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Eephus
Footballguy
Cooking time isn't critical If it's a shoulder or some other fatty cut. You want to cook it to a high internal temperature to break down the fat and connective tissue so it's fall apart tender.
If you're cooking a lean piece of pork, you're better off with roasting or braising where you can control the heat and take it out as soon as it reaches 145 degrees internal.
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
This thread's a walk down memory lane. It feels like almost two full fads ago now that everyone's almost over air fryers.
Hastur
Footballguy
Interesting thought. I wonder what the next cooking fad will be?
urbanhack
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
There’s some commercial where they send you an oven or something and prepackaged food and you just scan a barcode it and it cooks it accordingly
Probably awful
Cowboysfan8
Footballguy
I use my air fryer all the time. The instapot pretty regularly in the fall and winter
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
I have an instapot air-fryer combo that I never use
MTskibum
Footballguy
This site skipped the sous vide fad. Which, I cook my steaks using a faux sous vide device.
I heat up water really hot, plug the bottom of my sink, and about 30 minutes before i grill steak i throw them in the hot water in vacuum sealed bags. I will rotate the water once or twice since it cools down a bit.
This lets me start cooking the steaks with an internal temperature of over 100 degrees and gives me 90% of the value with none of the cost, very little effort, and most importantly no equipment to store.
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Wingnut
Footballguy
Eephus
Footballguy
Instant Pots are more of a time saver than a labor saver. I don't use mine as often since I've retired and can start braising in the late afternoon.
The biggest problem for me is the pressure cooker can be unforgiving when it comes to cooking vegetables in a stew. It's more useful for making sauces or something that will end up being blended. And beans of course.
I definitely use my air fryer a lot more.
The biggest problem for me is the pressure cooker can be unforgiving when it comes to cooking vegetables in a stew. It's more useful for making sauces or something that will end up being blended. And beans of course.
I definitely use my air fryer a lot more.
Ron Swanson
Footballguy
I give sous vide a pass from my fad device ire. Partially because I use it regularly, and partially because it is a common technique used in well respected restaurants. Air fryers and InstaPots are not. Unless we finally want to agree that InstaPots are just rice cookers.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Need to see if I even still have my insta pot
It generally takes long enough that if I want to slow cook / braise something I’d rather just do it in the crockpot or Dutch oven and take a little longer
It generally takes long enough that if I want to slow cook / braise something I’d rather just do it in the crockpot or Dutch oven and take a little longer
Hastur
Footballguy
1 hour vs. 8 hours
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Yeah I get it but I don’t want to rush home form work and hope I can cook beef stew in an hour before getting the kids off to practice1 hour vs. 8 hours
I’d rather just have it on a Sunday and and wait the 8 hours and have something that tastes 10 times better
Basically it’s pushing the time limits of what I want for a weeknight dinner
