Tower T17005 Review

The Tower T17005 Health Manual Air Fryer is a 1350W, high performance and versatile fryer. It's capable of frying, roasting, baking and grilling through the use of several accessories. It's ideal for chips, onion rings, doughnuts, meat, fish, stir fried vegetables, battered/breaded snacks, and more. Due to its ability to heat food via rapid air circulation, the fryer requires either a small amount of oil or none at all, meaning you can cook foods and retain their flavour.

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The Tower T17005 offers two manual dials. There's a temperature dial that allows you to set the temperature between 80 and 200 degrees Celsius. This large range gives you complete control over the degree to which your food is cooked. You can also increase/decrease the temperature based on your own tastes. The second dial is a 30 minute timer which automatically switches the fryer off after use. We like the large 3.2 litre capacity and the big cooking basket.

About Tower

Tower are a brand of housewares, including kitchen, laundry and floor care products. Their cooking range includes air fryers, deep fryers, mini ovens, slow cookers, grills, soup makers, bread makers, and more. They're a British brand, with a reputation for well built and high quality products.

Specification

We now take a look at the features:

• Suitability - The fryer is ideal for a whole host of foods. For example, chips, onion rings, fritters, desserts, doughnuts, chicken, steak, bacon, fish, certain snacks, and much more. Various accessories allow the Tower T17005 to also be used to grill, roast and bake.
• Capacity - The 3.2 litre capacity is adequate for family use. The cooking basket is large to reflect this.
• Rapid Air Circulation - Air is rapidly circulated in order to cook effectively and evenly. It creates a crispy texture quicker. The fact that a small amount of oil (or no oil at all) is required makes this fryer much healthier than deep fat fryers.
• Temperature Control - The temperature can be set manually. It can go as low as 80 and as a high as 200 degrees Celsius.
• Timer - There's an on-board 30 minute timer which can be set to help you cook your meals for the required amount of time. When the timer runs out, the fryer switches off by itself.
• Easy Clean - Various components are removable in order to allow them to be easily cleaned.

Video

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Summary

Overall, the Tower T17005 Health Manual Air Fryer is a powerful, multi-purpose appliance that can be used to fry, grill, roast and bake. It's suitable for all kinds of foods, and has a large capacity which makes it ideal for families. It works by rapidly circulating air. Due to it not requiring much (if any) oil, it's much healthier than a deep fat fryer. We particularly like the temperature control and the 30 minute timer. We rate the Tower T17005 Health Manual Air Fryer 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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