Air fryer Prime Rib

[Luvmyhindra]

So I usually use my smoker for prime rib but wanted to watch the (so called) Super Bowl. So decided to to try it in the air fryer. Turned out great!

 

[2LaneCruzer]

It certainly looks great!

 

[Oaktree]

Curiously, what's the consensus on air fryers? Useful kitchen tool or fad gadget that'll end up in a yard sale a year from now?

I'm inclined toward the latter. A friend of my wife's gave us one that she'd bought but never used. I've tried it a couple times, once to make chicken another to do "french fries". Both took as long to cook in this as they would have if I'd just baked them in the oven. I was hoping the fries would taste like restaurant fries, but they really didn't...more like baked potato strips.
So far I'm not impressed.

 

[Luvmyhindra]

Wow! We use ours all the time, just about every meal there is something in it. I have done fries and onion rings and come out great. 10-12 mins from freezer to table. Taste like they were deep fried. I also do a lot of hard boiled eggs in it. Set it for 10 mins at 300 and walk away. Let them cool just sitting in the air fryer. They peel easily!

 

[3Ts]

How is an air fryer different from a toaster oven?

 

[EverythingAttachments]

My wife was skeptical when I talked about getting one, but we use our air fryer several times a week. It is great for fries, onion rings, corn dogs, tater tots with no oil added at all. It will reheat pizza and make it as good or better than the day before!
The crispiness is what sets it apart from the oven/toaster oven/microwave.
Travis

 

[Luvmyhindra]

It will reheat pizza and make it as good or better than the day before!
The crispiness is what sets it apart from the oven/toaster oven/microwave.
Travis

OMG Yes!!! we do that a lot. go to our favorite pizza place and have a couple Long Islands and order a large pizza! Take over half home and use the air fryer! Fantastic! Toaster oven is just a miniature oven. Air fryer uses more cyclonic heated air. Kind of like a convection oven but not quite. We save a lot of energy using our air fryers. We have 3. My kids all have one now and so do my wife's and my parents! They absolutely love it. The insta pot is a sweet deal too! Still love my pellet grill smoker and my smoking gun! I smoke nuts, cheese and have even infused Bloody Mary's and different liquors. You need to check out a smoking gun! I have all the different flavors of wood for that! Alright I'm done. I get carried away talking about food. I love to cook and do different things!

 

[Guidshir]

How long did that prime rib take to cook?

 

[laurencen]

So I usually use my smoker for prime rib but wanted to watch the (so called) Super Bowl. So decided to to try it in the air fryer. Turned out great!

how long to cook and what did you use for a rub? looks good, have to give it a try this weekend

 

[newbury]

Curiously, what's the consensus on air fryers? Useful kitchen tool or fad gadget that'll end up in a yard sale a year from now?

I'm inclined toward the latter. A friend of my wife's gave us one that she'd bought but never used. I've tried it a couple times, once to make chicken another to do "french fries". Both took as long to cook in this as they would have if I'd just baked them in the oven. I was hoping the fries would taste like restaurant fries, but they really didn't...more like baked potato strips.
So far I'm not impressed.

Wife got an Airwise Fryer (5.8 qt) a few weeks ago. So far she used it for heating store bought frozen fries, premade chicken tenders - both came out slightly above the quality of microwave. I've used it to try and make sweet potato chips (fail) and chicken breast (ok).
It takes up a lot of space, does not fit in any of our cabinets and is heavy for her to move.
I'm trying to keep my diet low in red meat, low in chicken and have found cooking a pot of vegetable stews, beans etc. in a large slow cooker does very well. I then put the results in zip-loc 1l containers (usually 4 to 6) and am good for a week or two.
I tried to talk my wife into getting an Instant Pot but she's scared of pressure cookers.
To me it's about as useful as a cement mixer. Big tool, takes up a lot of space, rarely used. Can often do the same thing other ways.

 

[Oaktree]

To me it's about as useful as a cement mixer. Big tool, takes up a lot of space, rarely used. Can often do the same thing other ways.

Newbury, you have a way with words. So far my experiences with it mirror yours.

We rarely eat fried foods, but I had hoped to if nothing else duplicate the taste/texture of restaurant french fries only without all the grease, but these didn't come out much different than what I do in the oven, and took almost as long. I liked the way my baked chicken comes out better too than what this does. I have no idea how you'd reheat pizza in one of these.

Gotta feeling yard sales will be full of these things in a couple years.

We do have a pressure cooker, but I only use it for canning. Never tried to prepare a meal in one. Crockpot...use 'em all the time, ditto for toaster oven.

Oh well, it didn't cost us anything and was worth what we paid for it! :laughing:

 

[zzvyb6]

I'll have to try prime rib in my pto cement mixer. Maybe break out the weed burner. Been so long since I had the thing out, I'll have to turn the dogs loose to locate it !

 

[jmc]

I'll have to try prime rib in my pto cement mixer.

You might be onto something there. Turns out, industrial hams are processed in giant tumblers to tenderize them. (I didn't even ask about real smoke vs Liquid Smoke)

 

[jmc]

I watch a half hour special late last night about a Ninji multipurpose appliance that worked so well that the cook was jumping up and down with glee. And there were no commercials during the entire show... He also showed some convincing looking French fries cooked in air-mode.

Anyway, disappointed to see the mixed reviews here on air cooked French fries because that would be a good reason to buy something. I wonder, aside from home cut fries, if there is a difference between frozen fries that would explain the mixed results. For example, I bought some frozen diced potatoes that were sold to become fried potatoes. I tried to parboil them for another use and they quickly became a lumpy potato slurry. So maybe, some or most frozen potato shapes are really just extruded mashed potato sticks rather than directly cut from a potato? And while in the mashed stage, some suppliers might add ingredients to make them brown up better?

 

[SirMaxwell]

We have so far found 2 "gadets" that do what they say, or more. The Ronco Rotisserie, and the Sansaire, sous vide machine. Nothing beats the sous vide for meat and poultry, especially chicken breast. As for a three day brisket, or Ribs, man oh man. The Sous Vide really shines in the summer. No heat added to house, can 'hold' that steak at a perfect rare or med-rare for hours, for those late comers and still high end restaurant quality eats. The Ronco, well its a rotisserie. As for 'frys', well its in the name, nothing beats a deep fried fry.
Crap, now I'm hungry as all get out.. :licking:

 

[Oaktree]

I wonder, aside from home cut fries, if there is a difference between frozen fries that would explain the mixed results. For example, I bought some frozen diced potatoes that were sold to become fried potatoes. I tried to parboil them for another use and they quickly became a lumpy potato slurry. So maybe, some or most frozen potato shapes are really just extruded mashed potato sticks rather than directly cut from a potato? And while in the mashed stage, some suppliers might add ingredients to make them brown up better?

I always use fresh potatoes. I'll cut them into strips, usually 1/4" thick by 1/2" wide. Sometimes I'll soak them in water for a half hour or so, sometimes not. Instead of parboiling them, I'll put them in the microwave for 3 min. or so, then toss 'em with olive oil and bake them at 390° for 40-45 min., flipping them maybe a half hour in. Sometimes I'll sprinkle them with curry powder.
As I said earlier, they don't taste like restaurant fries, but they're still good and about half the cost of frozen ones.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Air Fried Chicken;

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Spice with pepper and Tony Chachere's.
Dip in egg wash.
Dredge in flour.
Put chicken in basket.
Mist with olive oil.
380° for 24 minutes.
Flip after 12 minutes.
Mist with olive oil.
Enjoy!

We've done chicken drumsticks, thighs, breasts. Boneless pork chops prepped with olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder. Ribeye and NY strip prepped with olive oil, salt, pepper. We have the Power Air Fryer XL.

We buy whole pork loins, when there's a good sale, and cut 1 1/2" pork chops but, leave a 2.5-3.0 lb. loin roast from the end of the loin. We've got a Food Saver vacuum sealer and wrap and freeze chops, steaks, chicken, etc.



I'm thawing a 3 lb. pork loin roast in the refrigerator and will try it in the air fryer tomorrow.

Some points about Air Fryers;

1. Air fryers are just mini convection ovens. They cook by moving high temp air, over the food, with a fan.

2. Frozen fries, tator tots, etc. are pre-cooked. Your just warming them up. Most are about 380° and 10 minutes. You can enhance them with a very light misting of oil.

3. Same with chicken strips, nuggets, steak strips, etc.

4. Chicken with skin will produce crispy skin that as good as the chicken.

5. Get a reliable cooking chart for air fryers to use as a guide.



6. Experiment and try new things.