Pyle PKAIRFR22 User manual

Air Fryer
User Manual
PKAIRFR22

General
Basket handle
Oil catch plate
Basket
Handle of door
Power-on light
Heating-up light
Temperature control knob (80-200℃)
Timer (0-30min.)/power-on knob
Air inlet
Air outlet openings
Mains cord
Important
Please read this manual carefully before any using of the appliance as dangers may
occur under incorrect operations.
Danger
-Do not immersing the housing in water or rinsing under the tap due to the multi
electrical and heating components.
-Avoid any liquid enter the appliance to prevent from electric shock or short-circuit.
-Keep all ingredients in the basket to prevent any contact from heating elements.
-Do not cover the air inlet and the air outlet when the appliance is working.
-Fill the oil catch plate with oil may cause a fire hazard.
-Do not touch the inside of the appliance while it is operating.
Warning
-Check if the voltage indicated on the appliance fits the local mains voltage.
-Do not use the appliance if there is any damage on plug, main cord or other parts.
-Do not go to any unauthorized person to replace or fix damaged main cord.
-Keep the appliance and its mains cord out of the reach of children.
-Keep the mains cord away from hot surfaces.
-Do not plug in the appliance to an earthed wall socket. Always make sure that the plug
is inserted into the wall socket properly.
-Do not connect appliance to an external timer switch.
-Do not place the appliance on or near combustible materials such as a tablecloth or
curtain.
-Do not place the appliance against a wall or against other appliance. Leave at least
10cm free space on the back and sides and 10cm free space above the appliance.
-Do not place anything on top of the appliance.

-Do not use the appliance for any other purpose than described in this manual.
-Do not let the appliance operate unattended.
-During hot air frying, hot steam is released through the air outlet openings. Keep your
hands and face at a safe distance from the steam and form the air outlet openings.
Also be careful of hot steam and air when you remove the basket from the appliance.
-Any accessible surfaces may become hot during use.(fig.2)
-Immediately unplug the appliance if you see dark smoke coming out of the appliance.
Wait for the smoke emission to stop before you remove the basket from the appliance.
Caution
-Ensure the appliance in placed on a horizontal, even and stable surface.
-This appliance is designed for household use only. It may not suitable to be safely
used in environments such as staff kitchens, farms, motels, and other non-residential
environments.
-The guarantee is invalid if the appliance is used for professional or semi-professional
Purposes, or it is not used according to instructions.
-Always unplug the appliance while not using.
-The appliance needs approximately 30 minutes to cool down for handle or cleaning
safely.
Automatic switch-off
The appliance has a build in timer, it will automatically shut down the appliance when
count down to zero. You can manually switch off the appliance by turning timer knob
to zero anticlockwise.
Electromagnetic fields (EMF)
The appliance complies with all standards regarding Electro-Magnetic fields (EMF).
Under proper handling, there is no harm for human body based on available scientific
Evidence.
Before first use
1. Remove all packaging materials and stickers or labels.
2. Clean the basket and oil catch plate with hot water, whit some washing liquid and a
non-abrasive sponge. These parts are safe to be cleaned in dishwasher.
3 Wipe inside and outside of the appliance with a cloth.And there is no need to fill the
Oil catch plate whit oil and frying fat as the appliance works on hot air.

Preparing for use
Place the appliance on a stable, horizontal and even surface.
Do not place the appliance on non-heart-resistant surface.
Using the appliance
This appliance is able to prepare a huge range of dishes, you may get help from the
recipe book.
Hot air frying
1 Connect the mains plug into an earthed wall socket.
2 Use the basket handle and pull the basket out of air fryer (fig.3).
3 Place the ingredients in the basket(fig 4).
Note: Do not exceed the MAX indication (see section ‘settings’in this chapter),
as it may effect the quality of the food.
4 Slide the Basket back into theAir fryer and close the door (fig.5).
5 Turn the temperature control knob to the proper temperature. See section ‘Settings’
in this chapter to determine the right temperature (fig.6).
6 Determine the required preparation time for the ingredient (see section ‘Settings’
in this chapter).
7 To switch on the appliance, turn the timer knob to the required preparation time (fig.7).
Add 3 minutes to preparation time if the appliance is cold
Note: If you want, you can also preheat the appliance without any ingredients inside.
In that case, turn the timer knob for more than 3 minutes and wait until the heating-up
light goes out (after about 3 minutes). Then fill the basket and turn the timer knob to the
required preparation time.
a The power-on light and the heating-up light go on.
b The timer starts counting down the set preparation time.
c During the hot air frying process, the heating-up light comes on and goes out from
time to time. This indicates that the heating element is switched on and off to
maintain the set temperature.
8 Some ingredients require to shake halfway during the preparation time (see section
‘Settings’in this chapter). By this way, pull the basket out of the appliance by the
handle and shake it. Then slide the basket back into the magic fryer (fig.8-9).

Tip: If you set the timer half of the preparation time, you have to shake the ingredients
when you hear the timer bell ringing. However, this means that you have to set the
timer again to the remaining preparation time after shaking.
9 When you hear the timer bell, the set preparation time has elapsed. Pull the basket out
of the appliance and place it on the heat-resistant holder(fig 8).
Note: You can also switch off the appliance manually. Do like this, turn the temperature
control knob to 0.
10 Check if the ingredients are ready.
If the ingredients are not ready yet, simply slide the basket back into the appliance and
set the timer to a few extra minutes.
11 Empty the basket into a bowl or onto a plate. (fig.10)
Tip: To remove large or fragile ingredients, lift the ingredients out of the basket by a
pair of tongs.
12 When a batch of ingredients is ready, the magic fryer is instantly ready for preparing
another batch.
Settings
This table below will help you to select the basic settings for the ingredients.
Note: Keep in mind that these settings are indications.As ingredients differ in origin,
size, shape and brand, we cannot guarantee the best setting for your ingredients.
Because the Rapid Air technology reheats the air inside the appliance instantly, pull the
basket briefly out of the appliance during hot air frying barely disturbs the process.
Tips
- Smaller ingredients usually require a slightly shorter preparation time than larger
ingredients.
- A larger amount of ingredients only requires a slightly longer preparation time, a
smaller amount of ingredients only requires a slightly shorter preparation time.
- Shaking smaller ingredients halfway during the preparation time optimizes the end
result and can help prevent unevenly fried ingredients.
- Add some oil to fresh potatoes for a crispy result. Fry your ingredients in the i fryer
within a few minutes after you adding the oil.
-Do not prepare extremely greasy ingredients such as sausages in theAir FRYER.

-Snacks can be prepared in an oven can also be prepared in the Air FRYER.
-The optimal amount for prepare crispy fries is 500 grams.
-Use pre-made dough to prepare filled snacks quickly and easily. Pre-made dough
also requires a shorter preparation time than home-made dough.
-Place a baking tin or oven dish in Air FRYER basket if you want to bake a cake or
quiche or if you want to fry fragile ingredients or filled ingredients.
-You can also use theAir FRYER to reheat ingredients. To reheat ingredients, set
the temperature to 150℃for up to 10 minutes.
Note:Add 3 minutes to the preparation time when you start frying while theAIR FRYER is
still cold.
Min-max Time Temperature Shake Extra information
Amount (min) (℃)
(g)
Potatoes & fries
Thin frozen fries 300-700 9- 16 200 shake
Thick frozen fries 300-700 11-20 200 shake
Home-made fries
(8×8mm) 300-800 16-10 200 shake Add 1/2 tbsp of oil
Home-made potato wedges 300-800 18-22 180 shake Add 1/2 tbsp of oil
Home-made potato cubes 300-750 12-18 180 shake Add 1/2 tbsp of oil
Rosti 250 15-18 180 shake
Potato gratin 500 15-18 200 shake
Meat & Poultry
Steak 100-500 8-12 180
Pork chops 100-500 10-14 180
Hamburger 100-500 7-14 180
Sausage roll 100-500 13-15 200
Drumsticks 100-500 18-22 180
Chicken breast 100-500 10-15 180
Snacks
Spring rolls 100-400 8-10 200 shake Use oven-ready
Frozen chicken nuggets 100-500 6-10 200 shake Use oven-ready
Frozen fish fingers 100-400 6-10 200 Use oven-ready
Frozen bread crumbed
cheese snacks 100-400 8-10 180 Use oven-ready
Stuffed vegetables 100-400 10 160
Baking
Cake 300 20-25 160 Use baking tin
Quiche 400 20-22 180 Use baking tin/oven dish
Muffins 300 15-18 200 Use baking tin
Sweet snacks 400 20 160 Use baking tin/oven dish
100-400 8-10 180 Use oven-ready
100-400 10 160
300 20-25 160 Use baking tin
400 20-22 180 Use baking tin/oven dish
300 15-18 200 Use baking tin
400 20 160 Use baking tin/oven dish

Making home-made fries
To make home-made fries, follow the steps below.
1 Make he potatoes peel and slice.
2 Wash the potato sticks thoroughly and dry them with kitchen paper.
3 Pour 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil in a bowl, put the sticks on top and mix until the sticks
are coated with oil.
4 Remove the sticks from the bowl with your fingers or a kitchen utensil so that excess
oil stays behind in the bowl. Put the sticks in the basket.
Note: Do not tilt the bowl to put all the sticks in the basket in one go to prevent excess
oil from ending up on the bottom of the oil catch plate.
5 Fry the potato sticks according to the instructions in this chapter
Cleaning
Clean the appliance after every use.
Do not clean basket and the inside of the appliance by metal kitchen
utensils or abrasive cleaning materials, as this may damage the non-stick
coating of them.
1 Remove the mains plug from the wall socket and make the appliance cool down.
2 Wipe the outside of the appliance with a moist cloth.
3 Clean the oil catch plate and basket with hot water, some washing-up liquid and a
non-abrasive sponge.
You can remove any remaining dirt by degreasing liquid.
Note: The oil catch plate and basket are dishwasher-proof.
Tip: If dirt is stuck to the basket or the bottom of the oil catch plate, fill the plate with hot water
with
4 Clean the inside of the appliance with hot water and non-abrasive sponge.
5 Clean the heating element with a cleaning brush to remove any food residues.
Storage
1 Unplug the appliance wait for complete cooled down
2 Make sure all parts are clean and dry.
Environment
Do not throw away the appliance with the normal household waste when it is
exhausted, but hand it in at official collection point for recycling. By doing this, you
do contribution to environmental protection (fig.11).

Guarantee and service
If you need service or information or if you have any problems, please visit our website
or contact your distributor.
Troubleshooting
Problem Possible cause Solution
The Air FRYER The appliance is not Put the mains plug in an earthed wall socket
does plugged in
not work
You have not set the Turn the timer knob to the required peroration
Timer time to switch on the appliance
The ingredients fried The amount of Put smaller batches of ingredients in the basket.
with the Air FRYER ingredients in the basket Smaller batches are fried move evenly
are not done is too big.
The set temperature is Turn the temperature control knob to the required
too low. Temperature setting (see section ‘settings’in
chapter ‘Using the appliance’).
The ingredients are Certain types of Ingredients that lie on top of or across each other
fried unevenly in ingredients need to be (e.g. fries) need to be shaken halfway through the
the Air FRYER shaken halfway through preparation time. See section ‘Settings’ in chapter
the preparation time ‘Using the appliance’
Fried snacks are You used a type of Use oven snacks or lightly brush some oil onto the
not crispy when snacks meant to be snacks for a crisper result.
they come out of prepared in a traditional
the Air FRYER deep fryer.
I cannot slide the There are too much
basket into the ingredients in the basket. Do not fill the basket beyond the MAX indication
appliance properly
White smoke You are preparing When you fry greasy ingredients in the i fryer., a
Comes out from the greasy ingredients. large amount of oil will leak into the plate. The oil
Appliance. produces while smoke and the plate may heat up
More than usual. This does not affect the appliance
Or the end result.
The plate still contains White smoke is caused by grease heating up in the
grease residues from plate. Make sure you clean the plate properly after
previous use each use.
Fresh fries are fried You did not use the right Use fresh potatoes and make sure that they stay
Unevenly in the potato type. firm during frying.
Air FRYER
You did not rinse the Rinse the potato sticks properly to remove starch
potato sticks properly from the outside of the sticks.
before you fried them.
Fresh fries are not The crispiness of the
crispy when they fries depends on the Make sure you dry the potato sticks properly before
come out of the amount of oil and water you add the oil.
Air FRYER in the fries.
Cut the potato sticks smaller for a crispier result
Add slightly more oil for a crisper result.