Those of you who follow me know that I love kitchen gadgets. I love to research and buy the highest rated versions because quality gadgets last a lifetime. But when everybody started jumping on the Air Fryer bandwagon, I wasn’t that impressed. And then I started reading more about them, the seed was planted and I was off to the races.
I did my research, and while there are cheaper versions of air fryers there were many complaints, one of the primary ones being that the finish came off of several models, but Phillips invented the air fryer and they have remained the industry standard. So I bought one from Williams Sonoma, because they have a great return policy and always take care of their customers if they have any issues. I bought the XL, you don’t want a smaller one, even for one person I would want the XL, the smaller ones just don’t hold enough food. The price was spendy - $300, but I had a 25% off coupon and free shipping so that helped, and I knew since I bought it from WS that I could return it if I didn’t like it.
It just didn’t seem possible that food could get that crispy when you fried it with no or little oil. But boy was I in for a surprise, this thing is a rock star. The first thing we made were french fries, then fried veggies, hubby wanted fried pies, so we made those, and everything turned out great. He loves hash browns fried in it, I do drizzle the with a little oil, and while they aren’t grease laden like regular hash browns, they are still delicious, very crisp and so easy to cook.
The unit heats in two minutes, I line the basket with perforated parchment paper to make cleanup a breeze, you don’t heat your kitchen, it’s so fast, so easy, I would rank this as one of my very favorite kitchen gadgets.
My kids are critics, my son Ryan was here with his family last weekend, and he was very skeptical. After using it just a few times he said, “Mom, you know I’m going to have to buy one of these.” And that’s high praise from a foodie. We fried pork chops in it today, it took 18 minutes and they were so good, juicy and flavorful, no oil and no mess! Hubby thinks it’s great and he can be a hard sell too, but the man does love fried food and this makes it a lot more guilt free than frying it in oil on the stove. And did I mention that there is no mess, your kitchen stays clean and you don’t have to heat up your oven. Of course I mentioned it, but it’s worth repeating. ;) That’s one of the best parts, not having to deal with a greasy stove. We haven’t fried food often for years because it’s just not healthy, but this thing is a game changer!
There are several groups on FaceBook that give you great recipes, lots of cookbooks, too, even Paula Dean is on the bandwagon with her own brand of fryer and a cookbook.
So, if anybody has mad money and thinks they might like one of these, I’ll give you the link and also the code I used for the 25% off. I don’t know if it still works, but they gave it to me this month, so there is a good chance it will.
And the code:
USE CODE RHJP-KKX9-MH3P
Oh, this one is a winner winner chicken dinner for sure!
~ Jan
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