Description
What the Kalorik Vivid Touch Is and Who It Suits
The Kalorik Vivid Touch AFKA7QTFT2WSS13 is a 7 quart basket air fryer whose distinguishing feature is its interface. Where most air fryers offer a dial or a handful of preset buttons, this one uses a high resolution touchscreen carrying over 200 cooking presets organized into 12 food categories.
Kalorik states the capacity serves up to six people. The listing records dimensions of 15.68 inches deep by 11.47 inches wide by 13.36 inches high, a weight of 11.22 pounds, 1500 watts at 120 volts and metal construction. The record shows 89 customer ratings averaging 4.4 stars at the time this data was captured and a first availability date of September 19, 2024, so this is a recent product.
The buyer is a household that cooks for four to six and wants the machine to make the timing decisions. Anyone who prefers a simple dial will find the touchscreen adds nothing, and the simpler units in the air fryer category cover that case.
The Preset System
How Granular It Actually Is
Two hundred presets sounds like marketing until you read what Kalorik does with them. The description gives a concrete example: rather than one chicken setting, you select the cut, so wings, breasts, thighs, tenders, drumsticks and half chicken are separate entries, and you then enter the quantity or weight and whether the food is fresh or frozen. The machine sets time and temperature from that.
That is a genuinely different approach from a preset that simply sets 400 degrees for 15 minutes. Cooking time for chicken depends heavily on cut and thickness, and a system that asks for those inputs is doing real work rather than relabeling a timer. Kalorik states the same granularity applies across potatoes, seafood and vegan options, and that custom recipes can be saved.
Cooking Aids
A Shake Reminder prompts you to shake the basket partway through, which is the step most people forget and the single biggest cause of unevenly crisped food in a basket fryer. A Ready Alert signals completion. The view window lets you check progress without opening the basket, which matters because pulling a basket out drops the cavity temperature and extends cooking time.
Language and Units
The interface offers English, Spanish, French and Mandarin, and temperatures in Fahrenheit or Celsius. That is a small thing that matters a great deal in a multilingual household, and it is rare on kitchen appliances at this level.
What a Preset Cannot Know
It is worth setting expectations on any preset system. The machine knows what you told it: the food type, the cut, the weight and whether it came from the freezer. It does not know the starting temperature of the food, how crowded the basket is, how thickly a coating was applied, or whether the basket was shaken when the reminder appeared. Those variables move results more than a few degrees of set temperature does. A preset is a well informed starting point rather than a promise, and the first run of any new food is worth checking early rather than trusting to the timer.
Capacity, Power and Cleaning
Seven quarts is a large basket by air fryer standards and is the size that makes an air fryer usable for a family rather than for a side dish. Kalorik rates it for up to six people, which is optimistic for a main course but reasonable for accompaniments.
The 1500 watt element with adjustable temperature up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit is standard for a basket fryer of this size. Four hundred degrees is the practical ceiling for air frying, above which surfaces burn before interiors cook.
The basket is removable and the crisping tray is dishwasher safe. That distinction is worth noting: Kalorik states the tray is dishwasher safe and describes the basket as removable, without confirming that the basket itself goes in a dishwasher. Check the manual before assuming.
Highlights
- Over 200 presets across 12 food categories, selected by cut, weight and fresh or frozen.
- High resolution touchscreen rather than a dial or button panel.
- 7 quart capacity, large enough for family portions.
- Shake Reminder and Ready Alert prompts during cooking.
- View window for checking progress without opening the basket.
- Adjustable temperature up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Multilingual interface with Fahrenheit or Celsius units.
- Custom recipe saving alongside the presets.
- Dishwasher safe crisping tray.
- Correct 120 volt specification at 1500 watts.
Things To Consider
- 1500 watts is a heavy load. At 120 volts that is 12.5 amps, most of a standard 15 amp circuit. Avoid running it alongside another high draw appliance on the same circuit.
- 15.68 inches deep. That is deeper than many counters allow comfortably behind a backsplash, and air fryers need clearance behind and above for the exhaust.
- The color and material fields disagree with the title. The title says stainless steel, the Color field says black and the Material field says metal. Confirm the finish before ordering.
- The basket’s dishwasher status is unclear. Only the crisping tray is explicitly stated as dishwasher safe.
- A touchscreen is a failure point a dial does not have. It is also harder to operate with greasy hands.
- Only 89 customer ratings. A small sample for a recent product, so long term reliability is unproven.
- The description uses absolute marketing language about possibilities being endless and results being precise. Treat those as positioning rather than as specifications.
- No preheat time, no noise figure and no basket dimensions are published.
- Air frying is convection cooking. It does not fry, and results on battered or wet coated food differ substantially from a deep fryer such as the Kalorik Pro triple basket fryer.
Who Should Buy It and Who Should Skip It
Buy the Vivid Touch if you want the machine to work out times and temperatures for you, and you cook a variety of foods rather than the same three things. The preset granularity is the real feature here, the Shake Reminder addresses the most common user error, and the multilingual interface is a thoughtful inclusion. Seven quarts covers a family.
Skip it if you want simplicity, if counter depth is tight, or if you want a longer track record before buying. The Kalorik FT52328SS covers the same brand more simply, the NutriBullet MBA50100 is an alternative at a similar size, and a combination oven such as the Our Place Wonder Oven trades basket crisping for more cooking modes in the same counter space.
