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Subject: Re: TOT: Kitchen Appliances
Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2024 23:18:28 -0000 (UTC)
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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.