Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:49:14 +0000 From: Joe Gwinn Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: TOT: Kitchen Appliances Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:49:13 -0400 Message-ID: <53cc6jlag346mnplqtniit185culikp9lf@4ax.com> References: User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 39 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-E8oD11fwOF7UA9/aTiz/cyzi1MXVeDnwG9JjzmmnRWcOwF1inAK7H0B/c0RU/i+H2poCup2w5KEOG0T!cTsEB+3KTY2YlNuLvamnrqCczk7t7N7d48ps6BVYNyEjpUM7oZ82fKFU+1obihwFhqWH3Ds= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3093 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 In the US, a toaster-size "convection stove" is more or less identical to a small air fryer, and are sold as such. I have the Breville unit, and it works quite well. Joe Gwinn