Everything kept coming out tasting like fish in mine and we recently discovered it was because there was a single fish stick that somehow got stuck to the roof of the thing where nobody expected anything to be.
this post was submitted on 05 May 2025
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To the roof... How did that happen? ๐
Spider-~~Man~~ Fish
My guess is they were making popcorn and fish sticks for a movie night.
When shaking the air fryer to get all the corn cooked, a single fish stick stuck itself to the top.
KOLANAKI
I clean mine every time, cause the instructions told me to :3
Same. But it's mainly because i'm not gross
way to call me out
I would have cleaned mine before then. Usually clean it every few uses depending on what was made in it. More often for messier things.
Why use those instead of an oven?
It takes a lot less energy and it's faster.
Being energy efficient means not having to add more infrastructure to produce electricity which is the most environmentally friendly thing we can do when it comes to electricity production. Everyone should have an air fryer so they wouldn't have to use their oven for small things!
But then you use it more because it's just a small thing. I barely use my oven.
Technology connections did a good Video on the topic, and a comparison between them and normal ovens.
Personally I use mine (which is a toaster oven / air fryer combo) because it's faster and easier to clean. So if I'm making something that fits in it, that's my choice
Ty!
Faster, more energy efficient and for small stuff easier to use.
Could be placebo but some stuff tastes better than from my oven in convection mode.
Of course, the browning performance is definitely superior and more consistent
As an honest answer, no preheat time. But I have an air fryer-pressure cooker combo, so the air fry is more of a bonus. If you already have a connvection oven, yeah there's absolutely no reason to get an air fryer.
I use my air fryer a lot, despite having a fan oven also.
The fan circulation is more powerful than in a typical oven, so air fryers are really good at is crisping things up, and doing it quickly.
If you ever get take-out and have left over fries, you can put them in the air fryer and they go from fridge-limp to deliciously crisp in just 3 minutes, it resurrects them perfectly. Can't get results like that in the big oven.
I still use my little airfryer a lot, even if i have a good oven. It's big enough for me, it's faster and easier to clean.
Most air fryers still need to preheat for a few minutes for best results.
Also some ovens now have an air fryer setting.
I have owned several air fryers. This is not true of any of them.
I've also owned a few different brands and it is true for most of them. They even say in the instructions to preheat for 1-5 minutes depending on the brand.
Thank you for your anecdotal evidence. It's also not hard to just Google and see that you are wrong. Trying doing that next time before you look like a fucking dumbass.
No need to be rude, there pal.
Well your statement was factually incorrect despite the level of confidence.
You're right, my anecdotal evidence was inferior to yours, as you had a Google link attached that so thoroughly trounced me. Also my statement was factually correct, all the air fryers I have owned have not needed a pre heat. Stop reading between the lines and finding things that aren't there. Be kinder to others, you'll live longer.
Tell me what brand of air fryers you've had and I guarantee they recommend a few minutes of pre-heating.
I'm not interested in getting into an argument on the internet, particularly not with someone who called me a "fucking dumbass". You can't convince people with name-calling, and you in particular can't convince me of anything.
So you Googled the brand you own and it recommended a few minutes of preheating for best results and decided best to not post it. Got it.
And yes, fucking dumbass stands. You made a generalized statement that since all the ones you own don't say to preheat, proof not withstanding, that none of them do, in an attempt at a direct rebuttal to my statement that most do.
The instructions may recommend preheating, but with the two air fryers that I've had in my life, for both of them I found myself taking off last minute or two because it tends to overcook. Doesn't matter if it's anecdotal, directions are words on paper and they can't understand the reality of the rules they set.
The people who write directions aren't thinking of use, they're thinking of legal consequences. Any company that makes an air fryer would rather have you burn your food than eat it undercooked.
Not really. 9 times out of 10 a recipe will give a minute range. Like 9-10 or 17-19 minutes. Very rarely will a recipe say do exactly x minutes.
Preheating isn't mandatory, hell it's not even mandatory on an oven, it just provides best results and consistent results. If you put something in there that requires 15-18 minutes. You either can put it in cold and do around 17 or 18 minutes, or you can preheat for a minute or two and do 15 minutes.
The fact people are arguing that preheating doesn't do anything is the stupidest fucking argument I've ever heard. It's simple physics. An air fryer is not instantly at cooking temperatures.
It is an oven with the convection setting turned on by default. So it's like having an oven but for a regular person instead of the design made for 1960s suburban moms cooking for 10, like the "regular" oven
It's a great alternative if your rental has a gas oven and you are rightfully concerned about the indoor air pollution caused by the burning of natural gas. We can't change the installed range so we use an air-fryer/ toaster oven on one counter and an electric induction burner on the other. We got a wooded range cover and use it as counter space for food prep.
Fair point! I have an electric oven thankfully. No gas in the building thankfully.
They crisp stuff up better, they're faster, and they're more energy efficient. They're great if you're just feeding one or two people. If you're cooking up a big batch of something though a convection oven is probably better
They are convection ovens.
of course, but you know what I mean
Well I personally would never. That said I don't begrudge anyone who uses them. They're great gadgets for the right person and kitchen. I have a rice cooker for a reason.
Because the instructions on the bitterballen said so
That one fry stuck in the fryer at the end of your fast food job shift.