The Instant™ Vortex™ Plus Dual Air Fryer is a versatile kitchen appliance designed to help you cook delicious meals with less oil and less hassle. This air fryer utilizes rapid air circulation to crisp or cook food, providing the rich, crispy flavor of deep frying with minimal oil. It features two independent cooking baskets, allowing you to cook different foods simultaneously with varying settings or to synchronize cooking for a coordinated finish.
Function Description
The Instant™ Vortex™ Plus Dual Air Fryer offers six Smart Programmes: Air Fry, Roast, Bake, Reheat, Grill, and Dehydrate.
- Air Fry: This program is ideal for preparing crispy foods like chips, cauliflower bites, wings, and nuggets. It uses hot air to cook food to a golden crisp.
- Roast: Perfect for roasting meats such as beef, lamb, pork, and poultry, as well as vegetables and scalloped potatoes. The roasting function ensures a tender inside and a beautifully browned exterior.
- Bake: Transform your air fryer into a "mini oven" for baking breads, cakes, pastries, and buns. You can place a metal or glass baking dish inside the cooking basket for this function, ensuring about 2.5 cm of space around all sides for even heat circulation.
- Reheat: This program is designed to bring back the crisp and crunch to leftovers like fries, pizza, and stale bread in just a few minutes.
- Grill: Utilizing direct top-down heating, the grill function is excellent for melting cheese on dishes like French onion soup or nachos.
- Dehydrate: This function uses low heat over an extended period to safely dry out food items, making it suitable for preparing dried fruit, jerky, and dried vegetables.
The air fryer's control panel is designed for ease of use and readability, featuring a Left + Right Basket Status Display that shows cooking temperature, cooking time, messages, and error codes. It also includes dedicated buttons for each Smart Programme, Temperature Control, Time Control, Light, SyncFinish, SyncCook, Start, and Cancel.
Usage Features
The Instant™ Vortex™ Plus Dual Air Fryer is designed for intuitive operation. Before first use, a test run is recommended to ensure all functions are working correctly.
- Preheating: For most Smart Programmes (Air Fry, Roast, Bake, Grill), the appliance preheats to the target temperature before you add food. The display will show "Preheating" and then "Add Food" when ready. The Reheat program does not require preheating.
- Cooking Process: To start cooking, insert the cooking basket with the cooking tray, select your desired basket (1 or 2), choose a Smart Programme, adjust time and temperature using the Control Dial, and press Start. Once "Add Food" appears, remove the basket, place your food inside, and reinsert the basket to begin the cooking countdown.
- Turning Food: During the cooking cycle for Air Fry, Roast, and Dehydrate, the display may show "Turn Food" as a reminder to flip or rotate your food for even cooking. If you don't remove the basket, cooking will automatically resume after 10 seconds. This prompt does not appear for Bake, Grill, or Reheat programs.
- Adjusting Settings During Cooking: You can change the cooking time or temperature even after a Smart Programme has started. Simply select the basket, press the Time or Temp button, adjust with the Control Dial, and press Start to confirm.
- Cancelling Cooking: Cooking can be cancelled at any time by selecting the basket and pressing Cancel. If no basket is selected, both baskets will be cancelled.
- Sound Control: Notification sounds can be toggled ON or OFF by pressing and holding Time and Temp for 5 seconds. Error alerts, however, cannot be turned off.
- Temperature Scale: The cooking temperature can be displayed in either Fahrenheit (°F) or Celsius (°C) by pressing and holding Temp for 5 seconds.
- Resetting Smart Programmes: Individual Smart Programmes can be reset to their factory default settings by selecting the program and holding its button for 3 seconds. All Smart Programmes can be reset by holding the Control Dial for 3 seconds when the cooker is in Ready mode.
- Cooking in Both Baskets:
- Cook in both baskets (different settings): Set up your first program in one basket, including time and temperature. Then, select the other basket and set up its program with different settings. Press Start to begin.
- SyncCook (matching settings): After setting up your first program in either basket, press SyncCook before pressing Start. This will match the program and settings for both baskets. You can still adjust time and temperature for both baskets simultaneously. If you change settings for only one basket, SyncCook will turn OFF.
- SyncFinish (different settings, simultaneous finish): Set up your first program in one basket, then set up the second program in the other basket. Press SyncFinish. The air fryer will calculate and adjust the cooking start times for each basket so they finish at the same time. If one basket is removed during SyncFinish, the other basket will pause to maintain synchronization.
Maintenance Features
Proper cleaning and maintenance are essential for the longevity and performance of your Instant™ Vortex™ Plus Dual Air Fryer. Always allow all parts to cool to room temperature before cleaning and ensure all surfaces are dry before use or storage.
- Safety First: Always unplug the appliance before cleaning to prevent electric shock. Never immerse the power cord, plug, or the appliance itself in water or any other liquid.
- Cooking Trays: The cooking trays are dishwasher safe and feature a non-stick coating. Avoid using metal utensils when cleaning to protect the coating.
- Removable Air Fryer Baskets: The air fryer baskets are also dishwasher safe.
- Cooking Chamber: The interior of the cooking chamber should be cleaned with a damp cloth and mild dish soap. Regularly check the heating coil and chamber walls for oil splatter and food debris, and clean as needed. Ensure the heating coil is completely dry before operating the air fryer again. For stubborn baked-on grease and food residue, a mixture of baking soda and vinegar can be sprayed onto the affected area, allowed to sit for several minutes, and then wiped clean with a damp cloth.
- Power Cord: Clean the power cord with a soft, damp cloth or sponge and wipe it dry.
While some discoloration may occur after machine washing of certain parts, this will not affect the cooker's safety or performance. For comprehensive details on maintenance and other aspects, the full User Manual is available online.
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