Depending on individual user’s preferences, vegetable oil is used in large or small quantities to prepare meals like jollof rice, fried meat, fish, yam, plantain or eggs, among other delicacies.
However, with the advent of innovations, electric air fryers came in as a disrupter, although it was highly disregarded by many because of the affordability of vegetable oil.
She told me to get an air fryer. When I googled the price it was N45,000 upwards depending on the size and brand.
“At first, I thought buying it was not a good idea, until I heard a colleague discussing it.
“So I purchased it and that was the best decision I made this festive season.
“It was useful because I even got oil from the beef I air fried.
“Many women are keying into it seriously to cut the cost of using vegetable oil to fry meat, fish and what have you.”
Mr. Kolade Adepegba, a commercial driver, said he had to buy a fairly used air fryer for his wife when she complained about the high price of vegetable oil which was taking a toll on food expenses.
“I was with a friend after the day’s work when a woman came to deliver two air fryers to his wife.
“I asked her and she said, ‘Oga this is what every woman is using to fry things now. Do you know what the price of vegetable oil is in the market now?’
I bargained the price and she taught me how to use it. I ended up buying one for my wife.
“When she saw the air fryer, she was very happy and disclosed to me how she had been saving to buy one.”
Economy&Lifestyle‘s visit to some electronic kitchen gadget stores revealed that the price of air fryer is rising, due to the high demand of the facility, recently.
The price of a 3.5-litre air fryer, depending on the brand, ranges from N45,000 to N55,000.
That of 5 litres upwards is between N65,000 to N350,000.
However, the cost of a fairly used one, again depending on the litres capacity, ranges between N15,000 to N40,00.
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