Factor Delivery Meals Review (2025): Tender Salmon, Room to Grow

What I'm doing isn't technically cheating. But it does feel a lot like winning. Factor (previously Factor 75) is the microwavable meal kit from meal delivery service HelloFresh (8/10 WIRED Recommends)—or at least, it is ever since the meal-kit giant acquired the Chicago-founded food brand in 2020. But for at least half my meals, I haven't been using the microwave. I'm using an air fryer, specifically the Ninja Crispi (7/10, WIRED Recommends) that allows me to put wet ingredients below the crisper plate, and proteins or potatoes atop the crisper. Photograph: Matthew Korfhage And so now my potatoes are crisp and my pork chop and mushrooms took on some genuine browning, while the excess cream sauce heated beneath the crisper. As premade, reheatable meals go, this truffle mushroom pork chop plate from Factor is about as good as it gets. The pork is still a little juicy, not overdone even on the second heating. The cream sauce is cream sauce. The herb-crusted potatoes possess the air fry ... Read full article.