I was a bit skeptical about this machine with a price tag like this unit. I was wrong.This unit is whisper quiet and performs as advertised. I couldn’t believe how well it worked. I already owned Typhur wireless thermometers. They sync with this machine and work tremendously well. I used my sous vide on two New York Strip Steaks and used the thermometers to set my finishing temp. Absolutely perfect! My wife asked me to use the Typhur instead of the grill. It was amazing (I still enjoy grilling, but I have no fear of this method anymore).So, great machine. Performs better than other units I have used. Huge cooking surface, great performance, and easy to clean. I’ll check back in a year and update. Right now, this is a really great machine for the cooking I do.

Constant problems with the probes not being charged even after the base is fully charged. For what these things cost, they should be perfect. The first time I bought these, I had a problem right out of the gate. Even after fully charging the base I got a message saying that the probes were not charged. I returned those and got a new unit that has the same problem. I read the troubleshooting tips and none of them applied. Each time I got a new box of these things it had the same problem with the probes not being charged. I even left the base plugged into the wall and it still told me that the probed did not have enough of a charge. Unfortunately it is now out of warranty upon my using it for the first time. I only use them for brisket once or twice a year. Aesthetically it looks great. I was able to use them as one of the four probes usually works. Between the smoke time and the rest time a brisket is about a 24 hour commitment. I need a probe that is more reliable than these. Such a shame. I really wanted them to work, which was why I did not mind paying the huge cost. They also do not work well once I put the brisket inside of the cooler to rest. That is understandably a taller order, but still for what they charge it should be everything I need.

I’m not really seeing the value of being able to control the air fryer with an app. At first, I thought the AI part of the app would tell me not only the recipe but also how to use the air fryer appropriately. It does tell you to stick it in the air fryer and what the temp and time should be, but it doesn’t have any clue about presets to use or how to use the air fryer to fry foods. For example, I asked AI in the app about how I should cook a half a pizza along with some leftovers. Ideally, it would tell me when to put which in the air fryer and how long it should be in there and at what time so that all the food gets done at the same time. Instead, it told me to set the air fryer for the pizza at 400 for 10 minutes and then to watch it. Well, this was completely wrong because there is a pre-setting for pizza that uses the bottom element and using the air fryer with the temperature uses the top element. In this case, the AI in the app was completely misleading and I see that it doesn’t really add much value other than recipes. It really needs to add more value with tighter integration with the features of the air fryer.

It’s a pretty good app and machine, but what I don’t like is that for one you have to go to the physical device to press start. It does not make sense to allow a person to set up all the cooking settings. But you can’t start the device from your phone. There should be two ways to start the device.You should be able to start the device from your phone or from the physical device itself. I am a person who is blind. I picked this because of it’s supposed Accessibility features. And the challenge I’m having is that, I will set up my cooking settings, such as time and temperature. As well as what mode I want the air fryer to cook at. And when I go over to press start based on how I have marked the device for me to know where the start button is, something happens when I slide my finger to find the start button it changes all of my cooking settings. That’s why I’m saying you should be able to start the device from your phone. It makes me not like this air fryer that much and I want to take it back.