It doesn’t take half an hour to pre heat, it doesn’t heat up the whole house, and I’m not sending my power bill through the roof every time I want to make a meal for one person lol
Anon buys an air fryer
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MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
gmtom@lemmy.world 8 months ago
My oven heats up in like 3-5 mins
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Lucky you! I’ve never in my life used an oven that took less than 15 minutes to pre heat at the bare minimum
Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Is it gas? Getting an electric oven to 450 usually takes 15 minutes.
cor315@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just tested my air frier and it’s takes about 2 minutes, but obviously, it’s way more energy efficient. Plus easier clean up. I can just throw a bunch of fries and chicken strips in there and it’s good to go. Whereas with an oven I’d probably need to buy a special rack or something so all the oils don’t stick to the bottom of the fries. Plus heating up all that empty space!
jballs@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I thought that was the case with my gas oven, until I had a timer running one day and realized it was actually more like 10 minutes to get to 450.
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
It’s a small convection oven. Most ovens are not convection ovens, they’re fan ovens or gas ovens. The biggest downside to both of them is that what you’re mostly heating up is empty space.
I can practically fill my air fryer with enough food for one person. Clearly more efficient.
Also because of the small size it heats up basically instantly, none of this preheating the oven for 10 minutes before you can cook anything.
Dhs92@programming.dev 8 months ago
They also use air that moves a lot faster than a convection oven, which makes a huge difference.
fidodo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And they’re also rounded instead of a square so the air moves more efficiently, which also makes a huge difference.
someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Most ovens are not convection ovens, they’re fan oven
As far as I understand the nomenclature, fan ovens are convection ovens.
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 8 months ago
following because I also dk the difference here
nadir@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The difference is between normal ovens with top and bottom heating elements and a fan the moves the air around on one hand and a real convection oven that has a heating element in front of the fan.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Your air fryer likely runs on 120v if you are in the US and your oven runs on 240v. This changes the efficiency equation.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 months ago
240v lets you pump more amps through smaller gauge wire, but since it’s an air fryer only needs to maintain a certain temperature, 120v is fine, and will not use any additional power over 240v. The amount of total watt hours used is what determines efficiency.
Where 240v is nice is with electric water kettles, where the higher voltage increases your wattage ceiling, letting you dump the energy into the water faster, and thus boiling it faster. A 120v electric kettle would use the same amount of total watt hours to boil the water, but because it’s heating it with a lower wattage output, it just takes longer.
Technology Connections did a good video on the subject.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
It’s a concentrated convection oven. It’s not magic, but I definitely like mine. Great for side dishes like roasted veggies. Also uses wayyyyy less power and time than a full oven when you’re only baking something small enough to fit in an air fryer
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 8 months ago
I bought mine because it was cheap and didn't really think i use it all too much. I hardly ever used my oven ever since. It's nothing special per se, but it uses less energy and everything goes way faster, because you don't have to heat up a really big box for a piece of bread.
zammy95@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I thought they were dumb for the longest time, but I only have a conventional oven. Some stuff you want a convection oven for. It’s definitely a WAY cheaper alternative than buying a new oven that has both features, that’s for sure. Definitely need to adjust to the difference for temperature and time though, I’ve made that mistake before
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 8 months ago
Also compared to a full size convection oven, the airflow is much faster and more concentrated in an air fryer, giving not just faster cooking times but a crispier skin effect
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Even worse - it is a counter appliance and therefore the path of degeneracy.
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I got a larger air fryer that has now replaced my small convection oven, microwave, and toaster. If anything, it’s reduced my counter appliances.
zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
That’s what we have. We found it when our previous microwave finally shit the bed and we got really lucky with the timing and everything; it was on sale and we had the money. It’s awesome! Especially in a very small apartment with barely any counter or cabinet space.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I’m going to have to try replacing my microwave with my air fryer. We mostly use the microwave for reheating food, so I’m worried the fryer will dry things out too much.
The other thing we use it for is popcorn, but we eat that almost exclusively in another room, so I could totally just move the microwave there (or get a dedicated air popper).
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Mine folds up and is also my toaster oven
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Link? My wife wants a bigger one, and I don’t want to use that much space on such a thing. Costco has this one, but it doesn’t fold up.
Are you maybe talking about the Ninja Foodi?
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 8 months ago
It’s a nice little convection oven. Especially great for one or two people.
SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I can’t fit one person in, let alone two. What’s your secret?
reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 8 months ago
you need the one with shelves rather than the “fryer basket”
Obi@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Good cutting technique.
zip@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Just use your shrink ray first, obviously. That’s what I do.
someguy3@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Oven with a fan. Checkmate.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 months ago
One might call it a convection oven.
If one doesn’t realize you can trick Americans into buying anything that implies frying.
RatBin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Everything is better fried tho.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Keep in mind we were settled by Scot’s and Germans. We like our frying
bfg9k@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Fan-forced oven gang
HelixDab2@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I recently acquired my first ‘air fryer’.
Yes, it’s an oversized, convection toaster oven, with a lot of fancy programs built in that I probably don’t need.
Having had a (gas) convection oven in the past, it’s just not the same. It heats up faster, and seems to do a better job of circulating air. Supposedly I had a pretty nice convection oven, too.
I can make really tasty falafel in my ‘air fryer’ that uses a tiny fraction of the oil that is used for deep frying; I wasn’t able to make decent falafel in my convection oven. Does a great job with frozen fries and tater tots too. I need to try roasting brussels sprouts in it, maybe some asparagus.
So far, it’s an easy 9/10. The only downside is the footprint.
mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 8 months ago
If you do brussel sprouts I’d suggest doing them whole. I e done it a few times and halved them, and once the air fryer gets going you get a nice little storm of loose leaves burning before the rest of the sprouts are cooked.
RatBin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Air friers are good in a modern kitchen, which is where you find them. Ideally, we would like to have a large restaurant kitchen with all the tools and the workstations, but if we can’t we accept compromises, the air fried being one of them. It’s good where it is meant to be, a tool in a regular kitchen
6daemonbag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
I roast my veggies in mine and it’s great. Less time, gas, and overall heat than my gas one. Don’t cook fish in it, though.
gwildors_gill_slits@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I sometimes do a small roast in mine and it works great. Takes maybe 1/2 the time because of not having to wait for it to heat up and it cooks a bit faster overall as well.
hobbes_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It is a bit more complicated than that. The WAY it moves the air is different than in a convection oven, so it “fries” a bit better.
This guy does a great breakdown of how it isn’t “just a convection oven”
yimby@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
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hobbes_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Thanks!
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Thanks for sharing this, interesting recipe too, I will try it. The cross section of the air fryer was cool.
ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
[deleted]hobbes_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
He literally cut one in half and showed how the air flowed and explained why it was different and more akin to deep frying. Maybe watch a video next time before critiquing it.
Tldr, no. To everything you just said.
YeetPics@mander.xyz 8 months ago
When you’re paying to heat 5000% more air than you need to, it doesn’t matter what the device that saves you money is called.
fidodo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You’re also trying to move 5000% more air than you need to in a square instead of a cylinder, so you’re not going to get nearly as much crisp either.
mihnt@lemy.lol 8 months ago
Toaster oven with a fan.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Oversized fan. A lot of toaster ovens already were able to do convection cooking, just need to move more air and provide a basket to call it an air fryer.
As a side note, I highly recommend a good toaster oven to everyone. It heats up so much faster than the normal oven, and when reheating things, it doesn’t ruin the texture like a microwave. And I don’t have to store separate toaster and air fryer.
mihnt@lemy.lol 8 months ago
Toaster ovens are also good for annealing small amounts of metal!
fidodo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And a better shape. Putting a fan in a box is like trying to stir a pot of water in a square pot. The convention toaster oven form factor is dumb.
EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
There are two kinds of reactions to trying out an air fryer:
“Wow, this is so much better than a normal oven” and
“Wow, this is so much worse than a normal fryer”
I am very much of the latter opinion
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Mine is
“Wow, this can prepare so many different things in an easy and lazy way, i dont care if its not as tasty, beats not having food because i was to tired”
areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Deep fat fryers are fairly easy to use though. Also quite quick. They don’t need cleaning with every use (maybe every 5 or 6 uses). What they aren’t good for is having a clean kitchen. Creates steam, oil splatter, and they smell when in use. Can be a complete bitch to clean too, especially depending on the design. Even the easy to clean ones eat soap as the waste and dirt is oil saturated.
AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Eh, to me the thing is trying to do is cook food in a way that’s similar to deep frying, but with a tiny fraction of the oil. I think they do that reasonably well. It’s not for everything, but they really are good for a number of things - way better for reheating leftover fried food than either a microwave or regular oven. I like the way vegetables come out, too.
bitchkat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The only time I used an air fryer was when my appliances got destroyed during height of covid. I ordered new ones right away and had to change my order after 5 months because none of them had arrived or had a possible date. I borrowed an air fryer to get me by. I ate a lot of pizza rolls.
arc@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Air fryers are basically just small convection ovens. If you have an oven then an air fryer does nothing you can’t already do. That said, it does cook some things slightly faster due to the confined space. I’ve found mine will cook a chicken in just over an hour saving maybe 20 or 30 minutes on a regular oven. I guess it also saves energy / money but whether it ever pays for itself is another question.
psycho_driver@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Also heats up considerably faster than a normal oven. It’s so good for reheating most stuff.
Starayo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Generally it will cook a lot of things better than consumer ovens because consumer ovens are fucking garbage.
But yeah, it’s just a small convection oven that heats faster and more evenly. I love mine. I mostly only use the oven for things that require a solid tray or don’t do well with the fan in close proximity (mostly certain frozen foods). And baking.
arc@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’ve had multiple airfryers, not against them per se. There are some things they cook better IMO. Cocktail sausages come out well. Whole chickens too. Anything you can fit the relatively small dimensions and either lays flat on the bottom or can withstand agitation/stirring AND has good heat dispersion / circulation. Small portions work better. Generally they’re easy to clean although steel baskets and plastic fixtures on tend to be very flimsy and they don’t last more than a year or two of regular use. I even had an airfryer which had this stirring mechanism in it which supposedly negated the need to turn stuff over but often it just caused some foods to disintegrate into starchy crumbs.
As for consumer ovens, can’t say I’ve had any major issues ever with them, be they electric or gas. They’re less efficient and slower to warm which is their downside. Once they’re up and cooking I think they work fine and are obviously more versatile.
Pick the best tool for the job at hand basically. I think also, that something like an instant pot (or similar) is a better and more versatile device to buy before an airfryer.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Air fryer is just pure convenience. I could cook the chicken in the oven and probably have it come out okay. But, I could cook it in the air fryer, have nice and crunchy skin and save a pan.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Yeah it is a small oven, but you use it like a microwave.
Throw it in, put on a timer, and in a couple of minutes your thing will be ready.
mp3@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Mine also co6me as an air grill and making hamburgers from frozen patties takes roughly 15 minutes, bonus it doesn’t make a mess on my stovetop.
Bristle1744@lemmy.today 8 months ago
If only there wasn’t a repository of human knowledge that could have cleared everything up before this meme was made:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection_oven#Air_fryer
And BTW, it’s closer to an impingement oven
Furbag@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The drawer-style air fryers are kinda dumb but the ones with the rotating basket on the inside really do cook french fries way better than you could in a regular oven spread out on a sheet pan and without having to heat up a bunch of oil in a pan to get similar texture.
shirro@aussie.zone 8 months ago
It is a small fan forced oven. Good for heating up frozen snacks but usually too small to cope with large families and probably not worth bothering if you have a good oven. Since I have a completely shit oven that cooks unevenly, never the right temp, takes ages to heat and heats the whole house up in summer just to make some chicken nuggets for the kids I think they are awesome. If I actually gave a shit about cooking I probably wouldn’t bother. If was single I would probably still rate the toaster oven as the most versatile benchtop appliance (though the biggest fire risk) followed by sandwich press but if you have to heat up manufactured rendered chicken waste shaped like dinosaurs for kids they are fucking brilliant.
EnderMB@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s an adult easy bake oven.
stevedidwhat_infosec@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Anon is clearly smooth brained and in capable of telling the time or doing basic arithmetic
Big oof
Voyajer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve already seen ovens that now have an ‘air fryer’ mode in place of ‘connection’
olafurp@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s small and powerful convection oven. I’d still prefer a microwave + oven
affiliate@lemmy.world 8 months ago
air fryer seems if your oven was smaller and then you had to wash it after every use. and also sometimes it’s made out of plastic (nonstick material)
dog_@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s an Adult Easy Bake Oven
figaro@lemdro.id 8 months ago
Air fryers have changed the game. My life is different now. I’m a changed man. I fry my food with the air. I will never go back.
lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
Mine is a toaster oven/air fryer combo and it’s amazing. I don’t even touch my normal oven anymore.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’ve found that air fryers often make far better results than conventional ovens. Conventional ovens tend to cook things unevenly, will more easily burn some parts of the food, take more time to cook and dry things out.
You’ll never get homemade chicken wings as crunchy and juicy as you can get them in an air fryer in a conventional oven.
riodoro1@lemmy.world 8 months ago
„It makes way better fries then the regular oven” Well, have you also shaken the oven fries every 15 seconds?
Laticauda@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
It is waaay faster and easier to use than an oven.
BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 8 months ago
Well yeah but it heats up a lot faster using a lot less energy
Norgur@fedia.io 8 months ago
And it moves way more air than a normal oven, this removing water vapor faster. This water vapor that partly steams the food, resulting in moisture saturated air that in turn precents more moisture from escaping, is the main difference between a frying pan and an oven. A deep fryer replaces the water with oil, an air fryer just extracts the water quicker. Both prevent the food from cooking in water or steam, resulting in a crispy texture.
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I was very surprised that it cooked such moist chicken breasts without drying them out, I think you possibly just explained why that is! 😅
sxan@midwest.social 8 months ago
The past three houses I’ve lived in have had convection ovens; I thought convection mode was fairly common by now.
BlueLineBae@midwest.social 8 months ago
You mean like a… Convection oven!!!
franklin@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It absolutely is convection oven just that the rate of airflow is faster and therefore the reaction is more pronounced.
fishos@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Most people don’t even know how to use their microwave properly. You really think they know how to use their convection oven properly? It’s not WHAT it does, it’s that an air fryer is usually simple and has shit like “turn dial here to cook a chicken”.
People like it because they don’t know what they’re doing and it does it for them.
snooggums@midwest.social 8 months ago
Yes, but smaller!
octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
I’m not here to convert you, but this is just as dismissive as OP. Yes it’s a convection oven. We also have a full size convection oven. It does not cook things as dramatically faster as an air fryer does. It’s not the same experience at all.
I say this as someone who literally said, “so it’s just a small convection oven” until we got one. We have used it literally every day since getting it ~2 years ago.
It’s not just any of these things:
There is so much air moving around in an air fryer that parchment paper without food holding it down gets immediately sucked against the circulating fan filter (which we learned the hard way) and lighter bits of food (like cooked bacon that you might toss in for a quick reheat) will swirl around inside the cook basket.
It may not be for everyone, but it absolutely does cook food faster than in a regular oven, sometimes by an astonishing amount. We have a short but significant list of things that we also think are noticeably better from an air fryer, and nothing I can think of that we’ve tried comes out worse.
sxan@midwest.social 8 months ago
This is the big thing. So many times we want to heat up some left-overs and that would turn soggy in a microwave, but heating up the oven to reheat a few square inches of food is a vast waste of energy.
These take up a lot of space, though. I think one of those double ovens, where one is only tall enough for one tray, would be ideal. Convection, of course, but I haven’t seen a built-in without a convection mode in years.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
fidodo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
And convects much more powerfully and efficiently since it’s shaped like a cylinder instead of a cube and the fan strength to volume ratio is way better.