Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First off I would like to start by saying I did tons of research and watched tons of videos on this product before I made this purchase. I was very excited to get it.....then I used it :( . Most of the stuff you are going to watch online is from Europe, Australia, and Asia. It looks like you can fit a lot of food in it. The reason is because their baskets overseas are bigger then the ones released in the US. They get all the good stuff in their box like the food separator an the dish pan. We here in the US DO NOT! What you see is what you get. Just the basket, that is it, nothing else, oh well u do get the cook book but that's about it. In order to get your fries the right consistency you basically end up with somewhat burned food. Now maybe lowering the temp might help but honestly after using my actifry I didn't even want to bother with this piece of junk. ironically the pan to catch the grease is non stick but the basket is not!! I just laugh inside when I think about this, how dumb......your food will stick to the basket. Oh and the simple shake in between cooking?! kind of hard when the food is stuck to the basket. I bet they did a lot of takes to get that perfect shake on their add. Oh!!!! I tried to cook foods with a bit of fat and the darn thing started smoking out the back!!!! my smoke detectors were going off like crazy!!! I'm just not dealing with this thing. I was hoping to use it in conjunction with the actifry but nope i'm sending this thing back. Maybe the newer digital model has worked out the kinks but this model is a no no. I highly suggest you try with the newer model or get an actifry. but the thing that really upsets me is I love this concept...I was going to use this for my dry battered foods as with the actiry it stirs so batter comes off I really wish this product was made like the ones overseas. They look like they are having grand old time with their model and we get stuck with a overpriced piece of crap :(.