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When I go to lift the lid, the machine skids all over the counter. Another example of something I could have accomplished in the same amount of time with a better result in my countertop oven.Īnother issue is how insubstantial the machine seems, especially considering how hot it's getting. And again, I had to call it when the tops of the broccoli were close to getting burned but the rest of the florets weren't cooked. Again, I had to extend the cooking time from the recommended since the food was not cooked. Again, following the times for fresh vegetables I intermittently tossed the broccoli around during cooking. I tossed the florets with oil and put them in the machine after it pre-heated. Giving it another shot with fresh food, I wanted to roast some broccoli (another thing I do often in my regular oven). The whole process ended up taking just as much time as my countertop oven would have but with much less satisfying results. Chicken was hot and cooked but not even slightly crispy. The body of the fries weren't browned and again, not crispy. What ended up happening is that I had to call it when the edges of the fries started to get too dark and were on the verge of burning. So I kept putting the timer at a few minute increments and watching and flipping the food as it went. Same for the chicken it was hot but not close to crispy.
After the time ended, the fries were clearly not done - neither brown nor crispy. Halfway through I flipped everything around and didn't see any marked browning on the fries but things were sizzling so I thought that was a good sign.
The machine beeped that it was ready so I put the food in and set the timer for 12 minutes using the recommended times for frozen foods. The unit needs to pre-heat just like the countertop oven so no difference there. Normally I would do this kind of thing in my Oster countertop oven. It arrived on a Friday afternoon and the first thing I decided to make was frozen chicken strips and French fries since those are some of the main things they do in the demonstrations. I'm not sure if it's the technology overall or just this machine, but I'm not impressed at all. When these wider models started appearing I thought that seemed like a better option and decided to try this QVC version. Not Impressed People I know have been raving about air fryers for a few years and I was always hesitant mainly because of the small basket sizes of the barrel-shaped versions.