My dad was always trying to find something to pour small amounts of paint in while working on his wood projects. He started making flags and only needed small amounts of color so I got him to start saving yogurt cups lol He has a lot of them now
I especially like the comparison with a toaster oven. @Matthias, a great and easy use for shrimp is stir-fry. Oil, shrimp, cook almost to completiion, then add roughage, noodles and seasoning. Less than 10 mins.
you're not a shill if you're backing things up with data. I mean you presented data backed facts that formed your opinion and that my friend earns a lot of credibility. Wish others making videos put this much into their videos. Love your content and the diversity of it all from wood working to fans, cooking appliances, heaters, when you dive into the details like you do, it's very enjoyable. I bet when you left RIM, they tried hard to get you to stay LOL....
I like that you are open and honest about a sponsorship, some youtubers say that their video isn't sponsored and then it turns out they got whatever they're testing for free.
Or they don’t tell you or avoid the issue. I often respond to videos where ‘zzz company hooked me up with…’ or ‘the guys at nnn sent over this…’ by asking was it free or what did you actually pay? Some get quite affronted at the question, others give a waffling answer which avoids the question.
Some feel that if they don't receive money then they're not sponsored. It is just a distinction that's made. I'm not defending their position, merely pointing it out. I can somewhat understand their position too. They're probably getting free crap all the time that they don't even bother reviewing.
@@pietmondrianstudent6984 that's the thing though they're not making any bucks. They only get the products for free in many cases. Which isn't exactly like receiving money. It's value but you can't exactly put an air fryer in your wallet.
Dreo seems like a smart company, they take some of the most popular items solve the issues people are having with them and just give you good experience, for a little more money I guess, but a lot of people like that. Kind of wish they sold their items in EU.
@@UhOhUmm It was a joke since we have low wattage vacuum cleaners and microwaves. I saw there are 2400watts available. Must be a new thing since the monkeys in Brussels are still allowing it.
I haven't done a lot of things with my air fryer but have found the best thing it does for me is steak and potatoes wedges. My fryer goes up to 450f, and a 3/4" steak will be perfectly medium rare and browned on the outside in about 10 minutes, while it is resting, I do the potatoes wedges, another 10 minutes at 450f and when they are done you have a delicious easy meal! I love it! Also, yesterdays pizza warmed in the fryer will taste close to freshly made.
Glad you liked it, its probably worth mentioning that practically any air fryer will cook food exactly the same way. As cool as the built in screen and recipes are personally its not worth the $150+ extra over a basic little store bought one.
There's a lot of trial and error when it comes to those things. Having the recipes built in would probably be really helpful, especially for people who don't have a lot of cooking experience. Add in the built-in meat thermometer and I could see it being worth the cost.
I have a simple air fryer with no screen, just digital. It has some recipes on it that I never use. But mine does not have water ability and probes. Those two things add alot of value to the end product. And if you cook quality stuff in air fryer like lamb racks etc and given that the air fryer probably will not break within at least 5-10 year. What is 150+ one time extra for a decent air fryer that you will probably use several times per week? $150/(12x10). I mean, it's not even a cost in the end to even think about.
@libb3n I look at the total cost of adding this appliance, and since we already have an oven and a small oven toaster, I can cook all what I need without it. I would get one if I lived in a place that does not have an oven.
Air friers are amazing at reheating oven-cooked meats. Whenever I put over-cooked pork or chicken they seem to taste better than when it was freshly made.
Air fryers: 1. Make me smarter than those around me 2. Give me the right to let them know that. 3. Force me to say to them "Clearly you don't own an air fryer".
I thought the point of an air fryer was NOT to use oil. I'm sure you did it for color and crispness, but it would have been nice to see how the fries came out without the oil.
It's a teeny tiny convection oven and I admit I've been quite annoyed at the name "air fryer" but can see the value of the appliance, they're a lot more efficient for single people to run vs an oven and even many families can benefit since we often don't fill our ovens.
I saw this on Sous Vide everything a couple of days ago, signed up for the email alert for when the kickstarter went live. Having seen a couple of videos now, and being a single guy, I see it as a good option for me. It would also probably be useful for on-call work situations and college living (probably not in dorms though) a little pricey for many college kids, but that set and forget is very handy for the busy student.
Air fryers are just fancy tiny convection ovens. Mine has 2200 W and the container is "double" walled, so the air can circulate freely throughout the food which give them an advantage over my normal big oven.. but that's about it...
Have you ever gone over what you're using to format your programs output? Those floating temperatures in what looks like a terminal are really cool and I would like to know how to do it. I have an actual use case for something like that at the moment.
You know, Matthias, I'm trying to learn to cook... And what I realized is that I like to make stuff. Anything really, even food! So, I've been thinking about getting one of those... Either way, my only issue is that I'm eating a bit too much... 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Best thing we've tried so far in the air fryer is chicken wings. Found that over cooking them gets them really crispy in trade off for dryer meat but it's fine because it's dark meat. Still amazing.
How is it to clean up? And maybe you’ll be the only one who could appreciate this, but, what are your thoughts on the cooking exhausts and humidity flying past that fan above the heating element? Do you envisage the fan getting gummed up with oils and moisture and eventually losing efficiency? What about keeping that airway clear of exhaust grime? These are things that I think about. Not sure what other people think about in this regard
so far no issues, but we used ours less than 20x so far. The fan would need quite a layer of gunk to become ineffective, and I would guess, being so close to the heater, and spinning, that it would fling the grease off itself if there was much of it.
I love air fryers. They're perfect for making crispy vegetables - we use it for broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, green beans, etc etc. It reheats food 1000x better than a microwave, especially pizza, and you can make perfect chicken and fish in it. Huge fan.
Great video, I’m really curious about the water and potentially baking breads, since steam injection ovens are rare and quite expensive. Air fryers are essentially convection ovens, and I prefer the toaster oven shape for loading so personally ended up tabletop convection oven more like your toaster oven, but this seems like a great product for those that like this form factor.
It doesn't have a bread mode, and the water injection only happens in the automatic programs. But I don't think this would work all that well for bread. The heat comes from the top, and if the pan was full of dough, the bottom wouldn't get enough heat.
I made small buns in my air fryer, and with the hot air circulating underneath, they came out very well. I also have 2 spray bottles: oil and water to use as needed.
Hi, you use a lot more oil than me when cooking, my air fryer does not have a water system, but it is a out of stock item now. I never had a deep fat fryer as I considered them too dangerous but as I am on my own now, I find it very useful, and I do most of my cooking in it now.
I know this is a moon shot, but would you ever want to do a similar breakdown of an espresso machine? I happen to have a 'fully automatic' one that I would consider shipping.
Do you have an electric oven? I'd like to see a comparison of air fryer vs. oven. I believe you'd get the same result when using the upper rack positions, but would it take more power propotional to the containment vessel volume?
oven takes about 3x longer to get up to temperature. and after that, the heat probably doesn't have the same intensity. Being close to the element, and with the fan, makes a big difference.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 I don't know, the grill setting on my oven is pretty powerful... It melted the edge band off my cupboards, and annihilated the shroud of my thermocouple too. Any advice for re-attaching the edge band would be greatly appreciated, the darn things are just flopping around now.
for cooking hamburgers, I think you might want to look into a "George foreman" or a contact grill. it cooks both sides of the burger at once making for a faster cooking time. the smallest size is a bit too small unless you only want a single burger there are also better electric grills that will snuff the smoke so it won't set off the fire alarm, those would be good for a dorm or small apartment.
Yea, I do like the air fryers a lot. I don't find that they cook "fries" the way that I want. I prefer my fries to be more crispy, and when the fries lay over other fries, they don't cook as evenly. I have found they work really well for things like Sausages in the morning, or for heating Frozen Corn Dogs, after 30 secs in the microwave for a quick thaw, I throw in the Air Fryer for 5 mins... done. It is very fast cooking for the most part.
The main advantage of a convection toaster oven is being able to find one in the garbage. This channel in particular has kindled my love of trash picking.
Air Fryer are very good but why put oil at all? These devices are usually advertise as not needing the oil - I never use any and still works :) - unless personal preference of course
Never lose that curiosity. We have a combination air fryer and toaster oven unit. It's useful enough and fast enough and does a nice even cooking job that we don't even own a microwave anymore and rarely use our full-size oven. Edit: Also, any of your long-time viewers know without a bloody doubt that you're not a shill. If this was a turd, you'd be the first to tell us how much it stank and how many corn kernels you found. LOL.
I saw this new airfryer on Sorted's channel within the past week & its really impressive. It looks like it does a much better job than a typical air fryer. Thank for documenting its temperature outputs and power usage!
I love the term air fryer because fried air (gebakken lucht) in Dutch is a way of saying something looks impressive but in reality is really nothing. To me air fryers are just very small convector ovens and don;t do anything special. The fact this ons has menu's wich take care of the cooking is a plus but for most of the things it just takes so much time.
What’s the cleanup like of the tray ? My only reservation, and why I’ve not got one is the cleanup and also the use of nonstick and how that holds up over time .
I use dishwash liquid and hot water. I'm not a fan of non stick, but at least the tray doesn't get nearly as hot as a frying pan, so it should last longer than those.
I have an air fryer toaster oven, but it doesn't have the water part. That gives me an idea to maybe add it to it. Should be easy enough. We use is all the time. Makes great mini pizzas from scratch. Also chicken nuggets and fries. It will cook everything that turns to rubber in the microwave perfectly so its kinda the Ying and yang with the microwave.
Yes, the size does matter, that is a small size. I have a 6 qt one and now uses the 2 qt model which is way quicker and more efficient than the family-sized one and it cooks crispier than the big one.
Saw this on sorted food as well, it seems for once it's a kickstarter that isn't just a shameless cash grab. The temperature probe is the real deal here, giving you full control of how done you want the meat. I miss that in my Xiaomi air fryer.
The GE Advantium is the most versatile cooking appliance I have ever owned. Microwave, convection oven and air fryer in one but it does a much better job. They are expensive but have been around for 20 years, I never understood why they didn't catch on a main stream appliance. Seems like most people who have them don't understand how capable they are.
Once when I was taking organic chemistry in college, we were given Fahrenheit thermometers. So I rewrote my entire lab report in Apothecary measure, drachams and flozzes and minums. My lab instructor was not amused. Priggish. Oh well. I tried.😀 FWIW, the water soray works well for mini-bagettes. Try it.
*Look nice - but WHY* would anyone buy this for almost $200 when equivalent retail units are just as good, priced lower, can be returned easily and of course there is the Kickstarter issue where products are routinely delayed or shipped with missing features with no guarantees. I know that this is a sponsored video, but I really would have liked to know what differentiates this from any other Air Fryer (many with Dual probes, App control, etc.) What am I missing that makes this unit any better than the current Air-Fryers?
I was having dinner while watching this video. After watching you make fries, I couldn't stop myself, and made frier in my air fryer too. Now, I'm overly stuffed and wish I hadn't. 🤣😂😅
I have a basic air fryer and I use it a lot. Try fresh non frozen hamburgers, they are delicious when you cook them with the air fryer, 10 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius (356F) and they are done, good color, nice bite, and still super juicy. Pretty much any type of meat will do. Fish, chicken, I even cook shoarma or kebab with it. And it all tastes great, and if you want you can get it nice and crunchy while the meat is still very juicy at the inside. And yes it cooks truly fast. That requires a little learning curve. But once you tried several things you know how long to cook it. My basic machine also has simple instructions written on it so that I can set the temperature correctly for the type of meat that I am going to cook. I follow those instructions and that works great for me. And the basket fits inside the dishwasher.
@@matthiasrandomstuff2221 I honestly only cook my hamburgers with the air fryer. I put some salt and pepper on it before I put them in the fryer. You can also make or buy your burgers with unions inside. If it didn't taste absolutely delicious I wouldn't do it. And on top of that it is fast, easy, and much healthier. There is no need to pay attention to it while it is cooking.
We love our air fryer over here in Scotland... for many things you don't need to fire up a big oven and its so versatile. It's not a feature rich as this one but it was very cheap, maybe about £50 ($60) and cooks things way faster than an oven and in most cases you can just load in there, set a programme and/or timer and walk away...
The timer functionality is the best. Combine it with a pressure cooker / crock pot with a timer and you're about 30m away from a meal! I'd like a smaller of those pressure cookers too to make smaller batch faster.
Hi, I was hoping to see if these devices really use less KWH to cook things i.e is it cheaper in use, I have seen a lot of claims that seem iffy to me, comparing unlike things and saying "TA DA it use less electricity", seems to me a chip/fry takes a certain energy input to cook, so its all about wastage? Do you laln on doing one of your excellent technical vidios?
When the grease drips and burns it produces smokey goodness, which is where the real flavor comes from. Air fryers are rad and all, but you can't beat smokey grill flavor.
They made a good choice. I already own an air fryer, doubt I would have watched a video on one if it wasn't you. They excell at warming fryed chicken. I won't run out and buy this one but it will be my top choice when I replace the one I have.
What's the difference with this compared to a normal hot air oven? Seems unnecessary, especially if the oven is modern and have cooking modes, probes etc.
I like the basket design for air fryers. I got one that's shaped like your toaster oven even though it insists it's an air fryer. I don't like it compared to a few friend's basket styled air fryers. Not this brand though but my old basket designed air fryer snapped off at the handle after a few months of use.
