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Post by karinms on May 28, 2015 15:16:14 GMT
Who has one? Do you use it? Just another counter top appliance taking up space?
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MDscrapaholic
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Post by MDscrapaholic on May 28, 2015 15:16:50 GMT
Never heard of it!
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Post by valincal on May 28, 2015 16:30:31 GMT
I love mine but I store it away in the pantry on a shelf so it isn't sitting on the counter. I have the older smaller sized one. It really cooks very quickly and browns up the meat nicely without needing to be watched, and the unit itself is super easy to clean as it completely comes apart and all pieces go in the dishwasher.
I use it mainly for steak bites and pork tenderloin and chicken breast/thigh ("souvlaki") and sometimes for french fries.
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Post by lesley on May 28, 2015 16:39:03 GMT
I've thought about getting one before, but always find some other use for the money. My friend has one, and it makes the best chips (fries)!
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on May 28, 2015 16:39:29 GMT
I had to look it up.
I doubt I'll get it. I'm not really into getting new countertop appliances.
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Post by mrst on May 28, 2015 17:03:39 GMT
I've had 4. They all failed in some way although I liked the way they cooked. I now have another dry fryer that I use a lot. We try not to fry anything and this method of cooking is an acceptable alternative. There are no take out where we live so any "fries" or chips as we brits call them, are done at home and these use very little oil.
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Post by hockeymom4 on May 28, 2015 17:12:50 GMT
Hubby HAD to have one, probably only used a handful if times. We found things got bunched up, batters fell off of home made items (chicken fingers etc) worked great in frozen wedge fries!!! Maybe have to try out a few more things
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Post by uksue on May 28, 2015 21:25:28 GMT
I like mine but I only use it for Chips. I keep meaning to try it for other things but forget. I have found it is only capable of making smallish amounts comfortably- I have two greedy boys and it will only just make enough for them, luckily my DD and I prefer a jacket potato.
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Post by melanell on May 28, 2015 21:29:21 GMT
I've never even heard of it! I was staring at your title and wondering if this was some word whose meaning I never learned.  But now I am seeing that it's some sort of fryer, and we just don't fry at all, so that's probably why I never heard of it before. |
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Post by newlywoods03 on May 28, 2015 21:33:06 GMT
I've never heard of it, but from the other posts I would take a guess that it is a fryer of some kind. We don't fry foods so I don't think we'd ever use it.
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Post by valincal on May 28, 2015 21:43:16 GMT
I've never heard of it, but from the other posts I would take a guess that it is a fryer of some kind. We don't fry foods so I don't think we'd ever use it. No, not a fryer. It's a Teflon-coated drum that stirs and rotates the food to cook it evenly on all sides, browning in just a teaspoonful of oil. I agree it doesn't work well on breaded items, but I don't like those anyway. Did a great job on fajitas (meat and peppers cooked at once). |
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Post by valincal on May 28, 2015 21:48:55 GMT
A photo of mine full of steak.  |
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Post by newlywoods03 on May 28, 2015 21:57:35 GMT
I've never heard of it, but from the other posts I would take a guess that it is a fryer of some kind. We don't fry foods so I don't think we'd ever use it. No, not a fryer. It's a Teflon-coated drum that stirs and rotates the food to cook it evenly on all sides, browning in just a teaspoonful of oil. I agree it doesn't work well on breaded items, but I don't like those anyway. Did a great job on fajitas (meat and peppers cooked at once). Thanks! I should have done the proper pea thing and googled it, but I was being lazy It looks interesting, I will have to check it out. Does it cook faster than on a stove top? |
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Post by valincal on May 28, 2015 22:02:42 GMT
newlywoods03 It probably takes a similar amount of time as the cooktop but you can leave it completely unattended and it won't burn the food and you don't need to stir or flip anything. We eat a lot of meals that are basically a big salad with a side of protein so this works great for us.
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Post by BarbaraUK on May 28, 2015 22:03:07 GMT
I've had one since they were launched in the UK, quite a while ago now - and I forget it's in the cupboard so don't use it very often....must do better with that! Hadn't thought of using it for fajitas so that will make me get the thing out of the cupboard so I can try that. |
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