2 hours ago, rotuts said:
as you work w this
please consider posting your result // evalution
possibly i a separate thread just for this unit.
looks forward to your results
looks quite interesting
$ 278 US can't find shipping charge , if any
seems to he probe // software cooking.
dont know if it replaces an air fryer re tater tts etc.
love to see more from eG
YouTube tends to be too much hype sometime for click-views.
We bought our Chefmaker after watching this preview:
The unit hadn’t been launched when this was filmed so we followed the Kickstarter project through to completion. We paid £150 having committed to the purchase before the product was available. Frankly, had it been twice the price I think we would still have thought it a great purchase.
The Chefmaker has a range of cooking modes including air fry and sous vide. Unlike most air fryers there is a water tray in the top so that steam can be introduced during cooking. We have an Anova sous vide set up but I think that most things that we might have cooked that way will now go into the new machine. The beauty of the pre-programmed options is that meats are seared as well as cooked to probe temperature.
I understand reluctance to use YouTube but would just say that the short video cited above gives a better overview than I can provide having had the machine for just a couple of weeks.
The only limitation that I can see as a real negative is that the cooking basket is quite small. One of the pre-programmed recipes is for boned leg of lamb. I bought the top half of a leg, removed the bone but it was still too large for the cooker. I cut the meat in half and tied each up into a roll. When cooked, the meat was perfect and each half would have given 3 or 4 good portions. Last night we did 2 chicken breast portions “sous vide” (there is a choice of cooking style where appropriate), I checked the temperature at the end of cooking with a Thermapen and it was spot on. The meat was absolutely perfect, tender with crispy skin.
There is no obligation to use the pre-set programmes, one can establish ambient temperature, probe temperature etc to suit different cooking methods.
Lots of experimenting yet to do. Dreo shipped Chefmakers to US customers before European distribution began, hence I was sure that I would find lots of discussion here, it must be the first time that I have been at the beginning of something!
