Taking George Foreman's Deep-Frying Machine for a Spin
The food blog Umami Mart takes George Foreman's Lean Mean Fat-Spinning Deep-Frying Machine for a test drive and comes away with a perplexingly mixed review. After cooking three different fried foods—mandoo, french fries, and mozzarella sticks—the author says two of the three were "too dry" and "too baked" tasting and describes the thing as ugly and "overly complicated, huge and heavy." Still, she recommends the thing. Wha?
The Foreman fryer's supposed advantage over others is that it uses centrifugal force to spin out or "knock out" the fat after frying. It claims to remove up to 55 percent of the fat absorbed during frying. Which just means that people will buy it and feel justified in eating 55 percent more fried food. $99, from Amazon
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6 Comments:
Do I smell a serious eats review coming to a blog near me soon as the final authority on the matter?
Luby26 at 11:24AM on 02/02/09
Hmmm... sounds like this is Foreman's "difficult second album".
The foreman grill? Genius, I mean - everybody could find a reason to have one. But this thing... I don't know if there are a lof of people that not only wish they could fry more food in their own home, but also wish that they could have their fried food be more healthy...
JudgeFudge at 11:32AM on 02/02/09
Unitasker. Bad. I have a stainless steel stock pot, a thermometer and a spider. All multitaskers, and all things every halfway well equipped kitchen already has. "claims to remove up to 55 percent of the fat absorbed during frying" is complete BS. Save that $99 for something else.
simon at 12:00PM on 02/02/09
If I didn't want grease I wouldn't be frying the food to begin with.
redfish at 12:25PM on 02/02/09
You know, it would be awesome if the SE team reviewed this kind of gadget on a regular basis - just to help those of us at risk of believing late-night food infomercials.
piccola at 1:24PM on 02/02/09
ok I confess- I bought this!! I am waiting for it to come in the mail and am super excited to see how it does as I love french fries but hate all the excess oil. i normally use a deep cast iron pot but i have been wanting to try this for months!
love2cook at 1:06PM on 02/04/09