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If y'all still have cable Goggle box, it'south likely that you've seen at least one commercial for the Emeril Lagasse Power AirFryer 360. Cooking infomercials are difficult to plough away from – the yummy food, the promise of easier and faster cooking, the unproblematic make clean up. Who wouldn't keep watching?

Even so, when we were given a free Emeril Lagasse Ability AirFryer 360 in exchange for an honest and unbiased review, we were skeptical. Later all, nosotros've been disappointed by an "Every bit Seen on TV!" air fryer before. But we were very pleasantly surprised by how much nosotros like the Emeril Lagasse Ability AirFryer 360, which now has a dedicated home on our kitchen counter.

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Specifications of the Emeril Lagasse Power AirFryer 360:

• 15.1 inches deep ten xix.three inches wide ten 10.four inches tall
• 1500 watts of power
• 930 internal cubic inches (16 quarts) chapters
• 12 one-affect preset functions (air fry, toast, bagel, pizza, bake, broil, rotisserie, boring melt, roast, dehydrate, reheat, warm)
• LCD control panel
• Included accessories:
  • Drip tray (for the bottom of the air fryer)
  • Crisper tray (for air frying and broiling)
  • Pizza rack (for toasting, pizzas, blistering, grilling, roasting)
  • Baking pan (for blistering and reheating)
  • Rotisserie spit (for cooking whole chickens and roasts of all types)
  • Recipe book with 30 recipes with color photos

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Getting Started

When we received the Power AirFryer 360, we had to remove our Cuisinart toaster oven to make room for it. But no tears were shed because the Power AirFryer 360 does what our toaster oven did and then much more than. We mostly used the toaster oven for, well, toast – that was its near-daily job. We besides used information technology for frozen pizzas and for baking pies or crumbles in the oestrus of summer or at the holidays when multiple cooking devices were already in use. The Power AirFryer 360 can do all of those things, besides as air fry, bake, rotisserie, deadening cook, dehydrate and more. I'm all about multi-role kitchen items and so even though the Power AirFryer 360 is a little bigger than our toaster oven and it takes up a scrap more than countertop infinite, information technology's a worthwhile merchandise.

LCD control panel of the Emeril Lagasse Ability AirFryer 360

While I'yard very decumbent to jumping right in and using kitchen appliances earlier reading the owner's transmission, this wasn't an result with the Ability AirFryer 360. The LCD control panel and accompanying dials and buttons are clear and easy to understand. In one case you plug in the unit, you rotate the Select punch to choose one of 12 preset default settings. For example, when choosing AirFry, the temperature is preset to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (205 degrees Celsius) and the time to 18 minutes. Merely one time you've selected AirFry, you can use the Temp dial to alter the temperature to anything between 120-400 degrees F (49-205 degrees C) and the Time punch to whatsoever time betwixt one-45 minutes. This manual adjusting applies to all 12 presets except Warm – you can conform the time from 1 minute to 4 hours on Warm, simply the temperature is fixed at 160 degrees F (71 degrees C).

Dials on the Power AirFryer 360 command panel

The other thing that fabricated it easy to jump right in are the markings on the front of the door. They betoken exactly where you should put your tray/rack/pan according to your desired method of cooking.

Position descriptions on the door

Of course, the smart people behind the Power AirFryer 360 know there are lots of us who don't read the manual first and then they included a handy 1-page Quick Start Guide with colour photos. One side outlines four steps for air frying, and the other outlines four steps for rotisserie.

The Power AirFryer 360 quick start guide

In one case I did get my act together and read the manual, I was impressed by the clear pictures, instructions and other information. Information technology helps make mastering the apply of this multi-function appliance quite piece of cake.

Emeril Lagasse Power AirFryer 360 owner'south manual

The page above goes into detail about what each preset mode does and the heating element(s) used. An important thing to note here is that the air frying fan is always on for the AirFry and Dehydrate presets and can be turned on/off for Pizza, Bake, Rotisserie, Slow Melt, Roast, Reheat. It's important because when the air fry fan is off, the unit operates silently, simply similar a regular oven. Only when the air fry fan is on, it's loud (more on that below). And so if yous're using a preset that doesn't crave the air fry fan to be on, you'll probably want to do yourself a favor and turn information technology off (if it'southward preset to on) or non turn it on (which yous can do hands with the push button below the LCD panel.

Performance

Air Frying

Showtime and foremost, the Power AirFryer 360 needs to be a peachy air fryer. And it is! The crisper tray is the go-to accessory for this. While information technology's not deep (simply one inch), it's 11 inches wide by 10.25 inches deep, which is a lot of surface area for an air fryer. I prefer air frying 1 layer of food at a time if possible, so this suits me just fine. We air-fried a number of recipes with it, including our air fryer butternut squash (the savory option), frozen tater tots, tofu, roasted basics (recipe coming soon!), frozen spring rolls and homemade french chips. Everything turned out tasty, every bit expected.

It'due south of import to note that preheating for air frying isn't optional, it's required. Since you can't plow information technology off, you have a few choices – you tin put your food in earlier you press offset and take the preheat time into business relationship, lowering your overall cooking time. Or you tin keep your food out during the preheat and add it in one case the unit is up to temperature. At that place'due south merely one caveat with that – the unit beeps a few times when it hits the cooking temp and then immediately starts the cooking timer. If y'all're non paying attention or close by, yous volition lose cooking time. But all isn't lost – just hit the Start/Pause push, put your food in then use the Time dial to reset to the full cooking time before touching the Kickoff/Pause button again.

While I mentioned the noise of the air frying function above, information technology's not too dissimilar to other air fryers. Although the GoWISE USA 4.6 QT air fryer that we are as well testing correct now is like in sound level, information technology sounds more fan-like and the Power AirFryer 360 in AirFry way sounds more machine-like if that makes sense. I really don't mind the sound of an air fryer because I'k usually doing other things while information technology's cooking and am not focused on the racket. But that applies to short air frying cooking times, non dehydrate…

Dehydrate

I was very excited to try the dehydrating function in the Ability AirFryer 360. I've never had a dehydrator, I love apple chips and my husband loves banana chips so I happily sliced some upward to give information technology a whirl. I didn't research how to dehydrate apple and banana chips, I simply placed the sliced fruit on the crisper tray, turned the Select dial to Dehydrate and pressed Start. The preset default for Dehydrate is 120 degrees F (49 degrees C) and six hours. Alas, that wasn't long enough. As you can see from the photo beneath, they definitely dehydrated, but were much more chewy than crispy and certainly needed more fourth dimension. (Oddly enough, the Emeril recipe book that comes with the unit includes five recipes using the dehydrate role. All five crave either 10 or 12 hours of dehydrating time. Makes me wonder why six hours is the preset fourth dimension.)

Apple and assistant slices dehydrating in the Emeril Lagasse Power AirFryer 360

Evidently it'southward on me for not doing my homework. And if I dehydrate again, I will certainly read upwards on how best to practise it. But information technology'due south doubtful I will practise it again because of the noise. As I mentioned, the air frying fan doesn't put out much (if any) more noise than other air fryers I've used. But I've never air fried for Vi hours. Information technology's kind of inescapable, that noise echoing throughout the house for that corporeality of time. Frankly, it got abrasive. And that level of badgerer for that amount of time for then lilliputian yield is even more than annoying. You can use the pizza rack to dehydrate an additional layer of items, or buy extra crisper trays (it can concur three at once) to brand the dehydrating time more worthwhile. My hubby has said he wants to try making jerky and then I'll wish him luck and find something to do away from the firm that solar day.

Rotisserie

My husband was in charge of Operation Rotisserie and friends, it did non get well. But information technology was totally user mistake and not Emeril'due south fault. We picked up a whole chicken at Sam's Club and he used the rotisserie craven recipe in the included Emeril cookbook to make a really nice rub for the chicken. That worked out great, although the quantity the recipe produced was a LOT (we ran out of paprika and had to borrow some from a neighbor!) and more than plenty for two birds. He'd never trussed a craven before and didn't research how to do it before diving into the project (sigh). His hands were covered in chicken and rub when he chosen me to the kitchen for help. He hadn't readied cord for the trussing (!!) so I had to wait for something to use. The only thing I could find? Light-green floral wire (yes, seriously).

Later on multiple tries, nosotros trussed it every bit all-time we could while it was already on the rotisserie spit (not the proper order) and placed it in the Power AirFryer 360. Information technology rotated most iii times but we could see the chicken touching the bottom heating elements, leaving behind rub which was starting to burn. Fail. And so we removed it and went with program B – we untrussed it and used the GoWISE USA 4.6 QT air fryer to air fry it. It was delicious, but more than on that in the GoWISE USA review.

We will endeavor the rotisserie again and I'll update this review when we do. There are no instructions in the manual regarding the size of the bird other than the cookbook's instruction of using a four-pound chicken with the rotisserie recipe. The website says the Power AirFryer 360 holds a x-pound chicken, but that's in a baking pan and not on the rotisserie spit. Alas, we have a iv and a half pound chicken, just like the first 1, that we're going to try once more now that nosotros have kitchen twine and take read up on trussing and the steps to follow to get the bird on the spit. If we're unsuccessful, we'll buy a smaller bird and promise the tertiary time is the charm.

**UPDATE** We tried the rotisserie again and were successful! We successfully trussed it with kitchen twine, used the tasty Emeril rub again, got it on the rotisserie spit, and produced another deliciously juicy craven. It did have longer than the Emeril cookbook said it would, but then over again, we have a half-pound bigger bird. While it worked, I don't know if I'd practice it again. We had such great success air frying a chicken (in less time) in the GoWISE United states of america 4.half dozen quart air fryer and the clean up after that was much easier than cleaning the Power AirFryer 360. (It'due south not that it was difficult to clean, but the rotisserie throws juice all over the interior so everything needs to be wiped downward.) Because of that, I'yard much more likely to simply straight-up air fry it, either in the Power AirFryer 360 or another air fryer.

Successful rotisserie in the Power AirFryer 360

Bake

I made air fryer cupcakes and they turned out great. Just it wasn't until after I'd made them that I read in the owner's transmission that you tin plow off the air frying fan in Bake mode. If I had turned off the fan, the baking would have been silent and the cupcakes wouldn't have had air fryer peaks on them (read the cupcake recipe for more on that). But regardless of looks, a tasty cupcake doesn't last long effectually hither.

Pizza

Nosotros've cooked multiple frozen pizzas in the Ability AirFryer 360 to great success. I did observe that the department of the pizza at the front end of the oven (next to the door) got browner than the part in the back. Just information technology wasn't overly brown or overcooked and so no complaints from me. Cleaning upwards any melted cheese was equally like shooting fish in a barrel as removing the drip pan, wiping it off with a paper towel, and putting it back in the unit.

Tiresome Cook

I haven't tried slow cooking withal. Nosotros utilize our big tiresome cooker ofttimes in the winter (mmm, chili) then I'm looking forward to slow cooking in the Power AirFryer 360. I oasis't looked through my pans/baking dishes to see if I have one that could work well and maximize the available cooking space within the unit. Maybe this is only the reason I need to put an enamel dutch oven on my Christmas wish list…

Toast

Toasting – whether bread or bagels – is very piece of cake. Just plough the Select dial to the toast (or bagel) preset, the Temp/Darkness dial to the level of toastedness yous want, the Time/Slices punch to the number of pieces you're toasting (up to six) then press Showtime. The automobile figures out the time (which you encounter on the LCD panel) and temp (which you don't see) based on your inputs and silently toasts away, beeping when ready.

Quality

The unit is very solid and cypher feels or looks cheap or flimsy. I foresee it and the included accessories lasting a long time. Nosotros had our toaster oven for 12+ years and so I would hope for a similar life span for the Power AirFryer 360.

Ease of Utilise

As I mentioned previously, it was really simple to get started with it. All the operations are straightforward and easily executed. Using the rotisserie functionality does require some finesse and homework if you've never rotisseried before (lesson learned!), simply I'm sure in one case yous (or nosotros) do it successfully, information technology volition exist easy to practice it again.

I actually like the interior light. It makes information technology easy to cheque your food visually during cooking and it automatically turns off after a number of seconds.

One of import thing to note: once you printing the Beginning button, y'all can't change the time UNLESS you lot hit Start/Intermission. So if you're air frying something but determine it needs extra time, just push button the Commencement/Pause button, utilize the Time dial to add extra minutes so push button the Start/Suspension push button over again. All the same you can't change the temperature that way. So there's no piece of cake fashion to dial up the temp in the last few minutes for actress crispiness.

Ease of Cleaning

Near air fryers have dishwasher-safety removable parts. The Power AirFryer 360 owner's manual recommends manus-washing their accessories. Even so, clean upwards is a breeze. I really love the drip tray – cleaning information technology is every bit like shooting fish in a barrel as sliding information technology out, rinsing it with water (possibly a little soap if it's greasy) and wiping information technology off. That'south information technology – I haven't had to scrub it but I also oasis't rotisseried with information technology yet. Just exist conscientious when yous remove the drip tray. If you pull information technology out too fast, items caught by the tray could stay behind and then you take to clean the within, also. The pizza rack and crisper tray are like – but a quick rinse/wipe downwards and they are good to become. I've used the baking pan for cupcakes (no clean up needed) and for cooking a frozen vegetable side dish. With that, a piddling lather and h2o clean upwards and you're done.

Using the rotisserie (at least with a chicken) causes a lot of splatter within the unit and so all surfaces (not just the drip tray) demand to be cleaned/wiped down.

Meal Size

The possessor's manual says the capacity is "up to 930 internal cubic inches". That's equivalent to sixteen quarts, which is by far the biggest air fryer we've ever used. That said, this machine'southward capacity isn't like basket-blazon air fryers where the chapters of the car is the capacity of the basket. In this machine, you're limited by your tray space/capacity so don't recall yous can air fry 4 gallons of spud tots at in one case (lamentable confront). But you can use more one of the included items together, like the crisper tray AND the pizza rack, since the Ability AirFryer 360 has multiple tray positions. Or buy actress parts similar additional crisper trays, pizza racks or baking pans (I am very tempted past the rotisserie handbasket – that would hold a lot of tots).

If I just compare the one included crisper tray to the basket capacity of the GoWISE U.s. 4.6 quart air fryer, the Power AirFryer 360 has a lot more surface expanse (8.five inch round handbasket vs. 11 x 10.25 inches rectangular tray). When air frying, I prefer one layer of food as it yields more uniform results in my stance. In the Power AirFryer 360, I tin can fit a lot more food in one layer than in the GoWISE or similarly sized air fryers.

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Summary

The Power AirFryer 360 does a nifty job cooking food quickly and evenly and provides the added value of cooking functions across air frying. It's a great option if yous desire more than air frying capacity or desire to replace another appliance like a toaster oven with one with multiple functions. If you don't need an extra large capacity air fryer or don't desire the multi-functionality of the Power AirFryer 360, AirFrying.cyberspace recommends both the Phillips brand, the Chefman and the GoWise United states.

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