АЭРОГРИЛЬ СПУСТЯ ГОД! 3 ВАЖНЫХ нюанса, о которых НЕ ГОВОРЯТ — Transcript

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1. 0:00Almost a year ago, I bought an air fryer
2. 0:02. Thinking it was one of the most useful
3. 0:04things to have in the kitchen. But after
4. 0:06nearly a year of active use, I realized
5. 0:08there are some nuances that for some
6. 0:10reason aren't really mentioned in ads.
7. 0:12Some things turned out even better than
8. 0:14I expected, while others started to get
9. 0:16a bit annoying over time.
10. 0:18So today, I’ll share whether it's
11. 0:19actually worth buying an air fryer, if
12. 0:21it can really replace an oven, and what
13. 0:22I’ve learned from a year of using it.
14. 0:25And at the end of the video, I’ll show
15. 0:27you what we cook in it most often. To
16. 0:29start, let's address the main question.
17. 0:31Why even bother buying an air fryer if
18. 0:33you already have a good oven at home?
19. 0:35It’s actually quite simple. An air fryer
20. 0:37is essentially a compact oven, but its
21. 0:40main advantage isn't some magical
22. 0:42technology—it's the convenience of daily
23. 0:44use. Cooking is fast, tasty, and clean,
24. 0:47and it really saves time.
25. 0:50Why preheat a large oven for a couple of
26. 0:51steaks when you can just toss them on
27. 0:53the rack and have cooked meat in about
28. 0:5520 minutes?
29. 0:56What’s more, that’s exactly how you get
30. 0:59the tastiest steaks in an air fryer.
31. 1:01At the same time, excess fat drains away
32. 1:03, and if the temperature is set
33. 1:04correctly, the meat stays juicy with an
34. 1:06appetizing crust.
35. 1:08Secondly, there’s another everyday
36. 1:10detail that you rarely think about
37. 1:11before buying.
38. 1:13We constantly store baking sheets and
39. 1:15pans in our oven, so to cook something,
40. 1:17you first have to take everything out,
41. 1:19clear space, and then put it all back.
42. 1:22But with an air fryer, it’s much simpler
43. 1:24. You open it, put the food in, select
44. 1:26the temperature and time, and get a
45. 1:28finished dish. It’s precisely these
46. 1:30little things that make it so convenient
47. 1:32to use. That’s why, in our daily life,
48. 1:34it has almost completely replaced our
49. 1:36large, good oven and even partially the
50. 1:38microwave for reheating food. Since
51. 1:40buying the air fryer, we’ve only turned
52. 1:43on the oven a couple of times when
53. 1:44guests came over and we needed to
54. 1:46prepare large portions. Now, about the
55. 1:48nuances they won't tell you in
56. 1:50advertisements.
57. 1:51The first thing that started to get a
58. 1:53bit annoying over time is the need to
59. 1:55wash the basket after every use.
60. 1:57At first, you don't even pay attention
61. 1:59to it, but when you use the fryer almost
62. 2:01every day, it starts to get tiresome,
63. 2:03especially if you’ve cooked something
64. 2:05greasy or left behind a lot of burnt
65. 2:07residue.
66. 2:08And here is a little life hack that
67. 2:10makes life easier. To simplify this
68. 2:12process, it is better to use parchment
69. 2:14paper. Just place it on the bottom rack
70. 2:16. And after cooking, the fryer stays
71. 2:18almost completely clean. You can also
72. 2:20buy pre-made paper liners, which will be
73. 2:23even more convenient. By the way, paper
74. 2:25liners are available in various sizes.
75. 2:28The next nuance is adding oil. When we
76. 2:31bought the fryer, we thought we would
77. 2:32cook everything without any oil at all,
78. 2:34like for a healthy lifestyle and so on,
79. 2:35but reality turned out to be different.
80. 2:38Yes, in many cases you can do without
81. 2:40oil, but if you want a truly appetizing
82. 2:42crust rather than just dried-out food,
83. 2:44you will have to use a small amount of
84. 2:47oil.
85. 2:49At the same time, the oil consumption is
86. 2:51still low compared to classic frying in
87. 2:53a pan, and all the excess oil drains
88. 2:54under the food, so the meat, for example
89. 2:56, isn't swimming in it.
90. 3:02I mean, it's great, right? Take out the
91. 3:04paper, and the bowl is practically clean
92. 3:06. Yes, you need to wash the sides here,
93. 3:08but it's much better than without the
94. 3:11paper. Like. The next point to
95. 3:13understand is that every grill model
96. 3:15cooks differently.
97. 3:17Different models vary in power, bowl
98. 3:19design, and hot air circulation features
99. 3:21.
100. 3:22Plus, a lot depends on the quantity of
101. 3:24food, its size, and the initial
102. 3:26temperature. That is precisely why some
103. 3:28dishes may not turn out right at first,
104. 3:30and that is perfectly normal. You just
105. 3:32need to figure out a little bit how your
106. 3:34specific model works.
107. 3:36There are universal recommendations
108. 3:38online for temperature and cooking time
109. 3:40that help guide you on how to cook
110. 3:41different dishes properly.
111. 3:44In the description for this video, I
112. 3:45will leave a small cheat sheet with
113. 3:47approximate settings for popular dishes
114. 3:49. Feel free to use it if you are
115. 3:50interested. Now, just a few words about
116. 3:52the model we bought almost a year ago
117. 3:55and what nuances it has. We have a
118. 3:57popular Xiaomi model. A 6-liter capacity
119. 4:00, 1,800 watts of power, and just one
120. 4:02heating element. At the time of purchase
121. 4:05, it cost about 11,000 rubles. But now
122. 4:07you can find it even cheaper. I will
123. 4:09leave the current price in the video
124. 4:11description. For a family of two or
125. 4:12three people, this volume is, in my
126. 4:14opinion, quite comfortable.
127. 4:16You can cook several portions of meat,
128. 4:18roast chicken with vegetables, or make a
129. 4:20side dish for dinner.
130. 4:21And, of course, I will show you its
131. 4:23actual condition after almost a year of
132. 4:25use. Look, visually it has basically
133. 4:27remained the same. No questions here.
134. 4:30The controls here work fine.
135. 4:32By the way, if you turn the dial very
136. 4:34quickly, it can sometimes glitch.
137. 4:36Regarding points like these, I never
138. 4:38actually use any of these programs.
139. 4:40Neither I nor my wife.
140. 4:41We just select manual settings and then
141. 4:43set the temperature and cooking time.
142. 4:46That's it. And, of course, the most
143. 4:48important thing is the condition of this
144. 4:50bowl where all the cooking happens. Here
145. 4:53is the rack on which everything is
146. 4:54cooked after a year. It has certainly
147. 4:56lost its "store-bought" look, let's put
148. 4:58it that way. This does not affect
149. 4:59cooking in any way. It's just visually
150. 5:01apparent that it gets used. I apologize
151. 5:03in advance that my bowl isn't perfectly
152. 5:05clean. Something got burnt here. I
153. 5:07didn't bother scrubbing it off. I'm
154. 5:08showing you the actual condition as it
155. 5:11is. The non-stick coating is in good
156. 5:13condition. Nothing has peeled off, and
157. 5:15nothing has been scratched. By the way,
158. 5:17a point regarding this specific bowl.
159. 5:20There are rubber pads along the edges
160. 5:21here. You need to keep an eye on this
161. 5:23because, as you can see, it slipped off
162. 5:25, and there is metal underneath. To
163. 5:27avoid scratching the bowl, you need to—
164. 5:29see? There's a metal piece there.
165. 5:32You must adjust them, otherwise, you
166. 5:33could end up completely scratching this
167. 5:35bowl.
168. 5:37The most problematic part of this grill
169. 5:39is this grate that covers our heating
170. 5:41element. Honestly, no one has cleaned
171. 5:43this since the day of purchase. This is
172. 5:45its condition after nearly a year of use
173. 5:47. Yes, under the grate, you can see that
174. 5:50a layer of grease has appeared, and
175. 5:51there is no access to it.
176. 5:53That is, you can wipe the grate here
177. 5:55with a cloth, but you don't have direct
178. 5:57access to what's underneath it, and
179. 5:59cleaning that area will be problematic.
180. 6:02In short, if you are still considering
181. 6:05buying this specific model from Xiaomi,
182. 6:07you can safely purchase this device
183. 6:10because the cooking quality, power, bowl
184. 6:12size, and so on, are, in my opinion,
185. 6:14simply perfect for everyday use.
186. 6:18That's settled. Now I will show you what
187. 6:20we actually cook most often. In first
188. 6:22place, we have meat: steaks, pork,
189. 6:24chicken, and fish. It cooks all these
190. 6:27foods simply perfectly. If you think an
191. 6:29air fryer is only for cooking meat, you
192. 6:32are deeply mistaken. For example, I
193. 6:34really like making the quickest
194. 6:36breakfast.
195. 6:37Take a suitable paper mold, carefully
196. 6:39crack the eggs, add some cheese and any
197. 6:42ingredients you like.
198. 6:44After that, send the whole thing into
199. 6:45the grill. 180 ° for 10 minutes, and
200. 6:48breakfast is ready.
201. 6:52The eggs turn out really airy.
202. 6:56And with cheese, it's very delicious.
203. 6:59You simply won't be able to achieve this
204. 7:01in a regular frying pan. Plus, it's
205. 7:03convenient too. You just take it all in
206. 7:06the parchment like this and put it on a
207. 7:08plate. And the bowl remains absolutely
208. 7:10clean after this kind of cooking. You
209. 7:13can also easily make French fries, just
210. 7:15like at McDonald's. I use ready-made
211. 7:18frozen potatoes and just add salt. Set
212. 7:20it to 190 ° and 25 minutes of cooking
213. 7:22time.
214. 7:24To ensure the potatoes get evenly crispy
215. 7:25, you need to toss them about every 5
216. 7:27minutes.
217. 7:28In the end, you get this beauty.
218. 7:34If you take chicken eggs and set the
219. 7:36temperature to 180 ° for 10 minutes, you
220. 7:38get this result.
221. 7:43Next, chicken wings. The air fryer
222. 7:45handled this perfectly.
223. 7:47In my case, it holds up to 12 wings
224. 7:49depending on their size, or about 1 kg.
225. 7:53By the way, this goes to show once again
226. 7:55that it’s not worth getting a bowl
227. 7:56smaller than 6 liters, even if you live
228. 7:58alone. Temperature at 200 and cooking
229. 8:00time on average 25 minutes. Done.
230. 8:04This is the beauty we ended up with. The
231. 8:06wings are cooked through, and they have
232. 8:08a delicious crust. In general, I
233. 8:10personally liked the taste of the wings
234. 8:12and pork steak from the grill much
235. 8:13better than from the oven. But that's a
236. 8:15matter of taste.
237. 8:17By the way, chicken drumsticks also turn
238. 8:20out very tasty. Great, juicy meat with a
239. 8:23nice, crispy crust like this.
240. 8:27Finally, let's increase the difficulty
241. 8:30and cook a thick pork steak. I
242. 8:31specifically chose a large piece to see
243. 8:34if the grill could handle it. Just check
244. 8:36out the thickness. It's about 4 cm or
245. 8:38two ribs thick.
246. 8:41Set it to 200 ° and 25 minutes of
247. 8:43cooking time.
248. 8:46Well, look at this beauty we've got.
249. 8:49I didn't flip the meat during cooking,
250. 8:51so it looks like this on the other side
251. 8:53.
252. 8:55Surprisingly, even a piece this thick
253. 8:57cooked through perfectly.
254. 9:00During the cooking process, you can
255. 9:02always check how our dish is doing. You
256. 9:04can just take it, open the basket, and
257. 9:07the mode will pause automatically.
258. 9:10Also, for instance, if we see the meat
259. 9:12isn't quite done, we can change the
260. 9:14temperature or the time.
261. 9:16To do this, just turn the dial. Two
262. 9:19modes appear here: time or temperature.
263. 9:22The next point regarding operation is
264. 9:24the placement of the air fryer.
265. 9:27During cooking, it must be moved away
266. 9:29from the back wall like this, because
267. 9:32there is a vent here that releases hot
268. 9:35air during the cooking process.
269. 9:38Accordingly, if it’s placed right
270. 9:40against the wall, even the tiles get
271. 9:43very hot. Therefore, during the actual
272. 9:46cooking, it needs to be set away from
273. 9:48the wall like this.
274. 9:50In the end, after almost a year of
275. 9:52active use, I still consider it one of
276. 9:54the most useful purchases for our
277. 9:56kitchen.
278. 9:58It really saves time, allows for quick
279. 10:00preparation of small portions, and
280. 10:02handles meat, chicken, fish, and many
281. 10:04other foods perfectly.
282. 10:06But there are nuances worth keeping in
283. 10:08mind. The basket still needs to be
284. 10:09washed constantly. At the same time,
285. 10:11paper liners are a huge help. Sometimes
286. 10:13you will need oil. And you'll have to
287. 10:15get used to the settings of this
288. 10:16specific model, but you'll get the hang
289. 10:18of it over time.
290. 10:20Well, and if you already have a grill,
291. 10:21be sure to write about your experience
292. 10:23in the comments and tell us what you
293. 10:25cook in it.
294. 10:26That's all I have. Thanks for watching,
295. 10:28and see you in the next video.