This was my second air fryer ruclips.net/user/postUgkxD4Qeo-HRLxMfom_PDinM_SBfes00qJsB . The last one worked fine but was large and a bit loud. This one is outstanding. It is smaller overall but still has plenty of capacity. It crisps the food better. You don't get one side soggy if you forget to turn it over. It is pretty quiet, easy to use, easy to clean, and works great. It chimes to alert you to functions, like when to turn over food that benefits from that. The automatic pre-heat is great. The display is large and easy to read, the light inside is actually useful. The window is worth the extra $10. It looks good sitting out on my counter. I haven't been this happy with an appliance for a long time. Good value for money.
Good video! I got my tabletop convection oven about three months ago. A few other great uses for it: - Most frozen foods that you put in the oven. They bake quicker in these and it takes far less time to pre-heat! Frozen soft pretzels are a personal favorite of mine; I can usually whip up a quick cheese sauce while it preheats then bakes, which takes maybe 4 minutes and 2 minutes respectively. - Sandwiches! These are basically a step down from the convection ovens they use at places like Subway, so you better believe I put my open melts in an air fryer nowadays. In fact, I'm going to go do so with some pre-made seitan and cheese after writing this comment... - Keeping foods warm! This can be especially helpful when you're making a complex meal where you need to keep several components warm by the time you serve it, or when you're making something like French toast. Just put it on "reheat" and select the lowest setting. This can dry out your food if you let it there too long, though! - Leftovers in general! So many leftovers just reheat much better than in a microwave. I was already pan-frying pizza to reheat it, but reheating pizza in a convection oven is phenomenal. A general tip: buy spray oils. I never used them before this, but many foods do benefit from just the lightest touch of oil before going into the convection oven to get that extra bit of flavor and crisp. That aside, I've done all sorts of other silly things in a tabletop convection oven. Baking a single cookie, for example.
I’ve seen the light with my airfryer. I was once one of those annoying “iTs jUsT a COnVecTIOn oVen” people until I realized all it could do. Beef jerky, dehydrated fruits for chocolates, toasted perfect chicken, perfectly reheated takeout, French fries, Croque Madames! Literally anything. This is exactly the kind of video I’ve hoped would come from NYT. That Melissa Clark is hosting is just perfect.
Great video from Melissa. We were given an air fryer over the Holidays, and this basic tutorial was an enormous help in starting out. We've had great success with sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, pork chops, game hen, and even a whole chicken, which turned out crisper, juicier, and more evenly cooked than any oven-roasted or rotisserie chicken we've ever made. We're looking forward to trying out Melissa's cheesecake and chicken breast recipes soon.
I have the Breville one and use it at least once a day everyday. It’s pricey, but pays for itself since I use it so often and you can do so much with it that maybe with an average air-fryer you can’t.
Thank you for posting this video! I did get an air fryer for Christmas so I’m looking for new things to try. I did a turkey breast in mine the first night and I couldn’t believe how good it was. For any other newbies I suggest you try that. You won’t be disappointed!
When you serve that cheesecake, just tell everyone it's Basque style. I made a souffle in mine that came out similarly dark but it still tasted fine. If it looks like trouble, try covering with a small piece of foil and it should be ok.
Melissa--- YES. Cheesecake alone is enough !!! I had no interest in an Air Fryer, for my range of foods. However you've used my actual Recipe for this Cheesecake (once listed in NYT as the Famous Lindy's Cheesecake!!!) , Yet I usually take 15 minutes at very high heat, then 1 hour at a a 200degree heat, then fully cooled in oven, then refrigerated overnight. It is a process that requires remaining at the Kitchen, over 2.5 hours or more!! I know how good that Recipe is. --- so I know how great your result is. My most requested dish!!
I bought a Breville air fryer on Black Friday and had mostly thought how great it would be for pizzas. But cheesecake!? Suddenly my purchase is ten times more pragmatic.
Thanks for this video. Most of the videos are people from the UK. I’m useless with grams, and they eat weird stuff…lol. Sorry….but different. So, glad I found you.
I’m coming out with a toaster oven that is smaller, and uses the power of conduction and convection to cook your food at the same time or slightly faster while allowing you to cut calories by removing the fat AND the flavor. It’s only going to cost 89.99 and it will fill the space on your counter where your personal grain mill was. Toast was always meant to be served in 1/4 slices, you just never could before!
Great video! My 1st air fryer was similar to the smaller you demo'd, the Phillips. I recently purchased the Breville you showed. Wish you would have shown some recipes using that one...
I love my Ninja Foodi table top air fryer! Use it everyday. And I just bought a sweet potato to try to air fry it. I've tried Melissa's recipe for russet potatoes and they are wonderful.
I'm not a big fan of the toaster oven style air frier. It's basically a regular convection toaster oven. A drawer style air frier has a big fan to push the hot air around much better. The drawer also makes for easier cleanup, since that's where most of the mess stays. Depending on your model, you can just pop it into the dishwasher.
Exactly the reasons why I got my drawer style. I purchased an oven style first and wasn't impressed with the nightmare cleanup and lack of even browning. Also, the second tray some models allow for never cooks since the fan has to go through the closer tray first. So that was a useless "feature." One more down side: none of the toaster functions of the oven style toast evenly compared to a regular toaster or toaster oven. It only blasts one side quickly while the other side remains untouched. Nobody wants to flip toast. Just get a cheap toaster. The only downside of the drawer style is the lack of window to see how it's doing without opening it up. Otherwise, it's a stronger and more direct blast of hot air that cooks quicker and more evenly.
Exactly! People who say that a convection setting on a home oven is the same as an air fryer have clearly never tried the drawer style. It changed my life!
It's great that you can cook a cheesecake in an air fryer, but if you already have an oven, how does an air fryer make it either significantly better or easier ?
I’m still not convinced. So she made a cheesecake in 25 minutes less cooking time- but it still can’t be eaten until the next day. The sweet potato fries cooking in a single layer would not be enough for a family of four, and boneless, skinless chicken breasts can be cooked either on or in a conventional stovetop / oven in just as short a time. The key is preparation. And it is a bit disingenuous not to include the time needed for the often arduous task of cleaning those baskets.
Air fryer sweet potato fries suck. No one will convince me otherwise. Air fryers are solid for chicken wings and frozen fries or other pre fried frozen things. They’re pretty decent at roasting in small quantities. Other big plus: not turning on the oven in summer.
Hello Melissa: I used it once and it worked well but next day I wanted to cook again only all the preset symbols, except the one for French fry, disappeared - Help, Please.
If one half ot he sweet potato required 15 minutes to fry, then frying one potato will require half an hour. And, one seet potato is not enough for 2 people. So, if I fry two potatoes, it will take an hour?
I'm sure for demonstration purposes she did small amounts, but you gotta remember it only fits enough food or 1 or 2 people the small one or 3-4 the big ones. But even the small ones it can fit like 3 chicken breasts and 3-4 times the amount of fries she put in but you need to make sure to constantly mix them to ensure even cooking
You don't need to do just one extremely even layer. We make frozen fries in ours often, and we can usually make more than even for two people in one batch if we shake it halfway through. They're also ready in half the time of a normal oven.
She literally explains that there are various sizes you can buy… Did you miss that or something? Why would she waste food for a demonstration video by using the big one?
An infomercial pitch for one more extraneous mini appliance which will be dumped in a landfill --soon. And I highly doubt the high-minded times food editor has one of these clunkers taking up counter space in her designer kitchen....
Yeah - this video wasn’t great. Basic, poorly executed recipes aren’t it. And real talk - that sweet potato bissection is a hospital visit waiting to happen. Someone watching this is going to think that that’s an ok way to cut it and wind up getting hurt.
This was my second air fryer ruclips.net/user/postUgkxD4Qeo-HRLxMfom_PDinM_SBfes00qJsB . The last one worked fine but was large and a bit loud. This one is outstanding. It is smaller overall but still has plenty of capacity. It crisps the food better. You don't get one side soggy if you forget to turn it over. It is pretty quiet, easy to use, easy to clean, and works great. It chimes to alert you to functions, like when to turn over food that benefits from that. The automatic pre-heat is great. The display is large and easy to read, the light inside is actually useful. The window is worth the extra $10. It looks good sitting out on my counter. I haven't been this happy with an appliance for a long time. Good value for money.
Good video! I got my tabletop convection oven about three months ago. A few other great uses for it:
- Most frozen foods that you put in the oven. They bake quicker in these and it takes far less time to pre-heat! Frozen soft pretzels are a personal favorite of mine; I can usually whip up a quick cheese sauce while it preheats then bakes, which takes maybe 4 minutes and 2 minutes respectively.
- Sandwiches! These are basically a step down from the convection ovens they use at places like Subway, so you better believe I put my open melts in an air fryer nowadays. In fact, I'm going to go do so with some pre-made seitan and cheese after writing this comment...
- Keeping foods warm! This can be especially helpful when you're making a complex meal where you need to keep several components warm by the time you serve it, or when you're making something like French toast. Just put it on "reheat" and select the lowest setting. This can dry out your food if you let it there too long, though!
- Leftovers in general! So many leftovers just reheat much better than in a microwave. I was already pan-frying pizza to reheat it, but reheating pizza in a convection oven is phenomenal.
A general tip: buy spray oils. I never used them before this, but many foods do benefit from just the lightest touch of oil before going into the convection oven to get that extra bit of flavor and crisp. That aside, I've done all sorts of other silly things in a tabletop convection oven. Baking a single cookie, for example.
You don’t want to use spray oils because they cause the nonstick to peel. Better to just get a glass spray bottle and fill it with oil
Love Melissa, love air fryers, but also love the Vaughn cameo 😍
I see Melissa… I click
I’ve seen the light with my airfryer. I was once one of those annoying “iTs jUsT a COnVecTIOn oVen” people until I realized all it could do.
Beef jerky, dehydrated fruits for chocolates, toasted perfect chicken, perfectly reheated takeout, French fries, Croque Madames! Literally anything.
This is exactly the kind of video I’ve hoped would come from NYT. That Melissa Clark is hosting is just perfect.
" ..individual portion of bacon..." Melissa displays about 1/2 pound of cooked bacon. Seems legit.
she can do no wrong
I did actually receive an air fryer for Christmas, so thank you for this.
Great video Melissa! You are my favorite NY Times cooking chick!
Great video from Melissa. We were given an air fryer over the Holidays, and this basic tutorial was an enormous help in starting out. We've had great success with sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut squash, pork chops, game hen, and even a whole chicken, which turned out crisper, juicier, and more evenly cooked than any oven-roasted or rotisserie chicken we've ever made. We're looking forward to trying out Melissa's cheesecake and chicken breast recipes soon.
I have the Breville one and use it at least once a day everyday. It’s pricey, but pays for itself since I use it so often and you can do so much with it that maybe with an average air-fryer you can’t.
I have the Breville, I use it to bake, toaster & air-fryer. I have only used my oven about 5 time over the pass year.
Ditto, Pamela!
Love my Breville.
We use it almost everyday. 🙂
Same! It’s one of the best kitchen purchases I’ve ever made.
Thank you for posting this video! I did get an air fryer for Christmas so I’m looking for new things to try. I did a turkey breast in mine the first night and I couldn’t believe how good it was. For any other newbies I suggest you try that. You won’t be disappointed!
We have the one that does the dry cleaning & it's amazing.
😂😂😂
For the sweet potato fries, i do this like 3 times a week, to make them crispier, i coat them in a lil bit of corn starch before i add the oil
Hello
That cheesecake is PERFECT. It's air fryer Basque!!!
When you serve that cheesecake, just tell everyone it's Basque style. I made a souffle in mine that came out similarly dark but it still tasted fine. If it looks like trouble, try covering with a small piece of foil and it should be ok.
Melissa--- YES. Cheesecake alone is enough !!!
I had no interest in an Air Fryer, for my range of foods. However you've used my actual Recipe for this Cheesecake (once listed in NYT as the Famous Lindy's Cheesecake!!!) , Yet I usually take 15 minutes at very high heat, then 1 hour at a a 200degree heat, then fully cooled in oven, then refrigerated overnight. It is a process that requires remaining at the Kitchen, over 2.5 hours or more!!
I know how good that Recipe is. --- so I know how great your result is. My most requested dish!!
Love Melissa!
I bought a Breville air fryer on Black Friday and had mostly thought how great it would be for pizzas. But cheesecake!? Suddenly my purchase is ten times more pragmatic.
i love her, shes giving SJP vibes. I would imagine they would be friends
Thanks for this video. Most of the videos are people from the UK. I’m useless with grams, and they eat weird stuff…lol. Sorry….but different. So, glad I found you.
02:50 All true, I love how Grant Lee Crilly calls them, Precision Ovens.
If one gets an air fryer "for the holidays" does that mean it has to be returned after the holidays. Suuuuuper!
Thank you Melissa! It is a branding problem! I LIKE my airfryer. Don't love her. But this helps to understand her better :)
I’ve been considering getting one of these this year!
But I wanted to do some research first.
I guess this vid is where my research starts! 🙂
I’m coming out with a toaster oven that is smaller, and uses the power of conduction and convection to cook your food at the same time or slightly faster while allowing you to cut calories by removing the fat AND the flavor. It’s only going to cost 89.99 and it will fill the space on your counter where your personal grain mill was. Toast was always meant to be served in 1/4 slices, you just never could before!
Great great video Melissa!!! Please let there be a part 2 and 3 . I have a small and a huge air fryer but I’m so intimidated to use it.
Great video! My 1st air fryer was similar to the smaller you demo'd, the Phillips. I recently purchased the Breville you showed. Wish you would have shown some recipes using that one...
Hi there! You've a gorgeous picture on your profile! I just decided to stop by and say hi! I hope my compliment is appreciated 😊
she got 20 pretty points for making chesecake!
I love my Ninja Foodi table top air fryer! Use it everyday. And I just bought a sweet potato to try to air fry it. I've tried Melissa's recipe for russet potatoes and they are wonderful.
Hello
This is perfect timing!
Hello
Thank you so much; you’ve convinced me! BTW, love your cookies!
brussels sprouts. amazing in the air fryer, i won’t cook them any other way anymore!
and very helpful video, def giving me more confidence to get the airfryer
thanks for explaining that it's just a small convection oven, the marketing is so deceptively ambiguous
Absolutely amazing
Looks like I can bake a Basque cheesecake with these!
I'm not a big fan of the toaster oven style air frier. It's basically a regular convection toaster oven. A drawer style air frier has a big fan to push the hot air around much better. The drawer also makes for easier cleanup, since that's where most of the mess stays. Depending on your model, you can just pop it into the dishwasher.
Exactly the reasons why I got my drawer style. I purchased an oven style first and wasn't impressed with the nightmare cleanup and lack of even browning. Also, the second tray some models allow for never cooks since the fan has to go through the closer tray first. So that was a useless "feature."
One more down side: none of the toaster functions of the oven style toast evenly compared to a regular toaster or toaster oven. It only blasts one side quickly while the other side remains untouched. Nobody wants to flip toast. Just get a cheap toaster.
The only downside of the drawer style is the lack of window to see how it's doing without opening it up. Otherwise, it's a stronger and more direct blast of hot air that cooks quicker and more evenly.
Exactly! People who say that a convection setting on a home oven is the same as an air fryer have clearly never tried the drawer style. It changed my life!
that cheesecake needs to be in my mouth right now
Thank you very much for this one! 🤩
Augh! Watched this video to see the Breville in use and it didn’t get included! Another video is now needed.
It's great that you can cook a cheesecake in an air fryer, but if you already have an oven, how does an air fryer make it either significantly better or easier ?
It uses less electricity, is quicker to warm up and moves the heat around better
I imagine it's great for the holidays. While you are cooking dinner in the oven you can use your air fryer to cook dessert :)
Doesn’t require a water bath
No water bath. Even cook
Love all your recipes. Do you have to prebake the cheesecake crust?
Good video
So..is an air fryer just a tiny oven?
Can you cook them the same way in a convection oven?
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Can every NYT Cooking video include Vaughn lifting heavy things? Asking for the gays.
Hi Vaughn 😅
One small portion of fries at a time is kind of ridiculous though...
I’m still not convinced. So she made a cheesecake in 25 minutes less cooking time- but it still can’t be eaten until the next day. The sweet potato fries cooking in a single layer would not be enough for a family of four, and boneless, skinless chicken breasts can be cooked either on or in a conventional stovetop / oven in just as short a time. The key is preparation. And it is a bit disingenuous not to include the time needed for the often arduous task of cleaning those baskets.
Air fryer sweet potato fries suck. No one will convince me otherwise.
Air fryers are solid for chicken wings and frozen fries or other pre fried frozen things. They’re pretty decent at roasting in small quantities.
Other big plus: not turning on the oven in summer.
Hello Melissa: I used it once and it worked well but next day I wanted to cook again only all the preset symbols, except the one for French fry, disappeared - Help, Please.
I'm sorry but her pinky at 4:29 is killing me
If one half ot he sweet potato required 15 minutes to fry, then frying one potato will require half an hour. And, one seet potato is not enough for 2 people. So, if I fry two potatoes, it will take an hour?
She's a 10, but she preheats the air fryer
Poor Melissa having to hawk this shit. Make that money baby
that is an unbelievable small amount of fries/food. seems super inconvenient.
I'm sure for demonstration purposes she did small amounts, but you gotta remember it only fits enough food or 1 or 2 people the small one or 3-4 the big ones. But even the small ones it can fit like 3 chicken breasts and 3-4 times the amount of fries she put in but you need to make sure to constantly mix them to ensure even cooking
You don't need to do just one extremely even layer. We make frozen fries in ours often, and we can usually make more than even for two people in one batch if we shake it halfway through. They're also ready in half the time of a normal oven.
I know right ? who wants to individually place each fry ? you cook like ten French fries per heating. such a hassle
She literally explains that there are various sizes you can buy… Did you miss that or something? Why would she waste food for a demonstration video by using the big one?
I think it makes sense for one person (which she does specify in the video)
I'm sorry but :
"Hot, heavy, and strong" as she looks at Vaughn
😲
Melissa Be down low code switching!!
More vegan options, please.
I wish people would stop talking with food in their mouth
An infomercial pitch for one more extraneous mini appliance which will be dumped in a landfill --soon.
And I highly doubt the high-minded times food editor has one of these clunkers taking up counter space in her designer kitchen....
Yeah - this video wasn’t great. Basic, poorly executed recipes aren’t it.
And real talk - that sweet potato bissection is a hospital visit waiting to happen. Someone watching this is going to think that that’s an ok way to cut it and wind up getting hurt.
For a food writer her knife skills are atrocious. Do not cut a sweet potato like this
gross
A little late. 10 years late. Also painful watching this basic-b try and be eccentric and have rough edges and unedited.
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