Brian, that’s the sort of post that might earn you the title of ‘SF Pop Quiz Fundi.’
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But plastic was more durable on stage. My sister had a Curved Air LP that was the most (visually) beautiful record imaginable. I saw them in Plymouth Guildhall.
It might have been this but it seemed even more exotic 50 years ago.
Oh heck no! A package from Scotland, can not remember the name!
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Well, after digesting all this stuff about air fryers and how marvellous they are, I’m gonna get one.
To pay for it I’ve just put my 60cm built-in jobbie on ebay. I must nip over to LBC and put it on there.
Anyone in need of one - and its still g’teed to 04 Dec 2025 - gimme a shout.
Hotpoint/Ariston FA2 544 C IX HA. Got pix if you want.
Have you seen the Ninja Speedi? It’s very versatile - has ceramic coated cooking surfaces and it well built. I’ve only used ours once for slow cooking but I think we will be able to get rid of our slow cooker. Need to try it a few more times. The steam/air fry is very good for things like chicken pieces.
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Thanks for the tip but I went for a ‘Foodi’ last night at €139, down from €229 [but up from €119 previously]
And lo! This morning it’s is up to €149! It’ll be€159 tomorrow …
I’m hoping that the remaining g’tee [04/ Dec '25] on my 60cm built in oven will tempt someone to pay enough to pay for the Foodi.
I know that one has the option of using different cooking temperatures for each basket. Good idea.
The Cosori similar but has a heating element in the base as well so cooks more evenly and costs less generally than the Ninja, did very well in a side by side test on YT.
I could not sleep the other night, so armed with a cuppa and toast with honey, I teleshopped - not exactly shopped, more window watched. This caught my attention:
They call it an Air Oven. Is it different/better?
Not very versatile though. It can’t slow cook, steam/airfry (same time). I’ve read it’s important to have ceramic surfaces exposed to high temps and not those that may give off nasty chemicals. The other things is that the cost and speed advantage of air frying is largely down to having a small area to heat compared with a traditional convection oven. For something that uses high temps I would also want to know about the manufacturer and it’s aftersales.
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Its just s small oven shaped airfryer. This is what I have and I’m thrilled with it, I genuinely think it is better than the drawer style one, it takes up no more, possibly less bench space and you have s chip turning basket, and can make rotisserie chickens and brochettes with the accessories. I wouldn’t be without mine!
@Jane_Williamson is a big fan of these
But you cant set different temperatures for each basket? Or syncronise finish times with different start times?
True but putting stuff in different layers dies the same thing a bit!
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I like my Ninja because it is so flexible.
I can Air Fry and pressure fook simply by changing the lid.
I have just seen an advert for a Ninja Woodfire.
I got one of these recently
Ninja Foodi 8-in-1… Amazon.fr
They say it can do 8 things, but one of them is toast and it’s no better than a toaster.
Haven’t tried air frying but baking and roasting is good. It comes up to temperature very quickly (obviously, because of its size). You’d have to be careful with the size of the food you put in it (the height), but it seems good so far.
I bought that identical model a year and a half ago. We use it several times a day – every day. May I add some comments about it?
First of all, although it seems limited in height, it is very rare I need any more height. It sits and is used alongside a conventional oven which it complements rather than replaces. It does then have the advantage of less noise (in fact compared to my previous larger air fryer, it is surprisingly quite). The small volume means gets to the set heat very quickly (especially when you open to check on the cooking). The flat top is brilliant for standing the trays and other stuff on so it does not practically reduce work top area.
I never use the toast function. I will attach a photo of this morning’s bagels done for 3 mins @ 205 deg C on air fry.
Don’t try and keep the wire mesh basket pristine clean. Just wipe with soap and water. Eventually it will turn a black colour which means it is now well seasoned and non-stick. When cooking drippy meat such as bacon or sausage, use some parchment paper over the mesh. This will avoid a build-up of fat in the tray underneath. Potatoes etc do not need the parchment. I buy an industrial roll of 30 cm wide paper and cut it into 30 cm pieces to form squares which fit the mesh tray. I store them between two 30cm sqr pieces of hard board (hinged with gaffer tape along one end). This also forms a template when cutting up the parchment squares.
I also cut a 30 cm square of non-stick oven tray liner to go in the middle tray. This is much easier to clean than the tray itself.
I have taking a photo to try and show these features.
Finally I have included a recipe for spare ribs which was my first stunning success using this brilliant air fryer. It is great for any crumb coated dishes but useless for wet battered food.
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I use 2 for a family of four and never have an issue. I also use a small 1l in France and can roast 5 salted chicken wings. Delicious!
I generally roast or grill with my air cooker (fryer) but the other day, fed up with deciding which veg to use I cooked the lot.
I chopped everything into bite sized chunks, spud, cabbage, caulie, carrot, parsnip, leek etc., tossed it all in a bowl with olive oil making sure that everything was well coated then spread it into a paper insert (no washing up required apart from the bowl 
) and into the drawer on ‘roast’ at 205c for 18 minutes, but stopped it halfway through to lay 4 thin pieces of Cantal on top. With some gravy that I had made earlier, I always make too much so it is simply rejuvenated on subsequent days, it was absolutely delicious.
On another occasion I grilled a chipolata in the other drawer for the same time, but on it’s own it is the most acceptable way for a non-veggie to enjoy a veggie meal. 
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Plus their after sales service is exceptionally good.
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