Tater Tots

[Bearcarver]

In the fryer for sure! I know some of you guys have AIR FRYERS... How does that work with tots? I'm on the fence on buying one... I need a push.

AirFryer works Awesome with Tater Tots, especially when wrapped in Bacon!!!

Bear

 

[rc4u]

oh you put the tots on the grill....when i make steaks or burgers i put the tots on my pan that has lots of holes some newer ones have lots of slits...well let them over the sink for half hour or so...then put on hot grill center burner off and outers on close to high after hot like 400-450 put em on and let em site for 5-7 minutes closed and then turn em. they get so much better of a crisp.. not dried like oven if you want crispier tots...love em..takes longer than the burgers or steaks. which i cook high also.

 

[SonnyE]

In the fryer for sure! I know some of you guys have AIR FRYERS... How does that work with tots? I'm on the fence on buying one... I need a push.

Bear and I have the same big Air Fryer.
I mostly use ours to make chicken Legs and Thighs with the skin on, and crispy! I smoked my chicken, then ran it through the Air Fryer for Crispy Smoked Chicken.
But I also use ours to do cabin fries. Hand cut, skin on French Fries.

But wait.... There's more! :p
They have an entirely new design out that does 3 different ways.

I haven't tried it with Tater Tots yet. We just do ours in the oven.
But I'm sure you could do Tater Tots in one.

 

[browneyesvictim]

AirFryer works Awesome with Tater Tots, especially when wrapped in Bacon!!!

Bear

Now that's cheat'n! I would think those tots would soak up the bacon fat and be tasty for sure, but not so crispy taters.. but the bacon would.

Say.. that gives me an idea... I bought some of those breakfast potato patties which are just like tots for camping this weekend, just because they are easy. I might be getting creative.

 

[SonnyE]

Tater tots are very good but I if given a choice I’d pick crispy crowns over tater tots...

Like this? Crispy Crowns.

 

[SonnyE]

68, huh----That's why we call you "Sonny".

Bear

No, you call me Sonny, because I'm a Junior, named after my Dad.
He nick-named me Sonny as a baby.
And my Family and Friends refer to me as Sonny. ;)

 

[browneyesvictim]

Oh... and the fast food taco chains around here call them "mexi-fries". :rolleyes:

 

[Bearcarver]

No, you call me Sonny, because I'm a Junior, named after my Dad.
He nick-named me Sonny as a baby.
And my Family and Friends refer to me as Sonny. ;)

No, I'm not your Family.
I call you Sonny because that's your nickname here, and because you're just a 68 year old Kid that thinks he's Old.

Bear

Bear and I have the same big Air Fryer.
I mostly use ours to make chicken Legs and Thighs with the skin on, and crispy! I smoked my chicken, then ran it through the Air Fryer for Crispy Smoked Chicken.
But I also use ours to do cabin fries. Hand cut, skin on French Fries.

But wait.... There's more! :p
They have an entirely new design out that does 3 different ways.

I haven't tried it with Tater Tots yet. We just do ours in the oven.
But I'm sure you could do Tater Tots in one.

You should post these things with pictures. I have a few in my Step by Step Index.
That way I don't have to talk about things. No Pics--Never Happened.
I heard about those Chicken parts on a couple threads, but haven't seen them yet.

Bear

 

[Smoke23]

Like this? Crispy Crowns.

Yep! More like a disk as opposed to a drum (tater tot).

 

[SonnyE]

No, I'm not your Family.
I call you Sonny because that's your nickname here, and because you're just a 68 year old Kid that thinks he's Old.

Bear

You should post these things with pictures. I have a few in my Step by Step Index.
That way I don't have to talk about things. No Pics--Never Happened.
I heard about those Chicken parts on a couple threads, but haven't seen them yet.

Bear

Listen, I may be getting Older, but I refuse to grow up!

You old Bear, those Bold typed, underlined parts are LINKS.
But since that corn-fused you, Click here:
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/smoked-chicken-thighs-with-crispy-skin.270987/

Complete, with Pictures. It happened.
And if you look a little further, you are in the replies. :oops: :rolleyes: Gottcha! o_O

You call me Sonny because we are Friends. As shocking as that may be to you. :p:eek::D
And I'm younger (by 1 year), and run faster. LOL!

OK, you can roar and claw the trees now. :D;)

 

[Bearcarver]

Listen, I may be getting Older, but I refuse to grow up!

You old Bear, those Bold typed, underlined parts are LINKS.
But since that corn-fused you, Click here:
https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/smoked-chicken-thighs-with-crispy-skin.270987/

Complete, with Pictures. It happened.
And if you look a little further, you are in the replies. :oops: :rolleyes: Gottcha! o_O

You call me Sonny because we are Friends. As shocking as that may be to you. :p:eek::D
And I'm younger (by n't1 year), and run faster. LOL!

OK, you can roar and claw the trees now. :D;)

I forgot all about that one---Thanks for the Link, Junior!!
I've been waiting for somebody to explain how to do chicken in the HotAirFryer, because out of all the things I've done in mine, Chicken was the only thing I wasn't happy with.
First of all I could only get 3 thighs in at once to keep them from being on top of each other.
Then I had to do them a lot longer than the Recipe book said to do them, and they still came out soggy & pale.
Yours look kinda pale, so that might just be the nature of the beast, but mine were soggy, and yours weren't. What Gives?? What did I do wrong?

BTW: I saw that new Hot Air Oven on TV----Makes me wish I didn't buy the one I have, so I could get that Big one!!!

Bear

 

[bluewhisper]

Well, I have ten fresh stitches in my left hand, and I've lost the use of it for food prep

so supper tonight will be stuff I can eat with one hand, tater tots and chicken strips and some kind of frozen vegetables.

 

[Bearcarver]

Well, I have ten fresh stitches in my left hand, and I've lost the use of it for food prep

so supper tonight will be stuff I can eat with one hand, tater tots and chicken strips and some kind of frozen vegetables.

Oh--No!!!!
And you did that How??

Bear

 

[zwiller]

I have to chuckle, I noticed all the tot shots too. That and the gravy. Wife is a scullery maid (works in the school kitchen). Secret weapon:convection oven, that and they are practically thawed by the time they hit the oven. Seeing that an air fryer is essentially the same thing it oughta rock on tots. Not gonna do an air fryer will probably just gonna upgrade the oven when time comes. Stuffer and SV machine are higher on "the list".

Damn Blue hope all is OK.

 

[bluewhisper]

It's a strange story involving my hand, rolling a lifting device, and a roof support pillar. My hand got pinched between the pillar and the handle, and that tore open a deep cut almost all the way across my palm. I was dripping blood for a few hours. Shots, stitches, bandages. I can't hold a knife or fork, so it's bite food I can eat with one hand.

 

[Bearcarver]

Ouch!!
I hate when that happens!!
A one second long screw-up can cause a long term of Pain & Annoyance.
Take care of it !!

My last one of those was when I actually stopped a Commercial Hedge trimmer with my left thigh.
Now I have a "W" on the front of my Thigh, with nothing to say but, "Nice Play Shakespeare!!"

Bear

 

[Rings Я Us]

Tater tots and chicken wings, with one hand!
Sorry to hear about the gash.

 

[SonnyE]

I forgot all about that one---Thanks for the Link, Junior!!
I've been waiting for somebody to explain how to do chicken in the HotAirFryer, because out of all the things I've done in mine, Chicken was the only thing I wasn't happy with.
First of all I could only get 3 thighs in at once to keep them from being on top of each other.
Then I had to do them a lot longer than the Recipe book said to do them, and they still came out soggy & pale.
Yours look kinda pale, so that might just be the nature of the beast, but mine were soggy, and yours weren't. What Gives?? What did I do wrong?

BTW: I saw that new Hot Air Oven on TV----Makes me wish I didn't buy the one I have, so I could get that Big one!!!

Bear

Sounds like maybe your chicken thighs are quite big. :rolleyes: I can get 4 in as a rule.
I just use the pre-set menu. I do do a 10 minute pre-heat at the drumstick (Chicken) setting. (Where you move it around to the Drumstick), do a 20 minute, turn it over and do the second run of 20 minutes. The second run seems to crisp it up.
I use a seasoning called Chef Merito Pollo Seasoning. Learned that trick from the DIL's parents.
http://www.chefmerito.com/storelocator.aspx

I did learn the hard way to start with the skin side up. Otherwise the crispy skin you are trying to achieve gets stuck to the pan. :mad:

Most recently, we had the Son and Grand-kids over for chicken dinner, I managed to get 3 thighs, and 4 drumstick in and they came out good in spite of me.
We buy large packages of skin on thighs (12) and drumsticks, and I repackage them into 3t and 4d for the freezer. Or sometimes just 4 and 4 separate. Then pull what we need.
In fact, you talked me into it. I got out some to Air Fry tonight.

Anyway, maybe smaller thighs, 360 degrees, and 20-20 turns? That's all I can think of Bear.
But the smoke then Air Fry was a winner-winner chicken dinner to me. :D

My french fries tend to come out a tad done, but I like them that way anyway.

Maybe folks with a preference for Deep Frying wouldn't like the Air Fryer as much? But we do.

 

[SonnyE]

It's a strange story involving my hand, rolling a lifting device, and a roof support pillar. My hand got pinched between the pillar and the handle, and that tore open a deep cut almost all the way across my palm. I was dripping blood for a few hours. Shots, stitches, bandages. I can't hold a knife or fork, so it's bite food I can eat with one hand.

Follow orders, and take care of it. Light duty for 7-10 days.
One handed cooking, should be an adventure.

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

I hate to fit a stereotype but I guess in this case I have passed 50 and love me some tater tots.

George