Cuisinart Air Fryer + Convection Toaster Over : A Multifunctional Kitchen Appliance for all
Hi guys today I'm reviewing the
cuisinart airfryer toaster oven this can
be used as a toaster air fryer and an
oven it's 1800 watts measure Large enough to toast
so it's a large unit
it's heavy and you're not gonna want to
move this around it's best to find a
permanent place for this on your counter
although the unit is big I like the
clean look of it and also the dials they
seem very solid the power cord is about
29 inches long for storage the cord can
be wrapped around the bottom of the unit
you should be able to airfryer up to 3
pounds of food cook a 12 inch pizza 4
pound chicken and toast up to six slices
of bread there are two heating elements
on the bottom and four on top this is a
power indicator light that stays on
while cooking
therefore dials the first is the on
slash oven timer dial you'll use this
dial to set the timer for all functions
except for toast the timer can be set up
to 60 minutes this is the temperature
dial that goes from warm to 450 degrees
My personal Review
Fahrenheit toast broil
This is the function dial you can choose
warm broiled convection broil toast bake
convection bake and airfryer the fourth
dial is for toast choose from light
medium or dark shade and this button is
for the oven light press it and there is
a light inside the oven that turns on
the light is in the back of the oven and
it only turns on with the door closed
the turn the unit on choose your
function let's say we're choosing bake
then you would set the temperature let's
say 350 choose the amount of time you
want to cook I'll put it to 20 minutes
the power indicator light will turn on
and the oven starts heating up to turn
the unit off turned the on oven timer to
off and the indicator light will go off
if you're toasting make sure that the
toast timer dial is set to OFF also
whether you're using any of these
functions or the toast function once the
timer runs out the unit will
automatically turn off the unit comes
with a leaflet for rack positions
cooking functions and an air fryer guide
with the food Maxum man's temperature
and time and a full instruction manual
and recipe booklet their recipes for
chicken wings the whole roast chicken
french fries and desserts like cakes and
muffins
you can cook bacon other frozen items
like chicken nuggets fish sticks steak
fries and fresh shrimp tortilla chips
etc for baking you can use your own
dishes in the oven anything this oven
safe this is a nine inch cake pan and it
fits perfectly in the oven there are
vents on both sides of the oven so make
sure not to cover it and give it plenty
of space around the unit the chrome tray
is on the bottom slide it out and remove
it for cleaning the unit comes with a
rack
air fryer basket and a baking pan when
air frying always put the basket on the
pan and use it both the baking pan and
the rack were packaged at the bottom of
the box after you lift out the oven look
for these two in cardboard on the bottom
you do want to follow this guide for the
rack positions there are two different
positions here for the rack or the
baking tray and it's clearly marked 1 &
2 the oven rack can be placed on the
bottom and position one
or on the top in position to use
position to the top for broiling air
frying and toasting position one is for
baking so if you're cooking a frozen
pizza you can put it directly on the
rack in position two for fresh pizza put
it on the pan in position one when
baking just like a regular oven you can
heat the unit up for five minutes then
put your cake or muffin batter in the
oven and start the timer just to know it
about bake and convection bake the
convection bake has a little fan next to
it
convection baking circulates hot air
around the food so there's even browning
if your recipe says bake at 425 degrees
Fahrenheit and you use the convection
oven function set your temperature to
400 degrees the convection baking temp
is generally 25 degrees less than the
standard oven baking temple of things
you shouldn't do with the unit don't
cover the pan or anything else in foil
if you are gonna use foil you can cut
the foil just to fit inside the pan
nothing should be overhanging also don't
use any glass dishes while broiling
first let's try making toast
use the rack in position 2 on top I'm
using plain white bread you can fit six
slices easily on the rack just turn the
bread sideways turn the toast timer I'm
going to set it to medium so if you're
making toast you only need to use the
toast timer dial set it to the shade you
want and the indicator light will turn
on and start toasting it's been 4 and
1/2 minutes and I see that the toast is
browning a lot so I'm just gonna turn
the timer off and take it
when you take the rack out just lift it
up and slide it out all the slices look
evenly toasted for toast I would suggest
putting the dial between light and
medium because I think if I had let this
go for the entire medium cycle it would
have gotten too dark there for heating
elements on top so the top is nice and
even on the bottom there are two heating
elements so all the bread slices on the
bottom are not going to be perfect this
one on the end is more white on the
bottom and this one in the back is more
Brown then again there are no real
perfect slot toasters out there so this
is perfectly fine
empty out the crumbs next we'll make
french fries these are three russet
potatoes that have cut up into about
quarter-inch thick pieces I'll add a
teaspoon salt and a teaspoon of olive
oil very very little oil this is the
recipe from the Cuisinart booklet the
only difference is they sprayed the
potatoes with oil and I'm just gonna
toss it with oil you can of course
airfryer using no oil at all but I like
to use just a small amount of oil so the
fries look better with no oil the fries
will be crispy but it's a different
texture it's a little crackly and dry on
top
I've set the airfryer basket on the
baking pan for the fries to be evenly
crispy all over they should really be in
a single layer these are three medium
potatoes and you can see they just fit
into a single layer for the best results
for them to get evenly crispy this is
the maximum you can use in the basket
use position two the temperature should
be 400 degrees function is airfryer all
the way to the right and will set the
timer for 15 minutes
the machine is not that loud when it's
on you'll hear the ticking and the low
fan it's been about ten minutes with the
light on you can see the tops of the
French fries are browning if you open
the door the machine turns off it turns
back on when you close the door
they look very Brown so I'm just gonna
pull this out
they are very Brown but some of the
pieces are not cooked I'll leave it
turned up by itself
the timer's a little off I had set my
phone timer to 15 minutes and that went
out about a minute ago and this is still
going I'm gonna turn it off I turned it
off because I saw the fries are getting
very Brown and if they get any more
Brown they'll be burnt the top of the
fry is brown and the bottom is wait it's
crispy it tastes really good the recipe
said a teaspoon of salt and it's a
little much so my recommendations are to
use a temperature that's less than 400
maybe 350 or 375 and I think at that
temperature the fries wouldn't brown so
much and they would still be cooked use
half a teaspoon salt you can always add
more after the fries are cooked with
other airfryer I've to reviewed like the
Phillips for example the basket is not
rectangular like this it's an actual
basket shape and it's easy to pull out
the handle and toss the fries around
during cooking and that shaking helps in
a more even browning on top and bottom
of the fries with this tray you can't
exactly pull it out and shake it it's
very awkward there is some space between
the rack and the pan so air can
circulate but it doesn't seem to be
enough to make the bottom of the fries
golden the fries in the back right seems
to be darker but they're more evenly
browned on all sides let the fries cool
for a minute before taking them off the
basket and they come off much easier you
pull them off while they're really hot
they'll tend to stick the rack is pretty
clean after you take the fries off now
I'll try making chicken wings these are
whole wings that I separated they're
drum
and the winged ants is a total of 20
pieces I'll sprinkle 3/4 of a teaspoon
coarse salt
I used coarse salt on the potatoes also
not table salt since their skin you
don't need to put any oil on the wings
the 20 pieces fit perfectly in the
basket put it into the top rock number
two the same temperature 400 degrees
choose airfryer and set the timer for 20
minutes the 20 minutes on my phone timer
is up but the timer on the oven is
falling it's browning on top but it
could use a few more minutes I'm gonna
let the timer finish the timer on the
oven just turned off and it was about
four minutes after my phone timer went
off so the chicken has been cooking for
24 minutes there's a lot of grease that
dripped from the chicken onto the pan be
careful when you take the pan out after
making greasy foods because there is
gonna be a lot of grease on the pan and
you don't want to tilt the pan
accidentally and have hot grease
dripping on you most of the chicken
pieces are golden brown there's one in
the middle that's very light and one or
two on the end but generally they're
pretty even the bottom of the chicken is
definitely lighter than the top it's
crispy and it looks cooked
I'll just taste it it's cooked perfectly
so you definitely need about 24 minutes
for the wings to be cooked completely
all of the pieces came off the rack
neatly nothing is stuck of course there
is some grease stuck to the rack that's
normal with pretty much any air fryer
basket I found that the easier way to
clean air fryer baskets is just a soak
it in hot soapy water for a few minutes
and then all this crusted to stuff comes
off much easier you can say all the
grease collected on the bottom of the
pan so this is a pretty healthy way to
cook wings we didn't deep-fry them and
we didn't add any oil to the chicken
wings at all these wings are crispy
they're tasty and I think they're a good
alternative to deep fried wings to clean
turn off the unit and wait for it to
cool the outside can be wiped down with
a day
cloth and dried the sides of the oven
are supposed to be nonstick to so it should
be easy to clean wipe the inside using a
mild soap put this up directly on a
cloth or a sponge don't use anything
abrasive like steel wool pads make sure
to clean the top of the oven
especially after cooking greasy foods
slide out the crumb tray and empty that
out baking pan rack basket are all hand
wash only in hot soapy water if you need
to you can use a nylon scouring pad or
brush they're not dishwasher safe you
saw how this Cuisinart did on the toast
french fries and chicken wings it's not
a bad choice if you want the combination
of a toaster air fryer and an oven my
only suggestion is to watch your food
and watch the temperature because this
unit does cook hotter and faster than a
standard oven if you want to try out the
squeeze in art I've put a link in the
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I hope you
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