AF 500: The Oven, Grill, and Fryer That Stole the Show
It began, as most culinary revolutions do, with something small.
A basket of fries—placed inside almost as an experiment. You stood there, arms crossed, waiting for mediocrity. What emerged instead were golden, whisper-crisp edges that cracked gently under your fingers. It was the kind of result that makes you question your life choices.
Then came the chicken wings. They glistened—shiny, blistered, lacquered in a way usually reserved for restaurants with embossed menus. A pizza followed, bubbling at its borders, the crust tinged in a way that suggested a wood-fired lineage rather than a stainless box perched casually on your countertop.
This was no trial run.
It was a declaration.
The Equator AF 500 does not simply cook. It performs. Compact enough to fit beneath a cupboard yet powerful enough to shame full-size ovens, this 5-in-1 stainless steel virtuoso air fries, bakes, grills, roasts, and dehydrates with a kind of confidence usually reserved for high-end commercial equipment. You don’t “use” it—you witness it.
The Countertop That Became a Kitchen
What strikes you first isn't the size (0.93 cu. ft., to be exact) but the capability.
You open the door and the interior light springs to life like a stage cue, illuminating racks and trays that promise dinners, desserts, midnight snacks, and Saturday experiments you haven’t even imagined yet.
Inside, 360° air circulation hums like a secret engineered by someone who understood you might want to cook a rotisserie chicken on Wednesday, dehydrate mango slices on Thursday, and grill salmon by Friday. Dual heating elements work in tandem with that unassuming high-speed fan to create crispness without oil, tenderness without steam, and browning without compromise.
It isn’t just multifunctional.
It is multipurpose.
The kind of appliance that earns permanent residency on the countertop because it is—simply—too capable to put away.
The LCD touch display glows softly, elegant and intuitive. A touch here, a tap there, and suddenly the world of convection baking, pizza firing, grill-marking, and fruit-drying becomes effortless. Even the body—sleek, stainless, and striking—is built with the intention of sticking around for a long time.
The Moment You Realize Your Big Oven Is Now… Optional
There’s an undeniable shift that happens after using the AF 500.
You start questioning your full-sized oven. Wondering if you truly need all that preheat time, that heat surge, that waiting period. Because one machine—quiet, compact, efficient—has proven it can do nearly everything you ask of it, without asking anything back except a single outlet and a patch of counter space.
Cookies emerge soft-centered.
Vegetables roast until they blister gently.
Herbs crisp into delicate, fragrant confetti.
And your once-beloved oven sits cold, sulking in the background.
This is culinary sleight of hand disguised as a kitchen appliance.
A New Era of Everyday Cooking
When the AF 500 arrived, it didn’t audition—it landed the role.
Perfect for the minimalist, the busy parent, the RV owner, the downsizer, the enthusiastic home cook, or the person who simply appreciates a small machine that can do big things.
It is stainless.
It is compact.
It is versatile.
And it may very well be the last countertop appliance you ever need.
Because once you’ve watched it perform—fries to pizza, salmon to cookies, mango to jerky—you stop thinking of it as a gadget.
You start thinking of it as the kitchen you didn’t know you were missing.