I bought my son one for Christmas. Their favorite food is chicken, after years of watching the buy the half gallon and gallon containers of cooking in to deep fry chicken and french fries I told them this has to be healthier as at least your food isn't coated in oil. So far so good, they love it versus the old way they use to cook chicken. I'll have to ask them if they have the same problem with the coating and pass along your tip if they do.