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A Dreo Flash<\/span> sale from August 1 to 3 is a deal that made me do an actual double-take: half off the Dreo Chefmaker combi air fryer. The Chefmaker is one of the most interesting pieces of cooking tech I reviewed last year: the only air fryer I\u2019d ever cook a steak in. Or a roast. Or a pork chop.<\/p>\n That\u2019s because it doesn\u2019t work like other air fryers. It\u2019s got a built-in probe and steam cooking\u2014so it can bring any meat up slowly to the desired temperature, then reverse \u201csear\u201d (probably just brown) your meat with a heat blast in the final step. It works like a charm, honestly.<\/p>\n And yet, it\u2019s still also a basket-style fryer that\u2019ll crisp wings, Tater tots, or french fries. It\u2019s also a combi cooker, which means it aerates the oven with steam to lock in moisture on large cuts of meat. And it\u2019s also an app-controlled probe cooker, which you can set to slowly bring meat up to temp before finishing with a blast of heat.<\/p>\n Anyway, it\u2019s half-price right now for three days only, from August 1 to 3 on Dreo\u2019s website. This is the lowest price I\u2019ve ever seen for this device, and the lowest price I expect to see.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Photograph: Matthew Korfhage<\/p>\n Dreo<\/p>\n The Chefmaker\u2019s low price almost certainly presages the long-promised launch of Dreo\u2019s second-generation Chefmaker\u2014which will be a lower-cost device with a way less-cool screen. This three-day sale is your chance to get the premium device at a lower cost.<\/p>\n The big upgrade on the soon-to-be-released device is access to AI recipes. But Dreo has hinted that AI-guided recipes will be available as a firmware update for the Chefmaker 1 also. So there\u2019s little risk. Just note that while the probe-assisted cook is very well regulated on the temperature front, the thermostat on the \u201cclassic\u201d nonprobe air fry or toaster oven cooks can swing off target by 20 degrees or so. This is true of lots of ovens, and it\u2019s true here.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Dreo<\/p>\n The other terrific flash deal on Dreo\u2019s three-day sale is perhaps even better for the dog days of summer: 30 percent off a misting fan that won\u2019t get you wet. My colleague Kat Merck, who tests a lot of fans, was dubious of Dreo\u2019s misting fan when it arrived. Frankly, a lot of misting fans just make a wet mess.<\/p>\nChefmaker Combi Fryer<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
Also: 30 Percent Off on Dreo\u2019s Misting Fan<\/h2>\n
TurboCool Misting Fan 765S<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n