• raspirate@lemmy.world
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    The first night I owned an air fryer, I tossed in some shitty frozen tater tots that had been in my freezer for way too long, and they came out so delightfully crispy that I cooked two more servings.

    I realized immediately that this would be a problem. It’s a bit too easy to make delicious stuff that’s pretty bad for me. I nearly made myself sick of wings within like 2 weeks. That was a close one. Fuckin love wings.

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    2 hours ago

    airfrier

    The appliance that mostly everybody already had under another name (at least in Europe). An then they renamed it as another thing and everyone bought one. The marketing worked.

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      I think its the small volume that makes it worth it (faster to heat up, efficient) so I can see why people would buy one.

      I personally don’t have one because I don’t exactly value my time. I throw my food in the cold oven and set it to whatever and check back later. I don’t have any motivation what so ever to care about pre heating or having my food ready 10 minutes earlier.

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    They’re literally small convection ovens rebranded. They’re not magic.

    Look up how microwaves work. Those are way, way fucking cooler. The way they generate the microwaves is cool as hell.

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      They’re closer to impingement ovens than convection ovens.

      Convection ovens (or “fan forced ovens” in some countries) use a fan to gently and evenly circulate the hot air, whereas impingement ovens and air fryers use higher velocity fans to blow the heat directly onto the food.

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      you know what would be a lot cooler? same thing not needing electricity (concentrated solar can get hot enough and heat can be stored in hot oil)

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    I’ve never tried an air fryer. I don’t have the counter space for one and am concerned I’d eat more unhealthly more often if I owned one but it’s possible that’s not true.

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      Nah we cook fish in ours.

      Losing weight is easier (less oil) and cooking times are faster.

      It’s just a more compressed oven. You can eat healthy or unhealthy with it

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      It’s just an oven optimised for airflow.

      Even fan-forced, a normal oven recirculates the same air around, which carries moisture evaporated from whatever you’re cooking.

      Air Fryer is just a much smaller oven, with a similar sized element and a bigger fan, that also has an exhaust, so moisture-laden air is expelled from the unit and the air hitting the food is always hot and dry.

      But all-in-all it’s just a type of oven and you can absolutely use one as a regular little oven or if you crack the door a little and turn the heat up a bit, you can use regular fan-forced oven as an ‘air fryer’

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        I used to hate air-fryers. “They still need some oil, it’s not really FRYING ANYTHING WITH THE AIR”.

        My parents got me one for Christmas and I didn’t show it, but I was livid. I do t need this shit.

        Then I realized it’s just a small oven. And now I love my small, really quick heating, slightly less easy to clean oven that can make passable fries.

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      Use it like a regular oven but reduce temperature by 25°F or 15°C and reduce cooking time by 20%.

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      Baking is letting the food sit in hot air for a while. Air frying is blowing the heat directly onto the food. They also vent the air to release excess steam and moisture, which is why air fried things are crisper.

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    I want to gather the boys with the Normandy and get hammered on Tuchanka. Did I ask for too much?

    Take your hot air machine and shove it up your ass.