Money saving pro Martin Lewis has issued a stark warning to broadband customers, including those with major providers such as Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, following recent price hikes.
25.04.2024 - 08:15 / ok.co.uk
Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has issued a warning for those considering subbing out their traditional ovens for air fryers, especially after the nation's frenzy over the kitchen gadgets that have taken over households in recent years. Seen as a potential cheaper alternative to regular ovens, there has even been talk of some people planning to cook full roasts in in these chic compact cookers.
However, during a chat on This Morning, Martin expressed doubt about whether the assumed energy-saving benefits would actually stand up to scrutiny. Challenging the idea, he questioned: "I heard on the show someone mentioning they was gonna cook a Christmas dinner in an air fryer.
Is that right?" He added: "If that's being done for energy reasons, I would be somewhat sceptical whether that is a good idea." Expressing further concern, Martin explained: "If it's being done for taste, I don't want to get involved. I mean, the benefit of an oven is when you're cooking a lot for a lot of people, and you can fill all the racks and have it on consistently.
Air fryers are good for small things that cook quickly. If you're gonna have to use your air fryer 15 different times for different items generally on energy usage, you'd be better off to use an oven.
So it's an interesting thought." Martin dived into the cost-saving tricks of cooking, revealing: "If you're doing a jacket potato for 10 minutes it's going to be far cheaper [in the microwave] than doing a single jacket potato in an oven and keeping it on for an hour and a half. "However if you were doing a full roast dinner and you were cooking many of them, that is where it's probably cheaper than putting five or six jacket potatoes in a microwave because each additional object you
.Money saving pro Martin Lewis has issued a stark warning to broadband customers, including those with major providers such as Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk, following recent price hikes.
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