I have had my machine for at least a year and have been afraid to use it until I learned how. You totally took my fear away and I am beginning to use it today. Thank you so much.
It de-mystified the Bake, Reheat and Roast buttons for me, because I could never tell any difference between them and have just been using the Airfry button.
That was a sensational video - thank you! I've been cautiously curious about getting one of these because it would by my first air-fryer, and you explained everything I'd want to know, including how to change the temperature to degrees C if necessary (I'm in the UK) and how to best avoid causing a smoking/oil in the heating element problem. Brilliantly made.
Thank You, I’m new to air frying . We bought this vortex 6 fryer and appreciate your easy to understand informational video. The music is soft and just right for the topic. So many videos are nuts. Much appreciate your time making this video, it helps others easily understand how to use this new to me device.
I just purchased the current version of one of these, and am waiting to get it. The reason I wanted to comment, was you brought up a point I was considering, whereby you should never spray directly into the basket. I see so many TH-camrs doing just this and can see where you would over time create both smoke oil-vapor like we used to have when we had our gas stove! I got the model with the odor-control, I am dubious of the ability to control odors but running the exhaust through a filter to trap these oil-vapors has to be a plus...
I have watched a plethora of videos and have yet to find any with such detailed explanations & directions, which I so appreciate as I'm brand new to the air frying world! I ordered the 6-qt XL model, which arrives tomorrow so I have a combination of apprehension & excitement, which you've helped with both! After subbing, now on to joining your FB group! 👍 Thanks so much for your detailed assistance and may God bless you & your family & future endeavors! ❤
I did a review about my Vortex 6 Quart Air Fryer and included a blurb about Bruce and Mark. I had NO idea they had done this video. I hope they didn't mind.
It took me 3 years to take the plunge and buy an instant fryer. Fiirst, listening to the "Cooking wth Bruce and Mark" podcast at all hours for months started to turn the "lights on" in my mind. The final push came after I'd visited my son and his wife down South. They had purchased this very same unit and it was great. One example of how I really appreciate my air fryer is when I arrived home late and starved after a day w/a toddler and had had no time to eat. The carnivore in me wanted steak. Ah! I had one in the freezer that had been there for months. Perfect. Next, nice fresh broccoli. In the meantime, whole wheat linguine fini and some of my frozen marinara. I am on the fence about doing a steak again in the unit, but it was passable. The broccoli roasted up beautifully. Pasta done, sauce reheated. Boom! It was half gone before I left the kitchen. In summary, I believe a more 1substantial non-frozen steak would have fared better, but the broccoli was spot on. I am very impressed with how I am able to pull a meal comprised of reasonably healthy ingredients together in very little time and with far LESS clean up at the end.
Dehydrate uses low heat over a long period of time to safely dry out food items, like dried fruit, jerky and dried veggies.it has a preset temp of 130F and 8 hours. can be changed up to 175F and down to 1hr
I started to "prime" my air fryer for the initial use. You're video helped a great deal. however, I never saw the "add the food" part. Unless I wasn't looking and went straight into cooking? Is something a miss? Thank you.
If you mean preheat by prime. That’s good. Every Vortx machine changes it read out from preheat to add food once it reaches temperature and that goes away after a few seconds and the timer comes on. If your machine is not doing that then there was something wrong with it and I would contact customer service
Hi Bruce. I bought this exact same air fryer and I have two questions. You said you can put the basket in the sink to clean it. But my booklet said you cannot immerse the basket in water and to just clean the inside with a soapy dishcloth and then rise. I worry about bacteria So CAN you actually put it in your sink full of soapy dish water? Second, you say to spray the food with oil before you put it in the basket. Should it be placed on the tray first and then lifted into the basked? Also, I've seen some recipes where it said to just spray the tray on the bottom with oil and not the food itself. What should I do in that case? Thanks!
Hi back. It's probably not best to submerge the basket in water becasue the handle is hollow and you can have water issues inside there. And if you have the see-through basket you run the risk of water inside there too. But I have done it and nothing bad happened. That said, if you do it you might void your warranty since they tell you not to do it. I always spray food on a cutting board and then transfer it to the basket - the less fat you get on the surfaces of the machine the better. the idea if spraying the bottom of the basket - the tray down there that food sits on -- isn't my preferred way to work. You end up with fat going through the slats and onto the basket itself which causes more smoke to happen and harder clean up. there may be a reason why they dont want you to put fat on the food in those recipes but i can't imagine why not?
Do you have to preheat this model? I realize you recommend doing so, but my old model didn't require it and I never had trouble I'm now shopping for a new airfryer and want one that doesn't require preheating
99% of the time you don’t do that because of airflow. If a recipe calls for it it’s because you’re putting something in that is either very small or very wet and can fall through the slats
how much depends on your size. Just put enough to be one layer at a time. 350 until it’s golden crispy and if you wanted to use an Insta read me thermometer 165°F.
Hi there, is the 6qt/5.7l machine identical to the smaller 4qt/3.7l model, please? Are the settings and is the operation exactly the same. I’m in the UK and considering the smaller model to save space, but the larger model is actually cheaper at the moment and most reviews are about the larger sized machine.
@@CookingWithBruceMark thanks . I asked customer care they are telling it’s ceramic coated because its comes from us and in us teflon is band . Then they are lying to customer
perhaps they have changed to ceramic - and maybe the coating isn't teflon but it has the same feel as that kind of nonstick - it doesnt look or feel like ceramic to me but I could be wrong. I doubt they are lying to you @@ravipathak2217
When air fryers first came onto the market, I was unclear how they differed from a microwave, toaster over, or stove. It seems that an “air fryer” is actually a small convection oven, which could replace the use of the standard kitchen oven for most food I cook (I only roast a turkey for Thanksgiving). I don’t have room for one, but will when my toaster oven eventually fails.
they are small convention ovens in effect, but they blow the air faster and the fan is so close to the food that it actually fries the surface. They are work having.
Temperature jumps in increments of 2 sometimes 3 and not in increments of 1. I can’t set temperature to 200c eg it jumps from 199c to 202c. Can you please help/advise. Thank you
You have to use an instant read meat thermometer. The temperature for poultry is 165°F. an average turkey thigh might take about 25 minutes turn it halfway. same for the legs about 25 minutes. The breast you’ll have to cut into chunks that fit and may be about 20 minutes but check the temperature
all depends on how much isnin the basket. the more potatoes the more time it takes. 20 min minimum and you ha e to shake and turn them occasionally. try upping your temp to 400 next time
that button only goes up to 350F and the default temp on it is 280F. i usually prefer to reheat chicken or crispy things or even pizza at 400F. the only button that does everything for me is airfry
I have had my machine for at least a year and have been afraid to use it until I learned how. You totally took my fear away and I am beginning to use it today. Thank you so much.
I’ve had mine for 2 years, just opened it today
It de-mystified the Bake, Reheat and Roast buttons for me, because I could never tell any difference between them and have just been using the Airfry button.
Thank you for explaning the how to cook on my Air Fryer. It really helped.
That was a sensational video - thank you! I've been cautiously curious about getting one of these because it would by my first air-fryer, and you explained everything I'd want to know, including how to change the temperature to degrees C if necessary (I'm in the UK) and how to best avoid causing a smoking/oil in the heating element problem. Brilliantly made.
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Very helpful! I just got my first air fryer, an Instant Vortex 6 qt., and this was perfect!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank You, I’m new to air frying . We bought this vortex 6 fryer and appreciate your easy to understand informational video. The music is soft and just right for the topic. So many videos are nuts. Much appreciate your time making this video, it helps others easily understand how to use this new to me device.
i am so happy you liked it!
I have just been gifted this machine for Christmas. Thank you for the information. it was very useful.
This was an excellent video and you explained it perfectly. Thank you thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
I am so glad I watched this, thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I just purchased the current version of one of these, and am waiting to get it.
The reason I wanted to comment, was you brought up a point I was considering, whereby you should never spray directly into the basket.
I see so many TH-camrs doing just this and can see where you would over time create both smoke oil-vapor like we used to have when we had our gas stove!
I got the model with the odor-control, I am dubious of the ability to control odors but running the exhaust through a filter to trap these oil-vapors has to be a plus...
Excellent tutorial thanks
thanks!
Clear, easy direction. Thank you so much!
Thank you!
oh thanks! i hope you love air frying!
I have watched a plethora of videos and have yet to find any with such detailed explanations & directions, which I so appreciate as I'm brand new to the air frying world! I ordered the 6-qt XL model, which arrives tomorrow so I have a combination of apprehension & excitement, which you've helped with both! After subbing, now on to joining your FB group! 👍 Thanks so much for your detailed assistance and may God bless you & your family & future endeavors! ❤
Great presentation, thanks !!
Glad you liked it!
Excellent. Much needed for my unboxing. I'm a new subscriber.
Amazing video! You should definitely add a link to buy your air frying book to your description; I know you’d get a bunch of extra sales!
Thank you! Will do!
I did a review about my Vortex 6 Quart Air Fryer and included a blurb about Bruce and Mark. I had NO idea they had done this video. I hope they didn't mind.
@@noraleeburby5561 we never mind when folks talk abourt our work, thanks!
Thank you so much for this video I love how you explain everything in detail 2 👍👍 up
glad you liked it
Thank you very much, clearly explained and much appreciated.
i am glad you found it helpful
i am glad you found it helpful
i am glad you found it helpful
i am glad you found it helpful
i am glad you found it helpful
I appreciate your video! Excellent! 🎉👏
Very helpful
Thank you! Yay I can't wait to get cooking ❤
I have the Vortex Pro and love it!!
i do too!
Thank you ~ btw I program my clothes washer buttons in the same fashion.
I'm thinking of buying one, thanks for the good info!
glad you found this useful! please susbcribe!
It took me 3 years to take the plunge and buy an instant fryer. Fiirst, listening to the "Cooking wth Bruce and Mark" podcast at all hours for months started to turn the "lights on" in my mind. The final push came after I'd visited my son and his wife down South. They had purchased this very same unit and it was great. One example of how I really appreciate my air fryer is when I arrived home late and starved after a day w/a toddler and had had no time to eat. The carnivore in me wanted steak. Ah! I had one in the freezer that had been there for months. Perfect. Next, nice fresh broccoli. In the meantime, whole wheat linguine fini and some of my frozen marinara. I am on the fence about doing a steak again in the unit, but it was passable. The broccoli roasted up beautifully. Pasta done, sauce reheated. Boom! It was half gone before I left the kitchen. In summary, I believe a more 1substantial non-frozen steak would have fared better, but the broccoli was spot on. I am very impressed with how I am able to pull a meal comprised of reasonably healthy ingredients together in very little time and with far LESS clean up at the end.
Thanks so much for info!!! Very helpful
Glad it was helpful!
Could you please tell me how does it turn off before unplugging? Thank you
Very helpful..thanks
Thank you. I have this model and it stopped working this week. Is there a filter to regularly replaced and if so where is it located?
As a Brit, I work in ‘Centigrade” and it means, for me, I can follow any recipe I find, anywhere!
i wish we did in the US too!!!
I have not yet made this purchase but I am so close! Does it automatically turn off??
Thank you so much. What does the dehydrate do in the 6 in 1?
Dehydrate uses low heat over a long period of time to safely dry out food items, like dried fruit, jerky and dried veggies.it has a preset temp of 130F and 8 hours. can be changed up to 175F and down to 1hr
Is the pre heat only for baking or do I need to preheat for air frying as well?
Thank god for this video
So, the different modes just change time and temperature? They dont function differently than the airfry mode.
I started to "prime" my air fryer for the initial use. You're video helped a great deal. however, I never saw the "add the food" part. Unless I wasn't looking and went straight into cooking? Is something a miss? Thank you.
If you mean preheat by prime. That’s good. Every Vortx machine changes it read out from preheat to add food once it reaches temperature and that goes away after a few seconds and the timer comes on. If your machine is not doing that then there was something wrong with it and I would contact customer service
Ok
Thank you. Maybe I missed it. I never saw flip food either just a beep went off and continued cooking. I don’t know
I removed the 4 rubber feet on the cooking tray. Was that wrong? I thought they got too hot when I first used it.
i think you need them to keep the tray raised a bit for air flow. they are designed for the heat b
Hi Bruce. I bought this exact same air fryer and I have two questions. You said you can put the basket in the sink to clean it. But my booklet said you cannot immerse the basket in water and to just clean the inside with a soapy dishcloth and then rise. I worry about bacteria So CAN you actually put it in your sink full of soapy dish water?
Second, you say to spray the food with oil before you put it in the basket. Should it be placed on the tray first and then lifted into the basked? Also, I've seen some recipes where it said to just spray the tray on the bottom with oil and not the food itself. What should I do in that case? Thanks!
Hi back. It's probably not best to submerge the basket in water becasue the handle is hollow and you can have water issues inside there. And if you have the see-through basket you run the risk of water inside there too. But I have done it and nothing bad happened. That said, if you do it you might void your warranty since they tell you not to do it. I always spray food on a cutting board and then transfer it to the basket - the less fat you get on the surfaces of the machine the better. the idea if spraying the bottom of the basket - the tray down there that food sits on -- isn't my preferred way to work. You end up with fat going through the slats and onto the basket itself which causes more smoke to happen and harder clean up. there may be a reason why they dont want you to put fat on the food in those recipes but i can't imagine why not?
Excellent presentation. Love the Picture in Picture. Thanks.
I would skip the music next time. 🤗
thanks
Can I toast a slice of bread in this Vortex? Do I need to use toothpick to hold the bread down?
it will work. but not as well as a toaster, in my opinion. and standard bread does
not need to be held down.
@@CookingWithBruceMark Thank you! That is good enough for me ❣
Can i line the bottom of my pan with aluminum foil does it automatically cut off when product is done
lining the very bottom if the drawer is ok but it will cut down air circulation and things wont cook properly.
Do you have to preheat this model?
I realize you recommend doing so, but my old model didn't require it and I never had trouble
I'm now shopping for a new airfryer and want one that doesn't require preheating
you really should preheat every air fryer before you put the food in it
There is a rubber attachment on all sides of the rack. Is it meant to be there?
Did you ever get an answer to your question? I am wondering the same thing.
Do you always need to put olive oil or spray in the food? First timer.
yes. almost always the food needs a thin coating of oil
Would you recommend putting aluminum foil on the inside to help keep it cleaner, or do you think it would restrict the air flow?
99% of the time you don’t do that because of airflow. If a recipe calls for it it’s because you’re putting something in that is either very small or very wet and can fall through the slats
Just got this and ran across this video looking to try for the first time. Thank God bc that little piece of cardboard was still in the bottom. 😮
Phew! so glad you found that!
how much turkey do you put into it and at what temp do you put it on ?
how much depends on your size. Just put enough to be one layer at a time. 350 until it’s golden crispy and if you wanted to use an Insta read me thermometer 165°F.
Hi there, is the 6qt/5.7l machine identical to the smaller 4qt/3.7l model, please? Are the settings and is the operation exactly the same. I’m in the UK and considering the smaller model to save space, but the larger model is actually cheaper at the moment and most reviews are about the larger sized machine.
i believe they are the same. but you might get more use out of the slightly larger one as it fits a bit more
food.
What is cooking tray material and basket material ?
they are metal. nonstick finish.
@@CookingWithBruceMark i mean to say cooking tray is teflon coated or ceramic?
it's teflon @@ravipathak2217
@@CookingWithBruceMark thanks . I asked customer care they are telling it’s ceramic coated because its comes from us and in us teflon is band . Then they are lying to customer
perhaps they have changed to ceramic - and maybe the coating isn't teflon but it has the same feel as that kind of nonstick - it doesnt look or feel like ceramic to me but I could be wrong. I doubt they are lying to you @@ravipathak2217
When air fryers first came onto the market, I was unclear how they differed from a microwave, toaster over, or stove. It seems that an “air fryer” is actually a small convection oven, which could replace the use of the standard kitchen oven for most food I cook (I only roast a turkey for Thanksgiving). I don’t have room for one, but will when my toaster oven eventually fails.
they are small convention ovens in effect, but they blow the air faster and the fan is so close to the food that it actually fries the surface. They are work having.
How to make popcorn in this ?
Is there any way to skip the preheat on this machine?
no. the machine needs to heat up but it only takes minutes. some
foods can go in right away when it’s cold but mostly left overs
Hey, is it possible to do omelette in it?
Can I use a round metal pan?
Never tried that. But I can’t see why it wouldn’t? If you try it post a picture and let us know how it goes
What if a person were to cut up the turkey will that work in it?
you’d have to cook in batches. cant stack the mest
@@CookingWithBruceMark but you can do it though right?
yes. in batches. cooking a few pieces at a time
Temperature jumps in increments of 2 sometimes 3 and not in increments of 1. I can’t set temperature to 200c eg it jumps from 199c to 202c. Can you please help/advise. Thank you
in F you can go in singe digit. I guess not in C - but 2 at a time is ok, the temperature is going to be close enough.
@@CookingWithBruceMark thank you. On my machine F goes up in 5s. I think my machine has gremlins 😢
how do you know when the food is done?
You have to use an instant read meat thermometer. The temperature for poultry is 165°F. an average turkey thigh might take about 25 minutes turn it halfway. same for the legs about 25 minutes. The breast you’ll have to cut into chunks that fit and may be about 20 minutes but check the temperature
@@CookingWithBruceMark we did potatoes 🥔 tonight but they were not brown why?
maybe not enough time? there are many reasons but thats the most likely
@@CookingWithBruceMark how much time should it be for potatoes that are cut up? We did 20 minutes
all depends on how much isnin the basket. the more potatoes the more time it takes. 20 min minimum and you ha e to
shake and turn them occasionally. try upping your temp to 400 next time
Can you explain to us what is the Reheat “ bottom?
that button only goes up to 350F and the default temp on it is 280F. i usually prefer to reheat chicken or crispy things or even pizza at 400F. the only button that does everything for me is airfry
Can I make toast with this?
it’s not made as a toaster. at least not for thin sliced bread. split rolls and baguettes work better.
Hello sir, this air fryer is scary to me ..... 😩 i just wanna make fries