GoWISE USA GW22956 7-Quart Electric Air Fryer with Dehydrator & 3 Stackable Racks, Led Digital Touchscreen with 8 Functions + Recipes, 7.0-Qt, Black/Silver

tl;dr -- versatile, easy to clean, FUN, and less complicated than my brand-name pressure cooker. ;)As a french fry afficionado, I've been wanting an air fryer for LONG time. The first thing I had my eye on didn't work out, so I started considering other options. I thought about a toaster oven version, since our toaster oven is on its last legs and will need replaced, but there's freaking tutorials on how to clean the things effectively and safely, so I noped away from that pretty quickly. Found a list of 2020's best air fryers in different categories, and this one was one of the first listed, I think as best all around, or best for a family of 4. I haven't even had it 72 hours and I've made 2 different types of frozen cod, salmon jerky, fried pickles, pizza rolls (sooo much crispier and less tough than microwaved!), zucchini fries, black bean burgers, an Impossible Burger, and some mixed frozen veggies I tried to do with one batch of the cod and scorched them because they were in too long and too hot. ;) Lesson learned. I make notes on a piece of paper taped in a cabinet door near where I use the fryer, as well as in the app the manufacturer provides. (Yep, there's an APP!) The app is basically just the included recipe book, only it has a lot more included, a note option, you can favorite recipes, search (and of course you can also shop for other products they make, hah). It doesn't let you control it remotely, like my silly techy husband thought it might. *L*It is SO easy to clean. The first few things I made, I only wiped the main basket with a wet paper towel, and the mess came right off. The wire racks are the trickiest part...I have a handled scrubber that I use for cleaning potatoes and carrots that works really well for flaking off all the little bits of dried fish and veggie breading. I've heard you can line them with parchment, but I've also heard it reduces airflow, so I'm not sure yet whether I want to do it.The only two beefs I have with it are that I haven't yet found a preset that matches the directions of a recipe, and the timer starts at 15 minutes by default, so I have to turn it down every. single. time. I. use. it. Preheat for 3 minutes, turn it down. Cook for 5 minutes, turn it down. I did the pickles in batches, and I don't believe it even retained the time setting between those.My other issue is that the wire baskets ride high, and if you don't nestle them into the main basket just right, they can get jammed trying to open it again. There's no grooves for the legs to rest on the bottom, and they need to be fully "connected" when it goes in, or it will get hung up on the element or the mouth of the unit...not sure which it was. Luckily, we have a long bread knife that I was able to slip in far enough and press down to release it. My advice is to only use two trays if you can. That's how I finished my pickles. ;)Also, I think multiple layers is really only best for dehydrating (like the jerky, and the apple chips my son has requested). With our burgers on the bottom last night and the zucchini fries on top, the Impossible never got "done" to my liking, and I had to swap the fry racks because the top one was brown while the one below it was still bland and mushy looking. It'll take some more experimentation (and I'm curious how it might handle beef burgers), but as cool as it is to make everything together, different foods do really seem to need different times and temps, so for as quick as this thing is, batching may be the way to go. With the pickles, I put the first batch in before I was done breading the rest, and just cycled through, dredging and breading while a batch cooked, then swapping them out for the next ones, instead of breading everything and cooking in batches. It was definitely quicker.I am considering getting a silicone pad for my countertop to set the unit and hot basket on in case the heat damages the countertop. I also removed the warning sticker from the back about keeping the unit 6 inches from the wall and wrapped it around the cord down near the plug so that I (and the kids and husband) actually *see* it when plugging it in. ;-)Long story short, I love this thing, and while it's 20 bucks cheaper for Prime Day today than when I bought it a week ago (which I THOUGHT was Prime Day, since the price had dropped a little then, too), I'm not sorry I bought it when I did, especially now that my sister has told me her toaster oven style sucks. ;)

I’ve been on a ketogenic diet for just over a year and one of the keto bloggers that I like had recommended one of the other GoWise models—the one that's more like an oven, with the rotisserie feature, etc. I had that in my Amazon cart for the better part of the past year. Almost bought it so many times but stopped myself each time. I love the idea of an air fryer but it’s a new way of cooking and I’m such a creature of habit. It felt overwhelming/intimidating to me to be learning to cook my dishes a new way—on top of just learning to cook keto.Around the holidays, my son happened to mention something about air fryers and I told him how I had this one in my cart forever and he was all excited about the dehydration feature (as was I) so I thought, okay, I’ll get it. So I ordered the oven-style one and of course, as soon as I did, I started second-guessing myself. Did more reading and thought maybe I don’t need all the bells and whistles. Since it's my first one, I thought maybe I should just go with the more traditional basket style. I really wanted to make things like Brussels. So, I ended up ordering this one, as well. It still had the dehydrator feature that my son wanted, so I figured I’d look at both once they arrived and make a decision.When this one arrived, I definitely liked the way it fit my counter and the size of it more than the oven style one when comparing them side by side. The basket is HUGE! Unfortunately this one was DOA. I plugged it in and it didn’t turn on or light up. I immediately called GoWise and they were very apologetic and said to send it back. At the same time, I liked the red of the other model, so after a lot more back and forth (I still wasn’t totally convinced I needed an air fryer at all or if I needed one that was so big!), I finally decided I’d re-order this basket style one but I would get it in red. Of course, by then, Amazon didn’t have the red. So, apologies, Amazon (who I order EVERYTHING from), but I ended up ordering this model in red from another retailer. (But I did buy the accessory kit, silicone 'parchments' and Emmerich's Keto Air Fryer Cookbook from Amazon!)After using it for just a few weeks, I can’t believe how much I vacillated. I had told myself not to feel pressure—that if I just used it 1-2X per week to make Brussels or wings, that would be okay. Well, it turns out I use it daily. Several times a day, in fact. It makes the best Brussels I’ve ever had. Crispy on the outside, mushy on the inside. It makes killer baby bok choy in 5-6 minutes. It makes amazing chicken—not just wings (which are totally crunchy/crispy) but also chicken breasts. Yes, you can do the air-fried chicken breasts with pork dust or parmesan crust so it’s like KFC, OR you can just do a marinated chicken that still gets nice charred edges but is juicy inside. So simple and low maintenance. Poppers, stuffed mushrooms, stuffed zucchini, meatballs, string beans… it does a great job on all of them. I’ve only had this for maybe a month now and I'm loving it. I hope this review gets posted even tho the unit I ended up keeping was NOT from Amazon. Again, I have this same model but in the red.If you're like me and not totally sure if you need this or if you’ll use it enough to warrant buying one or giving up the real estate on your counter or if you should go with a smaller one, I would say JUST DO IT! I am SO thrilled that I ended up getting it—and going with the 7 quart. I actually cannot imagine having one of the smaller ones (like with the 5.8 qt basket). This one is roomy enough to make 3-4 chicken breasts at a time or 12-15 wings, and not have to cook in batches. So far I’m just cooking for 2 people most of the time, but it’s perfect. With air fryers, it's definitely better to go too big than too small. But this one's been just right.As others have said, clean-up is a breeze. I bought the silicone liners instead of parchment, but I only use them about maybe 20% of the time, if that. They're good, but both the basket and tray clean up so easily without it.A few go-to's so far:frozen Brussels: 380 for 18 minutes, shake basket every 5 minutes (or less)baby bok choy: 350 for 5-6 minutes (shake basket midway)marinated chicken breasts: 360-400 for 15-20 minKeto fried chicken breasts: 400 for 22 minutes for regular thickness (or 14-16 min if they are sliced thin)the best crispy wings ever: 375F for 25 minutes, shake basket midwayEnjoy!!

This machine lasted me YEARS! very great purchase, worked well, cooked evenly. This is the machine i would buy over and over.