How does this work using fresh food instead of frozen--to make fries, chicken strips, heating up pizza (not frozen pizza)? Thanks!
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It is a great asset to any kitchen appliance line- up. Especially with fresh veggies, fresh potatoes, and even fresh made onion rings. Hell, I used it last night to "fry" the eggplant for the eggplant parmesan I made. The fryer uses up to a tablespoon of oil at most. The biggest advantage of this fyer is that the food is pre coated before it goes into the fry basket.
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It works very well indeed with fresh food. You can roast- lamb, beef, chicken or grilled fish with herbs and spices just as you would cok conventionally. Or you can prepare complete dish by cutting the meat into pieces, put vegies together and just turn on the heat and timer. You can practically cook anything you would using this air fryer.
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Some ideas..Sautee mushroom with onions and other vegies, roasted chicken work very well too.Th only limitation with air fryer is you caant of course cook something with broth or water.otherthan that I usually prepare several dishes for meal times using air fryer only. I hardly cook on stove nowadays.Tips: experiment with herbs and spices, for stronger taste marinate the fresh food from several minutes to an hour. Google for air fryer recipe. U can even cook brownie with it
525953
I tried fresh-made pizza but it didn't cook right. Then I tried freezing it, and it came out perfect!
323204
I've used mine to cook Celeste Pizza (supposed to be made in the microwave - blah!) and it comes out terrific. I've used it to reheat other fast foods and they turn out well too. Hope this helps.
1066966
As far as I am familiar with this product, no. If you didn't want to use this, use a fry pan on the stove, put the pizza in and heat it, then, towards the end, put a top on it to melt the cheese. Time varies according to the size of the slice and how much topping stuff is on it. Enjoy.
915467
This is an industrial sized pizza oven. It heats up quickly and will cook fresh pizza as well as frozen. I love mine and highly recommend it. Please be aware that it is quite large.
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Hi. Real life customer here. I had one of these in Australia for about a year (they seem more popular there and you can buy them at most appliance retailers). We loved it so much we hunted one down in the US when we moved there earlier this year. It does a brilliant job of giving you the taste and crispiness of fried food without any of the oil. It really works. It is good for frozen fries, chicken nuggets and other types of frozen oven bake style fried foods. Heating in an oven gives a good result but this is much faster and is just like it has been freshly fried...with zero oil. It is also brilliant at reheating takeout. No more yuk cold McDonald's fries when you get home with your burger. It is not a straight replacement for a deep fryer though. I sometimes use it to cook fried chicken, but I coat the chicken pieces in seasoning, then shallow fry in a frypan for 2-3 minutes each side just to get some oil into the pieces and then put in the air fryer for 10 minutes. They come out perfect. My mum skips the shallow fry step but just sprays some oil (Pam) on them then air fries them. They come out pretty good but I find them a little dryer - not quite golden KFC style. I've not tried baking with it, though I have done nachos in it which turned out well. Also anything you want to cook in a batter will still need to be 'sealed' by shallow frying it first before moving to the air fryer. To be honest, we mostly use it for frozen fried foods (fries, chicken pieces) because it is fast and gives a perfect result...and it is worth it just for this!
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We re-heat pizza directly on the mat. We also re-heat french fries, onion rings, and just about anything you can think of that needs to stay crispy. No, we do not place a pan under it. It cleans up easily.
1110035
Not sure I have not done that one yet. I have done lots of frozen foods just follow the recipe chart. I love that all my food always turns out great (sometimes you may have to adjust cooking times). I say use the chart and go for it.
2110909
I would not go back to using a toaster oven after using the pizzazz. I like the fact that it turns the food, so it cooks evenly -no hotspots and no need to rotate or flip anything. And it can cook a large pizza, most toaster ovens are not deep enough to cook a large pizza. Yes, I've used it for wings, fries, egg rolls, chicken tenders, hot pockets, etc.
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I think the food gets crisper if you don't use a tray underneath, but it would be dufficult to remove it from the oven with something like french fries. I think you could use it alone with pizza. You just need a wide flat spatula tool to remove it to support it underneath. However, it seems to me that you could just put the pizza directly on the rack and get great results without this sheet.
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I actually have my treats in a small plastic bag that sits inside the pouch-I use dice up steak, chicken, bacon scraps, kidney and garlic and cook it on the BBQ and when it is cold I spoon it into small bags (enough for one or 2 training sessions) and put it in the freezer..then I can just take one out, defrost in the microwave and put bag and all in my treat pouch...would be the same with hotdog pieces!....I have washed my several times and it is still going great..Have fun!
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I haven't done that, but it may work if you prepare your crust on parchment and slide the whole thing on your pizzeria. I make my crusts on parchment and they cook perfectly and are easy to put on and take off. Heating on 3 and cooking on 1 has also worked best for me. Let us know how it works for you.
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Not sure, but I think I get what you are asking. The pizza steel basically lives in your oven and would be too hot to smoosh out pizza on it. This kinda thing requires a floured (or corn meal dusted) pizza peel to transfer the pie from your counter to the oven, a scenario that wouldn't really work with oil. If you want oil in your crust, you can either mix it in or use a cast iron pan instead of the steel.
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It is not intended for uncooked frozen food, i.e. frozen uncooked chicken patty. However if you have something that is already precooked but frozen that would be fine I think, would probably just take longer. I love mine.
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Yes it will "heat" a frozen dinner. As long as it is pre cook you can use this little crock to heat it up. It will not cook raw meat, but it's fine with raw veggies. It will take longer then poppin it in the microwave ... like an hour. NOTE: as Gayle says it is small, so you'll have to break it up to fit it in. It wont be pretty. If it's something like pasta that's not a problem.
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I haven't had my oven thru a winter yet, but I would imagine you could, you'd just have to allow additional time for heat up and perhaps even cooking. Currently on medium I cook a pizza in 5-8 minutes depending on how much stuff I put on top, so I would venture to say that cooking on high would be close to the same with temps in that range. We get that low here where I live and it will get tried this winter!
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Just tried my first slice of pizza in the bag and it worked great! Will have to fine-tune the toasting time as the pizza was cold from the fridge, but by not going too hot, the topping should stay on and not slide off. Might be messy if the topping is too wet or oily, so heat on a lower setting first, and you can always give it another extra toasting. Comes out nice and 'crisp' unlike the microwave that turns the crust rubbery.