Price
$300 - Out for about a year in the UK, just hitting the US market.
How It Works
I've described the Actifry to friends as an ice cream maker combined with a convection oven. Basically, it's a big nonstick pan equipped with a constantly rotating silicone stirrer. You load all the food into the pan, drizzle it with a relatively small amount of oil and then close the clear lid. The controls include just two buttons—one for on/off, one for a timer. Fired up, hot air blows around making it sound, as you might expect, like a weak hairdryer. The idea is that the air blows the oil around and cooks the food while the spatula keeps everything cooking evenly.
The Cook-Off
I put the Actifry through three crucial tests, constantly questioning whether it was better than a convection oven. The first, chicken wings (buffalo style), because you can't generally duplicate a the crunch of a fried wing in the oven. The second, sweet potato fries. (Battered food like onion rings will just gunk up the system, so I settled for something that's also pretty difficult to oven fry.) And last, I made straight french fries—the devices biggest selling point by far.
OPINIONS
THIS IS AWESOME! I WANT ONE NOW! I WANT TO MAKE MY OWN MOZZARELLA STICKS , CHICKEN STRIPS, AND FRENCH FRIES. YOU NEED TO BUY ME ONE AND BRING IT TO ME LIKE RIGHT NOW. IT SAVES A LOT OF OIL!
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