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What are you cooking in that? I see they are popular, but I don't really eat a lot of fried food.

Jedd 4y ago
Not the person you asked, however I picked up a multi-function oven earlier this year - a benchtop model from Sunbeam, runs off a standard power point (AU - I think we have slightly more power available at the plug?). Anyway, it's great for crisping things in a way that frying (deep or shallow) might otherwise do, but with very little oil required. Examples - lightly cornflour'd chicken or pork to give a little crunch in sweet & sour pork / chicken. Butcher-prepared chicken kievs that would otherwise need a lot of oil and be a mess to cook. (Sweet) potato wedges, usually heavily herbed. These can be done with a a very light coating of oil, typically sprayed rather than tossed. The carbohydrate aspect of these foods is a bigger concern to me than the oil, but nonetheless.
stephen_g 4y ago
It doesn’t actually truly fry things, it’s just a tiny fan forced oven really that cooks things faster than heating up my real oven. I do salmon fillets in it now instead of in the pan, or roasting up some chicken breast, even steak if you’re in a real hurry.
skrause 4y ago
From experience with my family members the common steps with an air fryer are usually these: 1. Buy an air fryer. 2. Try it a few times. 3. Tell everyone in the familiy, at the work place and on social media how awesome an air fryer is. 4. Never use it again.
- DangitBobby 4y ago
  It will be a cold day in hell when chicken nuggets, fries, burgers, and all manner of fried foods go out of fashion in this house.
- bombcar 4y ago
  This is the litany of most kitchen devices. The only ones for me that have survived the test of time are the pressure cooker and the toaster oven.
- anjel 4y ago
  GoodWill seems never to run out of abandoned auto bread bakers for sale. No similar 2nd hand air fryer glut in evidence (yet)
  - the_third_wave 4y ago
    Bread machines suck at making bread but the are very useful when making bread when you use them as dough machines. Program the thing for making dough (I made a dough program on mine which lacked such, others may have one already), dump in the ingredients and start the thing. It will knead and do the first leavening after which you can form it (or put it in tins) for the second leavening and bake. I bake about twice a week, the machine makes enough dough for 2 large breads/40 rolls. Where these machines fail is at the baking stage, they simply don't get hot enough for a good result. They may work fine for spongy white bread with a thin soft crust but that is not what I want. I bake for ~30 minutes at 250°C when using bread tins, a bit shorter when making floor bread (without using a tin, traditionally baked directly on the oven floor).
  - Jill_the_Pill 4y ago
    Oh you know what is at every single garage sale and flea market? George Foreman grills. Those must have been a real bust! I finally found a second-hand air fryer, but they do seem scarce so far.
tejohnso 4y ago
Air fryer owner here. Mostly used for not so healthy things like individual sized pizzas, french fries, burger patties, hot dogs. Works very well for quick, small meals.
- PebblesRox 4y ago
  It's also nice for reheating leftovers since they get nice and crispy.
- abecedarius 4y ago
  On behalf of burger patties, they're perfectly healthy.

Jedd 4y ago

Not the person you asked, however I picked up a multi-function oven earlier this year - a benchtop model from Sunbeam, runs off a standard power point (AU - I think we have slightly more power available at the plug?). Anyway, it's great for crisping things in a way that frying (deep or shallow) might otherwise do, but with very little oil required. Examples - lightly cornflour'd chicken or pork to give a little crunch in sweet & sour pork / chicken. Butcher-prepared chicken kievs that would otherwise need a lot of oil and be a mess to cook. (Sweet) potato wedges, usually heavily herbed. These can be done with a a very light coating of oil, typically sprayed rather than tossed. The carbohydrate aspect of these foods is a bigger concern to me than the oil, but nonetheless.

stephen_g 4y ago

It doesn’t actually truly fry things, it’s just a tiny fan forced oven really that cooks things faster than heating up my real oven. I do salmon fillets in it now instead of in the pan, or roasting up some chicken breast, even steak if you’re in a real hurry.

skrause 4y ago

From experience with my family members the common steps with an air fryer are usually these: 1. Buy an air fryer. 2. Try it a few times. 3. Tell everyone in the familiy, at the work place and on social media how awesome an air fryer is. 4. Never use it again.

DangitBobby 4y ago
It will be a cold day in hell when chicken nuggets, fries, burgers, and all manner of fried foods go out of fashion in this house.
bombcar 4y ago
This is the litany of most kitchen devices. The only ones for me that have survived the test of time are the pressure cooker and the toaster oven.
anjel 4y ago
GoodWill seems never to run out of abandoned auto bread bakers for sale. No similar 2nd hand air fryer glut in evidence (yet)
- the_third_wave 4y ago
  Bread machines suck at making bread but the are very useful when making bread when you use them as dough machines. Program the thing for making dough (I made a dough program on mine which lacked such, others may have one already), dump in the ingredients and start the thing. It will knead and do the first leavening after which you can form it (or put it in tins) for the second leavening and bake. I bake about twice a week, the machine makes enough dough for 2 large breads/40 rolls. Where these machines fail is at the baking stage, they simply don't get hot enough for a good result. They may work fine for spongy white bread with a thin soft crust but that is not what I want. I bake for ~30 minutes at 250°C when using bread tins, a bit shorter when making floor bread (without using a tin, traditionally baked directly on the oven floor).
- Jill_the_Pill 4y ago
  Oh you know what is at every single garage sale and flea market? George Foreman grills. Those must have been a real bust! I finally found a second-hand air fryer, but they do seem scarce so far.

tejohnso 4y ago

Air fryer owner here. Mostly used for not so healthy things like individual sized pizzas, french fries, burger patties, hot dogs. Works very well for quick, small meals.

PebblesRox 4y ago
It's also nice for reheating leftovers since they get nice and crispy.
abecedarius 4y ago
On behalf of burger patties, they're perfectly healthy.