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I've been reading about air fryers for about a year now, but never seriously considered one because I never thought fried food could taste as good unless it's dipped in a big old tub of hot oil, i was wrong. When I had a chance to order this Ninja Max Air Fryer I decided to go for it and give it a try. The day it arrived I went through the manual and the cookbook (one of those manuals with about 20 recipes, not an actual cookbook), and after finding some room on our countertop, decided to give it a quick try with something we had in the freezer. We were both hungry for a snack, so decided on some tater tots as the initial experiment. I read that some adjustments may have to be made on time and temp, so set it on max crisp and 10 minutes. You can slide the bucket out at any time to check on things, and it stops the clock and all until you slide it back in, where it picks up right where you left off. After several minutes and several in/outs of the bucket, they were done. I'm a pretty decent cook, and have cooked tater tots in the oven and in the fryer (hot oil), and I'll be perfectly honest, they never tasted as good as when i cooked them in this air fryer. They were spot on crunchy, and still moist potato inside. I was pretty amazed, but not sold on one trial. Next day, decided to cook some frozen fries and Tyson Southern Style battered chicken. Again, not being sure of time and temps just yet, I continually checked them until done (cooked them separately). Once again, they were just as good, if not better then when cooked in the oven or hot oil fryer. Not only were they cooked much faster than any ways I've cooked them previously, but the only mess from cooking both was just having to wipe out the bucket. No hot oil to deal with after cooling, no pots, baking pans, or utensils to have to clean, just the bucket. Now I'm starting to rethink the whole air fryer thing. We've cooked several other frozen foods in this (fried okra, different fries, onion rings, etc.) and have used the bake cycle as well for some chicken. Every single thing we cooked in it has tasted great, and saved us from the usual cleanup. There are several other settings on here as well that we have not tried yet. I'm getting around to the air roast, air broil, and dehydrate for jerky, and can't wait to see how they work, but can't review them yet. I've since checked out online other recipes for air fryers, and there is a million+ to try. Also, Ninja has a lot of recipes on their website, but the site isn't actually updated for this specific model with recipes, although the other air fryer recipes I'm sure will work. This is an amazing machine. I'm old school, and love cooking, and NEVER thought this could cook anything as well as my old tried and true methods, but I'll be the first to admit when I'm wrong. I still have a lot to learn about the many uses of this air fryer, as there seems to be so many ways to use it, and recipes to try. But, just from the times I have used it, I'm amazed at how well it cooks, and extremely pleased with how few items I have to clean up after I'm done. I'm absolutely positive this will get a lot of use in my kitchen as time goes on and I get more familiar with it. I've set my calendar for 60 days from today to update this review and how it's going two months from now. Overall, we found this to be an excellent cooking machine, very easy to clean, does have some accessories that look like they would be handy to have on hand (not included), and a great addition to our kitchen. Well worth the money.