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CHEFMAN – 8qt Digital Air Fryer – Stainless Steel
Original price was: $149.99.$104.99Current price is: $104.99.
Last updated on August 9, 2024 5:11 am Details
Original price was: $149.99.$104.99Current price is: $104.99.
jpgs –
I’m loving this air fryer. It doesn’t have so many preset functions, but at the end of the day, you just have to know the temp that you want to use anyway coz the air intensity that circulates remains constant. My only issue with it is the basket itself that is kinda tough to clean. You can’t really wash it while it’s hot coz it’ll warp the basket and ruin the nonstick. But at the same time, when it cools down, the oil is pretty much stuck to the basket. You can either consider it as patina building up or just plain gunk. Other than that, it’s a good air fryer. It does the job. They have recipes online for you to try, too.
Techguy3000 –
The Chefman Chef IQ 8 Quart Digital Air Fryer worked great and I’m giving 5 stars. Everything I have cooked has turned out great and healthy. The thing I love about this unit than others is the square base which allowed me to cook two things at once. I also loved the presets which worked great. Overall there is nothing bad I can say! I recommend Chefman Chef Air Fryer to all and know you will not be disappointed.
1WrestlersMom –
My poor baby has been starving all these years she’s been wanting me to get an airfyer for ever! I only wish it would go upto 450 it only heats to 400 THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!! I can cook an entire meal in 20 minutes in one dang appliance I didn’t know I can cook ribs in this too! Very easy to clean and easy to use and start right away only flaw is I waited too long to buy the only appliance I’ll ever need!
Poocher917 –
The Chefman TurboFry Touch Air Fryer comes well packaged with the user guide, quick start guide, air fryer, basket, and basket rack. It was simple to put together and use. As directed, wash the basket and basket rack in warm soapy water before use. This unit is BIG! Also, I preheated it before using it to burn off any residue from the factory. As it stated in the manual, this is recommended and there was a faint odor when doing so.
The front unit has a presetting for fish, fries, chicken and meat. The recommendation is to very lightly oil food you want crispy; and optionally, preheat for 5 minutes.
I tried a sample of different things to cook and test this air fryer. When you turn on the unit it defaults to 15 minutes and 400F.
Fries – I prepared sweet potato fries with some seasoning and lightly oiled them in avocado oil. Preheated the unit for 5 minutes as recommended by pressing the minus sign from the default 15 minutes to decrease the time. I found the touch screen was not very responsive to me pressing the button but I got it done. Placed the fries in the basket with the basket rack installed. Pressed the french fry button and pressed start. This automatically sets the unit to 20 minutes and 400F. After 5 minutes there is a beep and a light reminding you to shake. So shake I did. This reminder happens about every 5 minutes. The result was perfectly cooked crispy sweet potato fries! No grease! I also did some baby potatoes (see pictures) in the same manner and they were awesome!
Chicken (see picture) – I prepared some chicken wings and drummets with a dry rub spice mixture. Preheat for 5 minutes as before. Placed the chicken in the basket with the basket rack installed. Pressed the chicken button and pressed start. This automatically sets the unit to 22 minutes and 375F. After 11 minutes there is a beep and a light reminding you to shake. The result was perfectly cooked crispy chicken! No grease as it drops through the rack!
Meat (see picture) – I had some hamburgers to cook. I did not preheat in this case as I do not need the meat crispy. Placed the chicken in the basket with the basket rack installed. Pressed the meat button and pressed start. This automatically sets the unit to 18 minutes and 375F. After 9 minutes there is a beep and a light reminding you to flip your meat if you want. I did flip the burgers. The result was perfectly cooked hamburgers! No grease as it drops through the rack!
I did not try cooking fish yet.
Clean up was super easy. The interior is a nonstick coating. It washed up fine with no effort.
Overall I am impressed with the quality of the food cooked in this air fryer. I found the touch screen to be a little unresponsive which was a little frustrating but not that big of a deal. I dock it one star for this reason and give it 4 out of 5 stars. I recommend this air fryer.
pauldar –
Because I had no experience in air frying foods I was curious and excited to review this Chefman Chef IQ 8 Quart Digital Air Fryer in exchange for the product. As I took this Chefman out of its box I was immediately impressed with its streamlined, simple, rounded design with contrasting stainless steel and black finishes. The top of the unit, pull-out, 8 quart basket with handle, and front are finished in highly polished stainless steel. The rest of this unit is made of plastic finished in a slightly textured, finger print resistant, matte black. What I really like about this classy looking, unit is that it is not a run-of-the-mill, boxy built appliance with ninety degree corners. The corners of this unit are rounded and extremely pleasing to look at on my counter tops. It weighs approximately 13 pounds, light enough to be portable and placed anywhere I choose to store on my kitchen counter tops. Additionally, the bottom of the unit is slightly larger (approximately 12 5/8” W x 12 5/8” L) then the top (approximately 11.5” W x11.5” L) giving this unit a modernistic, conical appearance. It is approximately 13 1/2” in height and will easily fit under any existing kitchen cabinetry. Over the pull-out frying basket is the black, touch digital, control panel. It is generously sized (approximately 6 5/8” H x 5 5/8” W) and framed with polished stainless steel at its sides. The LED digital readouts, icons, and responsive, touch controls are bright and large enough to read from across my kitchen. This comes in real handy when I am at another counter working in my kitchen away from the Chefman Air Fryer and the Shake LED comes ON. Wow! Since it produces heat I cook with this unit under my range hood to exhaust and dissipate the heat. However, I store it next to my range for convenience since we have learned to cook with this handy unit much more frequently.
So, why do I think this Chefman Chef IQ 8 Quart Digital Air Fryer is so great?
** HEALTHIER COOKING – Using none at all, or, just a scant trace of cooking oil for crisping, reduces unneeded saturated fats and calories in our diet. WooHoo! The majority of time we cook just for the two of us, Grandma and me. But, when our Grand Kids are over begging for a snack of french fries, or, battered onion rings Grandma loves cooking with our Chefman Air Fryer. She knows using little or NO oil at all is much healthier for the Grand Kids. YooHoo!
** FAST COOKING – The Chefman IQ Air Fryer uses what they term as TurboFry to make the whole air frying operation speedy and tasty. This unit can even be pre-heated to expedite the cooking process. How cool is that? The 1700 watt heating element and fan is immediately above the air frying basket for efficiency. The basket bottom rack is designed to be elevated just enough to allow the forced air from the overhead fan to circulate over, under and around my my food items for fast, more even air frying.
** RESPONSIVE TOUCH CONTROL PANEL – Love the simplicity and generously sized Touch Control Panel. At the very top of this panel is the digital, Temp/Time display, which allows me to toggle between Time, Temp, Fahrenheit, or Celsius. There are four presets, Fish, Fries, Chicken, and, or, Meat. The Time and Temperature are preset for my convenience. However, either one can be modified as I see fit. For instance – air frying frozen shoestring fries for the Grand Kids takes only half the time (10 minutes at 400 degrees F) over the preset (20 minutes at 400 F) for thicker, regular sized, french fries. I can easily tap the Time/Temp Touch Controls, + or – to change accordingly. There is a Shake Indicator, which is set to warn me by blinking after every five minutes of air frying to enable more evenness and thorough cooking. Although there is a Start Button Icon anytime the basket is removed to Shake, or, check on the doneness of the food – the cooking process is stopped. Air frying immediately resumes Time and Temp from where it was stopped after the basket is re-inserted into the appliance. Fantastic!
** ENERGY SAVINGS – This Chefman IQ 8 Quart Digital Air Fryer uses less time and far less energy then just heating our oven in order to get ready to cook our foods. It saves us money. At 1700 Watts of power it can air fry frozen, or, fresh foods quickly, while crisping them and making them delicious tasting. It is also great for reheating foods, especially leftovers. It is remarkably better for reheating then my microwave.
** FRESH, FROZEN, OR BATTERED – Pleasantly surprising to me was the crunchy taste and crispness of air frying fresh vegetables. Gotta’ taste them! After using this Chefman for two weeks there is NO other way to cook my veggies from now on. As far as air frying frozen foods is concerned, yet another surprise, crispy texture. In my conventional oven frozen foods are either not done, or, overdone, but never just right and crispy too. Love It! Grandma has found out that she can use her most scrumptious batter on our fresh veggies, then freeze them on a cookie-sheet. After they are frozen she cooks them in our Chefman Air Fryer. YUMMY! Folks, it doesn’t get any better tasting then that…..
** LARGE CAPACITY BASKET – The eight quart size cooking basket is generously sized enough to cook for four or more, or, your entire family. Just remember to space your food out evenly on the basket rack and Shake when prompted. Thinner slices of meat, chicken, beef, or fish cook more evenly, quickly, and thoroughly. The knack of air frying in this Chefman is an easy learning curve with this large sized cooking basket. For Grandma and I it is so easy to use and allows us to eat more air fried, healthier foods. WowEee!
** EASY CLEANUP – All of the air frying cooking surfaces are coated with non-stick finishes. As the manufacturer suggests they will last longer being hand-washed. However, the basket and basket rack can go on the top rack of my dishwasher. It goes without saying that any utensils used to stir or place food in this basket and basket rack should be non-stick friendly.
** GRANDMA TIPS:
**** Do NOT overload the basket with food – space out evenly, especially with meat, fish, or chicken. Cook several smaller batches.
**** You can use Parchment Paper, or, Aluminum Foil to line the bottom of the basket for more easier cleanup if using meats, or battered foods.
**** Keep all of your food items uniform in size for more even and thorough cooking.
**** Flip meats and add seasonings at the very end of the air frying process.
**** Use an oil-based stainless steel cleaner/polish to keep fingerprints from showing on your Chefman polished, stainless steel.
** SUMMARY – Using the Chefman IQ 8 Quart Digital Air Fryer is obviously a healthier way to cook according to Grandma. But, I love the crunchy, crispness, and greasy-free taste of everything we cook in this Air Fryer, if it is healthier, GREAT. I/We highly recommend this Chefman IQ 8 Quart Digital Air Fryer. This unit actually pays for itself in energy costs over time against using a conventional oven. It is not expensive and makes a great wedding gift, bridal shower, to a special friend, or family member.
jago –
The Chefman IQ 8qt digital air fryer is a gorgeous looking appliance that is sleek, modern and elegant looking all at the same time. Unfortunately, the functionality of this air fryer is not up to the same standard as the design. It has a beautifully designed touch panel display that is bright, clear and easy to use, but that is where the functionality stops. The touch panel is unresponsive beyond the first couple of presses and lags badly. After some playing around with it more, it just is slow to respond, I must wait a good second between presses to change the time or the temperature. I supposed this is something I can get used to but hopefully they can improve the responsiveness of the touchscreen. This air fryer has an exceptionally large basket that can hold plenty of chicken wings, enough for a dinner for myself and wife and plenty of leftovers for lunch the next day. It does work well as an air fryer and has all the features that you expect it to have, such as, presets (chicken, fries, fish, etc.). Temperatures range from 200 to 400 degrees and the exhaust fan on the back does not put out that much heat, so I believe it is safe to keep under my cabinets without harming the wood. Clean up was also a breeze and I was nearly able to clean up the entire mess with just hot water and soap and I did not have to use my sponge to clean it. Over time I am sure the non-stick coating will degrade and that will change, but it is dish washer safe so that might be the best way to clean it so you don’t have to scrub anything to help preserve that finish. I think overall, I could not recommend this to a friend in this version, I think an analog version would be much better and I feel that someone might get frustrated at the touch screen response time.
Pros:
XL 8 Qt basket
Food taste
stainless steel design
Ease of use
Noise
Cons:
Capacitive touch response time
AOne –
Ok, wad not sold on an air fryer I am very comfortable with the microwave but it’s am loving the this, I did not get it to eat healthy or energy efficient I had some points available from the tv and Xbox I purchased and I now love it. If you are debating on getting one get it. Super easy
Many3 –
I live this Airfryer. Quality is everything. I initially wanted a big size cos why not and for the deal I got. However it’s just me so I really didn’t need the big size. Other than that, I live it. It fries well and my whole apartment doesn’t stink after frying fish especially. You want to get this go ahead. Have to warn you it’s huge.