Emerald 360 air fryer

[Bearcarver]

Yesterday, I was watching a you tube on the Emerald 360 and the person doing a chicken on the rotisserie was complaining about some smoke in the beginning.. Just something to consider.

Sometimes those YouTubes are done by somebody who doesn't know what they're doing.
Some even say "This is the first time I'm using this".

I watched a guy who took his Smokeless Indoor Grill outside, because he said it smokes too much to use inside. Then the next YouTube he made, he apologized, because he didn't have water in the little pan in the bottom the first time. I have that Smokeless Grill, and you put water in that pan, so the smoke gets filtered through the water. Results--No Smoke!

Bear

 

[chopsaw]

The drip goes underneath as stated . I choose to leave the baking pan out to get the effect from all the heating elements , and it would not fit with the ribs . Guessing chicken is the same .
The instructions that come with it are not good . So use what you know . Using the baking pan as a drip tray works , if you can get it to fit .

If you want to use the roto , No room for the baking pan , or it's very close to the food and the lower element

 

[Bearcarver]

The drip goes underneath as stated . I choose to leave the baking pan out to get the effect from all the heating elements , and it would not fit with the ribs . Guessing chicken is the same .
The instructions that come with it are not good . So use what you know . Using the baking pan as a drip tray works , if you can get it to fit .

If you want to use the roto , No room for the baking pan , or it's very close to the food and the lower element

Thanks for the warning----I've yet to try the Rotisserie!!

Bear

 

[chopsaw]

Thanks for the warning----I've yet to try the Rotisserie!!

No drips to speak of on the elements . I started that cook at 350 , then turned it to 250 after 20 minutes . The smoke came from the fat rendering . After turning down it wasn't to bad .
Be interested to see if a chicken spins with the tray .

It might . Got me wondering now .

 

[Steve H]

No drips to speak of on the elements . I started that cook at 350 , then turned it to 250 after 20 minutes . The smoke came from the fat rendering . After turning down it wasn't to bad .
Be interested to see if a chicken spins with the tray .

It might . Got me wondering now .

Thanks for the update. Be interesting to see how it does with a yard bird.

 

[Winterrider]

Either I didn't toss out enough hints or wasn't a good lad, because there wasn't anything of the sort under the tree.
I took it upon myself and ordered anyhow, should be here Monday. Any notable differences between the 2 you posted Steve ? I ordered through Wally World in case of issues. It is the Emeril unit.

 

[Steve H]

Either I didn't toss out enough hints or wasn't a good lad, because there wasn't anything of the sort under the tree.
I took it upon myself and ordered anyhow, should be here Monday. Any notable differences between the 2 you posted Steve ? I ordered through Wally World in case of issues. It is the Emeril unit.

None that I could find. We'll find out.

 

[migraine]

Yesterday, I was watching a you tube on the Emerald 360 and the person doing a chicken on the rotisserie was complaining about some smoke in the beginning.. Just something to consider.

Here's a goof youtube on "air fryers" vs. a convection oven, which Emeril's AF is just rebranded

After DW watched it, she said she's taking her unused Air Fryer back to Costco. WE have a pretty decent Breville

 

[Bearcarver]

Here's a goof youtube on "air fryers" vs. a convection oven, which Emeril's AF is just rebranded

After DW watched it, she said she's taking her unused Air Fryer back to Costco. WE have a pretty decent Breville

So that video is comparing a round black air fryer (Left) to a Larger Convection Oven (Right).

Sure I agree with the small round one being too small to cook much of anything because it's too small.
However my other "Air Fryer" looks almost exactly like the Convection Oven on the Right, and mine does a Great job on a larger amount of food, because there is plenty of room in it to spread things out that I want to cook evenly, just as good, if not better than a convection oven.

You can make a Video to make anything look good or bad if it's made with a Bias toward one or the other.


Bear

 

[Winterrider]

Well finally picked up my 360° air fryer.
I did kind of a copycat on bears naked chicken for the 1st trial run. After getting everything all washed up and a little burn time in the unit, i went to work ( marginal at that). Lightly sprayed the little chicken thighs with olive oil, a little lawrys, and course black pepper.

in the fryer on roast mode, 380°.

Let it go for 22 mins, checked temp. Was already 180° so just pasted a lite coat of bbq sauce, back in for a couple mins and called it good.

Had with some leftover Mac and cheese. Was very tasty, and extremely moist for that high of an IT temp. Will do again this way. So simple.

It did get a little bit smokey in the house. Enough to set off the smoke alarm , which sent 1 dog under the bed.

 

[chopsaw]

Looks good . I like thighs at 180 .

 

[Bearcarver]

Looks Great, Rider!
I'm wondering why I don't get much smoke so far.
I see you had the Baking pan under the Crisper basket, so it shouldn't have been dripping on the element.
All I ever get is, if you look real close, a little bit of smoke coming up from the right side, but it's only about as much as the real light "Thin Blue" I get from my MES top vent.
Like.

Bear