Hi,
Has anyone bought one of these? I embarrassed to say I bought one when they were about £100 but I think they are now £150-200. They are a great idea, allowing you to cook chips and things using just a couple of teaspoons of oil, rather than a deep fat fryer (and I've never got on with oven chips) but all it is really is a hair dryer/fan heater blowing hot air over a turntable. Nothing to justify the £100 price tag. They could sell these for £40 which would be a fairer price.
Anyhow, in addition to cooking food, mine has decided to cook itself. I made some rather frightening popping noises and there was the smell of burning plastic. A few torx screws later and it seems there are only two motors inside: one for the fan and one for the turntable and its the fan motor that is "leaking" smoke.
So I'm going to look into whether I can get a replacement motor. Does anyone know and are they easy to replace? Any idea what has gone catastrophically wrong with the one I have?
thanks, Stephen.