Settle an argument about airfryers

[Lavinia]

We have an ongoing debate about airfryers in our house. My husband insists it would transform our lives but I don't want one. I am a traditional cook, I like my oven. I don't want a great big gadget taking up room on my worktops and having learn how to use it and clean it. Worse still, if we hardly use it at all it's a waste of money.

Is it really worth the money?

( Just want to say I'm pleased to see someone using the word 'worktop' instead of counter, which makes me think of a shop.)

 

[StarSong]

( Just want to say I'm pleased to see someone using the word 'worktop' instead of counter, which makes me think of a shop.)

Interesting. I've never heard a kitchen counter referred to as a worktop. You're in England, yes?

 

[JBR]

I wouldn't want one like that..I feel I'd be as well using the oven...

Okay, then in terms of the outcome of the food prepared, which option would you choose among the appliance you have? (Question for all readers of this post.) And is a choice against the air fryer, in certain cases, simply a matter of what it won't accommodate size-wise?

What cooking would you still prefer an oven for? what for an air fryer? and for that matter, maybe what for a toaster oven?

 

[gruntlabor]

What does this expression mean - I've never heard it before and Google thinks it means leaving work for a weekend off.

No. It means going home after working the week away from home. Construction workers' jargon.

 

[Cornhusker]

A few years ago, I bought a 5.8 Quart COSORI basket type sit fryer.
We use it several times a week making everything from cornbread, biscuits, to chicken, veggies and a lot of other things.
I liked it so well, I bought a 2.1 quart version for the house in town.