and have no air space, I'm sure they'll both leave the chips burnt and raw in the same time.
As for efficiency...... neither has insulation (like an electric or gas oven), they both blow out hot air and air has a low specific heat capacity. Generally larger units will have a smaller surface compared to their volume, so there maybe something in that, but the only way to know for sure is to race them. (edited)
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Satisfied with that for size and use, will do generous chips and chicken for one .
Also for efficient air frying and even cooking you should not overfill so slightly bigger for your needs is better.
I'm the only one in the house. Already have a halogen oven but these are about the same for energy efficiently. Glad I didn't go for this smaller size (also given the poor Which reviews) . (edited)
I actually ordered both sizes from Argos to compare the sizes and returned the smaller one.