I have a cuisinart one that is more like a toaster oven. It runs way hot - like 50 degrees hot. My other beef is it’s a bitch to keep clean. Don’t even think of cooking anything battered in it. Wings just taste better cooked in oil to me, so I fry them in a cast iron grill outside on the weber.
“I have a cuisinart one that is more like a toaster oven. It runs way hot - like 50 degrees hot.”
We have that one and also a full oven. Recipes and instructions have lower temperature settings. The oven automatically adjusts temperature lower if you select the ‘Convection Bake’ option.
It sounds like you need to make the switch to air fryer.
You should check out T-Fal's EZ Clean Deep Fryer. I bought an older model years ago, and loved it. Haven't used it in a long time. The heating unit was removable from the bottom, and you could put all the parts in the dishwasher. It even came with a plastic container and cover, which had a filter on it to clean the oil, so all you had to do was set the part that held the oil on top of it, and the oil would drip through the filter, into the container. Put the lid on, and stick it in the fridge if you wanted. Here's a link to their newer model:
“outside on the weber”
There’s nothing like grease spatter all over the stove, countertop, floor, and walls to make the meal enjoyable.
Sounds like the same one I got and I wish I had just gotten a regular ole toaster oven broiler like I had, also a Cuisinart, and a separate fryer. Only used the fryer twice and agree on the cleaning part, totally sucks. No desire to use it as a fryer.