I wanted real chips, crispy ones with the skin still on, but I was unwilling to dedicate a sunny afternoon to frying them in a saucepan in tiny batches while everyone waited and I refused to reduce them, in an air fryer, to what would be essentially roast potatoes. However it was quite a lot bulkier than some of the other appliances I tried, and not the nicest to look at.

And that's despite McCain's online instructions saying 'Preheat the oven to 230°C/220°C Fan/Gas Mark 8.Martin continued: "If you had a 1000W microwave and you put it on for 10 minutes, one KWH for a sixth of an hour, a sixth of 34p is about 6p, shall we say? We were able to cook two chicken kievs in it at once and the end results were crispy, while our chips were well-browned. The result will seem fresher than it would be in a microwave, which often leaves reheated food unevenly cooked, overcooked or soggy. The first time we reviewed air fryers, during lockdown, one kiloWatt hour of electricity cost just 18p.

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