How to get Started With Your Vortex 6-Quart Air Fryer 

I’ve had mine for 2 years, just opened it today

It de-mystified the Bake, Reheat and Roast buttons for me, because I could never tell any difference between them and have just been using the Airfry button.

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It took me 3 years to take the plunge and buy an instant fryer. Fiirst, listening to the "Cooking wth Bruce and Mark" podcast at all hours for months started to turn the "lights on" in my mind. The final push came after I'd visited my son and his wife down South. They had purchased this very same unit and it was great. One example of how I really appreciate my air fryer is when I arrived home late and starved after a day w/a toddler and had had no time to eat. The carnivore in me wanted steak. Ah! I had one in the freezer that had been there for months. Perfect. Next, nice fresh broccoli. In the meantime, whole wheat linguine fini and some of my frozen marinara. I am on the fence about doing a steak again in the unit, but it was passable. The broccoli roasted up beautifully. Pasta done, sauce reheated. Boom! It was half gone before I left the kitchen. In summary, I believe a more 1substantial non-frozen steak would have fared better, but the broccoli was spot on. I am very impressed with how I am able to pull a meal comprised of reasonably healthy ingredients together in very little time and with far LESS clean up at the end.

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I did a review about my Vortex 6 Quart Air Fryer and included a blurb about Bruce and Mark. I had NO idea they had done this video. I hope they didn't mind.

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Dehydrate uses low heat over a long period of time to safely dry out food items, like dried fruit, jerky and dried veggies.it has a preset temp of 130F and 8 hours. can be changed up to 175F and down to 1hr

they are small convention ovens in effect, but they blow the air faster and the fan is so close to the food that it actually fries the surface. They are work having.

If you mean preheat by prime. That’s good. Every Vortx machine changes it read out from preheat to add food once it reaches temperature and that goes away after a few seconds and the timer comes on. If your machine is not doing that then there was something wrong with it and I would contact customer service

Ok Thank you. Maybe I missed it. I never saw flip food either just a beep went off and continued cooking. I don’t know

Phew! so glad you found that!

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99% of the time you don’t do that because of airflow. If a recipe calls for it it’s because you’re putting something in that is either very small or very wet and can fall through the slats

Hi back. It's probably not best to submerge the basket in water becasue the handle is hollow and you can have water issues inside there. And if you have the see-through basket you run the risk of water inside there too. But I have done it and nothing bad happened. That said, if you do it you might void your warranty since they tell you not to do it. I always spray food on a cutting board and then transfer it to the basket - the less fat you get on the surfaces of the machine the better. the idea if spraying the bottom of the basket - the tray down there that food sits on -- isn't my preferred way to work. You end up with fat going through the slats and onto the basket itself which causes more smoke to happen and harder clean up. there may be a reason why they dont want you to put fat on the food in those recipes but i can't imagine why not?

you really should preheat every air fryer before you put the food in it

i believe they are the same. but you might get more use out of the slightly larger one as it fits a bit more food.

Never tried that. But I can’t see why it wouldn’t? If you try it post a picture and let us know how it goes

i think you need them to keep the tray raised a bit for air flow. they are designed for the heat b

lining the very bottom if the drawer is ok but it will cut down air circulation and things wont cook properly.

how much depends on your size. Just put enough to be one layer at a time. 350 until it’s golden crispy and if you wanted to use an Insta read me thermometer 165°F.

Did you ever get an answer to your question? I am wondering the same thing.

in F you can go in singe digit. I guess not in C - but 2 at a time is ok, the temperature is going to be close enough.

@@CookingWithBruceMark thank you. On my machine F goes up in 5s. I think my machine has gremlins 😢

it will work. but not as well as a toaster, in my opinion. and standard bread does not need to be held down.

@@CookingWithBruceMark Thank you! That is good enough for me ❣

no. the machine needs to heat up but it only takes minutes. some foods can go in right away when it’s cold but mostly left overs

yes. almost always the food needs a thin coating of oil

you’d have to cook in batches. cant stack the mest

@@CookingWithBruceMark but you can do it though right?

yes. in batches. cooking a few pieces at a time

that button only goes up to 350F and the default temp on it is 280F. i usually prefer to reheat chicken or crispy things or even pizza at 400F. the only button that does everything for me is airfry

contact instant pot customer service

they are metal. nonstick finish.

@@CookingWithBruceMark i mean to say cooking tray is teflon coated or ceramic?

it's teflon @@ravipathak2217

@@CookingWithBruceMark thanks . I asked customer care they are telling it’s ceramic coated because its comes from us and in us teflon is band . Then they are lying to customer

perhaps they have changed to ceramic - and maybe the coating isn't teflon but it has the same feel as that kind of nonstick - it doesnt look or feel like ceramic to me but I could be wrong. I doubt they are lying to you @@ravipathak2217

You have to use an instant read meat thermometer. The temperature for poultry is 165°F. an average turkey thigh might take about 25 minutes turn it halfway. same for the legs about 25 minutes. The breast you’ll have to cut into chunks that fit and may be about 20 minutes but check the temperature

@@CookingWithBruceMark we did potatoes 🥔 tonight but they were not brown why?

maybe not enough time? there are many reasons but thats the most likely

@@CookingWithBruceMark how much time should it be for potatoes that are cut up? We did 20 minutes

all depends on how much isnin the basket. the more potatoes the more time it takes. 20 min minimum and you ha e to shake and turn them occasionally. try upping your temp to 400 next time

it’s not made as a toaster. at least not for thin sliced bread. split rolls and baguettes work better.