Gourmia Air Fryer Oven HONEST REVIEW

[@jediknight38]

I just brought mine yesterday and tested it by cooking a frozen lasagne, which in a normal oven takes an hour. So far, so good. In one hour, the lasagne came out perfect. Hot both in the INSIDE as well as the OUTSIDE.

[@jamesmanalli87]

Love mine. Read the cleaning instructions. I made pork boneless barbecued country ribs. I cleaned the pan of baked on grease / sauce by soaking it in the sink after spraying it with Gain Power Blast spray on dish soap. After soaking an hour it cleaned up easily. I of course put the ribs in a glass baking dish and not directly on the provided baking pan itself.

[@Que2941]

Thanks for this review! I just got the same one I wanted to cut down from 3 appliances to 1 ! Haven’t used it yet so thanks 🙏🏾

[@SunButterfly80]

Thanks so much for this review.

[@chelseab5467]

I don't know what you did but I like this honest review. You know it's good when the parents fallow the kids lead lol. Thank you for adding its a hot to the touch type cooker always good to know! I was curious to see how it does with bacon or any greasy foods. I know the older Gourmia version smoked really bad. Thank you Mr. Gizmo!!

[@ANewEvilRising]

Does it have any PFAs? Forever chemicals like the Teflon lining in regular air fryers?

[@Kor0z3n]

I know it has been awhile but I thought i'd make the suggesting of sooaking the tray in vinegar and baking soda to help get the burn stuff off for a easier clean ^^

[@MrGizmo211]

Great suggestion! I'll have to give that a try.

[@marysouth4671]

That tray that is so hard to clean? Is it vented? Holes in it? If so, it is very necessary that it NOT be covered with foil to allow the necessary circulation needed to cook properly.

[@ybrik5937]

Thanks for this review. I was leaning to a cuisinart air fryer but you have answered my question. I was at walmart yesterday and with all its tray packed, I wasn't able to figure out if the cocoking tray could slid in just above the bottom heating element and you pretty showed it @ 02.17.

[@donnstrabala5240]

So tell me, I don’t own a air fryer. If I put a bowl of soup in a microwave to heat up, how do you do that in an air fryer? Do I still need my microwave?

[@MrGizmo211]

@@donnstrabala5240 yes - you need a microwave for heating up soup etc. Air fryer is good for oven type things but quicker and better :)

[@murahkami]

You can put your soup in an oven safe container like stainless steel or glass(avoid aluminum foil) and heat it up like you would in an oven.. You may need to play around with the temp and times though. Heating up food in the microwave is actually very unhealthy because of how it alters the molecules of the food/nutrients. It also has non ionizing radiation which is not good.

[@Mountainsongbird1]

I agree w/ the below comment about microwaves and radiation. I never use a microwave anymore myself. You have to retrain your brain to realize that people were able to live without microwaves once upon a time and you can too. Just put the soup in a stainless steel pot on the stove - the old fashion way and warm it up. Easy and doesn’t take long🙂

[@SeedintheSand]

Can this replace a microwave?

[@MrGizmo211]

We definitely use it more then our microwave. Depends what you eat. Microwave is still great for heating foot that you don’t care is crisp :)!

[@Mountainsongbird1]

If you teach yourself how to replace a microwave, you can definitely replace it. Remember people lived for centuries without microwaves. It takes a little longer sometimes but with a little patience it’s entirely possible. It just takes some brain retraining and experimenting. And don’t forget- there’s the stove top for stuff also🙂

[@Dalboys805]

Is this two prong or theee prong?

[@MrGizmo211]

Three!

[@letsfaceitwith_ericahelms8497]

We just got this and like it BUT it can be messy to air fry bc crumbs can go everywhere putting food in and taking it out- rather annoying! Aluminum foil is worth saving your pans! But it has potential!

[@hughvines4585]

Bought one two months ago it sucks. Thank goodness for Walmart they took it back no questions

[@kayp6321]

Can you use the liners? If so, what works best? silicone or the butcher paper? I worry about catching fire...

[@sharonmcdonald1761]

@kayp6321 I use both and haven't had any problems. Parchment Paper is easier as you can just throw it away rather than clean.

[@albertosalcido4882]

Is reheating food in that better and easier than cooking in it. ?

[@scoobeedo991]

You had me at "it will burn you" it's ridiculous that they don't insulate it.

[@sheilaegeland]

What do you mean?

[@scoobeedo991]

@sheilaegeland the outside of the unit gets very hot and will burn you. Realize this sits on a counter and if your counter is small, don't accidentally bump into it with your arm or touch it to move it.

[@2.7petabytes]

The manual states NOT to put aluminum foil on any of the racks, saying it can damage the machine... Not that it matters because I put foil on my tray on mine

[@CapnCody1622]

How do you turn off the obnoxiously loud beeping buttons?

[@MrGizmo211]

@@CapnCody1622 haven’t figured that out yet.

[@kayp6321]

@@CapnCody1622 I feel quite dumb asking but how do you turn off the power at all? Start stop is not the power switch I’ve noticed. Other than unplugging, I just don’t have a clue how to power it off.

[@brendacrum2388]

I have a gourmia air fryer oven but not the double door. I love it I wore the first one out this is my second one. I cook every it it

[@jimsavage7081]

I really love mine it’s pretty cool 😎

[@derricktroxell1680]

Negative on the aluminum foil. Why go with a non Teflon fryer and then add aluminum to your food?

[@sethmorgan0305]

What's wrong with aluminum?

[@valeriewilliams6576]

Just use EASY OFF OVEN SPRAY (low fumes)! I use it on the doors and everything!!! Easy Peezy. The very bottom you can cover with heavy duty aluminum foil.

[@murahkami]

Easy off is really toxic though.

[@kayp6321]

Safer to use an atomizer for oil - commonplace to find at stores now.

[@jackalee7]

@@murahkami Yeah, and aluminum foil isn't good either 🤥

[@populistparty2010]

How about a non-toxic alternative? Any citrus-based solvent will be safe and effective. Look at Real Milk Paint company's citrus solvent, for example. Much, much kinder on you and environmentally.

[@DaleRussell2]

Picked up one of these on sale last year. Haven’t even opened the box yet. 🤷

[@Matty__Matt]

$50 at Walmart just bought myself one!!

[@NoNORADon911]

$50 right now at Walmart

[@joomomma9463]

Yep got one today..

[@alamoguy7215]

Literally just walked in the house from getting one at Walmart as well

[@PneumaNoose]

That’s a different model (and sold out). This one is $89 retail price.

[@NoNORADon911]

@@PneumaNoose Yeah its slightly different. Great deal either way. Cooked fries, pizza, wings, toast so far, works great. Way better that my toaster oven.

[@evan7329]

Wrong one sir. It’s 149.00. I just bought it for 34.00 at Kohl’s tho. 🎉

[@sharonmcdonald1761]

I've been using this one for about 5 months now and its not very good. It burns the food in the back, unless you rotate your food. I make alot of frozen cookies that came out crunchy on the outside and soft in the middle with my old air fryer, but NOT in this one. The ones in the back burn. They just don't come out right at all. My machine has a huge gap in the door! More than what I've seen in others vids. The handles do get hot. And even tho it comes with a recipe book, I really didn't like many of them. It's hard to know if you should cook on air fry or convection oven. Like for example, casseroles. I always have to guess and I never know which pan to use or what shelf, so I find myself constantly having to search for those answers, that I have come to find out gourmia doesn't answer. Don't use foil, use parchment paper. The pans are very hard to clean, unless you don't have a problem with massive scrubbing. Anything left on the pan will continue to burn and smoke if you don't get it all off before your next use. There's NO light, so if I want to check my food without opening the doors and pulling it out I have to shine a flashlight in to see. Also the 8x8 pan casseroles I've made took way longer than in a reg oven with a 9X13 pan.

[@kayp6321]

Is there ANYTHING good about this model?

[@sharonmcdonald1761]

@kayp6321 well I'm still using it for 7 months now as I don't have a choice. My salmon always comes out really good. I just use the air fry on seafood and put the timer between 15 to 20 mins depending on how big my piece is. Also I quit doing the pre-made frozen cookies since they never came out right and make mine from scratch and turn my pan hslfway thru and those come out really good.

[@thevictorianedge5465]

My son brought this gourmia thing here to replace my toaster oven. I don’t know where the instruction manual is. Why does it only go to 236 degrees?? What kind of heat temperature setting is 236??? I burned my crescent rolls.

[@Butchsiek]

Google the model number, manual..

[@shraddha7414]

Can we make pakoda in it

[@alamoguy7215]

It will burn you like the corn machine from "arrested development"😂

[@Nunya-biz-ness]

Do the doors get hot? I keep hearing heat escapes and the doors get hot. If so, what a horrible design…have the heat escape the back or sides…

[@user-qo7qc5em5t]

I just bought this and it's pretty noisy, is that normal?

[@MrGizmo211]

Yea - they are a little noisy

[@revoakes8984]

I'm retiring mine. It randomly turns itself on between actual uses. It MUST be unplugged between uses, for safety. I don't always remember to, so I don't trust it for my own safety.

[@populistparty2010]

I had an appliance that did that...crAAZZy dangerous! I got in the habit of keeping it unplugged when not in use....a major hassle.

[@brendacrum2388]

You push the start button to turn it off or you can let it stop by itself when the timer goes off. Read the directions

[@dobygillis3105]

How do you turn it off ? It won't turn off. So we returned it. It takes to long to heat up for toast. Dose not tell you how to turn it off.

[@ShanTazzEdney]

Does it have an oven light that you can turn on and off at will and if so, where is it 😂🤷🏽‍♀️

[@joomomma9463]

All toasters ovens get hot on the outside

[@natashamatlock2502]

Just got mine and I’m super excited

[@criscoolswavy1239]

How do you turn it off lol ?

[@ryakinbarton8151]

I figured it out, you actually just leave it alone for a few minutes.then it turns off

[@criscoolswavy1239]

@ thanks I was going to return it !

[@smurf1329SLC]

Barely touched it on the side twice and burned me bad. Now I have a scar on my arm and finger... Be careful for sure! The top and sides get extremely hot. Don't let kids around it

[@redcurrant2023]

That baking tray is the devil’s handiwork.

[@giam9990]

Does your oven get smoky while in use? Mine set off my smoke detector

[@MrGizmo211]

Sometimes it does

[@pamcumb1977]

If you have no oven then maybe but if you do then save money for a chef!