“I also have the 'non-premium' XXL. I bought it on Black Friday 2020, and use it pretty much every day. The XXL is much easier to clean than the smaller Philips 'Viva' model I had previously.”
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“I also have the 'non-premium' XXL. I bought it on Black Friday 2020, and use it pretty much every day. The XXL is much easier to clean than the smaller Philips 'Viva' model I had previously.”
“i have this exact one and mine is and has been doing this as well. I'm not dead yet and haven't felt ill or noticed and change in food taste so it can't be that bad”
“i bought it, but returned it shortly there after as the basket wasnt big enough for whole chickens over 4 lbs/large roasts, etc.. It worked fine though”
“I’ve been using mine for about a year and I don’t have that issue yet, but my basket stays sticky even after soaking and cleaning it.. It doesn’t feel clean but I can’t do more than what I’m already doing.”
“Bought this model a couple of weeks ago and am absolutely in love. Bought a couple of accessory set and it's basically going to replace my main oven, which is a straight up piece of shit in comparison.”
“It drives me insane that this airfryer is so damn difficult to clean up after each usage”
“We got the premium xxl last year for our cottage and liked it so much that we decided to get another one for the city. One of the things we particularly liked was the fact that all cooking bits were metal.”
“I love my XXL Airfryer. But please, Philips, why not fix this terrible design failure?? There is no way to properly clean behind (above) the heat element.”
“if I set it to 400 degrees it takes 10-15 minutes to reach 370ish and never goes higher.”
“It had all the glorious crunch of a rotisserie BBQ chicken, with succulent, tender meat coming away from the bone, without so much as a hint of dryness.”
“Everything is good, except for having to clean all 4 parts after every session, even for a smallest thing...”
“Yep same here, stays sticky even after multiple times cleaning”
“I have the philips xxl. It's fantastic. We got it initially for the size and the fact that everything goes in the dishwasher. Use it all the time.”
“ours is just a metal net, food sticks a lot, etc.”
“I just got the same unit and cooked chicken drum sticks in like 18 mins.. I'd say you got a defective unit, return/exchange it.”
“Love the XXL, It's testing as the Air Fryer that's the best in frying food.”
“All wings uniformly crispy, no manual flipping needed.”