Tristar Products

I get a lot of magazines. When I saw Copper Chef on TV, I thought, "Well I’ve seen the magazine," so I started looking closer at it. I had stainless steel cookware. And back then, I decided that I wanted some nonstick stuff, so I ordered some of the Copper Chef stuff. They're great. I like that it's copper. I was a patternmaker working in a steel foundry, making patterns for castings. I knew about different metals, and I know about copper, steel, aluminum, and all of that, and I like copper. I liked the color and everything. I’m a bowler. Before my wife died in 2011, she and I we went to a bowling tournament. I bought one pitcher each of a man and a woman and I liked the copper color. And cooking, the color stuff just suits me. And it was nonstick, so I got some of it and used it.

I kept seeing and hearing about the Power AirFryer. My mother-in-law was telling me about it. I love cooking in a Crock-Pot but sometimes it's just not as fast. I wasn't very fond of my InstaPot. I figured that since the InstaPot wasn't doing it for me, maybe the Emeril would be best. Emeril is a good chef and he's well-known so the product has got to be good. I got the oven and the air fryer. I got them within a couple of months of each and it was during the quarantine. I love the little oven. It's fast. I was kinda confused with the whole heating element thing because I don't really know how all that stuff works. I'm used to just popping it in the oven or putting it in the toaster. But the oven has to heat up first and the first time I used it, I burnt what I put in there.

Copper Chef was advertised on TV and we bought the original ones. They lasted for a few years. I got two of the original to send back and I took them to the post office today to send it back to Copper Chef. But I changed my mind because it would cost $20 to send them back. For that, I might buy another pan somewhere. So I didn’t send it back. I'll hang on to the pans and probably get something else. It's nice that they're guaranteed for life, which I love, but they're too expensive to send back.

I had gotten one of these Copper pans that wasn't supposed to stick and it stuck. Every time I use it, it's stuck. When I first got my set of Copper Chef, I washed them like it said, and then I put and rubbed some olive oil in there. But the first time I used the small pan, my egg stuck and I got real upset. So it was really depressing. Maybe I didn't get enough oil in it or rub it enough. So I washed it with soap and water like I did when I first got them. Then I rubbed them with oil. After that, when I've used it lately, it hasn't stuck. So I redone them, and I noticed that when I put the oil in there and rubbed around the second time, a little bit of black discoloration was on the paper towel that I was using. So I thought maybe I didn't get enough of that stuff off or whatever they maybe pre-coated with. But so far, they've been working okay.

I’ve seen the Power AirFryer oven on TV. Chef Emeril was endorsing it. He’s a top chef so it had to be good. It does everything an oven does but with less energy. To me, buying one was a no-brainer. It works great and is good quality. I like that you cook with no grease and my wife said that it’s really easy to clean. My wife is usually the one who does all the cooking. But from what I gather when I'm in the kitchen with her, it's just so simple. Throw something in there, get a couple of buds, sit down and watch a program. Then even before the program is over, it's done. Or you could watch a half-hour program and your favorite program, and then by the time you're watching your favorite program, dinner is ready.

I purchased a Power Air Fryer oven for my sister and she loves it. She thinks she's a gourmet chef. She's never been a good meat cooker, and she's cooking meat now.

I like my Power AirFryer. However, there are some things that I don't understand about it. I'm getting too old for this fancy stuff. It's a learning experience.

We're well satisfied with the cookware that we got from Tristar. It's kind of chintzy for the money, but it works. We got this chicken the second day, then we put it in there and it came out just as fresh as it can be.

Copper Chef was something I needed. The cookware is of great quality. It cooks evenly and cleans easily. It's durable too and is value for your money.

We like the Power AirFryer Oven but we haven't learned everything and read the book like we're supposed to. It says how it browns stuff, and you're supposed to mist it with oil. We've done that, and stuff won't start to brown. We just gotta get used to it and figure out how to brown stuff. We tried steak, pork chops and some vegetables in it, and they turned out good. It's potatoes and French fries that we can't get off the ground. Other than that, it's fast and we like that. You can put stuff in there, and it doesn't take it long to get done. It's good for pizza. We loved pizza in it. The pizza turned out really good.