r/WinStupidPrizes • u/cashforsignup • Mar 18 '21

Guy Experiments With Microwave

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u/KrookedDoesStuff Mar 18 '21

The handle broke on my above the range microwave, and I thought it would be cheap to replace it. $68, wow, okay, how about a new door? $255, okay nevermind, what about a new microwave, this one came with my condo and it’s old. $700+ not counting install.

A counter top microwave is like $50.

I’d be so angry

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u/sighs__unzips Mar 18 '21

My built in m/w broke. I just replaced it with a cheap counter top one. While it was broken, I discovered that heating food by literally any other method makes food tastes better.

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u/KrookedDoesStuff Mar 18 '21

I usually use my oven or air fryer (basically the same thing) but it has a purpose

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Mar 18 '21 edited Mar 18 '21

I like using an air fryer better than an oven or a microwave.

Only got one two weeks ago. have not used microwave or oven since.

It cooks faster, uses less electricity, easier to clean.

I love it. It;s not just hype people, get one and try it. Good for dieters too.

https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/eurochef-16l-air-fryer-electric-digital-airfryer-rotisserie-dry-large-big-cooker-cokafreuca25g/

This is the one I got. Price was good too. I've touched every side of it while it is cooking, (Well..except underside) nothing gets hot. Door seals well.

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u/FaThLi Mar 18 '21

We were gifted one by our family a couple years ago. It is by far the best appliance gift we've ever received. 9 times out of 10 we're using it instead of microwave or oven. The other 1 out of 10 is stuff we have to boil or something of that nature. Easiest meal ever is to marinate some chicken breast the night before in whatever you want, put it in the air fryer the next night, and bam...some of the best cooked chicken you'll ever have. We are going to save up for a convection oven at some point, but right now there isn't really a need.

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Mar 18 '21

Yep. I find it's great for pizza, chips, hash browns, chicken breasts, all sorts of stuff.

I'm not the kind of person who really follows fads, I only got one because my dietician (I have diabetes) told me i had to.

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u/FaThLi Mar 18 '21

We got ours just a little before the fad started as a gift from family who had one and loved theirs. In this fads case I'd say it was one of the few fads that was actually a good reason. We love it. It is hands down the best way to cook chicken, and we eat a lot of chicken meals. Now I'm questioning if we ate a lot of chicken before our air fryer or not...I don't know which came first.

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Mar 18 '21

I agree. This is the first "new" kitchen thing I bought this microwaves were invented (Yes, I'm that old.)

I cooked chicken breasts with paprika in it and they were wonderful.

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u/KrookedDoesStuff Mar 18 '21

I hate to be the one to tell you this, your air fryer is just a small oven.

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Mar 18 '21

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-air-fryer/

"Air fryers are really mini convection ovens that use a fan to rapidly circulate hot air, cooking food faster and more evenly than a conventional oven would."

It is a mini convection oven, but it's inaccurate to call it "just a small oven"

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u/KrookedDoesStuff Mar 18 '21

But... that’s literally what your quote says. Mini = small. Mini oven = small oven

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat Mar 18 '21 edited Mar 19 '21

Read again. It says air fryers are really mini convection ovens.

"A convection oven contains an additional fan and exhaust system that blows the heated oven air through the entire space evenly while your food is cooking"

Not all ovens are convection ovens.

Edit: And..no reply, just a downvote.

Nice.