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  • • sharna_booth_weinrowski said
    • 07 Nov 2016
      1:50 pm

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  The best product on the Market

  This has been the best trial for me! I am noticed a massive improvement with my body, now that the oil we are using is slashed by 80% i am finding that i am enjoying food better, as i am not feeling sick after meals!

  The Airfryer is easy to use… it looks incredible on the bench ! Tonight we are going to make chips for the first time in it… I am enjoying cooking so much more! There is not much to clean, and the products come out tasting incredible. It is worth the investment ! I love that there is an app to use with the product making it ten times easier!

  Would you recommend the Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer to others?
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer helps me cook in a more healthy way
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer saves me time & is easy to use

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  • • mom201806 said
    • 07 Nov 2016
      7:31 am

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  Healthiest chips we have had

  Well my first Airfryer attempt…
  It was so incredibly easy to use.
  Popped my own cut potatoes into the basket with a light spray of olive oil. Set timer and heat setting and got on with the rest of dinner.
  25mins later crunchy healthy chips …

  

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  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
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  • • 3xmum said
    • 06 Nov 2016
      7:22 pm

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  Crispier Crispy Skinned Salmon

  I am not a lover of Salmon at the best of times, but my family love fish and having 4 pieces in the freezer that is what became dinner tonight.

  I brushed a Moroccan marinade over it and set the temperature to 200 degrees and set the timer to 15 mins.

  I had to do two separate batches, but the skin was so very crispy and the fish nice and succulent in the middle.

  It has been a long time since I have eaten fish, but I enjoyed it tonight.

  Would you recommend the Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer to others?
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer helps me cook in a more healthy way
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer saves me time & is easy to use

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  • • Eclectic Mumma said
    • 06 Nov 2016
      2:23 pm

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  Wekk 3 review - it has some minor potential...

  3 out of 5 stars.

  I would like to thank Mouths of Mums for giving me the opportunity to review this device. I was sent a free Philips Airfryer in exchange for at least four reviews and so this will be the third one published to both my own blog, as well as to the Mouths of Mums site.

  Please note that my rating for this product may change in each review as I get to know the device more, learn the tips and tricks and so on. For now, the current rating is 3 out of 5.

  Okay… so this week I did more ‘from scratch’ cooking with this device and wasn’t as displeased with how it handled as I thought I would be… that’s me giving it a compliment by the way. 😉

  Basically, what I did was chat to foodie friends who already own an airfryer of some sort and ask them what they liked cooking in it. Whole food suggestions only, no snip and serve rubbish. They told me pork belly, chicken, bacon (we know that one), veggies and so on.

  So this week I tried a few things. Firstly – some marinated pork belly ribs from Barossa Fine Foods – they marinated them, not me. I love their marinated spare ribs, been a fan for years and usually grill them for half an hour 45 minutes and then have a lot of messy grease and oil to clean up afterwards. Sooo yummy… but very messy too.

  But doing them in the airfryer? Done to absolute perfection within 15 minutes. Still moist and juicy (not dried out and burnt like what sometimes happens in the grill), crispy crackling rind and I have to say the best way I’ve cooked them in all the time I’ve been eating them. Better still, cleaning up! Once the airfryer had cooled down, just wiped it out with some kitchen paper – that then went in the compost – and into the dishwasher with the airfryer parts– came out clean first time. No excess grease, mess, oil, etc. Far easier way to clean – so win win on the round airfryer!

  I will, however, add that I cooked five small ribs in it in that time… as my kids don’t like them and they were just for hubby and myself. My kids had sausages and I would have probably had to spend an hour cooking those in batches in the tiny fryer basket so they were put in the oven. So yes it won pork belly ribs… but lost as a way to easily cook the whole family a meal.

  The second recipe to try was my Asian style fried chicken… This is chicken breasts (or thighs for a budget) cut up and rolled in cornflour that has been seasoned with “pink” salt, freshly ground pepper and Chinese five spice. I usually deep fry it in coconut oil… which is yummy, but another messy experience and quite time consuming to do.

  Airfryer version? Well, I had to cook in batches – but have to when deep frying too so no biggie there – and tried cooking the first batch without oil… Super dry and a bit dull… but still tasty. The remaining batches I sprinkled with some local extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and then cooked –much better. Just had to come and remove and shake the basket every few minutes rather than spending an hour standing over a pot of boiling oil. Nice change. The chicken still came out a bit dry, but not so bad and the kids and hubby yummed it up with some rice. I added some sweet chilli and tamari soy sauce to mine. Yum.

  So, it took about as long to cook as if I deep fried it, but I didn’t have to be there and be on my feet (which is great with my current bad back) for that whole time.

  Cleaning was a breeze too. Another wipe out with kitchen paper – then composted – and into the dishwasher. Not pan of used coconut oil to dispose of, no oily splatters all over the place – nice, simple and easy.

  My goodness? Two things from scratch the airfryer is doing amazingly well… who would have thought it?!

  I feel I have proved to myself I was wrong about the Philips airfryer to some extent. Yes it is still best suited to do snip and serve reheat pre-made foods… but it CAN be used for from scratch and it does it in a less time consuming, cleaner fashion. Just too small to do a decent family sized meal using just the airfryer to cook the meat.

  Though, I will add, the recipe app for Android is STILL BROKEN since their update. I’ve reported it half a dozen times and even left a poor review on the apps page (and I am not alone with my complaint either from all the other people reporting it). It’s been three weeks now and the app has not worked since that update. So that has helped keep my score low as, quite frankly, a product with next to no decent customer support – which this shows – is a poor product indeed.

  Next week I will be trying to cook asparagus in it, as well as see how it goes making another household favourite – tamari almonds. The whole roasting of nuts side of things has so much potential it is almost exciting to see what it can do!

  Would I recommend this device to others?

  If I am honest, the jury is still out on this as I have had such a hit and miss reaction to using it. I, personally, still feel it is better suited to those wanted to cook (reheat) pre-made foods from the frozen food sections at the shops… but do have to admit it cooks pork products – from scratch – pretty well. I would list the pros and cons and let the person decide if it’s for them. As it is an item that takes up a lot of space while not actually being able to cook a lot at once… and if you already have a cluttered kitchen and a large family to feed… you might still want to think twice about it.

  I would also strongly advise the check what it is they are purchasing so they don’t end up with the one like me that lists all the fantastic things it can make… but then comes without any of the accessories, and so all you get is something that fries… I’m still frustrated over that, as it really does come across as false advertising!

  Would I buy this device for myself?

  I really don’t know… I am still undecided. It has been suggested I try buying the baking tin accessory and taking it for a spin. But as that is money I can’t afford right now, and I am perfectly happy with all the cake tins and my fan-forced Smeg oven right now, I don’t have a huge desire to go buy it. The airfryer is honestly just too small to bake something for my whole family anyhow. Though, one day, I would like to try bread.

  In summary – it’s starting to show some promise, and I can see us using it to cook small batches of things in it, but still not a device I can easily cook a whole family meal in. Too small, too time consuming.

  

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  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
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  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer saves me time & is easy to use

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  • • mom186631 said
    • 06 Nov 2016
      1:43 pm

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  Mini pizzas!

  After seeing another reviewer had made mini pizzas in her Airfryer I decided to give it a go. I used some English muffins as the base, put some tomato and BBQ sauce, ham, salami, olives, pineapple, and cheese on and stuck them in the Airfryer for 3 minutes at 200C. They came out brilliantly!! The English muffin base was crispy, the cheese was a golden brown. Slightly annoying as only two fit in the basket each time so it takes a while to make enough for everyone. But it would be good for an afternoon snack, if you were only making 2-4. The double layer rack would be good here.

  

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  • • mom79844 said
    • 04 Nov 2016
      3:34 pm

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  success or fail???

  Originally when we cook sweet & sour pork, the recipes says “deep fry pork first”. But it’s too much work for me, so I usually do shallow-fry in the frying pan. But I decided to try to cook pork in the Airfryer.
  I cut pork and coat with flour as usual, and put them in the Airfryer. Unfortunately it fits only half of batch. ( I need double layer rack!!) Set 180c for 20 minutes. I opened to check pork in the middle, then the flour scattered everywhere!!! After beep sounds, the outside of pork started burning, but I could see white flour outside. I gave up rest of batch, and shallow-fry in the frying pan as usual. I mixed up Airfryer-cooked pork as well. (in the picture, Airfryed pork has dark colour)
  Usually pork is very tender in this recipes, but Airfryed pork is bit hard, especially outside. For me, it’s the biggest regret to cook with Airfryer, but my husband said that it’s different from usual, but he liked grilled-like pork (little bit burnt outside, but it had flavour). Ummmm, I’m not still sure it was good or not. But only one thing I can say is the Airfryer itself was coated flours, and it made big mess in the bench!!! It was very hard to clean:(

  

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  • • mom186631 said
    • 04 Nov 2016
      10:46 am

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  The Phillips Turbostar Airfryer. Not for baking.

  So far I have had zero luck when it comes to baking in the Airfryer. I was originally very surprised that you could bake in it, but there are numerous different recipes in the app from cakes to muffins and brownies. But after numerous failed attempts I’m reluctant to keep trying for a positive result. I tried making brownies (from a box mix) and they were a spectacular failure: burnt black on the outside and completely under cooked (raw batter) on the inside. I tried again with a “from scratch” recipe and got a slightly better result: the outer 2 inch shell was perfect! Chewy and delicious and everything a brownie should be. But the center was, again, completely uncooked.
  I’ve tried muffins with the same result and today I tried a packet mix mug cake (as I had one in the pantry). It took about 15 minutes in the Airfryer, is nicely done on the outside, but is once again raw inside. And after 15 minutes in the Airfryer he mug is so hot you can’t touch it anyway haha!! Two minutes in the microwave would have been so much easier!
  I love the Airfryer for “frying”, but I won’t be using it again for baking.

  

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  • • sharna_booth_weinrowski said
    • 03 Nov 2016
      12:36 pm

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  Happy to review this!

  I was sooooo happy to be chosen to review this for Mouths of Mums!
  I had to have my gall bladder removed nearly 8 years ago and have to be really careful the level of fat in my diet.

  I was so impressed when this came to our house.
  I would highly recommend that you download the app associated with the product. It was fantastic little pocket recipe book. I found great recipes to use and step by step guide.

  We firstly did our chicken wings in the air fryer. I was so impressed how little oil was needed. The chicken wings came out packed with flavour and just so juicy! It was simple to use and i found cleaning was just as easy!

  We next tried sweet potato chips… i am now a convert! It was easy, only the smallest amount of oil was needed. I was impressed how crispy it made the sweet potatoes!

  

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  • • Kathryn313 said
    • 02 Nov 2016
      9:27 pm

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  A few things I have learnt

  All has been going well with the Airfryer so far so I decided to try out a family favourite, the chicken schnitzel. The Airfryer has a few accessories that you have to buy separately, one of them being a double layer accessory which would have been handy as I needed to cook 3 schnitzels. I ended up only managing to fit one in the basket so cooked the other two in the pan as I’d normally do them at the same time. I followed the instructions and put the schnitzel on some grease proof paper in the basket and cooked for 12 minutes. Although the chicken was cooked perfectly and the crumb coating on the top side was crunchy, the underside was still soft, I think had the schnitzel been placed directly in the basket it would have cooked better. I also think a light spray with some oil might have helped. I’m not sure I would cook schnitzels in the Airfryer again, the taste was just not the same and it took about the same time as the pan fried ones.

  

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  • • mom201672 said
    • 02 Nov 2016
      3:19 pm

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  Schnitzel - healthy style

  Another crowd favourite that I tend to avoid cooking due to the fat content is Schnitzel. Let’s face it, we all love a schnitzel – but I cringe at the thought of how unhealthy this is for me and my family so I only tend to cook it as a treat every now and again. This time, I had a go at a Paleo-Crusted pork schnitzel. Initially, whilst the meat was cooking, the crust was looking more soggy than crispy, so I found that I needed to paint each schnitzel with a touch of oil just to get the nice crust I was after. Then, it worked. If I had a spray oil, either olive oil or coconut oil it would have worked better, but as a first time schnitzel hack, the results were pretty promising. In the last minute or so I threw in a handful of asparagus spears, which seared nicely. I also tried some shoestring fires but I cooked them for too long so they were VERY crispy!! Another rookie fail – not the machine’s fault, rather the user.
  I would certainly make the schnitzel again, only this time would ensure they were individually oil-sprayed. Also, I had the schnitzels separated by a layer of baking paper which I rotated them every few minutes. I think if I had the shelf-accessory they would have cooked more evenly without so much intervention from me. Nevertheless, I am impressed with each and every meal I am making in my Phillips Airfryer. I now have it permanently placed on my bench top as I’m finding it so useful for quick additions to our dinners. Thanks so much for choosing me to review this wonder-machine. I love it 🙂

  

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  • • mom201672 said
    • 02 Nov 2016
      2:52 pm

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  Chicken WINGS!!

  My kids LOVE chicken wings (but I don’t share the love). So I tried doing some wings and chips for the kids in the sir flyer, whilst I made something else for myself.
  I had the wings marinading in a garlic/honey/soy marinade for a couple of hours before following the cooking instructions on the app. My oh my, the delicious, smoky, charred flavour that these wings had pretty much had me a convert to chicken wings. They were perfectly cooked on the inside, crispy and crunchy on the outside – but not a tiny bit dry!! Winning. Once the wings were done and were cooling to ‘kid-temperature’ I did a batch of chips. Then in the final 2 min of the chips, I added the wings back to the basket to ensure they were not soggy.
  The marinade did make a bit of a mess at the bottom of the basket, but after soaking in water for half and hour, it wiped out easily. No different to a decent non-stick pan as far as ease to clean.
  Seriously – yum. I will make this dish again and again. And this time I will eat it too.

  

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  • • Huddysmum said
    • 01 Nov 2016
      8:20 pm

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  Mini Pizzas!

  I needed to whip up something quickly for my 2 year old for dinner tonight.. I had some bakers delight pizza dough, cut it into 4, topped with some pasta sauce, ham, olives, sundried tomato, pineapple, capsicum and grated cheese. 7 mins in the Airfryer and it was done! He absolutely loved it and we ended up having the same. So quick and easy this Airfryer is amazing!!

  

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  • • gofunkit said
    • 31 Oct 2016
      2:18 pm

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  Awesome!

  So much better than deep frying all the time, i find that I don’t get as much smell in the house either because you aren’t heating up oil and having all of that extra steam. I swear by my air fryer, the food comes out perfectly cooked, its so quick and easy, and feels a lot healthier than throwing food into boiling oil! Best purchase ever and now I wouldnt be without one

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  • • mom79844 said
    • 28 Oct 2016
      3:33 pm

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  reheat leftover food

  This time, I used Philips Airfryer to reheat my leftover chicken for lunch. I thought I cooked these chicken in Airfryer the day before, but I needed to cook lots, so I gave up and cooked in the oven. ( I think I need to buy double layer rack if I cook lots)
  I placed baking paper in the basket, (then I don’t need to wash basket later!lol) put the chicken, and set 140c for 20min. It’s quicker to reheat in the microwave, but crumbs are getting soggy. It may take same length to reheat in the oven, but I need to preheat the oven first.
  The chicken in Airfryer is just like as reheat in the oven. Still crunchy outside, and reheat & still juicy inside, but I could save time cuz I don’t need to preheat!
  Airfryer is good for not only cooking, but also reheat leftover foods!

  

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  • • mom93671 said
    • 28 Oct 2016
      2:49 pm

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  So easy and quick

  I’ve been using the Philips Viva Airfryer for a few weeks now and loving it so much. We cook in it every day. Meat, veg, dessert. Its just so handy and doesn’t need preheating which is my favourite thing about it. If I want something quick and easy for lunch or dinner I can just stick something in it and its done in a flash. LOVE LOVE LOVE my air fryer!

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  • • PopM said
    • 28 Oct 2016
      1:13 am

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  Frozen Sausages.... No worries with the Philips Viva Turbostar Airfryer

  What to do when you get home from school pick up and the kids are starving and starting to look for something to eat?…. my last favourite time of the day.
  I looked in the freezer and saw a pack of bbq beef sausages, always a hit with the little ones. Could I put them in the Airfryer frozen? Would they actually cook before they burnt… I really wasn’t sure if it would work but thought I’d try anyway.
  I placed them in the basket, set temperature to 180 and turned the timer to 20 minutes.
  After the timer ended I checked the sausages and was shocked to see that not only had they defrosted but they were cooked. I turned the timer on for about another 5 mins just to get them a bit more browned just in case they needed more cooking inside.
  I couldn’t believe that it had cooked the sausages perfectly from frozen. They were so moist and looked like they were cooked on the bbq. The amount of fat that had drained from the sausages into the base of the unit during cooking was also quite surprising.
  Definitely a healthier way to cook sausages for the family, and the fact that the Airfryer cooked them so well from frozen won me over even more.

  

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  • • PopM said
    • 28 Oct 2016
      12:53 am

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  Another quick easy healthy meal

  I really am surprised at just how easy to use the Philips Airfryer is. In a matter of minutes you can whip up a delicious meal the whole family can enjoy.
  I had some marinated chicken tenderloins and decided to try these out in the Airfryer. I popped them in for about 20 minutes, and then added an extra 5 or so minutes just to be sure. I popped these aside covered and then cut up some capsicum, zucchini and eggplant. I drizzled with some olive oil then seasoned with salt pepper and some dried oregano. Gave it a quick mix then popped into the Airfryer basket. Set the timer to 15 minute and walked away.
  I ended up creating a delicious meal the whole family enjoyed. The chicken was so moist on the inside and cooked perfectly.
  Clean up was a breeze too as I popped all the basket components into the dishwasher along with the rest of dinners dishes and done!

  I really am loving this product and feel very fortunate to have been selected to trial it.

  

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  • • Eclectic Mumma said
    • 27 Oct 2016
      12:52 pm

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  Still not a fan of this device, despite it making the perfect bacon.

  3 out of 5 stars.

  I would like to thank Mouths of Mums for giving me the opportunity to review this device. I was sent a free Philips Airfryer in exchange for at least four reviews and this is the second of the four – published to both my own blog, as well as to the Mouths of Mum’s site.

  Please note that my rating for this product may change in each review as I get to know the device more, learn the tips and tricks and so on. For now, the current rating of 3 out of 5 is my current response to the device.

  Okay, so week two and we tried a few new things. To be honest, I’m still not a fan of this device and still see it as more of a kitchen gimmick than a useful tool… but that is just my opinion.

  Oh, and no I am not anti-Philips! I love my Philips All-in-one cooker (another generous Mouths of Mums gift) and use it daily. Plus my old stove just packed it in and as I rarely use a stove, rather than replace the whole thing (which I can’t afford anyhow) I simply bought a Philips portable induction cooker hotplate – also from the Viva collection – and so far a wonderful addition. I just want people to realise I am not anti-Philips nor anti devices used in the kitchen to make life easier. I have a Thermomix, the all-in-one cooker, waffle maker, sandwich press, toaster, and microwave… the whole kit and caboodle. So – I’m not anti-devices just not a fan of this particular item. We good? 😉

  What did I make with the airfryer this week? Well, I wanted to run an experiment to see how it did with reheat and serve pre-made (junk) vs cooking from scratch. We started with the pre-made and I made up these chicken tenders and oven fried chips. Still not a fan.

  Basically, I don’t usually buy, cook or eat this sort of “food” – the term is used very loosely I can assure you. It is junk, full of all sorts of crap we generally don’t eat and all in all the nicest tasting thing on my plate was the salad – not made in the airfryer!

  The chicken tenders came with deep fryer instructions saying to cook them in a deep fryer for 5 minutes at 180 C. I pre-heated the airfryer to that heat, cooked them in batches (one packet was three batches in this tiny basket) and it took about 12 minutes a batch to actually cook them all. I had them resting in my Thermoserve to stay hot between batches! Sad but true!) And they are pre-made, pre-cooked items I was really just reheating! It took me three batches to cook the chips – which didn’t come with deep fryer instructions so I winged it – and they took about 15 minutes a batch.

  So, all up, this pre-made reheat and serve “quick” meal took me over an hour to make! If I had made it in my fan-forced over – maybe 25 mintes to half an hour to make tops.

  The next night I was going to put the airfryer through its paces and try making honey soy chicken pieces, sausages and homemade root veggie chips… but I just didn’t have the time or energy to spend probably 4 hours making it all! So cooked it all in my oven in about an hour.

  One of the biggest initial hurdles I had was I had no recipe on how to cook raw chicken in the airfryer. The paper cookbook that came with the device was useless and the app had recently updated and since then crashes any time you try and open a recipe. I have reported the fault… it has been over a week now and the app is still broken. So the only help I can find is by googling and looking at other people’s recipes and ideas. None of which I found that helpful. So I just stuck to cooking the meat in my oven as – especially with chicken – I like to ensure it’s cooked all the way through before serving it to my family.

  So – the experiment was a failure. Yes I could cook (reheat) pre-made foods in the airfryer, but it took twice as long as expected and this sort of “food” isn’t something we usually eat, so the airfryer wasn’t a helper.

  It was also too small and too slow to cook a family meal from scratch and so I just used my normal oven.

  To end on a positive – it needs at least one, right? – the airfryer is excellent at cooking bacon!

  I put 5 rashers of Kanmantoo (award winning, local and good quality bacon – not cheap and nasty supermarket crud) in the airfryer. Set it to 160 C and had the perfect bacon in 8 minutes. Yes we took it out and shook it several times to ensure it was all cooked… but it have out perfect. Gorgeously crispy crunchy bacon rind and cooked to the right level of yum meat.

  Sadly, I do not need a device – that takes up so much space in my tony kitchen – just to make the perfect bacon in 8 minutes. So this was a little too late to make me a fan… but did aware the airfryer an extra star for this week’s review.

  Would I recommend this device to others?

  The answer is still a definite NO. It really does come across as nothing more than a kitchen gimmick. It’s too small to cook a decent, from scratch, meal for a family of 5, it takes a lot longer to do things than it says it should and it’s online cookbook app has been broken for over a week and so is of no help.

  Would I buy this device for myself?

  No, not even for 8 minute perfect bacon would I go out and buy it. I mean, it’s great that my kids can use it (with my supervision) and it might be of more use if I could bake in it as I feel it would make great bread… if it was bigger and came with the baking tray/tin… but as it is, it’s just a gimmick. I’d much rather my kids had a popcorn maker to play with as we’d get far healthier things out of it in larger quantities and faster speeds than we do the airfryer.

  In summary: This device really does come across as a time wasting kitchen gimmick. I have devices that are far more helpful at making far healthier meals. Yes it makes the perfect bacon in 8 minutes… but do you really need to spend hundreds of dollars on such a one trick pony?

  Until next time,

  Janis.

  

  Would you recommend the Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer to others?
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer helps me cook in a more healthy way
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer saves me time & is easy to use

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  • • mom79844 said
    • 26 Oct 2016
      1:46 pm

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  Apple ring chips -need basket cover (lid)!

  After trying to make potato chips, I decided another chips -this time, I made apple ring chips!
  Just slice apple with slicer, get rid of seeds, and put in the basket.
  I set 140c for 10 minutes, and check inside, pull apart if it’s stick together, and set 100c for 20 minutes. I opened couple of times to check, and I found a couple of slices stick to the upper heat element and burnt!! Yes, as like potato chips, it’s so light, moving around with air, and some of them stick it… So I looked around the kitchen, and set small metal rack over the chips, then not to move around too much:(
  Apple chips were good, and good for healthy snack.
  But I really thought I need lid if I cook chips (potato, apple, vegetables…). I saw they sell basket cover(lid) in some countries, and so we can cook something light such as potato chips, veges chips or even popcorn. They should sell it in Australia, too! (or basket cover and double layer rack should be in the box as accessories, not paying extra money!)

  

  Would you recommend the Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer to others?
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer helps me cook in a more healthy way
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer saves me time & is easy to use

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  • • mom79844 said
    • 23 Oct 2016
      3:44 pm

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  Homemade potato chips

  I’ve never made homemade potato chips, but I tried to make it with Airfryer. I sliced potatoes, soak in the water for 30 minutes, drain, and put in the basket. I set 180c for 20 minutes. It looks my slicer doesn’t slice thinly enough.lol Potatoes were getting balloon, but it was crunchy. It tastes good, not taste like artificial flavour. But I thought I should rub little bit oil before putting in the Airfryer. (I put salt after, but it didn’t stick to the potatoes)
  Next time I make potato chips, I will slice the potatoes more thinly, rub the oil before heating, and make more!

  

  Would you recommend the Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer to others?
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer is suitable for lots of recipes
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer helps me cook in a more healthy way
  The Philips Viva TurboStar Airfryer saves me time & is easy to use

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