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 enlarge | Brand: Tefal
Category: Kitchen
List Price: £159.99
Buy New: £124.94
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 52
Media: Kitchen & Home
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 16.7 x 14.1 x 9.9
MPN: FZ700015
EAN: 3045386322015
ASIN: B000T76UOE
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 This is brilliant for a variety of food August 11, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have bought the actifry about 4 weeks ago and have cooked different things with it. To keep it short and snappy : buy it !
From freshly sliced potatoes over chicken legs to bolognaise for spaghetti , meat balls or a curry... I have used it a lot and the results where stunning. What my wife loves about it is that whenever you deepfry anything with a normal deepfryer, the whole house stinks to heaven for 3 days, with the actifry there is a subtle smell of the food that you actualy cook. I am amazed that there are still people moaning about their results with the actifry (must be people that cant cook at all or with two left hands). Nowadays we all have to think about the stuff we eat, and with the actifry we dont need much oil, depending on what you want to cook, no oil at all. I dont regret buying it and can highly recommend it.
new owner July 17, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
it's healthier than my old kenwood deep fryer ... but do the chips come out any better ... thats debatable ... the best potato to use is the Kerr's Pink ..... makes Maris Pipers and king edwards potatoes poor in comparison ....
1 downside 30 - 40 minutes to make chips
 Tefal Antifry very very poor July 11, 2008
7 out of 17 found this review helpful
Having recieved my Tefal Actifry I am more than disapointed! Tried chips, following the instructions and they were really nasty. I looked to see and I had the wrong type of potatoes. Tried again today with the recommeneded potatoes and they were just as bad. Two hundred and fifty grams took twenty five minutes to cook, think about the cost of your electricty!. I am now going to try to sell this machine. Do not buy the Tefal Actifry! It sounds good and healthy! However better not to have chips at all!!!
Good product with minor down-sides... July 7, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Had one of these for a couple of months. I concur with the timer being a bit quiet & the unit a bit loud, & maybe it's not as robust as I'd like BUT it makes great chips with very little fat or smell!!
So far we've mainly done chips, & sauages & branched out into making some of the recipes from the booklet, which were ok but not amazing. The bananas were good though! I freestyled a nice veg curry while the other half was out which turned out good but stained the mixing arm.
My only major complaint is that I'm getting chubby after eating several kilos of spuds in the last few weeks, but that's a lack of self control on my part :) !!
On balance I would give it 4.5 out of 5
Chips without fried smells all over June 24, 2008
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought the Actifry for one reason alone: less oil meant less odors, and I can't stand the smell of fried oil on clothes. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. Not only does it not let out any of those horrible oil vapors that settle on everything, but it makes the horrible sight of left over oil a thing of the past.
You do need to adjust your cooking habits in order to use it effectively. For instance, it will take its time, which depending on quality and quantity can be anything from 25 to 45 minutes (I think more oil -- say 2 spoons instead of one may help speed things up a bit, but haven't tested this so don't take my word for it)
This means that instead of preparing a salad, fish or meat and then preparing the chips, with the actifry it saves time to throw the potatoes in and prepare the other dishes while it fries them. It is far more forgiving than a traditional frier with regards to the need to pay attention to it: leaving the chips in for 5 minutes longer will not result in them turning to coal. And Actifry itself will not burn your kitchen down or spill hot oil on you or your family. All this means you can concentrate on other tasks without stress while it does its thing.
A word of warning though: turn it off leaving your chips in with the lid down, even for a couple of minutes, and they will loose their crispness. You should be ready to serve them when they are done... or, just turn it off a couple of minutes early and turn it back on a couple of minutes before serving. I found re-activating the airflow for a bit will generally restore the crispness. It is for this reason that I think the timer not stopping the device when it goes off is actually a good thing. Okay they could have had it pop the lid open too, but honestly it never bothered me so far.
The great thing about the small amount of oil is that you can afford to use organic oil for frying. I used olive oil at first, but never got the right results. Edges and small sized sticks would burn by the time the rest of the chips where done. So I followed the advice in the book and used sunflower oil with very noticeable results. It doesn't taste the same, but it delivers a crispier, even, frying without burned edges. I plan to try other oils as well and perhaps mixtures (even a third of olive oil would make the edges burn -- okay, it is the healthiest of them all, but it is much more so in its raw form, best use it for salad dressings!)
I was glad to read another reviewer's comment about not peeling the potatoes. I do this too and I'll second the suggestion, you really can't tell the difference and it is much more nutritious -- do wash the potatoes *really* well though and cut out any soiled bits or abnormalities. And be very careful about the potatoes you use. Make sure they are certified to be pesticide free. Potatoes grow in the ground and absorb all the chemicals sprayed on the field, most of which stay *in* the skin. So unless you are sure they are free of such substances it's far healthier to actually peel them!
It is a bit noisy but it is only a problem if you are right next to it while trying to talk on the phone or listen to the radio. It's the only time I notice the sound it makes.
This is one of the best appliances I've ever bought, and I would highly recommend it to everyone. But we don't all like our chips the same so try to have a taste before buying.
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