Multicooker or Airfryer?

Hairpin, I understand that you have both MV and aerogrill. I also have an airfryer. Here I am thinking about CF. It seems like you want, but I don't understand exactly what I need it? Tell me you often use it and where does it get tastier?

Sorry, I'm not a Hairpin, maybe she will have a different answer, but these "pots" cannot be compared, the airfryer is like an oven, and the multicooker has different heat modes, the cooked food is completely different in them. Both there and there it is delicious, but in a multicooker it is more stewed (except for baking, of course), and in an aerogrill it is more fried, baked.

If desired, borscht can be cooked both in the oven and in the oven, someone will like one thing, someone else.

Hands, feet behind MV.
1. Baking (like curd pudding) can only be made in MV (I don't have a pressure cooker yet). Because in the oven, the temperature and pressure drop quickly enough, and all the curd falls off. And in MV you can leave it overnight. Temperature / pressure drops for a long time and remains high.
2. I leave the meat stewed overnight. Then they hiss at me that for a long time ... But ... I go to bed late on Friday / Saturday, so I throw in the meat (pork, lamb, beef) for about an hour, and next to me I leave a note, like "not earlier than eight hours, empty the contents of the blue container from the refrigerator, stir, add the contents of the green jar after an hour, and turn it off after another hour. " Whoever of the household gets up first, he throws / mixes. MV extinguishes very gently, does not even extinguish, but languishes. Therefore, if they get up not at eight, but at ten ... there is no greater trouble. And so that she does not interfere on the table in the morning, she is moved to the corridor to the washing machine. If you unplug the cable, she remembers the program for a few more minutes. Can you leave the oven like that?
3. Express options. In the morning we toss from the freezer: frozen shrimps, paella, Brazilian mixture (the one that is frozen in the freezer) and put on Pilaf so that in the evening it will be ready by six. The shrimps are slightly browned underneath, but still delicious. And if we are late, and arrive not at six, but at eight, it is also not a problem. She herself will switch to heating. It is possible for a timer and more complicated, but I like it just pulled it out of the freezer, threw it in the MV and went to work until evening.
4. Porridge. Again in the evening he threw in milk with rolled oats, and by morning - ready porridge. We didn't go further than oatmeal. Like true Englishmen, we eat porridge (porridge) for breakfast house.

In short, I believe that it takes a long time to cook - there the maximum is preserved useful properties, but where quickly ... MV - still the toromoz, but if you don't have to stand over it during cooking? Can I leave home altogether?

That’s all, I’m stopping, otherwise it’s as if Ostap has suffered ...

Hello! I've been sitting for several evenings on your forum, I've just read about the advantages of these devices. I perfectly understand the difference, but my wallet, alas, does not want to understand it .... What to do? A little about his family: the husband does not eat meat at all, but he is ready to eat fish in any form all day, the son is a meat soul, both are lovers of spicy, fried, smoked and all sorts of different harmfulness. The daughter is a one-year-old baby, she, naturally, has her own menu. Well, I, in fact, on the d-i-e-t-e. Here. I look forward to your feedback.

[Mavka]

Mavka
Having such a family and not being able to buy both, I would prefer a multicooker.

With such a varied diet, I would, of course, choose AG, because in CF you cannot satisfy all the needs, and moreover, at the same time, and AG is a very good choice even for children.

[zvezda]

zvezda
Do you have a slow cooker?

I share the opinion of zvezda. For the sake of fairness, I will say that I do not have a multicooker, although I myself also chose for a long time between an airfryer and a multicooker. I chose the airfryer, I am very happy. I think that it is better to buy a rice cooker in addition to the airfryer - to cook milk porridge for the child (for the price it will be the same as the cost of a multicooker), but in a family of different flavors everyone will be fed at the same time.
And on the water, porridge is great in the airfryer. Moreover, you can cook a whole dinner at once: fish or meat from below, a pot of porridge or vegetables on top right on the wire rack: eggplant, pepper, tomato and you get sote. I am impressed: yesterday I cooked such a sote for the first time. For a child, I cut meat and vegetables into cubes and bake them in a roasting sleeve with the addition of a couple of spoons of water, and I get very tasty baked vegetables. Still such a moment, in the airfryer from meat and fish, the fat is melted and flows down, and in the multicooker the fat remains and the meat is cooked in it.
For me, a significant disadvantage of the multicooker was the ability to cook in only one saucepan, which, moreover, due to frequent use, quickly breaks down (Teflon coating), and replacing it will cost a pretty penny.

If there is a convection oven, then it is better to buy a cartoon. And if not, it's still better than a cartoon. For the price, at least, if you are going to buy AG of the company hotter.

I have a Kaiser oven with all the bells and whistles, but you can't compare cooking in AG with an oven, AG wins in many ways. And what is the multicooker for? What to cook porridge or stew meat? So here I agree with Lady ..... and Hotter is not necessarily the most expensive, the effect is the same, and MV is too expensive for its functions, it's better to buy a pressure cooker for 1/2 the cost of MV, because the functions are the same. Buy AG !!! You will not make smoked meats in anything, while they considered that with ONE fish you save from 80 to 100 rubles !!!!!

For me, a significant disadvantage of the multicooker was the ability to cook in only one saucepan, which, moreover, due to frequent use, quickly breaks down (Teflon coating), and replacing it will cost a pretty penny.

I will not say anything about the airfryer, since I do not have one. But I have had a slow cooker for a long time, bought for another 2700 rubles - there were prices once! -so, although after reading horror stories that pots are quickly out of order, there is a spare saucepan, but it has not yet been printed, the first one serves faithfully and does not fail! But in the airfryer it is much easier to damage the flask even if it is not careful (if cold water accidentally gets on the hot flask) and it will also be expensive to replace it.

This is how to choose between a car and a boat on land you cannot go on a boat .. on the sea you cannot sail on a car

I, too, do not take offense at my saucepan, it is normal. Like new, even though I've been cooking every day for a year.
It is difficult to objectively judge a device that you have never used, right? It is even more difficult to choose when I haven’t used anything at all. Different topics compared different devices both in terms of durability, and, if possible, washing in PMM, and in size (in our kitchens every millimeter counts!). and by aggregate capabilities. and electricity consumption ... And, in the end, the pros and cons of each device ran almost the same.
Eating habits, of course, are sustainable, but they also need to be changed if they do not contribute to health! I just bought a slow cooker and began to fry less. Almost from time to time. And nothing, no one complains, because new delicious dishes are on the table. And I'm glad that there is less salt, less carcinogens ... why do children need these smoked products ??? !!!
My opinion: a sensible housewife should SHAPE the family's food preferences. For her good!
The main advantage for me in a multicooker is that it cooks WITHOUT ME. At night, when I'm at work, etc. I'm ready to pay a decent amount for this. Neither the Airfryer nor the Thermomix can boast that they will cook and will keep them in heating mode until the arrival of their son from school, husband and me from work.

Having experience with both a multicooker and an airfryer, if I chose, I would prefer, of course, a cartoon. With the functions of an airfryer, the oven does an excellent job for me, but without multi I don't know what I would do. She cooks my soups and porridge, and stews meat, and bakes pies with casseroles and acts as a double boiler ... And I also cook yogurt in it all the time, no yogurt maker is needed.
I've had the pot for two years now, nothing has been scratched.

Let's be honest. In order to provide food for the entire Mavka family of different flavors, it will be necessary to either cook in a multicooker non-stop, that is, one dish has been prepared, immediately add another, or buy several multicooker at once. Which, judging by our forum, happens in most cases. And Mavka hinted that now she cannot afford both an airfryer and a multicooker, and therefore two multicooker. Well, the third option: to form the most taste preferences of their households. I don't even know which is easier to do.

I have an airfryer and a multicooker. If I chose one, I would choose a multicooker. I hardly use the airfryer, the oven has all the same functions.

Hmm-ah-ah ... (thoughtfully scratching the back of her head, Mavka said, staring at her monitor ....).
The fact is that I have an oven with a grill, but without convection. There is a double boiler (our stick is a lifesaver), a yogurt maker, a bread maker (although I don’t eat bread, but how I like the cooking process !!!), a microwave (really old), a blender, a mixer, a drying machine, a juicer, a coffee grinder and another sandwich maker ... Fuh, she spoke with her fingers on the keys in one breath. Everything is of good quality, it was generously donated by my husband, but before the crisis. Having such an arsenal in the kitchen (fortunately, the kitchen of a private house, a little allows you to load it with all sorts of things) caught fire with these things .... At one time I was considering Thermomix, but 2 things stopped: first, its functions, they confuse me in the sense that you can grate carrots on a grater, well, in extreme cases, there is a blender. Etc. And the second, of course, is the price!
As for food addictions: it makes no sense to change, my boys are not avid violators of the correct diet, but they love to indulge.
The cartoon fascinates with soups (oh, I really don't like to cook them), cereals and pastries, and the airfryer with food in pots and smoked ...

Well, how to decide?!?!?!?!?

Buy a multicooker first. She is still in use more often. And then collect money and buy an airfryer. I am pleased with one thing and another. And I won't give up on anything.

I also think that first you need to start with a multicooker. You can fry meat or bake chicken in the oven, which the entire population has 99% of without investing money. The meat baked in a slow cooker is just fabulous, the chicken can also be fried, although it comes out without a crispy crust, but sato what a fairy tale ... I put everything in there, left on business, you come and a fresh soup is already waiting for you, fresh porridge is pleasantly happy in the morning (and Yesterday's not stuck to the pan), about biscuits, pies and cakes for cakes, I can’t say anything, they are so airy and even that the cakes look no worse than the store ones. I have a good oven, but even there are biscuit cakes in it, no no, and it will skew in some direction, but here everything is perfect.
After you have completely mastered the multicooker and its capabilities, you realize that you need a second ... while in one meat, a side dish (stewed vegetables, potatoes, rice) is made in one side (stewed vegetables, potatoes, rice) or while a casserole or biscuit is baked, you want soup or something else to cook in parallel there. BUT the question arises why are two absolutely identical devices ??? and then the time comes to buy the desired AG (or whatever else you come up with).
I have been using a multicooker for almost a year now, I use it every day and repeatedly, very, very convenient, cooking on the stove has been reduced to a minimum, but 2 months ago I decided that it was time to buy a helper for multi and the choice fell (not without the help of the forum) on AG. For almost a month now I have been saving money .... I will buy it like a scrap (so that the family's budget does not suffer).
Good luck with your choice

I've been looking closely at CF for almost a year now, but I don't see the point in it ... especially when there are steamers and microwave ovens. I also faced the choice of AG or MV .... and after sooo long weighing all the same I decided on AG ini I do not regret a drop. For a month I have NEVER cooked soup on the stove, only in AG !!! And just as simple ... put everything down, pressed the button ... and that's it .... And the possibilities are a hundred times greater than in MV.

I've been looking closely at CF for almost a year now, but I don't see the point in it .... especially when there are steam ovens and microwave ovens. I also faced the choice of AG or MV .... and after sooo long weighing all the same I decided on AG ini I do not regret a drop. For a month I have NEVER cooked soup on the stove, only in AG !!! And just as simple ... put everything down, pressed the button ... and that's it .... And the possibilities are a hundred times greater than in MV.

Forgive me, please, but in the cartoon the same thing, I folded it, pressed the button and that's it. What are a hundred times more opportunities are we talking about? Except for smoking, I can't find a special difference for myself, and even more so, give up the leadership. Thanks to users who have both devices and have the opportunity to compare them - they write and see that they still recommend the cartoon first, and then, with a strong desire, AG. I have 2 steamers and a very sophisticated microwave, but cartoon is still in great esteem. But the desire to buy AG does not arise at all, despite all the reviews on the forum and a passionate love for all kitchen appliances. And about the cartoon 2.5 years ago I read excitedly at night a topic on the forum of good cuisine, and in the morning I went and bought it for the first time in my life, I can probably say for sure that as it was described on the forum, it was not deceived, and it works - nothing not embellished.

[marinal]

I want to put in my own five cents
I have both CF and AG. AG is really the simplest, but I took it exclusively for baking meat, and only later it turned out that other dishes and even baked goods are excellent.
But I absolutely agree with marinal - MV in the first place.
Yet with CF it is more convenient to have your time, stews are excellent! Moreover, the family has a small child, which means that the mother should be less attached to the kitchen. Of course, if I had a more sophisticated AG - with a choice of speeds, with a timer, maybe I would also fall in love with it, like a Star.
And a fried crust - on weekends, when everyone is at home, there is someone to look after the child, and festively

[rinishek and marinal]

Both mine and my five cents !!!!
I fully agree with rinishek and marinal ... I have AG (heaped up with a timer and a choice of speed), and MV. Without multi, nowhere! She is my love! I even drive back and forth to the dacha. The toad is still gnawing at buying a second one, and the summer cottage season is over! And in AG I cook only eggs and meat with beer. I'm for MV !!!!!!!

Has anyone checked and compared electricity bills when using these devices?

There is a big difference.

Driving AG for 4-5 hours daily at 200-260 * C will be a lot.

The same is cooked in the oven at 160-170 * C for an hour and a half. And the taste of food in the oven is much better than in the AG.

The multicooker is much more economical than the AG.

So, look also at this side - electricity costs, for some it is very important!

maybe not quite in the subject, but we went to rest in the Crimea this summer - so MV - well, MIRACLE !!! and much more compact - put it in the machine and went. He threw his mustache into a saucepan - and onto the beach. You come - delicious !!! and to wash only one light pot. No, AG is good, but MV is better

Dishes and food in AG for everybody.

In AG, food is simply warmed up and brought to readiness under the influence of hot air, which is driven by a fan.
The temperature for preparing the first courses is 250 * C on average, otherwise the food will not warm up.

In the oven, food TOMIZES and heats up from all sides like in an oven and at a low temperature of 160-170 * C for an hour and a half.

The taste of food is completely different !!!
I noticed this at home - they say that meat in AG is constantly the same taste, and does not differ in taste - boiled pork, brisket, etc., despite the fact that the marinade is different.
That is, the taste is relatively impersonal.

AG only helps to speed up the cooking process (and even then in certain cases) - but the taste suffers!

Nevertheless, one must take into account the taste preferences of the family: if they almost do not eat stewed-boiled, it will be difficult to retrain.

nothing is difficult!
can be cooked to lick your fingers!
I am also for MV, because I think fried and smoked are not healthy,
and occasionally you can cook in the oven

I decided for myself that first a cartoon, and then either AG or a new fancy oven

Oh, and a provocative question

At one time, AG also wanted. I read it, picked it up, watched it live ... Well, horror, what the size of the car. And it is not easy to wash, especially if something splashes, a non-removable glass cover is IMHO, inconvenient. If you take a good one, interesting in terms of possibilities, then it takes up a lot of space. The husband joined the agony of choice and bought himself a deep fat fryer for unhealthy food, so to speak. And for something useful, they bought a multicooker.
So I don't have AG, but choosing the next stove for the kitchen, I bought the maximum one possible. And convection, and grill, and a timer.
In general, I have already written many times on different forums - these are too different devices to compare them.
There is a topic on our forum "+ and - multicooker". https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=6719.0 There you can read about the strengths and not so much of this device.
As for food habituation My youngest son did not eat soup before MV came home. But for the second year now he has been eating with pleasure. Maybe he is just interested in the process itself (he is generally of a technical warehouse), maybe his age has approached, but he likes the soup from the multicooker And it is very convenient. The fact that there are several automatic programs - cooking the side dish now does not take time. Rice, buckwheat, stewed cabbage - who doesn't eat these dishes? Vegetables stewed in sour cream, cream are an excellent alternative to ordinary potatoes.

Smoked fish? This, of course, is good, but how many such foods can you really eat?

By the way, baked milk and fermented baked milk - in MV -

p. from. IMHO - I don't change a good oven even for the most sophisticated Airfryer. Anyway, the oven is better.

Has anyone checked and compared electricity bills when using these devices?

There is a big difference.

Driving AG for 4-5 hours daily at 200-260 * C will be a lot.

The same is cooked in the oven at 160-170 * C for an hour and a half. And the taste of food in the oven is much better than in the AG.

The multicooker is much more economical than the AG.

So, look also at this side - electricity costs, for some it is very important!

About the consumption of electricity. For 1 hour in the airfryer, I cook lunch for the whole family and sometimes it’s not enough for one day (of course, it all depends on the number of family members and the amount of food eaten). I have a family of two adults and a child. Is it possible to cook several dishes at once in a multitude in such a time? It turns out that the cartoon cooks longer than the airfryer, therefore, the consumption of electricity by these devices will be comparable, and maybe it will eat more of the cartoon, taking into account the various tastes, therefore, the different dishes cooked in it. I am especially amused when a person completely forgets that such absolutely convenient and necessary functions of a multicooker as delayed start and heating do not cost anything in terms of energy consumption. You have to pay for all the amenities.

Driving AG for 4-5 hours daily at 200-260 * C will be a lot.

Why drive so much? The same restaurant can be provided with food. The airfryer is very fast cooking.

About the taste of meat. I just asked my husband (I don’t eat meat myself), he said that meat tastes different in AG. So everything is individual. From myself, I can add that I have never cooked or ate such delicious fish as in AG. I mean mackerel in foil (by the way, cooking time is 15 minutes at t 180 ° C). I am also not a supporter of fried and smoked. We came to the airfryer from a double boiler.

When we lived in an old apartment, I had a very old stove with a very bad gas oven. Nothing was baked in it and everything was burned. Out of despair, I took out an airfryer and sometimes cooked in it. I couldn't bake, it took a very long time to bake and still there was raw dough inside. The chicken is delicious, I admit it. As soon as we moved and I got an electric oven, completely ordinary in a shovel stove, I gladly threw the airfryer back to the far shelf with pleasure. I have a good oven now. It has both convection and airfryer mode. And you can also turn on the lower ten + airfryer. So why do I need this airfryer? Buy a multicooker, do not hesitate!

maybe a cartoon and eats more

No, it no longer eats a cartoon, it has a maximum power of 600 watts, this is in the baking mode, and on all the others it is 2-3 times less. AG has a max consumption of 1.3 kW, that is, for 1 hour of operation, the AG - cartoon can bake for 2 hours, and extinguish for 4 hours

As for different dishes at the same time. In the "steaming" mode - the side dish and cutlets are excellent, for example

Still, devices are too different to compare ...

By the way, with regard to prices. Then I looked at the 7 hills of the prices for aerogrills -

The current price of a large MV on the Panaplaza website is 7 thousand rubles.

Well, on Hotters the light didn't come together like a wedge. My VES electric grill costs $ 130. That is, and the multicooker is in our online stores: large - 250 usd. That is, small - 207 USD That is why I think that it is better to buy a rice cooker ($ 82) to help your AG to help you with a rice cooker, to cook milk porridge for a baby.

Personally, though I want AH ... for me now this is a fixed idea:
Multicooker:
- eats less electricity
- takes up less space
- very mobile (you can take it anywhere)
- 100% independent

Convection oven:
- the possibility of smoking (well, tell me how much you can eat this, for example, smoked mackerel ??? well, you will indulge in a week, and then there will come a complete aversion even to the smell, and then only from case to case)
- baked-fried meat (well, for example, how many fried chickens do you eat per month ??? if every day, then certainly your machine is AG, and if from time to time, then stewed pork is very tasty in a cartoon
- it takes up a lot of space (if over time you start using less or finally stop using it, then it will not fit into any cabinet and not on any shelf to hide it for a while)

Once again, I repeat that I really, really want AG and collect money for it, but I personally understand for myself that if a cartoon is help, then AG is pampering

In my opinion, how many people, so many opinions! It’s not very long ago for me AG, but I’m not tired of ANYTHING in it, it’s just that you probably don’t consider all the possibilities, everyone is fixated on smoking and that’s all .... I repeat once again .... I cook EVERYTHING in it !!! (and this is in the presence of a super-duper oven) Today I specially went to my friend and cooked meat in MV (so vaunted by everyone), but there is this .... NO, I have been eating "right" for several years already. That is, if the common people are on the N5 diet, in which stews are considered more harmful than in the oven. And about the energy, we probably think badly, because the AG prepares 40 minutes at a power of 1200, then the MV prepares for 4 hours at a power of 600 ... well, do the math yourself. By the way, not sitting on weight loss diets, my husband and I both lost weight in a month when eating from hypertension, it is recommended for this. And here is my pastry (this is a small fraction) from AG

[marinal]

In my opinion, how many people, so many opinions! It’s not very long ago for me AG, but I’m not tired of ANYTHING in it, it’s just that you probably don’t consider all the possibilities, everyone is fixated on smoking and that’s all .... I repeat once again .... I cook EVERYTHING in it !!! (and this is in the presence of a super-duper oven) Today I specially went to my friend and cooked meat in MV (so vaunted by everyone), but there is this .... NO, I have been eating "right" for several years already. That is, if the common people are on the N5 diet, in which stews are considered more harmful than in the oven.And about the energy, we probably think badly, because the AG prepares 40 minutes at a power of 1200, then the MV for 4 hours at a power of 600 ... well, do the math yourself. By the way, not sitting on weight loss diets, my husband and I both lost weight in a month when eating from hypertension, it is recommended for this.

Sorry, but you have recently had an aerogrill, you have not "played enough" yet. Let's come back to this conversation with you in 2 years and see what and how much you will cook in it. People have been using the multicooker for several years and as you can see, many people, even if they have AH in addition to cartoons, their opinion for some reason does not agree with yours.
And baking is more useful from AG for a healthy diet, eh?

Somehow opinion marinal I find it more convincing and thoughtful in this regard.

[zvezda]

zvezda I understand that ag with a multicooker are different things, but I cannot understand why it is needed if all this can be cooked in the oven?

And about the energy, we probably think badly, because the AG prepares 40 minutes at a power of 1200, then the MV for 4 hours at a power of 600 ... well, do the math yourself.

you are delusional .. 4 hours bake what? extinguishing takes 100 or two hundred no more.

[zvezda]

zvezda forgive me for not being in the subject, but what kind of rolls there, in the photo (can I have a link?)

These are ordinary pies (I don't even remember with what), but the second is focaca.

[zvezda]

zvezda I understand that ag with a multicooker are different things, but I cannot understand why it is needed if all this can be cooked in the oven?

In general, the taste is different, although (I repeat, I have a very good oven) it is convenient for me to drive the oven because of 1-2 pieces of fish or meat or chicken, and it does not know how to smoke, and you cannot cook soup ... in general, a lot of things, everything you will not list, but what croutons does AG ... and all this with the push of a button.

Healthy and healthy food:
- vitamins and microelements are preserved
- you can cook without fat and forget about cholesterol and carcinogens
- the allergenicity of products decreases - this unique fact was proved as a result of a study carried out by the Allergological Center for the Rehabilitation of Children and Adolescents, about which the Conclusion of the Allergological Center was drawn up.
Saving time and effort:
- prepares several dishes at the same time
- cooks without the participation and control of the hostess - works according to the selected mode, turns itself off and informs about it by calling
- eliminates the need to wash the stove, greasy pans and pots
Ease of use - on the remote control, by pressing one button, the cooking mode is set according to one of 10 automatic programs.
Reliability:
- simplicity of design and Dutch quality
- equipped with a stabilizer that protects against voltage surges (see the expert opinion of the Scientific and Technical Center for Certification of Electrical Equipment)
- 1 year warranty, service life - 10 years
Economical - consumes less electricity than an iron or kettle
Compact and lightweight - weighs 8 kg, easy to transport
Versatility - cooks everything and in any dish (except plastic and wooden):
fries on a wire rack, in any dish, deep fries, fries barbecue, prepares homemade ham, cooks porridge, soups, stews vegetables, languishes like a Russian oven, makes hot and cold smoking, defrosts, reheats ready meals, raises dough, sterilizes homemade products , cooks jam directly in jars, dries herbs, fruits, mushrooms and berries, makes yogurt, drowns lard, cooks mulled wine, fries seeds, nuts, coffee, keeps food warm for up to 24 hours ...
Saves space in the kitchen and money - replaces most kitchen heating appliances.

And baking is more useful from AG for a healthy diet, eh?

I'm not talking about baking at all, this applies to all dishes cooked on the wire rack.
And I like the opinion of the LADY more on this;
I think that it is better to buy a rice cooker in addition to the airfryer - to cook milk porridge for the child (for the price it will be the same as the cost of a multicooker), but in a family of different flavors, everyone will be fed at the same time.
And on the water, porridge is great in the airfryer. Moreover, you can cook a whole meal at once: fish or meat from below, a pot of porridge or vegetables on top right on the wire rack: eggplant, pepper, tomato and you get sote. I am impressed: yesterday I cooked such a sote for the first time. For a child, I cut meat and vegetables into cubes and bake them in a baking sleeve with the addition of a couple of spoons of water, and I get very tasty baked vegetables. Another such moment, in the airfryer of meat and fish, the fat is melted and flows down, and in the multicooker the fat remains and the meat is cooked in it.
For me, a significant disadvantage of the multicooker was the ability to cook in only one saucepan, which, moreover, due to frequent use, quickly breaks down (Teflon coating), and replacing it will cost a pretty penny.

Yes, it is impossible to choose between a multicooker and an airfryer! These are completely different things! I have an airfryer and two multicooker and a multicooker-pressure cooker, but I would not part with any of these devices. The only device I have bought over the past two years, with which I have not made friends, is the Master-pilaf, and even then only because the coating on it will climb more and more with each cooking, and the products in these places are all more and more burn. There, the heating element is not under the entire bottom like a multicooker, but in a circle in one strip - there is the greatest heating and burns and slides in the same place. Here is a photo after yesterday's pilaf. The already washed bowl. It's a pity I didn't think of taking a picture of the burnt one.

Yes, it is impossible to choose between a multicooker and an airfryer! Well these are completely different things!

Agree. And the question = the title of the topic, in my opinion, is akin to an anecdote:

- What is the difference between a tomato and a tractor?
- The tomato is red, and the tractor door opens outward.


For a long time I studied on the Internet everything I could find about the airfryer, but as a result I came to the conclusion that we do not need it. This was before buying a multi. But I immediately liked the multicooker, and despite the fact that it took a long time to convince my husband of its necessity, in the end I bought it. And now, when I propose to buy some other kitchen bells and whistles like a slow cooker or an airfryer, he says that another cartoon is better. But I can't say that the airfryer is generally an unnecessary device. It just doesn't fit us.

This is for the opponents of the AG and what the MV will never do

This is for the opponents of the AG and what the MV will never do

The oven does a great job with this. The multicooker has completely different functions. She just knows how to do what the oven cannot do.
I'm not that against the airfryer, I'm against cluttering the kitchen with unnecessary appliances. I think that in the presence of an oven, the airfryer is rather pampering, and in the presence of a good modern oven, it is a completely unnecessary device.

[zvezda]

I'm not that against the airfryer, I am against cluttering the kitchen with unnecessary appliances. I think that in the presence of an oven, the airfryer is rather pampering, and in the presence of a good modern oven, it is a completely unnecessary device.

I totally agree. We do not mind, we are really trying to figure it out on the forum, because, alas, there is not enough space, and there are more appliances than food that needs to be prepared. And for some reason, with a strong desire to cook deliciously in the oven, the desire comes true. But if you don't really want to, then you can burn everything in the oven, and then say that in my microwave (airfryer, just a grill, brazier, barbecue and ets) it turns out better, but not very well in the oven. This is me here for this message in the next topic.

Girls, I spread (for those who talk about baking) my bagels, besides, I baked in the AG and the oven at the same time, so, according to observations and comparisons, in AG it is faster, less dry and more beautiful in appearance.

zvezda, Just do not be offended! Nobody wants to offend you and somehow challenge your truth, just everyone has their own reasons.I have a microwave with a crisp plate, so now I have fried such pork ribs on it, which I do not think at all that AG will make me better and faster - after all, the microwave also has a cooking speed. And I make baked goods on it - in 7 minutes the charlotte is cooked. But those who do not have a crisp-plate may need AG.

Let's not take offense and quarrel! There is enough space on the forum for everyone with all the devices !!!

Girls, I wrote about the crisp plate here
https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=2773.0

It's practically a Teflon pan, but for microwave. I had it in my kit. I bake everything in the microwave with it, and quickly and very rosy.
You can make baked goods (charlotte turns out to be so airy, without meringue on top, as in the oven), meat, wings are gorgeous, depending on the cooking time, you can bring the product to the state of a crouton - my love these wings for beer. And it does not need to be warmed up like AG before cooking, so time is saved great! Now such CRISP dishes go to many microwave ovens, and when I bought microwave, it was a novelty.

Here I had an old photo of meat in French cooked in it https://Mcooker-enn.tomathouse.com/index.php@option=com_smf&topic=8930.0