Instant Pot Made an Air Fryer! Is It Any Good? — The Kitchen Gadget Test Show

Kitchen Gadget Test show host Esther Choi testes the 7-in-1 Instant Pot Vortex. Can one gadget dehydrate an apple, cook a rotisserie chicken, fry french fries, and then some?

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[RustyBobbins]

I feel like she never reads instructions before she tests stuff. But there’s a large amount of people who do that so for them her reviews are spot on!😂

[Fuahsawas]

For dehydrating you can use shelves and have them covered with slatted trays.

For broiling a steak, you just need to pre-heat and then it would be ok.

And for the potatoes, you actually could fit more in there. There just needs to be enough space for them to move around.

I appreciate the video but I felt like the tester should be going in more neutral to the product rather than going in with the idea that it's not going to be working that well. And if there are things you don't like about it during the test, try seeing if there are simple ways to get what you want, rather than just writing it off as not good at that feature.

[DivineMisterAdVentures]

So on the steak - probably pre-heat the oven to full temp and you'll get the searing effect. Judging from the chicken.
For the fries - use way more oil to seal in the moisture, and more fries in the basket as it's really the air that's drying them out. Both those steps will make moist fries with a crust.

[kimberlyfoster]

Negative from the beginning, I brought one anyway and love it.

[mustanggtx]

To get good results with cooking a steak in the Instant Vortex, you have to pre-heat the oven with the grill in place. I love my Instant Vortex and I use it all the time. Well worth $120.

[davidmoore]

I use the Vortex almost daily with good results. The rotisserie chicken comes out delicious!

[mr.tacojelly]

She made up her mind about it before she even started. PREHEAT!!! Lord help her! I have this device and it works very well. Her issues are most definitely user error

[Cheskat]

Oh I just got one of these to replace my air fryer and I really like this one as it’s so much easier to clean and I’m loving the oven light to keep an eye on the food. It does work as a dehydrator but it really needs to be as far away as possible to the fan or the food will fly around. I didn’t experience any burning. Will roast veggies in 8 mins

[EJayMD-]

First time, she had the tray too high, second time she over cooked the fries. Both times she blamed the oven lol.

[SamuraiMujuru]

Rockin' the Tifa Lockhart look, I see.

[lowlibidoboyspodcast]

She doesn’t preheat and puts in a steak for 2 minutes and says “it didn’t do anything” I’m dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[drkphinx]

For dehydrating apples, you put the slices on one pan and place the other slotted pan on top so IT WONT FLY AROUND. It’s an AIR fryer. It uses air and blows around.

[JustinSnider]

LMFAO @ "It's been 6 hours..." for those times when you wake up and think "man I'd really like some dehydrated apple chips this afternoon."

[jujupalafox]

I love mine. Just bought one and I've done tator tots, small pizzas, chicken tenders, cookies. chicken wings. I recommend the vortex plus. so much fun to use

[gregblankenship]

love mine, great for a camper, makes awesome pork chops and chicken fried without grease, fried green beans last night they were so good...

[chuckychuck]

Searing a steak means starting off with a preheated skillet or searing pan, I love my air fryers cooking fries, healthier for you than froes cooking in animal saturated fats a rotating basket I would adjust my cooking Time since 400-degree hot air is being circulated around them a convection oven cooks quicker than a convention oven. Subtract 25 degrees if a recipe calls for 350 degrees cooking temp. I'm an retired executive chef been around convection ovens for 30 years.

[joemorrow]

You need practice with a air fryer, ,,moving temps around

[Chidiana]

Did she really have to start off so negative. I was so excited about using mine.

[geekfreak]

This would be great for a studio apartment that has no ovean though. The small size would actually be helpful for space saving and if it's only for one person then it should be fine. I love it!

[MsTLea]

We've had ours a year and a half and we use it all of the time..it's works great.