Air fryer?

[atrax_robustus]

I've been eating LCHF for 4 years, and have experienced many health benefits from it. But while eating high fat, I have never turned to deep fried foods. That's mostly because I am not prepared to deep fry in my home, and outside the oil is mostly seed oils, that is highly recycled.

Thus I have been interested in an air fryer for a while, now I am tempted by a particular one on sale. I am pretty keen, but also imagine adding butter or olive oil to food before eating.

Is anyone using an air fryer on a LCHF diet? Any suggestions to add?

For the record, I was convinced this was a good model by ATK youtube.com/watch?v=WwKAjdq...(Not working as expected?) and their recommended model is currently £59 at argos, which considering VAT is 20% is a huge bargain! argos.co.uk/product/8963857

[jdine1969]

I have the same question! I want it to make chicken nuggets, fried chicken shin and same people say that it is great for steak. If i have to use oil it is olive or coconut oil. I have made fried chicken in coconut oil and nobody can tell.

[TheTabbyCat]

Hi atrax_robustus this month there's a feed on WLS about airfryer, recipes and models.

Springer's specials.

healthunlocked.com/weight-l...

[Cooper27]

I have an air fryer, and it is quite good. We have a model that makes rotisserie chicken, and can use skewer racks to make kebab skewers, which might be a helpful option if you're LCHF.

[atrax_robustus]

Thanks guys. He who hesitates is lost! It's back up to £90 now, so emergency is over. I will pick it up the next time I see it on sale.

[Cooper27 in reply to atrax_robustus]

It's probably just temporarily back up so it can be discounted as "black Friday sales", a lot of prices are sneaking up at the moment like this... I definitely bought ours in a prime day/black Friday type sale.

[atrax_robustus in reply to Cooper27]

Nah, it's more nefarious than that. It was already a Black Friday offer, which is why I didn't snatch it up, I assumed they would keep the prices all week. But it turns out Argos changes the prices every day! Now it's back down to £70 (the price I first saw it at), but they have lowered the price of the larger and better featured 2 drawer model (but more than I need) so their is only £5 between them!

I can't wait to see what they do tomorrow 🫦

5.7 litre air fryer £70, and 6.7 litre dual drawer model £75

[TheTabbyCat in reply to atrax_robustus]

I've heard that "bigger is better ". I'm still resisting this year but for a fiver's difference I'd go for the bigger one

[atrax_robustus in reply to TheTabbyCat]

😄 Thank you tabby cat! You took me down the rabbit hole, in a good way! When I started replying to you this morning, I put together an argument why the bigger one wasn't better. But while drafting that, I did a bit of googling (and youtube-ing) to confirm I was right, and eventually decided I wasn't, and I should get the bigger model. And when I thought that, I could have paid for it today and picked it up tomorrow. But I procrastinated, and when I finally bit the bullet, it was sold out everywhere near me! I managed to reserve one an hour away from me. I am considering letting that go, but I have just found out that I must have got the last one from that store, and I can't see one in London at all now!

I have a week to decide to pick it up, so may yet go without and get a refund. But yeah, I think you are right; bigger is better.

[TheTabbyCat in reply to atrax_robustus]

There's something alike to "destiny" in your indecision. If an hour away is easy, go for it! If,on the other hand, it's a trail it's just not meant to be.

I tend to do market research before a biggish buy, then I ask myself will I use it or will it become one of those things to sell when I get around to it.

Good luck with your quest.🍀

[anna-c in reply to TheTabbyCat]

I agree, airfryer is one of the best things I have bought recently