Deep fat fryers were incredibly popular in the eighties and nineties but over the last decade or so, less people are using them. Deep fat fryers were predominantly used to cook chips and battered foods such as chicken nuggets and fish fingers. With recent public health concerns coming to light, many people r now looking for healthy options to frying.

Many families made the switch from a deep fat fryer to the oven to cut right down on their calorie intake and to help them become healthier.

Appliances such as the ACTi fry came on to the market within the last decade and offer a healthy way to fry. Rather than cooking chips etc. in a mountain of fat, they often only need one or two teaspoons and sometimes not even that to cook a beautifully crispy chip.

With these new products on the market, it is no wonder that the deep fat fryer seems to be slowly being phased out.