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The other week, I asked my colleagues to name one online purchase they’re passionate about. My colleague Ben Tyers wrote me immediately: “Years in, I still love an air fryer.”
Tyers says he bought the Tefal EY505D model, currently on sale on Amazon for 58% off. The air fryer normally costs $349, but is discounted to the bargain price of $148. It features a touchscreen and can fit an XL meal that feeds up to six.
Tyers says, in his eyes, the size of the tray is one of its best features. “I know you can get bigger, but I think the 4.2L suits us [a family of four] perfectly,” he says.
“We actually saw my wife’s cousin using hers when we went around for Christmas lunch [in 2021],” says Tyers. “She was using it to cook sides to go with the roast because the oven was full. I was pretty shocked at how the sides came out — it had roasted everything as if it has been in over an hour, and it probably did it in half that time.”
Three years later, Tyers says though his household now uses the air fryer less than when it was first purchased, though, still weekly. It’s used even more in winter. The only thing his family has yet to cook in it but will soon is a cake.
“I’ve cooked a whole roast chicken in it, and it came out perfect,” he says. “We use it a lot to reheat things – it’s great for reheating pizza, for instance. It brings the pizza back to life. It’s also a game-changer when cooking for kids. If you need a quick meal of frozen fish or nuggets, you can cook them in the air fryer, and they’re ready in 10 minutes.”
While Tyers agrees it’s similar to an oven, he says the appeal of an air fryer is that it’s smaller so easier to use. Also, you don’t need to preheat it and it’ll cook food much quicker, in most cases.
“Leave the oven for bigger things like roasts or tray bakes, and use the air fryer for all your sides and things that aren’t really worth preheating your oven for,” he says.
The Tefal Easy Fry and Grill EY505D model is on sale for $148 now, down from $349.
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