The oven pie looked the best, hopefully there will be instructions on all packaging for airfryers soon so we have a better idea on cooking times. Good experiment Gareth !

My dad had a English cafe' serving English food to workmen. It was phenomenally successful back in the 60s and 70s. His secret was he used fresh everything and in quantity and made his own pies to a very high standard filling them with meat and gravy. He had a special machine that looked like a 1950s space rocket with lots of shelves where he placed the pies to cooking. I remember he charged 11p for a cup of tea which is about 40p today.

The oven one was definitely the best, but the air fryer one wasn't bad. I think it's like other people have said about turning them over so the underside gets cooked.

I always cook pies and sausage rolls in the oven, but I use a mini oven instead of the main oven. It heats up far quicker and uses less electricity in total.

It’s the science Gareth, the science! I love these experiments and watching to see how they turn out. I’ve never had Holland’s pies before and they look really good and full, I also love steak and kidney pies, however; it’s been years since I have had one. Another invaluable review pal, totally first class. Thank you.

Hi Gareth, just a note. If your microwave is of less wattage than instructed on the packaging, then you would need to increase the time slightly and not decrease it. However, it turned out ok. Happy pies.

Nice! Microwaving is ok if you’re in a rush but wouldn’t be my first choice, definitely the oven for pies 🥧😁😁

Fully agree on the “No TV”... 👍... spent a fortune on a 4K UHD telly and it’s never switched on... so much less stress...

Hello Gareth, I cook pies in my halogen oven on the low rack. I cook my bacon on the high rack, all the fat goes into the bottom of the bowl and it makes my bacon nice and crispy, just how I like it.

Really enjoy your video’s very informative and entertaining 😂. Just one point to note, your microwave is 800W therefore you should have given the pie longer to cook not less time than an 850 W for 3mins 👍

I grew up in South Wales, and I loved the way our Italian-run cafés cooked their meat pies - with a special nozzle attached to the coffee machine and the other end stuck into a hole cut in the pie-crust. They'd use the steam to cook the pies "inside-out" for several minutes, until the filling was piping hot and the pie-case moist and soft. The result was almost like a suet pudding, but without using suet pastry. Delicious!

"I mean, the pastry is soggy...but it's tasty!" God bless you brother.

Nothing stops you microwaving then finishing the pastry in your air fryer. Happy Days.

I'm from Carlisle and i have to say your videos are a bit of a guilty pleasure. My mum asked what i was watching and i said just some bald guy from Barrow eating pies. Bit weird but class content. Used to play sports tornements down in Barrow with my school.

Hi, Gareth. Just catching up with your reviews. Another interesting review. Everything looked very nice indeed. Keep up the good work from a windy Scotland.

Love this channel and the look after the “I’ll just put it on for three minutes” statement made me laugh a lot!

I used to go to Oldham when a kid to visit relations and you’re right,Hollands pies were very popular.

Thanks Gareth great review mate. I love steak and kidney my favourite pie , never tried Hollands , Don’t do them where I live , Fleur de lys pies and Pukka are the popular brands. Obviously the best way is in the oven . Top tip for doing in microwave, Wrap pie or pastie or slice in kitchen roll cooked on full power fur six minutes, then leave to cool down for at least five minutes, The pastry will be lovely and crispy. Thanks Gareth see you on the next one . 👍

They’ve all got faces.🤣 Great review Gareth.👍

Oven gotta be best ... cheers for this

Can't beat Holland's steak and kidney pies. Had them for as long as I can remember. Tried microwaving, but oven is better. Pie in the middle of a bowl of soup is spot on .

Alway cook in oven. Saving up for air fryer Enjoyed watching Best wishes gareth

Thanks for another interesting video 💜💜💜

Good afternoon Gareth, well done with the review. My hubby loves a meat pie. Have a lovely day ❤️

Hi Gaz if I do a pie or sauage roll in the air fryer I always turn them over half way through cooking,, Works a treat, happy Monday, x

Hi Gareth hope all's well. Great video again today too 😀 I love steak and kidney pie 😋😋 where we get ours is a farm shop, they make their own there. Always chunks of steak and kidney, no skimping. Those wee pies You cooked looked nicely filled 😋 Hope you enjoyed them while watching the birds 💖 Take care and stay safe 😘xxx

Great video, oven one looks the best, enjoy 👍

So funny,,, you never fail ,, you are naturally a fun guy,,, love it, lol 😆

😂😂😂 brilliant Gareth great start to the week 😂😂😂👍👍

Not had pie and soup for years my old man used to do me that on a Saturday afternoon before we went out when I was a nippa, some memories flooded back when you said that

I have no oven at the moment so i am having to microwave my pies then crisp up the pastry under the grill.

Fantastic review Gareth 👏. I've never had a hollands pie 🥧 that I know . It's Peters pies or clarks pies in Wales I'll have to see if I can get hold of them . Had those 2x spicy noodles lunch time . 🔥 📛 they were flaming spicy .

Hi Gareth, the Ninja cooks more from the top where the fan is. All you need to do is flip the pie over for the last 5-7 minutes of cooking and the bottom will be done as good as the top 👍🏻

always have a selection of Hollands pies and puddings in my freezer love them

Gareth always had Holland pie's growing up now so many pie's to choose from they look tasty so enjoy watching your reviews best foodie friendly happy guy, ♥️😋😋😋

To be fair, if I hadn't seen the ingredients, they looked like good pies Oven baked Another enjoyable video ☺ 👍

What you can do is do the pie in the microwave for 2-3 minutes, then transfer it to a hot oven for 10 minutes, and that will produce a pie that is not soggy and be like an oven cooked one, cooked in total time 13-14 minutes instead of the full oven time of 30 minutes. That’s half the time of oven cooked only, if you’re desperate to eat and want a quality cooked pie.

When our children were small I made all of the meals myself as money was tight and meat had to go a long way. Minced beef was economical and great for a lot of things, spaghetti Bolognese, cottage pie, meat pies, chilli etc, the list goes on. Back then we didn't have freezers and our children weren't faddy eaters because the choice was so limited.

Eh up Gazza hows tha doin. I've now got to the point where I watch your videos and salivate. I think your trying to persuade me to come back to blighty. Amazing video. In fact it was spot on. If I was your lecky meter I'd be dizzy. Cooking in t'oven n microwave and air fryer. Thank you for all the content you bring. Thas a gudd un mate.

Gareth, I keep the tin trays for my Halogen Air fryer... Perfect for doing stuffing or roast potatoes etc.

Great video mate thankyou. I think with the rise in energy costs starting to hit everyone. The microwave is probably the cheapest option. All the best cheers Lee

Cracking channel Gareth and a great watch 🙂👍Try Holland’s Meat and potato Pie (or Steak and Kidney) with Mulligatawny soup poured over the top or of course half Mushed tinned Marrowfat peas on top …..champion! Or peas and the soup 😋👍 (I’m sure you’ve had similar anyway 🙂)

Foil in microwaves Haha, I have experience of that. After my mum died and I was home cooking I found that Microwave custard cost twice as much as cardboard cartons of custard so I took a carton home poured half the contents in a dish put a chunk of apple pie on microwaved it and ate it. next day decided to chop up a Banana and some oranges microwaved the rest of the custard in the cardboard carton two minutes later its on fire inside the microwave. The carton was lined with foil! No damage however custard is a good fire extinguisher.

Cracking video again. One day I don't mind pie the next day I can't stand it, oh the joys of post chemo crap 😂 just wondered if you have tried the fray bentos meat pudding, £1.89 at b+m 3 mins microwave,Ray loved it, did look and smell really nice, keep doing what you do enjoy watching, ATB to the wife from Newark 🖖🌹

PIE BARM - It's the only way to go !

An air fryer is basically a mini fan oven, I used to have a mini oven and used it a lot more than my main one, now I have a Ninja Foodi.

Pies are for the oven , especially when cooked from fresh raw ingredients cheers Gareth

Another great review Gareth we have pukka pies at our Football club Rotherham united .Great pies 🥧 👍

for the air fryer, i'd suggest, going with the fan temp and lower time, if you can't work it out, for example for those pies i'd have chose 180 for 30 minutes, take 2 minutes off the lower time

I run around outside naked with a microwaved Aldi pie in my hand, try to enjoy every moment :)

Definitely the oven for me with as you said some oven chips but I have got to get an air fryer great review gareth it's just a pitty Holland's don't do just a steak pie as I don't like offal kidney and liver yuk 👍👍🥧🥧

Holland's steak and kidney pie on two rounds of bread and butter with loads of HP brown sauce,YUMMY.

You need to do halogen oven as well 😁, those pies look good though

Come on Ninja people if you're watching send this lad some coin for all his positive reviews.

That bloody air fryer needs to go on Gumtree as a freebie.

I wish I had the money for a small little farm small chickens a goat or two grow my own veg etc..what a dream..Good food is very expensive

Oven all the way for me, but not tried air fryer lol.great vid

Holland’s meat and potato pies out the local chippy after a few pints 🍺 gaz! I liked them out the chippy because the pastry was soft and chewy which I prefer mate! Gunner try the microwave,never thought I would because I’ve always done them in the oven!

We all have our local favourites, im originally from Stoke-on-Trent and Wrights pies are my faves, meat & tatter….and steak & Kidney.💛 tomatoe soup over for a variation 👍🏽

Your a star. I love your posts especially the comparison ones. I’ve been trying to economise due to the cost of living crisis & im really interested in what can be cooked in the actifry. I’m on my own & my actifry is extreamly basic. I’d be really interested in comparison posts particularly those cooked in the actifry. I shop at Tesco, Aldi & Freeze Factory on the market

Nice one mate…any chance of doing same with sausages grill,air fry,frying,grilling,oven…because I’ve limited health and standing at cooker turning sausages is a pain,but seem to get the other ways wrong either to much heat or not enough..take care and thanks for the videos,enjoy your honesty and down to earth way.

Hi gaz,me and shaz have a strict vegan diet monday to friday..then we eat whatever we fancy at weekends!..usually what u have reviewed in the week!..🤣👍..it keeps our wieght down and keeps us healthy but weekends are so special..gaz and shaz..spot on..👍👍

Great Review Video 📹 BFG ..👍 And Think Like You We Allways Had Pukka Pies 🥧 In The Local Chippys ..But I'm Definitely Going To Give Hollands Pies 🥧 A Proper Go Next Time ⏲ I See Them They Did Look Tasty ....Happy Days 🙂

I never put pastry anywhere near the Microwave as it always goes soggy, oven would be my choice mostly, but air frying I use the basket rather than the rack, nice looking pies them 👍

Never cooked a pie in the microwave, not a lover of soft pastry. I only ever go for an oven pie. This was an interesting watch though and I think the good old oven won on the day. G treat review though!💕🤩👍

Pooles pie of Wigan were the best till they went bust during lockdown they were the best I ever found

Hi Gareth. Another great video, but you made a mistake on the microwave time! 3minutes for 850W would be 3m12s for 800W not 2m45s... Not sure if an extra 27s would have made the pastry any less soggy but it might have done? Maybe you can try again with the 4th pie?

Brown sauce not bad but you should really try pie with hendersons relish from Sheffield, it's like Worcester sauce but better Gareth I was brought up on it mate

Try cooking pies 🥧 etc in microwave on defrost, takes much longer but dose help stop pastry going soft

Sag loo in asda lovely just had it Gareth x

I liked the bettys hotpot ones..what no hp sauce.gareth.😀🙋‍♂️..👍👍

Omg I absolutely love hollands pies especially baby's head (Holland steak n kidney pudding).always have these in me freezer

I bought a pack of the Hollands Snake and Pigmy puddings from Tesco, and thought them quite good and tasty.

I like Microwave pies as here down south all the Fish and Chip shops always microwave the pies so am used to it like that

When using the air for pies mate take the pie out of the tin turn the pie over and rest on the pie tin. Cook for 22 mins Thank me later. Spot on

Interesting experiment as well. Microwave might be more convenient, but is it worth putting the oven on just for a pie ? Probably need to throw some other stuff in there while you were at it.

I've just watched this episode, I think those things should be kept for the oven, you can't really go wrong

I always microwave them and then bang them in the air fryer to crisp up the pastry

Well your getting there with Holland’s pies just got to try the steak and kidney puddings from Holland’s 🤦🏻 Do taste good tho , Yummy yummy 😋 Look forward to seeing it Gareth 😂😂

Also my dad used to drench his pies in that Daddies brown sauce back in the 90s that was all the rage lol

"In an ideal world, we'd all be running around naked eating off the fat of the land" Priceless!!

To all readers with lecky going thru the roof no one in there right mind will use a full oven for 30 min for 1 pie . It’s gonna be the microwave at 3/3.5 min An as most have found out chops batt fish bangers pies chips etc in the airF Ovens are for big joints etc . My daughter got 4 A fryers lol so well off an only uses them lol

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏 I love this review I’ve got 2 air fryers a Ninja and a tower. Ninja every time for chips and chicken wings and the tower for my fish , burgers & pies 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Holland's are bring out some new pies next week. They look more gourmet. There's a steak and gravy, also a chicken and gravy. Think they're frozen not sure. They're in black boxes

Can't beat a good pie.

i did recommend flipping the air fryer pie after you did the rib pies

Ur rite Gareth this is cheap easy convenient food I like it and if you ain't got a lot of money and a few bairns to feed nowt wrong pith it with a bit of mash n a few veg

It's the oven for me Gaz👍😋😉🏆

Finally got some of those Asda plates Gareth. Funny thing, on the Asda website someone has put a comment saying they got those plates because of you. Hope your on commission.

Buy yourself a pie maker. You can get one for about £15. You can then make your own pies and use your own ingredients. Check out videos on KZfaq reviewing pie makers. They are quick and simple to use. I wouldn’t eat those pies you show on this video. Also I have read that habitually eating microwaved food can lead to stomach cancer. Thanks for your videos.

Love soggy pastry… Just hate gravy and wished they were in Vindaloo sauce instead👍😋

Microwave is a no-brainer. 3 mins at 850 watts, compared to the oven which is 30 mins at 2400 watts. Probably 30 times more expensive on the Leccy bill to use the oven.

I'm going to try that as my pies come out shite in air fryer

I find microwaved food goes colder quicker. I reheated a xmas lunch i did not finish. The sprouts done in a micro had me in pain, on my hands and knees. No more micro for us. Air fryers every time, a lot quicker.

Got to say they our the best Holland pies

Love the Holland's pies, whole range of them are good .I do prefer them cooked in microwave though .let them sit for 10 mins a pasty does firm up 👍👍

How long to cook holland cheese and onion pie from frozen in air fryer and what temp cheers excellent videos keep em coming mate🤤🤤🤤

I do in microwave and have plate under grill , don't like cold plates lol ,then I put pastie or pie under grill for few mins after microwave. I'm getting air fryer so I'll start in micro and then Pop in air to crisp up

Offal I think was our Grand parents era main meat until the fifties, and was dying out in my parents era as they had more money. Brawn salad anyone. Pig trotters and parts of the head like the cheeks, and onions in jelly, normally made on a Saturday whilst Grandad was at the Pub and match, to be eaten on Sunday afternoon. The Butcher might chuck in some extra crumbs from under the slicing machine if he knew you was skint, or had a massive family. Saturday afternoon the skull would be picked over after being boiled and the main bits cut off. I just mentioned Kidney to my two and I got a Biology lesson and a mistaken reason for not eating it. The Lady who lifted me out of my homeless days was making stuffed hearts with mash and a rich gravy for tea, and had just nipped out for some Browning. How could I refuse. When you haven't eaten for days and your living outdoors, home cooked grub with a family, even if it's offal, can be life changing. Hollands pies were bigger in 1964 and had less gravy in. As energy bills go through the roof due to profiteering , the best cooking tool will be too costly by order of the Government, forcing us to cut our usage and meet their criminal targets. If there is global warming surely our heating usage was going down? Poverty kills just as much as crap food and stress and the cold. Population reduction by any means the document said, and you can take your pick of all the methods used today. Will the gender fluid folk be as productive I wonder, or is it a really sly tool. The eugenics amongst us, hate us. Isn't it odd how our leaders in the west are all infiltrators of the WEF, what's the odds of them all being elected at the same time right across the globe.

As long as it states “sustainably sourced palm oil” that’s ok.