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Testing the Air Whirl Crisper Lid *As Seen on TV*
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2024
- Air Whirl Crisper is an As Seen on TV product that can supposedly turn any pan into an air fryer, but does it work?
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0:00 Intro & Overview
2:11 Fries vs Dash Air Fryer
7:07 Nuggets and Tots
9:13 Advertising vs Reality
11:29 Biscuits vs Oven
12:53 Final Thoughts
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I appreciate you getting scammed for the sake of our wallets, James. The second I saw that price tag I knew immediately that this thing was a waste of space. Some air fryers are literally 2/3 that price.
Not just wallet, but also time.
He really makes sure there's no stone unturned when reviewing these.
One of the best yt'ers.
Especially with Black Friday just around the corner. You'll be able to get an air fryer for practically nothing!
Never seen an air fryer for less than 80 US $ Which is what James uses. But I also agree it's junk
A REAL air fryer can be cheaper especially with black Friday This thing has no air circulation 🙄 .
@@bethgrundon3978 They already have them out at Walmart.
A whole shelf dedicated to them lol.
The bottom grill that they sent to you is actually a steamer that you can buy at any dollar store.
That was my first thought as well
Thank you for validating me! I'm over here like "Isn't that a steamer? But how tf would a steamer help crisp anything?" Thought I was going crazy for a minute.
Exactly
They could obviously buy steamers from China at 50c each instead of manufacturing a proper rack that would keep the food away from the hot base.
@@roberthindle5146 if they could buy that steamer for 50 cents they could get two wire rack for the same cost
HUGE red flag here: In order to use this, you have to essentially apply dry heat to an empty pan. All the food is extended _above_ the surface of your pan or pot. This is likely to deform the center of your pan and make it bow upward. Once you pan has a hill in the middle, and oil runs to the edges instead of the center, you might as well throw it away, it's not going to produce evenly cooked food any more.
This is precisely why the directions say to not go above medium heat and to go down to low after 12 minutes what you just described is precisely why the directions say that
This is why it was SUPPOSED to go in the oven. To dispense heat evenly. Not sit on the stove.
That’s just a series of assumptions one after another, it probably won’t destroy your pan but it’s expensive and not good lmao. If pans deformed that easily it’d be a huge issue, medium heat isn’t anything crazy
@@monhi64 I've had cheap aluminum pans warp after a single use :-(
And dont forget that if you over heat teflon it releases toxic chemicals.
I feel like if you’re paying $80ish dollars for this in the first place, might as well put it towards a nice air fryer!
That's what he said.
With this influencer world, it is really hard to get an honest review, that’s why I love your videos ! Thank you for your integrity and honesty, it’s refreshing
Amazing! A product that makes frying pans worse
Well I think we have a frontrunner for the Worst Product of 2022 right here. Unless something crazy shows up, I'm calling it now.
The worst product of the year has to be the most recent egg gadget he reviewed. I forgot the name of this thing but it uses a string pull to mix the yolk right into the egg shell and the thing broke after like one day of use. It was a hilarious video seeing him fail and he was laughing too at how horrible the product was. This egg gadget was reviewed at some point over the summer. I’m predicting that product will be the worst of the year. He can’t even use it anymore. This one right here will definitely make the list but not the top spot.
@@FrozenUSA, in that case (I’d forgotten about that silly egg thing), we have first and second place here.
Have you no faith in our society?? We still have 45 days left, just you wait my guy.
This is the second worst product of Twenty Twenty Two. The egg gadget is the worst .
As soon as I saw that steamer rack and tiny fan I knew this was not going to end well
And this is why I watch your reviews. Obviously, air fryers win, hands down. Thank you.
I mean 85 bucks for a lid and strainer or 30 bucks for used frier at thrift store.
If I were walking around bed bath and beyond I would have bought this. Your videos have proven to save me money! 😂
And your pans. Dry heat can warp them.
I saw these yesterday at Walmart, I wondered how well it would work! Thanks for the review :)
I paid $102 CAN for my Cosori 5.8 litre air fryer and I cook an entire chicken on a regular basis, not to mention wings, 'fried' chicken and many other things. Strangely enough, I never cook French fries in it, LOL, I still deep-fry those. Very few of those items would work with this overpriced electric fan lid. Hopefully, you have saved a lot of people from wasting their money! Great job as always!
Infrared is blocked by glass, so it will only show you what temp the glass is on your FLIR camera, not the temp of stuff through it. I think mythbusters used this quirk in one of their "spy avoiding detection" style episode.
@Eric McBride how do you figure? There's a light on the stovetop to let you know the burners might be hot, and it's on in every shot where it would show up.
@Eric McBride you can literally see that the burners on the whole time. what a lame comment
@Eric McBride what are you talking about? The knob was turned to medium, which is at the bottom. So although it was completely vertical (like in the off position), it was in fact rotated 180° and pointed down.
@@lukerinderknecht2982 Yes, if you look closely you can see the indent on the vertival "handle" of the right knob which is pointed down compared to the left off position knob. Paint probably wore off like mine.
Your kitchen appliance reviews are the best!
As soon as I saw it as just a lid with the tray below, I immediately decided I wouldn't want to mess with that and your experimenting confirmed that!!! On a side note, l recently discovered I can air fry biscuits in my air fryer. I used Pillsbury Grands and they were done in 13 minutes at 300F, turning over once after 6 minutes. I used olive oil to spray on them. They came out nicely brown.
Thank you for this tip Sue
That ”fryer rack” is actually a steamer basket. I own 2. We are with you, we love our air fryers!
I got a regular, Insta-pot airfryer at Walmart last Black Friday for $40. Its worked great, makes great fries for my kids in 12-13min. Thanks for the review even though this product is an obvious rip-off.
That's just an adjustable steamer basket!! That's crazy.
This is what happens when the bean counters get involved before the production stage.
Just a quick thought on your infrared camera. Typically infrared cameras don't do well with reflective or transparent objects like glass. It may be worth sticking a square of black gaffer's tape on the glass to give your thermometer something to read better.
Paid $75 for our air fryer. Works like a charm! Just looking at the materials this is made from I was able to accurately predict your results.
First, well done! Being a sucker for gadgets, this intrigued me at first blush. We have had a traditional air fryer for many years and loved it (actually loved them - we have 2 mini air fryers that we use on our boat and RV). What caught my attention was the "use it on any pan" (never saw the infomercial just your thumbnail/title). Sounded very versatile. Watching your video, first thing I thought was "it uses BATTERIES?" Ummm, that doesn't add to the cost of doing business. And then, that little sad looking fan... how on earth could that circulate the "hot" air around the food enough to crisp up anything? Thanks for the review. Always enjoy them.
Yea that "fan" was pathetic. A while back the oven went bye bye and I improvised something to hold me over a couple of days. I used a cast iron pan and made a raised net using stainless wire. It kind of worked as a makeshift oven. Problem was that it tended to burn the bottom, something that happened in the video. By using low heat when doing something that required a long time in the "oven" it made it less prone to burn the bottom of what you were cooking. Again that matches the instructions for the "air fryer" lid in the video.
Now I can see how adding a fan to agitate the air inside would allow the heat to spread more evenly inside, making for a more even heating and less risk of burning the bottom to of what you're cooking. But that pathetic excuse in this lid is not enough to do the job. Make it four times the size and it might make a difference, but then the batteries would run out even faster.
Oh and the steamer doesn't really work. You need something more akin to a net that will allow the air to move around whatever is being cooked.
@@blahorgaslisk7763 yes. It looked like the steamer basket still needed little legs on the bottom to lift it above the aluminum foil. That would give the hot air more room to circulate around the food.
A $10 universal lid and a $5 steamer basket. That's what you got.
You forgot the 5 Dollar motor and fan
@@9inchnail Those? Gifts with purchase.
You can get a previously used NuWave oven for $65-$80 dollars on eBay, which is a convection/infrared/air-fryer that is big enough to cook a chicken in. (They are about $300 new)
I have considered purchasing an air fryer lid from a national brand, such as Instant Pot or Hamilton Beach. Now I know which one to avoid. Thank you for testing this, James White!
wow, for $80+, that certainly seems like a waste... it looks like they ran out of racks and put a steamer basket in instead.... obviously better off getting an actual air fryer... lol thanks for the review
I really enjoy ur reviews.. you use the test items the way everyday people (like me.) nice job.. keep your excellent reviews coming!!
I noticed the screenshot of the instructions @ 10:10 say not to use PTFE pans and the Hexclad is PTFE. Basically any non-stick pan contains PTFE. You never want to heat the pans without food.
I came to the comment to say, isn’t heating a non-stick pan dry bad, it releases chemicals that can kill birds so that cannot be good for humans!!!!
If I remember correctly, HexClad CAN be "overheated" unlike other nonstick pans. They claim you can put them in the oven and stuff
You can get really nice air fryers on-sale all the time for $35 - $50, usually 1/2 off.
Where??? When my wife and I were looking the cheapest was almost 100
@idontcaremang I talked to my wife about it and she said they were more because we had to buy the bigger ones. Irrc the 4 qt one's were cheaper
This reminds me of when 20/20 and other shows would disprove the claims of 1980s infomercials by either repeating the demo or investigating. I’m also reminded of the show Steals and Deals from back then. I’m so glad I didn’t get this product since I lack counter space for an air fryer!
Oh James how i love your channel. The info is so greatly appreciated. Like I have said, u have saved me money n at rhe same time showed items that I was skeptical about, n became convinced of their ability to perform. Your honesty is such a relief, as there r more dishonest persons out there than honest. Take care James, stay well n safe.
Thanks to honest reviews... consumers can do research on impulse buys🙏🏾...Well done sir
As an apartment dweller, I would be very interested in this if it worked. There's no room in our dinky kitchen for an air fryer unless we ditched our microwave.
It's full of medium-to-cold air.
we dittched our microwave and just use our air fryer to reheat things. we barely miss it...just miss microwave popcorn and reheating cold tea haha. so much room on the counter!
I also stay in a tiny place, I got a small airfryer and it's totally worth it. Try a cheap second hand one and see how it goes
You can get countertop microwaves with combo air fryer/convection modes. Might be a good thing to test @freakinreviews
@@getlosttrails was going to say this. We have a microwave/oven/air fryer from Breville, and it works really well.
Thanks for reviewing this so that we can never make the mistake to buy it!
Awwwww man! I just saw this on localdealsandsteals and was tempted to order, but so glad I decided to look for reviews first!
Thanks so much for the review….and the save.
One problem I noticed was the fan spins the wrong direction. The fan would be pushing air from the top of the pan down to the bottom. You would want the fan spinning the opposite direction to pull heat from the bottom and circulate it back down. This is the same principle as fans in houses for winter/summer.
Maybe if he installs batteries backwards the fan will run in opposite direction?
Yeah, that works in a house because you're pulling air from the bottom i.e. the living area to the attic, how would that work in a pan? The fan doesn't look big or powerful enough to hardly move air in the first place, so it's kind of trivial thinking about the flawed design when it's already failed at the starting line.
@@vgamesx1 Not denying it is a failed product but the amount of air you would be circulating in a pan is miniscule. I am guessing those fan blades are at most 2-3 inches and working in at max a 10 in x 2in area. A fan in a house is 52" generally in a room at least 100 square feet. You don't need much power to move air in that area. An interesting test would be to pump some smoke in there and turn the fan on and see how much it does move.
@@i_am_board_games Yeah but the point I'm getting at with the fan is look at a proper air fryer, the volume inside is only 2-3 times larger than a pan but the fan is strong enough to make light objects such as a slice of bread fly around in its basket, the large volume of air is the main thing that makes it cook evenly and heat much better than just a convection oven, so yeah if you're not even going to get the fan right you might as well not bother with the product.
I just saw this product at Walmart for less than $20. You got jacked on the price. that's how I knew not to buy it. Had to check for testing videos though. Good video man.
Different stoves have different heating curves and I think it's better in this case to adjust your temperature based on what's happening inside the pan, not based on the one-size-fits-all instructions they provide.
But that said the entire principle of operation of this thing is suspect from the start and I wouldn't expect it to do well no matter how much you adapt the process to work.
You gave it your all, James. I would have given up long than you did. Thanks for another
great review. I never even heard of this product anyway. 🤗🤗👍👍
That Basket you put in the Skillet, My Mom bought a set of pots and pans awhile back and hers is made for steaming vegetables..But hers doesn't go in a Skillet hers goes in a little pot..When I seen you pull that out i thought huh? lol can't wait to see how this works.
Thank goodness you did a review on it, because I was really thinking about getting one for myself.
You could die of starvation just waiting for fries to cook.....yeahhhh that's a hard pass! Great video as always James 👍
thank you for your thorough test, saving my money for the next air fryer !
Considering the foods are still room temperature 20+ minutes in, I wonder if this thing is actually dangerous. Some foods could have bacteria growth during failed cooking.
Very good point
Yes I was concerned about safety too
Hmmm, the Amazon air fryer I got a couple of years ago was on sale for $49. Plus, the cat is used to hanging out on top of the heat ceramic things on top of the stove. So much that I took the dials off years ago after he turned one of them on.
Yikes, a stove or oven are the worst places for a cat to hang out at.
@@catw6998 Yep. but I just use the microwave, air fryer, and stove part now.
The more I see specialised tools or "inventions" for foodstuffs, the more I realise how good you can make a crunchy grilled cheese in your regular oven. And if you add special plates and equipment, the oven can do a lot of things quite alright.
Not that it matters now, but I replaced their steamer basket with a lodge cast iron trivet. I preheated my skillet and preheated my trivet. After the trivet was preheated, I sprayed it with cooking oil. I put the trivet in the skillet. I did not use aluminum foil. My two frozen corn dogs were crispy and done in 14 minutes. It works! I love my air whirl crisper lid!
My skillet did not warp because it was three ply stainless steel with a heating disk on the bottom. The heating disk helps keep the three ply skillet from warping.
So it looks as if someone was messing around with a standard steamer basket. Also, I just put the fries on a cooling rack set in a foil-lined pan and shove them in a 475 ° oven for 20 minutes, and they come out perfect every time.
It might have been a good idea, particularly for those who don't want another appliance that won't fit in a drawer or cabinet, but it looks like a bait-and-switch situation, unless the inventor was scammed by the manufacturer. A footed rack and a plug-in fan might work better (who wants the batteries to give out while cooking?!), but you still might have to flip the food to get a better result.
What does dry cooking in a pan on a stove top do to the pan over time?
Always a good idea to preheat as you don't want to start cooking things like fries at a lower temp.
Why?
@@grahamjohnson4702 My guess is that a high temperature "sears" the exterior of fries quickly while the interior perforce cooks more slowly, hence crisping the outside but not drying out the inside unless you cook it too long.
Another quality item from as seen on tv. I missed their low quality offerings. Most of the things you have been reviewing lately have been good or at least acceptable. Thanks for the video.
I've been a fan of the channel since the Norelco One Blade review and immediately subscribed. The one thing I wish this had is a review scale at the end. Doug Denuro has the Doug Score, TFL has "buy it, lease it, rent it, or forget it. How about opening the review with "Today I am reviewing ________. Will I be Freakin Impressed, Freakin' dissapointed or does it just work 'as described' For example, this would end with "Freakin Dissapointed."
I had seen the ads and was wondering about this one. Thank you for reviewing it and saving me money!
So I have same Granite Rock pro pan he does and that handle prevents those "fit all size" lids to from actually getting a seal, at least the lid I had couldn't. At any rate even if the thing worked it's still more expensive than an actual air fryer.
Oh my gosh I love this so much... I have an air fryer lid for my instant pot that works, I'm trying it over a pan!
I'd be preheating that pan to save battery power. Thanks for the video!
You should consider the gotham crisper tray. I have one, biggest complaint is it's a little small but 20 bucks, 20 minutes in the oven and it does the job. (I found one in store)
Thanks for taking one for the team though.
Totally random, but your stovetop is SO. CLEAN. Well done! 😁
Was thinking this might be interesting, up until I saw the fan moving. Seriously underpowered for what its meant for.
It basically turned a skillet into a low powered, extended timed microwave!
& I have to agree that what they sent you is a freaking fielding strainer/collander.
The aluminum foil in the pan initially likely acted more as a heat insulator/deflector, keeping the heat from fully penetrating the pan.
As soon as I saw it, I knew it would never work. Thanks for the unintentional comedy!
thanks for testing this. I just saw this the other day at Walmart and wondered if it was any good.
You have a lot more patience than me! After the first time trying it I would've been on the phone telling them that I would be sending this piece of trash back!
I wonder if starting on high then going to medium would help? No matter what it's a bad product, but maybe the higher initial temp will get it warm so it can be crisped up at the end
Takes away the reason for wanting to buy this product, namely to have cheaper cooking bills.
I have an Emril Eglasis air fryer. It takes 18 minutes to cook a batch of fries at 400 degrees with a shake halfway. Though it is a little bigger than yours. Biscuits need to be flipped halfway as well. Maybe you needed to flip them. It sounds like a sound concept, but it needs more development.
I would try using this with the rack upside down, that way the center pin will keep the rack and the food off the bottom of the pan and allow for more air circulation.
That’s exactly what I thought as well
Same was going to make a comment. They sell round racks for the instant pot maybe that would work ?
It definitely needs air circulation as in a real air fryer.
I feel like that is the intended way to use it but idk
Yeah no, that's not the issue.
There are tops you can get that go on an instant pot that work WAY better than this fan lid
I know this is about an air fryer and a wanna be air fryer but if you like McDonald's fries you don't need an air fryer. Ore ida fast food fries are the ABSOLUTE best grocery store fries I have ever had. I LOVE McDonald's fries and used to always go through the drive thru and get a larger fry and a large dr. Pepper. Awesome. But a couple years ago I started getting extremely nauseous after eating them. I'm too old for all that grease. That's when I saw these ore ida fast food fries at the grocery store and decided to try them. OMG they taste just like McDonald's but without that lead feeling in your gut after eating McD's. You don't need to fry them just put them on a baking sheet in the oven. No need to spray the sheet with anything either. Fabulous.
I have a steamer basket I have had for years that looks just like their basket. I use it inside pots to steam veggies. No aluminum foil. Lol
It's like the makers of the prototype, the advertisements, the instructions, and the final product were all dealing with completely different items.
I ❤️ how detailed you are and you don't give up and now i won't wasfe money. Thanks
Love the Mandelbrot fractal in the background.
LOL that frying rack you got looks like a VERY large water stopper for the sink.
Maybe it works better over an actual campfire. Feels like a scam anyways, thanks for the honest video reviewing it!
I enjoy these videos. If you have a convection oven you don't need an air fryer.
Saw this for 20 bucks on clearance at Walmart. Thanks for the review!
I don't know any product reviewer is as thorough, meticulous, and have such attention to detail as you. Thank you!
The gimmicks they come up with, unbelievable that this actually got to market.
Maybe Ice Genie makes an air fryer. We can only hope. Great video thanks.
I just bought the only two "air whirl crisper lids" on the clearance aisle at Walmart this morning for $7.50 each!!! I might keep or donate them to the animals shelter store , and the weird part about this lid is you need to use three batteries , this sounds a little dangerous if it gets hot just saying 🤔.
YOU GAVE IT A SHOT&DID WHAT YOU DID.THANKS FOR SHOWING WHAT IT DOES.LOVES YOUR VIDS
Great review. In their commercial they mainly use a gas stove.
HAVE you done a show on the dash air fryer? Cost/size/functionality/comparison with others. We are truly appreciative of your shows--- Am looking for an air fryer and there are so many things -- even the additional/optional items need to be compared -- we have in the past had the glass jar ones and they worked really well -- but am now wanting to cook a whole chicken and not buy the chickens from the big clubs like Sams and BJ's and Costco --- be well and you are an inspiration and a real resource to us on a fixed income wanting to lower our electricity bill --- muchas bendiciones hermano
I know I'm way late here but I'm pretty sure that stud in the rack isn't a handle, but rather a spacer to go on the bottom to support the middle, and so you can actually get some 360 airflow in the pan. Or he had the rack upside down. There's gotta be space underneath for airflow to work properly.
I do something similar, just using a regular pan and regular cristal lift. I only need a bit of water. and you can use the rack they give you in order to not burn the food. if you want to know how, just do the second try and reduce to low heat after the 5min mark.
I suspect the reason they tell you to turn it down to low after a while is that the little wobbly plastic fan and maybe even the motor can't handle the amount of heat needed for it to actually be a decent air fryer.And clearly the wire rack would work better as the heat would be more evenly distributed. I would love to see you test it again with the wire rack but with a high enough heat to make it perform as well as the real air fryer and see what happens.As always,an interesting and informative non biased review!
Thanks for the side by side review with an actual air fryer,I know not to buy the generic lid now.
That product reminds me of the old bait and switch!
That’s nuts, for that price you could buy a nice air fryer mine was only 75$ and it was great.
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12:50 “I’m not a fan!” - 😂😅😊
I noticed that a lot of Amazon and Walmart reviews that give it 5 out of 5 have "This review was collected as part of a promotion." beside them.
I bought one Air Crispers at Ross for $12.50 specifically to slowly warm up left over meals like precooked meatloaf. It works nicely for that purpose. I just don’t like nuking food in a microwave.
I’m so bummed. I saw this on cbs and I was going to buy it. Thank you for your videos
This is like trying to make a frying pan into a convection oven
But an air fryer isn't just a convection oven. It's a convection oven with a much stronger fan. I don't see any sort of fan, so I'm not surprised by the results that you're getting
@@bostonrailfan2427 small convection ovens WITH A STRONG FAN
I’ll refer you to the minutefoods video on air fryers if you want to learn more
I have a cooker with a fan oven. Does the same job - but better! Almost as good as an air fryer - but more versatile!
I'm not even a minute in and I can honestly tell you I have that same type of lid, without the thermostat, it's made to fit many different pan sizes. All you have to do is put one of those steamer baskets that fold up in your pan and use the lid. Costs me like 10 bucks. I also have a domes lid that is formed like a Tornado with a steam vent in the top. It's coated in ceramic on the inside. It's supposed to direct the steam into a swirl over your food. Too bad I can't attach pics.
Thank you Sir now we know what not believe when seems to nice.
What if you turn the basket upside down and let the metal pin touch the pan? This will raise up the basket.
LOL! Please please please buy one so you can try this, let us know how it goes.
Love your reviews🧡💜
So sorry you got scammed but thanks for taking the hit and informing your viewers!
...AWC don't work (or it works but take a longer time) because heat is blown from the bottom and the aluminum and basket dampen the heat. Whereas, the heat in the AF is blown from the top and redirect from the bottom rack. However AWC might perform better with bar rack instead of the profilated basket.