Philips Viva Digital Airfryer Oven Price: $169.99 Shipping Options:: $5 Standard OR $10 Two-Day OR $20 One-Day Shipping Estimates: Ships in 1-2 business days (Friday, Sep 08 to Monday, Sep 11) + transit Condition: New
I have one of the more basic models without the digital display and I use it to heat various frozen foods, “fry” fresh cut potatoes, heat up meats, etc; it works great. Understand this is basically a turbo convection oven and not a replacement for a deep fryer, but it can have similar results with some foods without the oil.
They are advertising this right this moment on TV for $99. Interesting coincidence I was reading the ad here and hearing the description on TV in the background. Three payments of $33.39 .
I bought the HD9220/26 non digital one during a woot-off - for about half the price I might add - and I love it.
We do frozen french fries, fish sticks, I even did a couple of chicken legs and they came out great. You can fit about 10 chicken wings in a single layer with just a little spray on oil and they come out as crispy as you want.
Definitely recommend this.
My wife COVETED this thing in WS for the better part of a year. Knowing her whims I refused to pay over $300 for something we’d use once and stick on a shelf. When it appeared on woot a year or so ago I bought one just to say “I told you so”.
Damned if we don’t use the thing once a week. It really does make acceptable wings and fries etc. anything frozen like tenders and appetizers come out great. The only caveat I’d share is that you’re not cooking for a group with this thing as most of the cooking times are long (15 mins +) compared to 5 mins for frying.
All in all it was a much more useful tool than I gave credit.
These things are awesome. Makes some of the best pork chops and chicken breasts I’ve ever made myself. Bread them in flour like you normally would, then spritz it with olive oil. I’ve lost about 20 pounds since making the switch. Easy to use, easy to clean.
And I bought a non-digital, weird brand one for $79 on Woot a few months ago. One of my friends bought a Chevy Bolt instead of a Tesla Model S. I own a GE oven range instead of a similarly specced Smeg (tee hee, Smeg. Sorry. Too much Red Dwarf in my youth to take that brand seriously). This is a well reviewed model that has some fanciness and I’m sure we’ll also get the less fancy ones someday too, and maybe even a Wifi/Bluetooth enabled one for an even higher price. We’ll push hard for the best price for any given product, but no supplier is going to price match to off-brand or lesser spec. We can only get ya the best price on the product on offer (and we will try and find any “fuzzy” model numbers to the best of our ability!). It’s either worth it to ya for the cool features or it ain’t. Your call!
DH thought airfryers looked great so he bought ME one a few months ago. Can’t recall the brand, but I haven’t been happy with it. We’ve only tried three things in it with mixed results:
Frozen fries – Were ok, but had to cook them twice as long as even the fryer directions said.
Frozen onion rings – Checked them halfway through the cook time recommended and they were burned.
Fresh battered fish fillets – The fish was ok, but the batter stayed, well, batter-y. Never cooked at all.
I’m sure I’m doing something wrong, but am interested to see so many folks who love the things. Suggestions?
But dagnabbit it, I really miss my Sansa MP3 players. They were awesome for running and hiking, instead of lugging my phone. I still have two, they have a ton of my ‘old’ music on them…