Breakfast sausage in the air fryer

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I've been trying to talk myself into getting one of these. The Cuisinart looks really interesting because it also is a convection oven and toaster oven, all in one. The reviews look pretty good.

Cuisinart TOA-60 Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Air Fryer

I've been trying to talk myself into getting one of these. The Cuisinart looks really interesting because it also is a convection oven and toaster oven, all in one. The reviews look pretty good.

Cuisinart TOA-60 Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Air Fryer

I have a countertop oven very similar to that Cuisinart that has a convection fan. I use it more than the big oven for baking, but it does not do fries, rings and sausage as well as the air fryer. I'm thinking Cuisinart is is trying to ride the coattails of the airfryer craze and call an ordinary convection feature an "Air fryer", which it kind of is, but the real deal is much more powerful

 

[johnmeyer]

BTW: I just watched a whole YouTube on that "Cuisinart TOA-60 Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Air Fryer."
And I wasn't impressed. Might want to watch that first.

Thanks for that tip. I'll look at it right now. The Amazon reviews were pretty good, as were the reviews on a couple of review sites. However, I haven't actually seen it in action.

[edit]OK, I just watched this video:



Bear is right: the unit's air frying is not very impressive. The fries looked soggy and the chicken didn't look that great. It did, however, do a great job on toast.

I guess I'll stick with my little "Fry Daddy" that I've had for 40 years. I don't do that much frying, so having fries once every few months probably won't kill me.

 

[tx smoker]

Bear....it's easy to tell the gauge of the wire assuming you can see it. All of the Romex is color coded. If the outside casing is yellow, it's 12 gauge. If it's white, it's 14 gauge. Worst case, remove one of the outlet covers and you should be able to see inside if the box what color the casing is. You may also need to change out the outlet itself. Some are rated for 15 amps and some for 20 amps. You'll definitely want one rated for 20 amps. I've been building houses for over 30 years. When I built my house a few years ago I was able to recognize that my electricians were a bunch of screw balls. The quote I got specified 12 gauge but when they showed up to do the rough they brought 14 gauge. I went ballistic on them....and the owner of the electrical company. Plain and simple, they were trying to cut corners to save money. Thankfully I was on the job all day every day during construction and headed a bunch of problems off at the pass.

Hoping to help a bit,
Robert

 

[Bearcarver]

Bear....it's easy to tell the gauge of the wire assuming you can see it. All of the Romex is color coded. If the outside casing is yellow, it's 12 gauge. If it's white, it's 14 gauge. Worst case, remove one of the outlet covers and you should be able to see inside if the box what color the casing is. You may also need to change out the outlet itself. Some are rated for 15 amps and some for 20 amps. You'll definitely want one rated for 20 amps. I've been building houses for over 30 years. When I built my house a few years ago I was able to recognize that my electricians were a bunch of screw balls. The quote I got specified 12 gauge but when they showed up to do the rough they brought 14 gauge. I went ballistic on them....and the owner of the electrical company. Plain and simple, they were trying to cut corners to save money. Thankfully I was on the job all day every day during construction and headed a bunch of problems off at the pass.

Hoping to help a bit,
Robert

Thanks for the Info! I'll check that before I try to put anything bigger on that circuit.
While we were building my Log House, most of the wiring was done, but no lights yet. The Carpenter plugged his saw in one of the garage lights, and the trouble light that was plugged in on the living room circuit went off (kicked the breaker).
So I made the "electrician" run a new circuit to the garage. At that time I didn't know he also had the kitchen lights on that same living room outlet circuit. So for years we couldn't have the TV on & the kitchen lights if Mrs Bear wanted to vacuum the living room. So we ran a brand new dedicated circuit to one of the living room outlets, so we could plug the vacuum in there.
None of the other subs got away with anything, because I knew what was going on in those fields, but not knowing anything about electric made it easy for them to get away with stuff. Company's name was "Mr Electric". More like "Mr @&^%(*&^ "

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Thanks for that tip. I'll look at it right now. The Amazon reviews were pretty good, as were the reviews on a couple of review sites. However, I haven't actually seen it in action.

[edit]OK, I just watched this video:



Bear is right: the unit's air frying is not very impressive. The fries looked soggy and the chicken didn't look that great. It did, however, do a great job on toast.

I guess I'll stick with my little "Fry Daddy" that I've had for 40 years. I don't do that much frying, so having fries once every few months probably won't kill me.

The one I watched after doing some Drumsticks, It took longer than supposed to, and the bottom 2 racks didn't get done as well, even after rotating the racks, and all of the down-sides were less done. Then the whole thing was a mess & seemed to be a real pain to clean everything. The toast was edible, but the middle ones were done more than the end ones, and the bottom of all slices was much lighter than the tops.

Bear