Hot air fryers

[Rick Daly]

Anyone have any experience with an air fryer? Comments or reviews? Good or bad?
Favorite things to cook in them? Thanks.

[notbob]

On 2016-03-22, Rick Daly <rfd...@optonline.net> wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with an air fryer?

Bernz0matic.

nb

[Ed Pawlowski]

On 3/22/2016 7:44 AM, l not -l wrote:

> On 21-Mar-2016, Rick Daly <rfd...@optonline.net> wrote:
>
>> Anyone have any experience with an air fryer? Comments or reviews?
>

> None. I don't get the appeal; isn't hot air frying just roasting?
>

Sort of. I guess it is supposed to give the same outer crispness as
frying without the oil submersion. Super convection oven? Never tried
one. notbob mentioned the Bernzomatic. Concetrated heat source blowing
could give that effect.

[ImStillMags]

On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 7:12:57 PM UTC-7, Rick Daly wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with an air fryer? Comments or reviews? Good or bad?
> Favorite things to cook in them? Thanks.

I guess I've been living in a cave. Never heard of them till this thread.

I went to Google and checked them out.

plenty of videos out there as well.

Looks like just another countertop appliance that you will get bored with and put in the closet to rot.

[MisterDiddyWahDiddy]

Air fried is an even dumber phrase than oven fried.

--Bryan

[John Kuthe]

Spoken like a true Narcissistic Personality Disorder sufferer!! Put down another person to make yourself feel superior without adding ANY useful information!!

John Kuthe...

[anomaly]

I'd settle for air frying you with a decent enough propane torch...

[g8dgc]

YO MOMMA GIMME GOOD HEAD.

[John Kuthe]

Oxyacetylene Berns HOTTER! All those triple carbon bonds!! They contain a LOT of energy!! Poof! :-)

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[dsi1]

On 3/21/2016 4:12 PM, Rick Daly wrote:
> Anyone have any experience with an air fryer? Comments or reviews? Good or bad?
> Favorite things to cook in them? Thanks.
>

Mostly it's a purely convection oven - it probably uses hot air moving
much faster than a standard convection oven. It's called an "air fryer"
because of marketing considerations. It's a pretty good name.

For more information on this, just order up a KFC Grilled chicken meal.
The chicken is cooked using this method and it's pretty tasty although
it doesn't present itself very well. That's the breaks.

[sf]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:44:44 GMT, "l not -l" <lal...@cujo.com> wrote:

>
> On 21-Mar-2016, Rick Daly <rfd...@optonline.net> wrote:
>

> > Anyone have any experience with an air fryer? Comments or reviews?
>

> None. I don't get the appeal; isn't hot air frying just roasting?

I don't know. Oven frying suits my purposes for the few times I want
anything similar, but it looks like the price per unit is
significantly lower than the last time I checked them.
http://bestreviews.com/best-air-fryers

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sf

[John Kuthe]

Cheap Chinese JUNK! I had a Groupon email about an air fryer. Someone has a whole container of them somewhere and is trying to sell them off. Maybe several containers!

John Kuthe...

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Monday, March 21, 2016 at 9:12:57 PM UTC-5, Rick Daly wrote:
>
> Anyone have any experience with an air fryer? Comments or reviews? Good or bad?
> Favorite things to cook in them? Thanks.
>

I've seen the infomercial on tv for these air fryers and they
do look interesting. It's not a small appliance so that needs
to be taken into consideration. I did see the infomercial cooker
at Bed, Bath, & Beyond and the digital version as well. The digital
version is a good bit larger and about another $100 or so more
than the 'dial' hot air fryer.

[Gary]

MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
>
> Air fried is an even dumber phrase than oven fried.

I often do "oven fried" chicken. Thighs mostly.

Smear a little butter in a 9X13 baking dish.
Thin egg wash on the chicken then coat with seasoned flour.
Bake at 425F, skin side down for 25 minutes.
Then turn skin side up and cook for another 20-25 minutes.
It's better than plain baked and somewhat like fried.
It's much easier to do than the real stuff on
the stovetop.

Don't knock oven fried chicken until you try it. :)

[Ophelia]

"Gary" <g.ma...@att.net> wrote in message news:56F2FD0C...@att.net...

Sounds good I will try it.

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[jmcquown]

I haven't investigated but it looks like just another gadget I'd have to
find a place to store.

Jill

[Cheri]

"Ophelia" wrote in message news:dlhs43...@mid.individual.net...

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It is good, I used to do it that way a lot when the kids were smaller, they
loved it.

Cheri

[Ophelia]

"Cheri" <Che...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:nd0tl...@news7.newsguy.com...

Ahaa double the recommendation! It has to be good:)))


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[jmcquown]

The methods may change but there's absolutely nothing wrong with oven
"fried" chicken if it tastes good. I've been doing it for years. My
mother had a recipe for so-called "Hawaiian" chicken (which made no
sense) calling for pretty much what you said. Butter melted in a baking
dish, chicken dipped in egg wash then rolled in seasoned bread crumbs
(no flour). She brushed melted butter on the top, though, and didn't
turn them. The skin came out crispy.

It's not fried chicken but it sure was tasty.

Jill

[Helpful person]

On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 10:57:48 AM UTC-4, Jill McQuown wrote:
>
> The methods may change but there's absolutely nothing wrong with oven
> "fried" chicken if it tastes good. I've been doing it for years. My
> mother had a recipe for so-called "Hawaiian" chicken (which made no
> sense) calling for pretty much what you said. Butter melted in a baking
> dish, chicken dipped in egg wash then rolled in seasoned bread crumbs
> (no flour). She brushed melted butter on the top, though, and didn't
> turn them. The skin came out crispy.
>
> It's not fried chicken but it sure was tasty.
>
> Jill

I love fried chicken but not living in the southern US have only found two restaurants that do it well. Thankfully one is near where I now reside. The skin is crisp, the chicken super moist and all extraneous fat rendered away. Properly cooked and prepared there is very little fat in fried chicken (contrary to the incorrect popular belief.)

However, I can understand using alternative methods, such as the oven. It' takes skill and requires considerable clean up for just a small batch.

http://www.richardfisher.com

[Janet B]

Sounds good to me. Any other tips before I try it?
Thanks
Janet US

[Dave Smith]

On 2016-03-24 11:23 AM, Janet B wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2016 15:31:08 -0500, Gary <g.ma...@att.net> wrote:
>
>> MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
>>>
>>> Air fried is an even dumber phrase than oven fried.
>>
>> I often do "oven fried" chicken. Thighs mostly.
>>
>> Smear a little butter in a 9X13 baking dish.
>> Thin egg wash on the chicken then coat with seasoned flour.
>> Bake at 425F, skin side down for 25 minutes.
>> Then turn skin side up and cook for another 20-25 minutes.
>> It's better than plain baked and somewhat like fried.
>> It's much easier to do than the real stuff on
>> the stovetop.
>>
>> Don't knock oven fried chicken until you try it. :)

I have made it many times and always enjoyed it.

> Sounds good to me. Any other tips before I try it?

Try orange oven fried. Mix some (frozen) orange juice concentrate with
egg for dipping. Dredge chicken pieces in seasoned flour, then the egg
and then dredge in seasoned breadcrumbs with some grated orange zest.
Place the pieces in a buttered backing pan, drizzle with melted butter
and bake at 425F for about 45 minutes, turning the pieces after about 20
minutes.

[dsi1]

It's a pretty safe bet that any recipe from the 60's and 70's that uses the words "Hawaiian" or "Asian" will be neither Hawaiian or Asian.

[dsi1]

I make a great fried chicken - it's not that difficult. OTOH, I do live in the Southernmost state of the union. Mostly, it's a matter of not over-cooking the chicken.

[MisterDiddyWahDiddy]

On Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 10:05:42 PM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> MisterDiddyWahDiddy wrote:
> >
> > Air fried is an even dumber phrase than oven fried.
>
> I often do "oven fried" chicken. Thighs mostly.
>
> Smear a little butter in a 9X13 baking dish.
> Thin egg wash on the chicken then coat with seasoned flour.
> Bake at 425F, skin side down for 25 minutes.
> Then turn skin side up and cook for another 20-25 minutes.
> It's better than plain baked and somewhat like fried.
> It's much easier to do than the real stuff on
> the stovetop.
>

Which is what is happening as I type this. There is chicken frying
on the stove. It's not that much more difficult. It just takes
longer (unless you have a really giant frying pan), and requires a
bit more attention. The other day, I bought a 10# bag of leg
quarters. I let them marinate for 2 days, and I was going to fry
them tonight, but my son has 2 friends over (it's their spring break),
so I decided to cook them now because there is plenty for everyone.
I'm also making mashed potatoes and my faux chicken gravy.

>
> Don't knock oven fried chicken until you try it. :)

I'm not knocking the method, just the term. How about charcoal boiling?

--Bryan

[sf]

On Thu, 24 Mar 2016 09:43:24 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Not trying to get you to buy one, I'm not interested either. Just
commenting that they aren't as expensive as they were the last time I
looked.


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sf

[jmcquown]

Oh, I know you were just showing examples. I looked at the link. It's
not something I'd be interested in. If you have to ask what to do with
it, chances are you don't need it. :-D

Jill