Ever heard of an oil-less Fryer?

RinaRina · ‎03-13-2010

I saw some friends eating fried fish the other day and thought "how kewl". I want to cook some fried fish too! But I just want to "dunk" the fish into something. Is there such a thing as a oil-less fryer? I thought I saw a demo of one on TV ... ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$

The food comes out looking fried, but no oil was used.

???

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RinaRina · ‎03-13-2010

Found 'em. I think I'll pass.

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SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

HSN has been pushing the Char-Broil unit all day long. Competition for the Masterbuilt smoker is what I figure. It's oiless, uses propane (count me out ) and no oil. Uses infrared heating. sure saves on buying oil, but, I don't want to mess with a big, heavy propane tank. Dangerous, to me. Keeping my Masterbuilt Smoker. you might like the Nuwave machine uses no oil at all, just hot air circulation.

HonnyBrown · ‎11-23-2013

Costco has an Air Fryer.

Get your flu shot...because I didn't.

RinaRina · ‎03-13-2010

On 10/29/2014 Sharke said:
HSN has been pushing the Char-Broil unit all day long. Competition for the Masterbuilt smoker is what I figure. It's oiless, uses propane (count me out ) and no oil. Uses infrared heating. sure saves on buying oil, but, I don't want to mess with a big, heavy propane tank. Dangerous, to me. Keeping my Masterbuilt Smoker. you might like the Nuwave machine uses no oil at all, just hot air circulation.

I watched the Char-Broil video and I almost died when he said "PROPANE". ${#emotions_dlg.lol}$

Forget it!

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debic · ‎09-02-2010

I always thought they were basically a showtime rotisserie with a fan.

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Johnnyeager · ‎09-05-2014

HSN pushes the Phillips Air Fryer. Seems they were the first to sell it in the States and said is has been in Europe for years. Was even a TS once. I don't know, the food just doesnt look right to me when I've watched demos. It looks like it gets hot, but equivalent of deep frying?

Poodlepet2 · ‎03-09-2010

I think the general idea is convection cooking, and I am dating myself, but I remember American Harvest was one of the first to come out with it.....and it worked for some things, but not for most....I would pass. Poodlepet

chickenbutt · ‎03-09-2010

Yikes, cooking with propane? Nothing like food that tastes like gas, eh?

As to the 'oil-free frying' - I would agree with Poodle that it is most likely just cooking with convection. The movement of the air, along with the heat, cooks the food.

RinaRina · ‎03-13-2010

Okay, here's my dumb follow-up question. Is FRIED food really bad for you? I've never in my life eaten much fried food because I was kind of chubby as a teen and had bad skin. That was ?? thousands ?? (not telling ${#emotions_dlg.lol}$ ) of years ago, and I never changed the habit.

I'd really like to make some fried fish. ${#emotions_dlg.w00t}$ IMHO, fish just tastes better fried. ${#emotions_dlg.confused1}$