Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Nick Hayward Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: TOT: Kitchen Appliances Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 23:18:28 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 36 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 01:18:29 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9c75a858d8570c0dbf2155857995774c"; logging-data="3825047"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eXqnvJB8OLM6jmyhsxQp26eLsFbNZJtE=" User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Cancel-Lock: sha1:7uPyfig2pdMta5NPiVJy7e+HLHE= Bytes: 2995 On Sun, 9 Jun 2024 23:29:55 +0100, TTman wrote: > On 09/06/2024 18:38, Cursitor Doom wrote: >> Gentlemen, >> >> That other thread on UK power outlets and appliances reminded me of >> this.... >> I don't get the chance to get back to the UK very often, but have >> noticed through the online versions of newspapers and whatnot that >> there's a bit of a phenomenon going on at present with what are called >> "air fryers" - not sure if they're called the same thing in the US and >> other English speaking countries. Anyway, the Brits are obsessed with >> them it appears. They're essentially compact, table-top electric ovens >> and they've sold like they're going out of fashion. The demand for >> these things has been *huge* in Britain. Have they caught on elsewhere >> is my question. Anyone know? >> >> CD. > It's all to do with the massive price rises in energy in the UK, > especially electric in pence per kWh.Due mostly to the war that Putin > started...At one point the government had to rebate every energy > customer £400, spread over 6 months.Even then, the cost was relatively > very expensive- currently around double what it was 3 years ago. > That encouraged everyone to be super efficient in their energy use- both > gas and electric.Turn everything off at the socket to eliminate standby > current etc. Many people on facebook energy type forums promoted the > efficiency of 'air fryers'. Yes, they are basically nothing more than a > small electric oven. Some have 2 compartments so you can cook a small > chicken + potatoes one side and veg the other. Heating element is ~1800W > compared to a conventional oven of ~2500 Watts. Plus cooking times > could, on average, be reduced by 10-20% and the temperature could be > reduced by 10.20 degress C.Most prominent make is Ninja Mine's much more efficient than that. For example, a lasagne that would take 25 - 30 minutes at 170C in a conventional oven. I can do that in just over half the time. They're great little devices.