> I'm still in the camp that air fryers are stupid. A convection oven does literally the same thing. Air fryers are convection ovens, just with higher capacity

> I'm still in the camp that air fryers are stupid. A convection oven does literally the same thing. Air fryers are convection ovens, just with higher capacity fans relative to their own size compared to typical convection ovens (large convection ovens are sometimes coming with "air fryer" modes that replicate this, now.) OTOH, aside from the utiltiy of having an additional smaller oven—which is not negligible, for many people’s cooking patterns—plenty of existing ranges include conventional rather than convection ovens, and adding an air fryer is a lot cheaper than replacing the range. > Also, portable air fryers make such small servings that they're useless for people with families. I have a family, and a countertop (I assume that’s what you mean by “portable”) air fryer/toaster oven, and I don't find that to be the case. We get a lot of use out of it.