Tefal 1250

Advantages: It's a handsome beast
Disadvantages: It's a pain in the neck

...Earlier this year I ditched my Breville Gourmet Deep Fryer and purchased a Tefal Smart Clean. I hadn’t fallen out with the Breville; it still cooked excellent chips which was its only aim in the kitchen. But, despite being easy to clean, it had started to look jaded and I fancied a change. So, off I tripped to Curry’s and I was smitten by the handsome looks of the Tefal Smart Clean, so I bought it. At a cost of £59.95 I got a ‘stylish stainless steel fryer’ (and very handsome it is too). Its vital statistics are: - Large viewing window (I’m not impressed, I open the lid to look anyway) - One shot lid opening (Don’t they all do that?) - External basket lowering and locking (OK, that’s a safety feature) - Large wide self-draining frying basket (more on that later) - Carrying handles (Why? Do I need a portable fryer? Full of (possibly... Read review

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Advantages: it's fast
Disadvantages: not hot enough, doesn't hold enough

...The Tefal Quick cup is a brilliant idea, I'm constantly on the go and I get fed up of having to wait for the kettle (usually because I over fill it) plus I thought I'd be able to get rid of my brita filter as Tefal Quickcup has hot and cold water AND Tefal claim I can save upto 65% on the energy used!!! Seems to good to be true........well...........it is!!! Although it's an excellent concept Tefal NEED to perfect it! The hot (filtered) water comes out at perfect drinking temperature, but face it, who has a cup of tea/coffee and drinks it straight away?? And if left for more than a few minutes will be freezing cold next time you wrap your hands round the mug, and at this time of year thats not good! Plus the 'cold' filtered water actually comes out quite warm which is not nice when you're expecting a cool refreshing drink! I would... Read review

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Advantages: Good capacity, simple to use
Disadvantages: see bottom of opinion

...of opening the fryer varied as did the fitting of the basket handle. Some were “cool wall” models SO WHY THE TEFAL SMART CLEAN? Taking into consideration all of the above factors the Tefal Smart Clean was the fryer that seemed to fit the bill. CAPACITY : The fryer can cope with 1250g of fresh chips (or 900g of frozen chips, although why you would want to use frozen chips with a fryer I don’t know!). This was by no means the largest capacity fryer but at 2.6 litres we decided that it was big enough. THE BASKET : Hand in hand with capacity is the shape and size of the basket. These varied enormously and size of the fryer was by no means indicative of the size of the basket. The Tefal basket is round, and one of the deeper baskets on the market at about 5 inches. It is wide and occupies most of the fryer’s width... Read review

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