70 points

the air frier is such a marketing genius, they used an established technology, the convection oven, packed it small and brand it as healthy, now everyone has it

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I got one not because it’s healthy but because it’s literally a small oven for when I don’t want to heat the whole big oven

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Im seriously considering getting rid of my oven and replacing it with an air fryer and portable induction hotplates.

Only problem is that a frozen pizza wont fit in an air fryer and thats like the only thing I actually use the over for!

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6 points

Stupid question but why do you like need to get rid of your oven specifically? Can’t you just not use it? It’s already basically built into the counter space for most residences.

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4 points

There’s plenty of larger tabletop convection ovens that will fit most frozen pizzas. Unless you’re making a world record size pizza, you should be fine.

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2 points

If you don’t do Thanksgiving then this is honestly viable. Literally the only reason my big ass of an exists at this point is for a turkey because even though I got one of the probably largest countertop air fryers I could find where I can fit whole roasted chickens and do baking and other stuff it won’t fit a whole ass turkey and I don’t think I would want one that could that would be just a little bit too much counter space

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Like a toaster over?

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12 points

Yeah but it has a fan.

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9 points

No, not like a toaster. Over.

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2 points

I use my air fryer basically for fries and thats it. I have a convection oven that’s like 1/3/ 2/3 though that is fuckin KILLER for this reason. It saves on energy only heating the top, The top bit preheats in a couple minutes max, and it fits basically everything except maybe a cake or something. Since my breakup ive had to pull out the divider one time.

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2 points

Toaster ovens were also a thing.

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1 point

which is why I have a toaster oven. Way easier in the summer.

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42 points

It’s more like adding a leaf blower to it, but yeah it’s just a glorified convection oven.

Lots of modern ovens come with the feature, but you can’t just air fry in any old convection oven.

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41 points

Plus it doesn’t take 15 minutes to preheat

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14 points

You also don’t have to waste energy heating up a whole oven

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7 points

I had one that took a few minutes to preheat, and others that you just toss the stuff in.

But yeah, it’s a marginal time with that one I would just start it and than go grab what I want to cook and it’ll be ready by then usually.

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3 points

Especially on 230V circuits this is a big plus. It’s hot in a minute when my oven takes 12 minutes.

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I like them cause they cook faster and crisp better than convection ovens. A leaf blower, like the other person said.

Air fryer, automatic pressure cooker, and electric smoker: three appliances that every home cook should own to step up their meal game. Your food will taste so much better.

(I mean you haven’t lived until you’ve had ribs that were smoked for 2 hours, stuck in the instant pot for 20 minutes, and then finished off in the broiler or on the grill. No other method tops this technique. Or birria that was pressure cooked instead of the traditional stove method. And now I want ribs and tacos birrias.)

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Ew, corpse eating. When will people realise that these disgusting religious practices aren’t okay to talk about in public? Nobody likes your corpse eating cult.

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2 points

I’ll bite (pun semi- intended) how is it religious?

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-2 points

Kill yourself and donate your body to culinary science.

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2 points

It’s an improvement on established technology. The “healthy” angle is that it has a drip tray. For some reason that has more marketing potential than: cooks quicker, with less energy, and a smaller device.

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36 points

Do you ever clean your air fryer?

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58 points

Did Beethoven clean his piano after every sonata?

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11 points

God, I hope so. Imagine all of Beethoven’s finger gunk sticking to those keys.

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18 points

I knew a keyboard player a while back that didn’t like cleaning his keys, they got slick from finger oil with use and he didn’t like the little bit of extra friction they had when they were clean.

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12 points

It’s ok, the heat will clean it. Any leftover scraps just add flavor to the next thing that gets cooked /s

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14 points

Me when I’m in the sun for 30 seconds

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I love my oven, has convection functions, a lot of things. Couldn’t afford it now, glad I bought it when I could!

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