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I was an air fryer skeptic for a long time, before eventually my toaster oven broke and I replaced it with one that had air-frying built in. Yes, it is just a

I was an air fryer skeptic for a long time, before eventually my toaster oven broke and I replaced it with one that had air-frying built in. Yes, it is just a convection oven - that was my response for years when people waxed poetic about how great air fryers are. The difference is that it's a tiny convection oven that heats very quickly, as opposed to a full convection oven which takes much more time. So no, not a hoax. They work pretty good.

kazinator 3y ago
Article says: - There’s roughly five times faster air movement through an air fryer compared to a convection oven. - Besides the wind, and the crisping tray, it’s really more of an optimized convection oven than a new technology. The article doesn't say that air fryers don't exist or don't work; just that it's not a new cooking technique. It certainly isn't frying.
- olliej 3y ago
  The title of the article is literally that they’re a hoax, yet your own points show they’re not “just a convection oven” and they demonstrably cook things differently from a regular convection oven. Saying it’s “not frying” doesn’t mean anything either: they’re not called dryers, they’re called “air fryers” specifically to indicate that they’re not just frying things like usual.
  - oarsinsync 3y ago
    > they’re not called dryers Which is a shame, because they work wonders on my socks.
    - olliej 3y ago
      :D
  - kazinator 3y ago
    Those are not my points; they're from the article. The article agrees with the idea that air fryers are not exactly convection ovens; they're smaller, faster convection ovens. Except for the "not frying" part. That's not in the article; it is my opinion. Frying refers to cooking in a pan, on top of a layer of oil or fat. Air does not fry. I don't really see the hoax as much as air fryers being misleadingly named. The idea that air fryers bring about a new cooking method, or at least a useful variation in the method of baking, is more plausible than that they bring about the old method known as frying.
bernawil 3y ago
It's just a hair dryer pointed at a tray with food is what I say.
- euroderf 3y ago
  So, then... at last, hair dryers found useful purpose.

kazinator 3y ago

Article says: - There’s roughly five times faster air movement through an air fryer compared to a convection oven. - Besides the wind, and the crisping tray, it’s really more of an optimized convection oven than a new technology. The article doesn't say that air fryers don't exist or don't work; just that it's not a new cooking technique. It certainly isn't frying.

olliej 3y ago
The title of the article is literally that they’re a hoax, yet your own points show they’re not “just a convection oven” and they demonstrably cook things differently from a regular convection oven. Saying it’s “not frying” doesn’t mean anything either: they’re not called dryers, they’re called “air fryers” specifically to indicate that they’re not just frying things like usual.
- oarsinsync 3y ago
  > they’re not called dryers Which is a shame, because they work wonders on my socks.
  - olliej 3y ago
    :D
- kazinator 3y ago
  Those are not my points; they're from the article. The article agrees with the idea that air fryers are not exactly convection ovens; they're smaller, faster convection ovens. Except for the "not frying" part. That's not in the article; it is my opinion. Frying refers to cooking in a pan, on top of a layer of oil or fat. Air does not fry. I don't really see the hoax as much as air fryers being misleadingly named. The idea that air fryers bring about a new cooking method, or at least a useful variation in the method of baking, is more plausible than that they bring about the old method known as frying.

bernawil 3y ago

It's just a hair dryer pointed at a tray with food is what I say.

euroderf 3y ago
So, then... at last, hair dryers found useful purpose.