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One of the authors, Chris Young, has a great Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisYoungCooks/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisYoungCooks/videos

cwizou 2y ago
Yep, for those who have an air fryer, have a look at his air fries video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw--NLjZBNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw--NLjZBNk He basically invented triple cooked fries at the fat duck (precooked at 70° celsius then fried twice, with airing/freezing steps in between), and it's a pretty close approximation of them done much simpler.
- charlie0 2y ago
  I've never had tripple cooked fries. What do they taste like?
  - statnamara 2y ago
    They taste pretty much the same as any other fries, but the texture is really great. Crispy outside, fluffy inside.
    - cwizou 2y ago
      And it works a lot better with a thick cut (1.2+ cm), the contrast between a super glassy, not oily outside and fluffy, airy inside all throughout is really good. For the same reason I would say, don't bother with thin cut with his air fryer version. Go thick or don't bother.
Shadowmist 2y ago
He also has combustion.inc which is a thermometer for nerds.
- tptacek 2y ago
  Which is a great product, for what it's worth.
  - chongli 2y ago
    Yes. I have one and I love it! Everyone I recommend it to balks at the price however.
    - linsomniac 2y ago
      I get that, I spent a long time obsessing over the $100 ThermaPen One, because the $15 ones I had were "good enough". But, I'll tell you, it's quite a nice luxury for someone who cooks all the time. It just has all the rough edges removed: it's super fast, the display rotates, it does auto on/off, and the support has been superb. In this situation, I had to return it twice over the last year because of what turned out to be a design flaw where the case was cracking (apparently for no good reason, not like I was overheating it). I try to manually do the time@temp safety thing, but admittedly I usually overcook it just to be safe. So, I could see the combustion.inc being a game changer for grilling especially, and I already get rave reviews. I'm going to pick one up, and possibly also one of their grill thermometers.
      - chongli 2y ago
        The CI predictive thermometer actually does one better than the time@temp method for food safety. It integrates the temperature with respect to time (a method it calls SafeCook) and it does so with its estimate of the core temperature (based on which of the 8 sensors shows the slowest responding temp curve). The previous comment about it being a cooking thermometer for nerds is bang on! I dunno how much it really helps improve my cooking but it gives me an incredible feeling of being in control! I love it!
        linsomniac 2y ago
        Mine should be here in a week and a bit, so I'll have to try a brisket or something to put it through the paces.

cwizou 2y ago

Yep, for those who have an air fryer, have a look at his air fries video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw--NLjZBNk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw--NLjZBNk He basically invented triple cooked fries at the fat duck (precooked at 70° celsius then fried twice, with airing/freezing steps in between), and it's a pretty close approximation of them done much simpler.

charlie0 2y ago
I've never had tripple cooked fries. What do they taste like?
- statnamara 2y ago
  They taste pretty much the same as any other fries, but the texture is really great. Crispy outside, fluffy inside.
  - cwizou 2y ago
    And it works a lot better with a thick cut (1.2+ cm), the contrast between a super glassy, not oily outside and fluffy, airy inside all throughout is really good. For the same reason I would say, don't bother with thin cut with his air fryer version. Go thick or don't bother.

Shadowmist 2y ago

He also has combustion.inc which is a thermometer for nerds.

tptacek 2y ago
Which is a great product, for what it's worth.
- chongli 2y ago
  Yes. I have one and I love it! Everyone I recommend it to balks at the price however.
  - linsomniac 2y ago
    I get that, I spent a long time obsessing over the $100 ThermaPen One, because the $15 ones I had were "good enough". But, I'll tell you, it's quite a nice luxury for someone who cooks all the time. It just has all the rough edges removed: it's super fast, the display rotates, it does auto on/off, and the support has been superb. In this situation, I had to return it twice over the last year because of what turned out to be a design flaw where the case was cracking (apparently for no good reason, not like I was overheating it). I try to manually do the time@temp safety thing, but admittedly I usually overcook it just to be safe. So, I could see the combustion.inc being a game changer for grilling especially, and I already get rave reviews. I'm going to pick one up, and possibly also one of their grill thermometers.
    - chongli 2y ago
      The CI predictive thermometer actually does one better than the time@temp method for food safety. It integrates the temperature with respect to time (a method it calls SafeCook) and it does so with its estimate of the core temperature (based on which of the 8 sensors shows the slowest responding temp curve). The previous comment about it being a cooking thermometer for nerds is bang on! I dunno how much it really helps improve my cooking but it gives me an incredible feeling of being in control! I love it!
      - linsomniac 2y ago
        Mine should be here in a week and a bit, so I'll have to try a brisket or something to put it through the paces.