Posted 3 October 2022
Air Fryer discussion, including the Ninja Foodi - recipes, tips, deals and more. - Do you have any recipes or tricks?
Hey folks, with more and more people using airfryers due to ease of use, quicker cooking times and cheaper to run*, thought it would be a good idea to put a 'little' discussion together.
I personally have a Ninji Foodi Air Fryer and hardly use our oven anymore, except for very large items, example would proably be a Turkey at Xmas - We've cooked Roast Dinners with ease and most things inbetween, we are still learning though.
Is a Ninja Air Fryer cheaper to run than an oven?
Yes, an air fryer will save you money. If you switch to cooking from an electric oven to an air fryer, you'll be using less energy and your bills will subsequently go down
The main ones people seem to be going for ar the Ninja Foodi airfryers right now, and this is what they have to say about running costs, along with cooking times:
Do Air Fryers use a lot of electricity?
You can cook enough burgers for 4 people in your AF300UK or AF400UK in just 12minutes, for no more than 14p of electricity*
You can cook 0.5kg of frozen French fries in your AF400UK in just 14minutes, for only 16p of electricity*
Air Frying for 20 minutes using a AF300UK or AF400UK only costs 23p of electricity*
The AF300UK and AF400UK cook up to 75% faster than fan ovens**
Does an air fryer use more electricity than an oven?
You can save up to 75% on your energy bill with Ninja Air Fryers***
Wondering if it’s cheaper to cook in an air fryer than an oven? The amount of energy used to cook at home will depend on the appliance, foods and the functions selected.
For example, large ovens may be able to cook bigger foods, cook more at once and be well-insulated, while newer appliances may have a broader range of functions and features for reduced cook times.
However, their size may mean more energy is required to get them to temperature and more energy could be lost if access to the food is needed during cooking.
Plug-in meters allow you to measure the energy consumption of appliances with accessible sockets. Careful use of domestic smart meters may allow you to approximate your oven’s energy use.
Recipes
There's lots and lots of recipies out there for airfyers, and depending on which airfryer you get, cooking time could be longer, or shorter.
There's been a few cases of trial and error with our airfryer but after a couple of weeks, it's near enough easy now.
We tried doing our own Babybel cheese sticks/balls, and within 5 mins they were cooked and ready - Bloody lovely also! We followed this video
These links could help you:
30 Top Ninja Air Fryer Recipes
40 Easy Ninjaair fryer Recipes
If you're a fan of TikTok, there's lots of people to follow with walkthrough Recipes and here
Easy Airfryer Recipes
Any deals out there for Air Fryers?
Stock is pretty fluid at the moment, as above, demand is high / price is fluctuating.
Sage SOV860BSS4GUK1 the Smart Oven Air Fryer Fry, Stainless Steel, 2400 W, 22 liters
HOMCOM Air Fryer 1700W 5.5L with Digital Display Adjustable Temperature
Tower T17021 Family Size Air Fryer with Rapid Air Circulation, 60-Minute Timer, 4.3 Litre, 1500W, Black
LOGIK LAF21 Air Fryer – Black & Silver
Instant 6-in-1 Vortex Plus 5.7L Air Fryer
Salter EK2817 1000W Compact 2L Hot Air Fryer with Removable Frying Rack - Black/Silver
Tefal EasyFry 2in1 Classic EY501827 Air Fryer & Grill - Black
Ninja Air Fryer [AF100UK] 3.8 Litres, Grey and Black
NINJA AF100UK Air Fryer - Black
also Air Fryer deals as/when they come in - Worth setting up alerts
*******Finally be aware of scam sites! If it's too good to be true, it usually is...*******
Scam warning - DO NOT BUY from outlet-shark.shop or ukninjakitchen.shop / ninjaoutlet-uk.com
I personally have a Ninji Foodi Air Fryer and hardly use our oven anymore, except for very large items, example would proably be a Turkey at Xmas - We've cooked Roast Dinners with ease and most things inbetween, we are still learning though.
Is a Ninja Air Fryer cheaper to run than an oven?
Yes, an air fryer will save you money. If you switch to cooking from an electric oven to an air fryer, you'll be using less energy and your bills will subsequently go down
The main ones people seem to be going for ar the Ninja Foodi airfryers right now, and this is what they have to say about running costs, along with cooking times:
Do Air Fryers use a lot of electricity?
You can cook enough burgers for 4 people in your AF300UK or AF400UK in just 12minutes, for no more than 14p of electricity*
You can cook 0.5kg of frozen French fries in your AF400UK in just 14minutes, for only 16p of electricity*
Air Frying for 20 minutes using a AF300UK or AF400UK only costs 23p of electricity*
The AF300UK and AF400UK cook up to 75% faster than fan ovens**
Does an air fryer use more electricity than an oven?
You can save up to 75% on your energy bill with Ninja Air Fryers***
Wondering if it’s cheaper to cook in an air fryer than an oven? The amount of energy used to cook at home will depend on the appliance, foods and the functions selected.
For example, large ovens may be able to cook bigger foods, cook more at once and be well-insulated, while newer appliances may have a broader range of functions and features for reduced cook times.
However, their size may mean more energy is required to get them to temperature and more energy could be lost if access to the food is needed during cooking.
Plug-in meters allow you to measure the energy consumption of appliances with accessible sockets. Careful use of domestic smart meters may allow you to approximate your oven’s energy use.
Recipes
There's lots and lots of recipies out there for airfyers, and depending on which airfryer you get, cooking time could be longer, or shorter.
There's been a few cases of trial and error with our airfryer but after a couple of weeks, it's near enough easy now.
We tried doing our own Babybel cheese sticks/balls, and within 5 mins they were cooked and ready - Bloody lovely also! We followed this video
These links could help you:
30 Top Ninja Air Fryer Recipes
40 Easy Ninjaair fryer Recipes
If you're a fan of TikTok, there's lots of people to follow with walkthrough Recipes and here
Easy Airfryer Recipes
Any deals out there for Air Fryers?
Stock is pretty fluid at the moment, as above, demand is high / price is fluctuating.
Sage SOV860BSS4GUK1 the Smart Oven Air Fryer Fry, Stainless Steel, 2400 W, 22 liters
HOMCOM Air Fryer 1700W 5.5L with Digital Display Adjustable Temperature
Tower T17021 Family Size Air Fryer with Rapid Air Circulation, 60-Minute Timer, 4.3 Litre, 1500W, Black
LOGIK LAF21 Air Fryer – Black & Silver
Instant 6-in-1 Vortex Plus 5.7L Air Fryer
Salter EK2817 1000W Compact 2L Hot Air Fryer with Removable Frying Rack - Black/Silver
Tefal EasyFry 2in1 Classic EY501827 Air Fryer & Grill - Black
Ninja Air Fryer [AF100UK] 3.8 Litres, Grey and Black
NINJA AF100UK Air Fryer - Black
also Air Fryer deals as/when they come in - Worth setting up alerts
*******Finally be aware of scam sites! If it's too good to be true, it usually is...*******
Scam warning - DO NOT BUY from outlet-shark.shop or ukninjakitchen.shop / ninjaoutlet-uk.com
Community Updates
27 Comments
sorted byNot really seen many limits so far, e.g we cooked a full roast yesterday and was amazing. We also done boiled eggs for breakfast yesterday, took 8 mins.
Only things that would be oven wise is stuff like Pizza, but more rare for us.
Some of it is trialling stuff but there's lot of FB groups also, along with free ebooks for recipes.
A couple of tips: don’t use fry light spray in it and always reduce the temp/time from what you would normally use with your oven.
Also a reminder to remove any packaging, seen a few people on groups forgetting and ruining their Fryer!
1 cooking drawer: 1200W | 2 cooking drawers: 2400W
The ninja af400 9.5ltr
2470W
Up to 75% faster than fan ovens**. Up to 75% less fat than traditional frying methods***.
**Tested against fish fingers and sausages, including pre-heat.
***Tested against deep fried, hand-cut French fries.
Stuffing Mix cooks really well in an Air fryer; I use a piece of cooking foil, lightly grease with marge or oil, shape it into a rough container shape & add mix; cooks in about 10 minutes.
So easy to use ,cooking times down by over a half life is just so much simpler when cooking, we couldn't be without it now,
Every family member has one now after seeing ours in action.
It's great.
Bacon, Fish Fingers, Burgers are all way better and steaks are superb, Just spray some oil on them first though
Mine's not big enough for roasts and stuff, but saved a fortune in electric as it's over half the power as the big oven, plus all the mess is contained in a small space, so easier to clean.
I cooked a sainsburys freshly made in store one last week and centre was a bit soft relative to crustiness of edge relative to normal oven but was getting there!
i got an 11litre tower one with shelves
Reheated leftover pizza is amazing in our air fryer - that's my biggest success story so far.