Broken oven

[Chippy_Tea]

Nice one nowt worse than an oven that doesn't work especially if you have a family.

We recently bought one of these its brilliant and saves heating the big oven if we are only making a meal for two its also much faster than the fan oven as it takes hardly any time to pre-heat and seems to cook the food a lot faster.

We got ours in a sale and paid around £80 which may seem a bit pricey but it'll pay for itself eventually as we are not using as much electricity.

The U.K version max temperature is 200C.

 

[BeerCat]

The oven is working again. A big thank you for everyones help, saved me loads of time.

I bought an air fryer from aldi (or lidl) for £30 when the oven broke. Its great value for the money. Any ideas for what to cook in it most welcome?

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I bought an air fryer from aldi (or lidl) for £30 when the oven broke

Having just looked i see yours is a halogen oven we used to have one and it worked well until the bulb blew and we couldn't find a replacement, our new air fryer doesn't have a bulb this type has something that looks like the cooker ring of an electric cooker at the top providing the heat.

Any ideas for what to cook in it most welcome?

As we work odd shifts i find it great for making a quick meal from the freezer, i had battered fish with potato wedges and mushy peas earlier, i love the way it cooks the fish in only a few minutes and the batter is always much more crispy than when you use a conventional oven.

This is how SWMBO makes the wedges in the air fryer (i am sure this method will work equally as well in the halogen oven)

1/4 as many spuds as you need, put the spuds in a shallow bowl with some boiling water and a little salt microwave on full power for 6 - 7 minutes, remove, drain and add a little oil (we use "fry light" spray) and get your hands in to cover the spuds in the oil, cook at 180c for 7 minutes then turn them and cook for a further 6 mins. :thumba: