Episode 7 — One Minute Remaining
Ep 5 established the air fryer as love. Ep 7 establishes the air fryer as hubris. Damo marinated like a pro — thirty minutes, actually planned ahead — then deployed at 200°C because Command Centre sticky note said so, while his brain still ran a 180°C × 30 min simulation.
Panic arc: "Better get em out early cos 200°C & usually 180°C for 30 mins." Sprint to kitchen. Hero energy. Open basket.
Display: 1 MIN.
CHARCOAL GRILLED (Team DC sp[tm])
The chicken wasn't undercooked. It had achieved a higher plane — charcoal grilled without the grill. Kersey's diagnosis: you were optimizing a timer that had already won. CURRENT PRIORITY: PROTEIN NOT HUBRIS.
Deploy receipt — didn't turn out so bad
Marinade arc held. Asian BBQ glaze survived the charcoal tier. Kimchi on the side — fermentation doesn't judge your timer. Plate deploy: GOOD NUFF v1 with extra crunch.
Accurate on C64 pinouts. Wrong on poultry clocks. v2 remaster: 12–16 min boneless, flip halfway, thermometer at 74°C. The marinade arc was canon. The timer was coconut tier. Plate receipt says it didn't turn out so bad — Asian BBQ + kimchi ships.
You hero-rushed to save dinner from a fire that already happened. Schrödinger's chicken: both raw and burnt until you open the basket. Eat the least offended piece. Log as GOOD NUFF v1.