****** - Verified Buyer
4.5
I hope this review helps answer a few questions. I read a majority of the reviews before I tried mine. It does take some practice, but well worth it in the end.1. No the potato chips do not cook in 3 minutes, maybe if you have an industrial microwave, but not in my 1000 watt. For chips that are sliced as thin as my cutter would allow, my microwave takes 4-4.5 minutes. How to tell your chips are done, that depends on how you like them. As they start getting close to done, the edges will start to curl. I cook mine until they are light gold over a majority of the chip. Nice and crispy. They do need to sit a few minutes to reach their maximum crispiness.2. For the person who complained her dishes caught fire. Did you try to season the potato before cooking. I did on one attempt and they started to smoke. So don’t season before cooking.3. Love the suggestion to spray lightly with Pam to get the seasoning to adhere once the chips are cooked. Without the Pam, my seasonings just fell right off. A light coating was perfect and did not have any effect on the flavor.4. Don’t stack the trays like they suggest. It had a major increase on my cooking time. Also, the chips didn’t come out as well. I filled one tray and while they were cooking got the next one ready.5. Don’t fill the trays – leave the middle empty and only place your potato around the outer edges. I found the chips in the middle were not done but the outer rim ones were. It takes a little longer to cook a full batch of chips since you are cooking less at one time. But, I think the better quality chip was worth the extra couple of times I had to fill the tray.6. Use pot holders to handle the trays. For some reason they seem to retain their heat. Since it takes multiple uses to cook an entire potato, by the time I was done I couldn’t hold them without a holder.7.Cook them without anyone around. If I don’t, I don’t get any!! My family loves them, and they are far healthier than the store brand, with no crazy unhealthy preservatives. Plus, I can season them to my liking.I hope this review helps you to create some wonderful chips.
