My new kitchen toy....

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I watched the demo of this unit a month ago but didn't put much thought into to. I 'assumed' you used it to cook frozen french fries. It was on a all day Sunday two weeks ago and this time I paid attention to the demo. Since we don't fry food, I have gotten used to cutting potatoes in chunks, tossing with Olive Oil and baking at high temperature to make them crisp on the outside. While it worked it also meant a 450 degree oven for at least 45 minutes and then the mess of cleaning that glass pan. With the air fryer here are the instructions: Cut potatoes into french fry shapes using mandolin or whatever method you like. Soak the potatoes in cold water for at least 10 minutes or overnight. Thoroughly dry them, pat dry on towel, put the in a bowl and add 2 teaspoons of vegetable or olive oil...put in the basket and follow the cooking instructions for the air fryer. Since the basket is non-stick clean-up should be a breeze. We have the potatoes soaking now and can't wait to see how this turns out. I did make sure to buy the cookbook that is specifically for air fryers (there are several brands on the market) but I got Cook's Essentials because that's what QVC sells. The cookbook is amazing, a photo of every dish and what seems like simple, step-by-step instructions. You can cook everything from appetizers to desserts in the air fryer. This out to keep my busy over the winter! Hum....I've tried every trick in the book to get the photo rotated and it won't work...welcome to Windows 10 and my first complaint! Ops - it took a while but I managed to get the photo going in the right direction LOL Photo is mine.