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[hint: they’re the same ones as for your oven]
by rrr_oh_man 2y ago
[hint: they’re the same ones as for your oven]
- silisili 2y agoIt's no secret that air fryers work like a convection oven, but they're not at all the same. Air fryers in my experience are much, much faster to cook, and easier to clean. Perfect for one or two person meals really. For example, I can get fries from frozen to on the verge of burning in 15 minutes with an air fryer. My oven isn't top of the line or anything, but would take at least twice as long, and probably waste a lot more energy in the process. So if nothing else, the temp and timing info here would be key as they likely won't match typical oven recipes.
- fulafel 2y agoThere's more convection as they blow harder.
- wenc 2y agoThe other great thing about an air fryer is that it allows for experimentation on timing. You can easily open the door and check the doneness of the food, and if it's not quite there, add time. With an oven, you lose heat (or heat up the entire apartment) if you keep opening the oven door.
- silisili 2y agoGood point. They actually make see through air fryers now. I bought one as a backup but haven't used it yet, I'm interested to know if it'll just steam up and be useless or not. https://www.walmart.com/ip/GOURMIA-8QT-AIRFRY-B/5456580426 https://www.walmart.com/ip/GOURMIA-8QT-AIRFRY-B/5456580426
- TylerE 2y agoOne key difference is that they continually exhaust some of the air (unlike a conventional oven) so they are much better at lowering moisture content while cooking, which helps produce a crispy texture on things like fries.
- jamiek88 2y agoAaaah! That’s what it is.
- globular-toast 2y agoI kept hearing that "air fryers are just convection ovens" and was very confused, because I know air fryers use a fan. But it turns out Americans call fan ovens, the one type of oven that specifically does not rely on convection, "convection ovens". Another thing on my list of things Americans say that mean specifically the opposite. It makes me wonder, do Americans take into account the fan when following recipes? Common wisdom is to lower the temperature by 10 degrees for a fan (assuming recipes are for a real convection oven). Or are all American recipes written for fans?
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoIt's presumed generally that you don't, which is why I presume airfryers are so popular.
- silisili 2y agoThe vast majority of ovens in the US are not convection. So any recipe is written for a standard oven. But, even convection ovens don't cook the same as an air fryer. Air fryers are like a mini turbo convection ovens. It's like comparing a camp fire to a blow torch.
- ftigis 2y agoThey do rely on convection, just forced convection rather than natural.
- blitzar 2y agoI am the person saying "air fryers are just convection ovens (but faster)" a lot, so I am finding it is a secret that air frying isn't like frying.
- beAbU 2y agoAs always, Angry Dishwasher Man recently came out with a video about airfryers. Go check it out if you remain skeptical. https://youtu.be/6h9JhW-m35o?si=OULBSSIPEvCY8_L2 https://youtu.be/6h9JhW-m35o?si=OULBSSIPEvCY8_L2
- timbit42 2y agoI prefer to call him Angry Christmas Lights Man.
- xandrius 2y agoSame temperature, same product and vastly different result. Technically the same, practically not. I can do some of the most magnificent potatoes in an air frier, all that without a touch of oil.