On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 1:15:22 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-12-30 5:31 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:
>
> >> I haven't tried one.Â* It looked like my convection oven would serve the
> >> purpose.
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > Â* It doesn't ... we have a conv oven too , it's nice but who wants to
> > heat up that big ol' thing - which takes longer than the cooking time in
> > an air fryer - when the air fryer will do the job with a tenth the
> > energy consumption .
> >
>
> Are you sure about the relative power use? I have been looking at a
> number of sites and get the impression that they don't really save that
> much power. They have a significant and constant power draw.

I assume that these things operate at around 1600W, which would be the maximum for US appliances. One for the UK could be considerably higher. My guess is that the power savings and speed would be similar to a toaster oven. I don't care much about any reduction in oil. I use a lot of oil.