You should know that the person writing this Midea air fryer review is not exactly an “air fryer person.” It’s not because I’m too fancy for them —I love crispy fries and chicken tenders as much as the next person—I just think they are often more complicated than they should be. Air fryers are appliances … Read more
Bear with the analogy here, because it really is true: When I was assigned to research and find the best drink dispenser, I quickly learned that search is a lot like trying to reenter the dating world in your 40’s (which I am also doing). Sure, you can set specific search filters, which produce hundreds … Read more
I was perfectly content washing dishes with a regular old sponge—and occasionally a bristled brush for the burnt-on bits on my pans. Then I found the Sonic Power Electric Scrubber. Sonic Power Electric Scrubber I watched videos of people wielding this handheld battery-powered electric scrubber on dusty cars, mucked-up shower grout, sinks, and blackened pots … Read more
Though the Nalgene Grip-N-Gulp has a sippy-style top, it doesn’t look or feel too babyish for bigger kids. My eight-year-old still sometimes uses this bottle at home and at school (sans gasket), and it’s small and smooth enough to slide easily into the side pocket of a backpack or diaper bag. So far, it has … Read more
How we tested The first thing we tried cooking when searching for the best sauté pans were bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs. We seared them skin side down over medium-high heat, which showed us how quickly the pans conducted heat, and how evenly it was dispersed across the cooking surface. Once browned, we flipped the thighs … Read more
Portable induction burners allow you to cook just about anywhere or add an extra burner to your kitchen in a pinch, but the best two-burner induction cooktop might just inspire you to abandon your full-size stovetop for good. I tested five popular models to find the most powerful, most programmable, most precise dual-burner induction cooktop … Read more
To test the towels, I started by throwing all 11 in the washer and dryer to see how they fared through a clean. I took equal-sized square swaths of each towel and individually dumped them in a bowl of water for 30 seconds—weighing each swath before and after each soak to get a sense for … Read more
How we tested the toasters When it comes to the perfect piece of toast, sliced white sandwich bread is the ultimate blank slate—so we started by grabbing a few bags of Wonder Bread to gauge how each machine could handle the basics. We toasted pieces of bread at each setting on the low to high … Read more
If you’re doing any kind of large-scale roasting or grilling of meat, you’ve probably paid a hefty price for your protein, so the last thing you want to do is to rely on guesswork or a nebulous range of cook times in a recipe (that don’t factor in your oven’s quirks, your grill’s cold spots, … Read more
Welcome to Clean Enough, a new kind of cleaning column for busy home cooks who have better things to do than scrub and sanitize around the clock. Every month, neurodivergent writer and mom Emily Farris reviews products that can help you stay on top of the dirtiest spots in the kitchen and beyond. When I … Read more