Test of Zigmund Aiusaryer-Multi Oven & Shtain ZAF-904

I made a bet with my son that I could go a week without turning on the stove and oven, without using the grill and toaster and other kitchen appliances except for the kettle and the coffee machine – of course, this is no alternative , while he and I will eat delicious and varied without repeating dishes , and we will cook in the air fryer – multicooker Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904.

Do not believe? Get acquainted with the test results!

Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904 Airfryer-Multi Oven is a new type of device.

It looks unusual: a snow-white “house” with a hinged door and a modern touch-screen control panel on the sloping black roof.

• Handy black handle for opening, which is very practical: it always stays clean, at least in appearance.
• The multicooker is compact, while at the same time it has a sufficiently large internal volume of 12 liters, which allows you to easily prepare, for example, chicken on a spit.
• The oven stands on rubber feet.

Accessories

The manufacturers have taken care and equipped the oven with many accessories:

• Grate
• Deep dish – to be placed on the rack
• Fries basket
• 2 perforated grid for drying vegetables
• A rotisserie and a pinch handle to easily and safely remove the croissants once they are done
• Grease tray.

There are three cooking levels in all.

When drying fruits and vegetables, a basket can be used as a third rack for French fries.

At the same time, the rack for drying vegetables can be taken to cook pizza.

So many different accessories allow you to be creative and find the perfect dish for each dish.

In addition, you can put in the oven, as in a conventional oven, heat-resistant pots, which cook, for example, meat on Hussarski glass, silicone forms for baking – anything you like to cook in.

Manage

The Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904 AeroFryer – Multicooker has a touch screen control panel.

You press the power button, select one of the suggested programs, adjust cooking time and temperature in each of them if necessary and press the power button – the process is started.

The oven turns off automatically after the set time, which is signaled by a buzzer. It also sounds when you press buttons or adjust programs.

You can simply use the pre-set automatic programs or you can adjust the settings – this flexible approach allows every cook to cook with the best results.

TEST. A week with the Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904 Airfryer – Multicooker

Day 1

For breakfast I decided to make chocolate croissants with store-bought puff pastry.

I rolled up 4 croissants, put a piece of milk chocolate in each one, covered them with egg and put them on the tray in the oven, selecting the Baking program.

I turned on the empty oven first so that it heats up. Since it is compact, it reaches operating temperature in a couple of minutes.

I put a tray with croissants and I didn’t even wait for the program to end, they were ready in a quarter of an hour.

They baked perfectly, and with my morning cappuccino – it was perfect!

For lunch I had barbecued wings and vegetable stew.

First I stewed chopped vegetables onion, carrot, zucchini, eggplant, bell pepper, tomato and some oil in a tray

. The 12 minute vegetable program was not long enough for me, so I added 10 more minutes.

While the vegetables were cooking, the wings were marinating in the sauce. Then I put them on the rack tightly, but 8 wings fit , turn on the program with the same name, and in 15 minutes they were ready.

My son enjoyed his French fries and salad in the evening.

I cooked the fries with young potatoes, which I cut into slices. The basket holds about 500g. I sprinkle just a little oil on the dish and put it in the oven. Potatoes cooked in Chips program. The suggested time 20 min. turned out to be even more than necessary. The oven was done in 15 minutes I chopped the potatoes quite finely . I opened the oven door once while cooking, which is when the oven stops working, which is very convenient, and stirred the potatoes in the basket a bit. The potatoes came out with crispy crust and soft inside – everything is just as it should be! And we didn’t use much oil, so the potatoes are not only tasty but healthy as well.

The second day

In the morning we were both in a hurry, so we had a breakfast of toast and cheese.

Of course we cooked them in the multicooker, which took only 6 minutes. Toasted toast browned for 4 minutes, and 2 minutes was enough time for the cheese to melt. You can’t do that in a toaster, by the way.

For lunch, I cooked goulash in portion pots:

put pieces of beef, potatoes, onions, carrots in each one, poured boiling water over them, added paprika and pepper, and put the pots in the oven. Used baking program, but increased time to 50 minutes.

The goulash turned out really good. The oven did a great job!

In the evening there was an omelet with vegetables and bacon. I placed the mixture in a glass mold, used the automatic program, and in 10 minutes the dish was ready.

Day 3

Had bruschetta with tomatoes for breakfast

I toasted the bread in the oven

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For lunch – chops and grilled vegetables

Grill program

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I cooked two dishes at the same time – in the bottom of the roasting basket I put the vegetables, chopped into thin slices and smeared with butter, and above them on a grid I put well-chopped chunks of pork. Total cooking time 20 minutes. In the middle of the process I opened the oven and flipped both the meat and the vegetables.

For dinner, I had to break my promise not to repeat the dishes and cook fries for my son again. This time I sliced them larger, so that they were country-style potatoes.

Day 4

Apple strudel for breakfast.

I made it the night before. First, I stewed apples with raisins, honey and cinnamon in a baking tray program Baking, 20 minutes was enough, stir once . Then I wrapped the stuffing in prepared pastry, covered it with eggs and sent it into a hot oven for 30 minutes. The strudel was soaked overnight, it was infused and became a great breakfast for us.

For lunch, chicken cooked on a spit.

Here I faced a constraint: the weight of the chicken must not exceed 1 kg 500 grams. Or even better, 1 kg 200 grams.

I strung the pickled bird on a skewer, tied it up with a thread so that it wouldn’t “flutter its wings”, and put the skewer through the holes in the bottom of the skewer. I chose the chicken program, pressed the rotisserie button and the process began.

40 minutes was not enough time so I added 20 more.

This is where the included grease tray really came in handy.

Washed after work spit small oven is much more convenient and faster than a large oven.

So I gave up this cooking method a long time ago, precisely because of the need to spend a lot of time washing the inside of the chicken.

For dinner, I made julienne of mushrooms, on a grid fit 4 cocotte.

Day 5

Pizza for breakfast.

I confess, on a ready-made store-bought basis. I covered it with tomato sauce, added tomatoes, sausage, 2 kinds of cheese – and in

oven

for the Pizza program. In 15 minutes we were devouring our food.

For lunch everything was simple – baked fish.

I made meat with prunes for dinner in a pot.

Day 6

In the morning I made a protein omelet with sausages in the oven.

The rotisserie is in use again during the day. This time we made a shish kebab with meat marinaded in advance.

We had Caesar for dinner. I use a chicken breast, cut into thin slices and battered, and toasted in the oven on the “Steak” program.

Seventh Day

We had sausages in dough for breakfast.

They cook quickly in the oven, which is very important in the morning.

For lunch, my son made burgers on the grill and I cooked eggplants stuffed with cheese in a glass dish.

Baked a semolina in the oven in the evening.

Test results

You think you need an oven for chicken on a spit, a grill for steaks, a kebab maker for kebabs, a toaster oven for toast, a microwave oven for warming, a dryer for drying fruit, an air fryer for fries?

Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904 Airfryer-Multi Oven can easily replace all these kitchen appliances. It copes perfectly with many cooking tasks!

Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904 multicooker proves it can even be the only “breadwinner” in the house.

• The oven is easy to control and at the same time you do not have to watch carefully – it turns off automatically.
• Great variety of automatic programs, you just choose the right one.
• All programs can be adjusted, not only before turning it on but also during the cooking process.
• You can increase or decrease the cooking temperature to within a degree.
• Thanks to its compact size and good insulation, it heats up quickly, in just a minute.
• When you open the door, the oven stops working, which reduces the risk of burns.
• Very easy to remove the skewers with the grasp.
• Easy to maintain: the grease tray can be removed and simply washed in the sink, and the interior of the oven is much quicker to clean than a large oven.

• The door does not hold ajar, it needs to be opened to 90 degrees.
• Program names on the panel are written too small, you have to bend over to read them.

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Zigmund & Shtain ZAF-904 Specifications

Features: spit roasting, grilling, oil-free French fries, fruit and vegetable drying, defrosting, vegetable stewing, fish and toast cooking, warming ready-made meals, baking, baking.

Volume: 12 l.

Programs: 16 automatic – grill 220°C, 25 min . , defrosting 80°C, 10 min. , wings 200 ° C, 15 min. , drying 70 ° C, 8 h. , steak 180°C, 12 min. , chips 220 ° C, 20 min. , fish 180 ° C, 15 min. , vegetables 180 ° C, 12 min. , omelette 160 ° C, 20 min , baked goods 180 ° C, 12 min, 8 h . , chicken 220 ° C, 40 min. , baking 180 ° C, 30 min . , shish kebab 200 ° C, 15 min. , pizza 180 ° C, 15 min , pizza 180 ° C, 15 min . , heating 80°C, 30 min , automatic shut off after door opening, automatic shut off if door is open for 10 min. , toast 200 ° C, 4 min. , cookies 180 ° C, 12 min. .

Control: electronic, LED touch screen, time and/or temperature regulation, delayed start up to 10 hours, automatic shutdown with audible alarm “pause” function when the door is open, automatic shutdown if the door is open for over 10 min.

Adjustment: temperature 50 – 220 ° C, step – 10 ° C time: 1 min. – 60 min., step – 1 min.

in the program Drying 50 – 70 ° C 1 min. – 8 ch.

Features: 1600W power, hinged door, viewing window, stainless steel interior, interior lighting, double door glass, PC plastic , rubberized feet, cord length 1.2m,

Microprocessor for controlling operation, error code display.

Accessories: tray, grid, basket, 2 grids for drying, rotisserie, grasp, tray.

Care: Tray and tray can be washed in the dishwasher.

Dimensions: 31,5h33,4h37 cm. Weight: 7.7 kg.

Warranty: 1 year. Lifetime: 3 years.

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