I have a t-fal infrared and it infuriates me, so I am also looking for suggestions to replace it if someone can shed some light on my ocd issues with this thing.
The new t-fal cooks great, same as my old one honestly. but I had a Kyvol (cheap one from Amazon to see if I would use it before spending money on a good one) and absolutely loved it.
Unfortunately it died after 5 years and TONS of use, figured I would try this one and I regret it, the main things I dislike:
the nonstick coating is wayy harder to get clean than my old no name brand.
Its also odd shaped so the silicon liners don't fit properly.
The touch buttons work about 50% of the time,
When I tip it to dump food out the basket doesn't sit tight so it falls out and makes a mess.
I might be picky but it's hard to add even simple issues after 5 years of not having them
I lot of it will be preference and budget. I’d take 1 large basket over a dual basket one. I like ones with a toast function(mainly to melt cheese without blowing it away). I have a T-Fal Infrared, was $50 CAD on sale at Costco. Have had it for a year, no complaints.
I have a T-Fal single basket and it's great. Can cook so many different things, potatoes and other vegetables, fish, shrimp, meats, reheating pizza and toasting bagels.
I bought one from Costco that somehow just didn't work. Everything came out soggy. I have no idea how they accomplished this. I went back to my trusty T-Fal.
The worst thing about the Costco beast was that it haunted. It would wake up and start making noises like someone was mashing the keypad. It woke me up half a dozen times (it was probably a defective keypad. I rarely use the Costco return policy, but this time I did.
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