Bring us some (air fried) figgy pudding! How new tech is being favoured over the traditional ovens to cook Christmas dinners
It’s arguably the most stressful thing about Christmas – getting the turkey just right.
Now, cooks are shunning traditional ovens for air fryers to avoid overcooking or burning the Christmas dinner.
Up to six in ten homes now have the devices, which can be more cost effective than larger appliances.
A survey of 1,071 people on behalf of Ninja UK found two-thirds planned on using it for the big day next week.
Top reasons included it being better with timings as well as easier to ‘get out’ than when using an oven, stopping issues such as dropping food on the floor.
Alongside turkeys, potatoes are the most popular part of the meal for air fryer cooking with 67 per cent of respondents saying they will do them this way.
A survey of 1,071 people by cookware brand Ninja UK found two-thirds planned on using their air fryer for the big day (file image)
More than half plan to cook pigs in blankets in it (54 per cent), 44 per cent for veg and nearly a quarter (24 per cent) cooking their Christmas pudding in there too.
Proving they’re not just for the younger chefs, the findings show the ‘silent generation’ (born between 1926-45) and baby boomers (1946 – 1964) have adapted their cooking techniques with 60 and 49 per cent respectively stating they’ve relearned cooking techniques to use them.
Three-quarters said they use them to keep costs down while half said it was healthier than other methods, the survey found.
Sue Hayward, Personal Finance and Consumer Expert, said: ‘We all want our time in the kitchen to be as seamless as possible. This is why the air fryer has been such a hit with all different ages.
‘It’s easy to use, produces tasty food and as an added bonus can save you money on oven energy bills, which may be key to people this winter.’
Alongside turkeys, many respondents said they also plan to cook potatoes, pigs in blankets, vegetables and even Christmas pudding (pictured) in the air fryer
Carolyn Anderson, of SharkNinja, said: ‘It’s great that so many people will be using their air fryers this Christmas.
‘Our research shows, more and more people – from all different generations – are looking for simple ways to save time, money and be healthier in the kitchen, even on Christmas.
‘And anything that takes a bit of stress out of cooking the Christmas dinner is a good thing.’
Three-quarters of those surveyed said they use them to keep costs down, while half said it was healthier than other methods.
