Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Bottom line: I absolutely LOVE this gadget! Before purchasing this, I'd been in the market for an air fryer for quite some time (upwards of 4 or 5 months). With so many out there, choosing one almost became a job! Luckily, I can now stop looking. This is so much more than an air fryer, which is a major plus since many similar products don't have the features that this product has. I can cook whole chickens, fry fish and chips, and I can even steam my veggies. Having all of these options in one at this price is great. I’ve been able to stop using several other of my kitchen gadgets (and put them away) since this does everything that those do – all in one. The air fryer is packaged very well, which I’m thankful for because I’ve received countless broken items due to poor packaging. It arrived in 2 boxes – an outer shipping box and the product box. The lid was placed on top of the glass cooking bowl, surrounded by Styrofoam. Several things were placed inside of the cooking bowl: food racks (3), tongs, a power cord and the manual. First, it is very high quality. The glass bowl is very heavy, sturdy and well made. The cooker is actually a LOT bigger than I imagined it would be, but I can’t complain about that at all. I love the fact that I have so much room to cook pretty much whatever I would like, and even multiple items. Secondly, it is very easy to operate. The controls are located on top of the lid, and there aren’t a ton of buttons and/or knobs (there are two – time & temperature) that would drive one mad, so you can set it rather quickly and easily. There are two lights on the lid – a red power light and a green light that illuminates when the oven is cooking. The lid has a handle on it with a little button that you press to shut it all the way down, which initiates cooking. Listed on the lid are 7 types of food, the temperature that they should be cooked at, and the amount of time needed to cook them. That little grid is actually very handy, and I definitely appreciate it being there. While using the air fryer, it doesn’t get hot in my home, and that is a key advantage for me. I love baking my food, but I really despise how hot the regular oven makes my home. It does make a little noise while cooking, but it is very tolerable. The halogen lamp that comes on while the oven is cooking is a show for my kids – they absolutely love it. I turn the lights off and it lights up the whole kitchen. That’s kind of random, but it brings me to say that the lamp is powerful. The oven cooks evenly and quickly, but when cooking a whole chicken, I cooked it at a lower temperature for a longer amount of time simply because that’s my preference. The chicken looked beautiful. The cleanup was a breeze! Since the chicken was cooked on one of the metal racks, that was really the only thing that took a little elbow grease, and that was simply ensuring that nothing was stuck in any of the little nooks and crannies. Washing the cooking bowl took very little effort, and the lid was easily clean with a damp cloth. My only issue with this product doesn’t pertain to the product itself, but to the manual. It is awfully thin and lacks what one would think is imperative information about operating the machine. The metal “ring thing” (which I found out is an “extender” from my research) confused me like nothing I’ve seen in a while. In several pictures, it was located on the top of the fryer (the lid rested on it), and in several other pictures, the ring was located at the bottom of the glass cooking bowl (which is where it was when it came out of the box). I searched the manual to find out what it was and what it was used for, but there was absolutely nothing in the manual about it. I was honestly taken aback by this. This is what prompted me to begin my research. There are numerous spelling and grammar errors (which is really no big deal). Since I am rating the product, not the manual, I cannot take away any stars for this, nor does this issue take away from the versatility, convenience and all around awesomeness of the product. This issue has caused me to spend a bit of time online searching for videos or articles of it being utilized, but I don’t mind it very much because I’ve learned a lot of new things about the fryer. I 100% recommend this product and I look forward to experimenting with it for a very long time to come.