We tested Viral Kitchen Hacks | Can You Boil an Egg in an Air Fryer?!

[@mrbarrylewis]

More Kitchen Hacks: kzbin.info/aero/PLfItiEY3o1mvfKlFwPe2xYdD4CFKF0EdP Did you find any of these useful?

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Have found plenty of them to be! Thanks Barry

[@unmanaged]

Barry take your tea and add water lemonade and orange juice then your sweetener of your choice...

[@mrshannonite4016]

You know how some people say "I could murder a good cup of tea right now"? This is how our Barry interprets that phrase....

[@melissalambert7615]

Love these, glad you did a new one. How to make tea: Boil kettle, put teabags in, steep 5 mins. Never boil teabags.

[@akantiia]

The tea just pouring out the kettle at the end there and Mrs B's resulting panic, feel a bit mean for laughing hahaha 😂

[@BurntFaceMan]

That's coffee not tea...

[@hmoham]

I think that was Coffee, I wonder if the Coffee lowered the boiling point of the water? I've never seen a kettle do that before, it was a like a possesed kettle.

[@TheFreeBass]

@@BurntFaceMan Pretty sure it's instant coffee to be specific. Old fashioned coffee percolators bassically boil ground coffee but don't foam up like that. Bonus fact: Personal experience has shown me that microwaved instant coffee *may* explode, while brewed coffee won't.

[@GreyDevil]

The kettle one was just a bad idea, the tea is going to be bitter since it will likely overextract and having been steeped in water that was too hot. You also have to deal with your kettle now making boiled water that tastes like tea

[@oplkfdhgk]

Yes and if done wrong enough it could make the stomach hurt alot. I know cus I have made that mistake previously.

[@vikkispence]

That's the most horrendous thing I've ever seen. There are far better substitutes for a teapot than actually boiling the teabags!

[@bruce11121314]

Exactly what was going through my head. I think the main thing that avoided it tasting too bad was using only 2 tea bags for what looks like pushing 2L of water

[@90charmedndangerous]

Yeah and I've seen people do that on tiktok and the kettles boil over and the water/tea comes out which could be very dangerous when close to electricity (best case scenario it just messes up the electricity) you can even see it here that their kettle almost does that,had there been a bit more water it would probably have happened.

[@sunnyletom]

There are specific kettles that are made specifically to steep tea, you could do that with them, but definitely not with a regular kettle like that

[@wordkyle]

The post-credits scene was the best.

[@stewscotia]

for storing bags in the freezer after I open them I just roll the bag up and use one of those metal binder clips, they also work great for bags of chips/crisps etc. For eggs I have an electric steamer, 20 mins in the steamer and the eggs are done, and with the steam they peel super easy.

[@jvallas]

I steam eggs for 11.5 minutes for a just-past-jammy hard-boiled egg. If I'm only doing one, I use a tin cup with a lid. (Mostly because it's fun.) Soft-boiled = 6.5 minutes.

[@EmilyGOODEN0UGH]

If you HAVE to make tea in your electric kettle, boil the water, then add half a cup of cool water, THEN add the teabags. The hack as written would work fine for some more woody herb teas that NEED boiled like chamomile. I would suggest a damp baking soda scrub to clean the pot after.

[@twocvbloke]

My freezer hack is clothes pegs to keep the open ends shut, while leaving enough space in the bag to the packing-down shimmy... :P

[@amandahodgin9316]

I save the tabs off bread bags and do a similar thing.

[@BurntFaceMan]

Just cut a parallel horizontal line along the top of the bag, pour out required contents, and then use the long thin stripe like a shoelace to tie the bag. Its really not that hard. I have no idea why any hack is required...

[@louiselill1528]

I have broken many clothes pegs using them as freezer bag seals

[@twocvbloke]

@@louiselill1528 Use wood ones, plastic ones become brittle in the freezer, cos plastic sucks...

[@EmilyGOODEN0UGH]

I favor a rubber band.

[@HighTen_Melanie]

Barry your hack videos never fail to bring us the best entertainment. Could watch these all day!

[@jeanproctor3663]

Re: the frozen chip bag hack - the only real problem I could see with that is that you might cut a big chunk of the cooking instructions and if you're like me, you won't be able to remember them for next time. However, if you cut along the top of the bag as usual, when you've tipped out the amount of chips (or whatever frozen food you're cooking) you want, you can then just twist the top, like you do a bread bag if you use pre-sliced bread, and tie a little knot in the top, making sure the long bit that you've cut or torn open is the bit that twists round the bag and loops through to hold everything closed. It'll look about the same as the one you did, Barry, but the cooking instructions will stay intact for next time. As for the tea hack, I think that would probably make the tea taste far too strong as the tea bags are in the water for too long. Just stick a bag in each cup and add hot water to the cups? I've got a tea pot but rarely use it, opting for the bags in a cup option. Loved the saucepan lid idea and I thought the marshmallow rose was adorable too - you could toast those if you cut off the long ends of the strings so they don't catch fire.

[@matty85ninja]

I can never decide which I get more excited to watch between the kitchen hacks and the gadgets series but please please please never stop doing either 😁

[@helenramsdell1959]

You, two, are so sweet and encouraging with each other!

[@paulapplegate9585]

my love of fusilli is spiralling out of control

[@hayley4978]

I was only thinking to myself today that I hadn’t seen one of these videos from you in a while and a few hours later you popped up in my feed! Another great hacks video, I love watching them. Thanks for sharing. ❤

[@prizegotti]

You don't need to cut the bag like that, just roll the bag down, the rolled section will be enough to tie it closed.

[@mrbarrylewis]

THAT...... THAT..... is a very sensible thing to do, even with the holes I rip out of the corners some times lol that'll still do. Maybe it's good for peas though (give peas a chance?!) if they have the not so that if you dropped them it wouldn't spill out with the tie in it

[@IsabelleOmundsen]

I cut the top off under the seal, and use the cut bit as a tie around the bag, no butchered bags, but resealed enough for my freezer.

[@tamijoiskewl]

Rubber band

[@jennwhitehead1353]

When it comes to bags in the freezer, we cut straight across one end to open the bag, then use that as the "string" to tie it shut. Single knot, easy to open back up for more.

[@johnward6516]

:) draining hack I only learnt last year, if you have a straight-sided sink, then just pour straight up against the side, the side stops the food coming out

[@jackybraun2705]

I've taken to opening begs of frozen food from the bottom. I used to get annoyed that I couldn't read what was in the bag because I'd cut along the top and scrunched the top of the bag to tie it up, thus obliterating the name on the bag, which is usually at the top.

[@dewizarya563]

Fun video! I like the lid one, thats super useful. Also wanted to express my appreciation for always having subtitles at the ready ❤ thank you!

[@The_Farwall]

I'm not a tea fan but even so, the way to make tea for several people is the same as how to make tea for one person. Put teabag in mug, pour on water. You still have to pour the kettle boiled one into mugs for people to drink afterwards, so what's the benefit?

[@ASBO_LUTELY]

British people that don't like tea and don't put milk in their tea, am I in a parallel universe???

[@ThunderSqueak]

For the frozen bag, I just use those large metal binder clips from the stationary store. You get a lot of them for cheap, they are metal and don't break when they get cold, and are re-usable.

[@chrispi314]

Even as a French person, I feel offended of this method for brewing tea.

[@darlouthia5153]

I love the banter between you two ❤

[@jacquespoulemer3577]

After learning about the British way of preparing tea with a teapot, I learned the Chinese way (according to John Cage) which was a variation on your electric kettle method. Except Iearned to prepare it in ANY pot on the stove (which would have saved cleaning the kettle). you take a sauce pan put tea and water into it and heat them together gently, slowly, Also DON'T let it boil (draws out tannins and makes it bitter). Drain and enjoy. No Teapot needed. Since you guys don't like tea you'll never know that it tastes fine although bit different. Marshmellow roses, think about icing roses, are thicker at the base and thinner at the top. Also whatever you use to cut them with dip in powdered sugar or corstarch. All the best Jim Oaxaca Mexico

[@CartB0X]

You should try the marshmallow rose and while tied together poor some white chocolate around the bottom to and let it set to hold it in place then untie it 😊

[@tb0ne2u]

I've been doing the eggs in the air fryer for quite awhile now. Works great, and I think they peel easier too.

[@xIDarkSideIx]

Ayyy Mrs B is back love these gadget and hack videos, hopefully you got her a new step for christmas 😂

[@mrbarrylewis]

haha I should put tinsel on it

[@xIDarkSideIx]

@@mrbarrylewis 😂😂

[@toniw3871]

My favorite way to do hard boiled eggs is the 5-5-5 method in the instapot!! Works perfect and peels easily everytime!

[@martinputt6421]

The air fryer hard boiled eggs hack is brilliant. I came across a video late last month about it and tried it, the eggs come out perfectly.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Always enjoy seeing you & Mrs. B

[@annalevermore7857]

I love your viral kitchen hacks and gadget testing. Thanks for sharing and making me smile 😀

[@Hoppa_Joel]

coffee hack for a watter kettle, is use a small collander, a paper towel in the collander, set the collander in a funnel, coffee in the paper towel, and slow pour your boiled water on the paper towel :) Thats what I was doing during pandemic after my coffee maker went out. Though, now I kinda prefer it, to brewed coffee, so I have a reusable filter, in a small one cup coffee device, which works on same princible, a nice fresh cup every time :) without the paper waste.

[@jvallas]

That's basically a pour-over coffee, which a ton of people prefer.

[@tamijoiskewl]

Can you not put water into the air fryer with the eggs? Idk much about them but it's be much like streaming eggs, they cmee out good

[@crunchyfrog555]

I tend to use the freezer tyoung the bag up trick for smaller bags, as you do get the issue of it condensing to a big clump that can't be put back so easily. Smaller bags of frozen veg like beans or peas are ideal for this, By tying them up you end up with a tighter smaller package that can easily be wiggled into some space in the freezer.

[@Tala_Masca]

I just love how Mrs B also doesn't like tea! Good hacks this time, Barry! I'm proud of you! Haha

[@MrGrimsmith]

For the eggs you could try standing them on some small ring cutters as I suspect the burnt patch was from contact with the bottom of the drawer.

[@digitalsparky]

"This is how I like my toast, okay" ... Barry proceeds to write 'quicky?' on a piece of toast... LOL

[@TamarLitvot]

Watching you boil the teabags was terrifying. Maybe you don't like tea because the way you make it means it's undrinkable.

[@swimfectionist97]

I hope you guys had a good V-Day! I've spent a whole day off binge watching your hack videos. Keep them coming, please! 😊

[@lainiegrantman2935]

Here is the USA we used to have a coffee "tea bag". It was the same thing as a tea bag but with coffee in it, i believe Folgers did it. I loved it for when we would go camping. I had my morning coffee and all i had to do was boil some water. Now my kids are young adults and still live with me but they all drink coffee, we make pots now not just cups lol. Anyway the tea bag in the kettle would be a great idea.

[@jvallas]

I steered away from those, thinking they just wouldn't get the flavor of water coming in direct contact with grounds (I usually do French press). Was it actually pretty good?

[@lainiegrantman2935]

@@jvallas they were good enough to wake me up but not the best coffee I've had. Works in a pinch.

[@YaaLFH]

Okay I have a better hack for the freezer bag: cut an opening from a corner, at 45° angle - just the length of the scissors will be enough, but if you're feeling artsy and crafty you can make it a teardrop shape with the tip in the corner. Now you have an open corner to pour out contents of the bag, and when you tie the two edges together, it doesn't take up half of the bag, just the corner, so you still have extra space in the bag to shimmy the contents flat.

[@johnboyhowell]

I’ve had a clear kettle ever since I found a water bug in my old one. I only ever filled through the spout so had no idea how long it had been in there.

[@angelsinthewindow]

My electric kettle actually as its own brew basket just to make tea inside it so this isn't far off. It works pretty well if you want a whole pot of tea and as long as you wash it out quickly after, it isn't that hard to do.

[@BiddyBiccy]

I've boiled eggs in my kettle before when I didn't have a pan for the stove, it works well! And it didn't make my cups of tea taste like eggs afterwards either.

[@annayoung3098]

The toothpick in the pot really works, no more lost peas down the sink. Just proves we’re never too old to learn new hacks - thanks Barry and Mrs B! 😅

[@mattdavies3212]

Can hard boil eggs in your kettle.

[@jvallas]

Tea can be made in a plain old pan if need be. (Pour water over tea bags as you would in a teapot.) I imagine the narrower it is at the top, the better.

[@shadowtheimpure]

I like to use hack 1 to make a little well to hold things like chicken salad or ham salad for a sandwich. Put wells on both slices, mound it up generously, and you're still able to close the sandwich.

[@DylRicho]

Mental note: Tea in a kettle works; coffee does not. 😂😂

[@serioushex3893]

that first one is such a "Well...yeah.." hack, but at the same time...that is pretty cute, thats the kind of thing little kids would love.

[@Drkmirror]

I have done the air fryer eggs worked just fine same as baking them when you need to do a lot of eggs

[@samhenwood5746]

I loved the toast hack & thanks Barry n Mrs B 🤗🍞👍

[@jdhiv4]

Tea shouldn't be boiled UNLESS you WANT bitter flavors and tannins.

[@laurag2325]

gtk i’ve been wanting to get into tea but seems like there’s so much idk

[@ozfroggirl9221]

@@laurag2325 Tea is super easy. Tea usually has instructions on the box/packet for the correct brewing temperature and time. Just pour over hot water and wait.

[@jules3048]

I’m not sure that’s accurate?? Maybe depends on the tea or what ur gonna put in it? All I know is a middle easterner told me to boil tea and add milk and tea masala for the best tea…. U were meant to boil the water down by half, add some milk, boil down a bit more then serve.

[@AlmightyAphrodite]

My kettle has a tea holder in the middle, ive always been boiling it with the water since I have it 😅😅 sometimes I was wondering if anything was off about the taste 🫣💀 won't be boiling it no more as it also has a 70, 80 or 90c setting, I'll be using those instead. Thanks for the info! 👍👍

[@johnboi8346]

Was going to say the same thing till I see your comment!

[@beccaholley2893]

Yeahhhh get some tea lovers to test the kettle one.

[@ShaneGilbert-cx4th]

I tryed to do the chip hake ,I just cut a slit along the top about harf WAY. Then YOU can tip the chip's OUT and still tiny the chip bag .😄😄👍👍👍

[@markfergerson2145]

4.2.1 is perfect when you want to make Deviled Eggs.

[@jvallas]

Oh, that's *very* clever.

[@doninis1354]

You can use the back of cockie cutter as well to get imprints on your toast.

[@blankblank2179]

great videos. and your wife is a doll. keep up the good work.

[@jvallas]

Clothespins also close bags pretty efficiently.

[@notold37]

And that's why you only boil water in your kettle, like a sodastream, if it is not just water it will overflow, and we prefer coffee, cheers from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 👍

[@l.n.4929]

Freezer bags: I just started to cut them fully open with scissors, after usage fold them over twice and use Landes clamps for holding them close.

[@Piggelin1]

The teabags is having a great time😂😂😂😂

[@mikeharris9795]

I got a kettle just like that so I could boil and brew tea in it. We make 2 liters of tea (to make ice tea because we live in Texas) about twice a week.

[@sjagoeffy]

If you don’t have a teapot. Just use a pot. Works well too.

[@mistersmith158]

Becky is my favorite character on this show. Please write her into more episodes.

[@Annikadk]

Im on the "please dont preheat your airfryer" - I never do it myself, and have heard that the preheat on some machines are created cause some buyers want it... and "boiling" egg - has never been a success for me either in none of my machines... its not boiled.. it must be hard baken egg :D Thanx for this channel - love it - also that with the gadgets you also say maybe ppl with disseases maybe need them instead of just think they are silly.

[@earthstar2493]

Nicely done. I would have loved to see you roast or torch/carmelize the marshmallow rose 😆

[@trovey02]

And next time you want to use the kettle for hot water for a cup of soup.....and you have soup with tea taste.😂

[@salemswhich6668]

I know you can get little like wire racks to go into your airfryer so you could stick that in there and stick your eggs on top so you don't get that discolouration on the eggs

[@sarahnash7174]

"why did you say dogs and point at me?" Crying 😂

[@KneverA]

“It’s a bit like…SQUEAKY..” I love Mrs.B

[@Ls-jy5sd]

4:48 7mins 170 soft boiled egg 🥚 absolutely amazing

[@karencollins1892]

When you airfry boiled eggs leave your tray in or use silicon cake cases to stop them rolling around.If you are going for hard boiled then turn them over half way through,it saves the egg going too rubbery on one side.

[@jvallas]

I don't understand why air fryer is advantageous even if it works 🥴

[@karencollins1892]

@@jvallas I don`t have access to a cooker or hob so airfryer or microwave is my only option and trust me when i say you cannot hardboil an egg in the microwave without one hell of a mess. 🤣

[@pennyschannel1813]

A great way to make ice tea, but I would have waited for the water to get hot and add the teabags.

[@karissirak]

Barry, if you put ice in that tea, it wo7ld only become ice tea. Some of us Americans don't drink hot tea, enjoy a glass of ice tea or you could add sugar to get sweet tea thanks for great ideas!

[@annecraftone7702]

easier to cut straight across bag and use that piece to tie bag works every time

[@Sereomontis]

Good video as ever Barry. Makes me miss the Gadgets videos though. Haven't seen one of those in ages.

[@anumeon]

When i run out of coffee at home. i always use my coffeemaker (you know, those normal ones with the filterholder overtop of a hotplate and a kettle) and put four teabags inside the kettle, fill up the watertank and let her brew. It works surprisingly well.. And afterwards you easily reset by just cleaning the kettle with dishsoap as usual.. 4 bags equals the ten cup mark on my machine. (One of those Braun models)

[@banditosans217]

Just so y'know Barry, The playlist you linked in the description goes to your BAKING Hacks! Great hacks nonetheless, but just wanted to let you know Mate! Love your videos so much!

[@imjustsaying7300]

Love the pasta pour one, clever

[@rpwildtravels]

Freezer Bag Hack, Easier to save the 100's of Cable ties you get when you anything with cables. Then use them to twist onto the open end. Saves you trying for hours trying to open 'Dad's' tight knot.

[@joannajones8519]

Cute. Pizza thingy red for Valentine's day

[@princessmariposa828]

It's better to just cut a thin piece off the top of the bag of frozen food and use it to tie the bag shut,no freezer burn that way

[@Lookinglost]

The freezer hack, we just fold the open end down and put them in zipper freezer bags, and since the freezer bag isn't in contact with food, you can reuse them.

[@Tez_Thorn1405]

I've never heard of an egg be described "squeeky" before 😂

[@TactlessC]

Honestly when i open fry bags I just tug and twist the opening like a bread bag you've lost the twist tie to.

[@Scudge0]

0:12, all i can think of is "Dear god, there's more...No..." XD

[@shadowwolfie9207]

Yes, I love watching ur kitchen hacks vid, its awesome

[@mrbarrylewis]

Cheers for the support

[@Welshwarrior85]

I laughed uncontrollably at the "And dogs" comment 😂😂😂

[@GmodPlusWoW]

*Barry:* "This is bread." *Soldier:* "Dear GOD..." *Barry:* "There's more." *Soldier:* "No..." Whatever you do, Barry, don't ask Soldier to teleport your bread. He'll do it for three days straight, and you'll end up with all kinds of trouble on your hands.

[@lananieves4595]

They sell toast stamps, you know.

[@eggstraw]

i feel like the tea in kettle hack works better with instant noodles like ramen instead, same idea different outcome but works better for the purposes since as a lot of people are pointing out some tea leaves aren’t suited for boiling

[@jessicaneal8553]

I use bread bag clips on my frozen veggies etc.

[@magiera92]

We do the freezer hack. Works better with a chest freezer 👌🏻

[@TonyaBrownlee]

In the south of the US in the southern part is how we brew tea

[@Whyiseveryonecrazy]

I love these 2. ❤❤❤

[@furbysmith3240]

Used a different freezer drawer the second time trying to put the bag in, of course it didn't fit.

[@bonniem2454]

I use clothespins to close my bags! Great in freezer!

[@mrbarrylewis]

Like pegs for a washing line!?

[@lynnejamieson2063]

@@mrbarrylewisloads of people use clothes pegs, like you use on the washing line. They serve the exact same purpose is those freezer bag clips that you can get and most households have them already.

[@JustKiddingPro]

Yeah, I usually use binder clips. They give a really nice and secure hold, and you can fold the legs down towards the bag so they won't stick out and take up more space in the freezer.

[@bonniem2454]

@@mrbarrylewis yes!