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Air Fryers....Who has one and do you love or hate them???

JimmiRayCole
JimmiRayCole Posts: 11 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I've always wondered about these. Fried foods without all the fatty oils?? Sounds like a win win situation to em! :):):)

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  • pamfgil
    pamfgil Posts: 449 Member
    I have one, it's not a replacement for frying, but it is a replacement for oven roasting. I eat a lot more roast vegetables using my airfryer than I would if I had to use the oven
  • rainbow198
    rainbow198 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I enjoy making onion rings, fries, chips and spring rolls.

    Food tastes much better than baking in the oven, but to me it does not replace deep frying.
  • kemoon0915
    kemoon0915 Posts: 113 Member
    edited January 2018
    I really enjoy mine. As others have said there's no replacement for deep frying, but I think it makes better french fries, egg rolls, wontons and other things like that than the oven does. I also like not having to heat up my whole oven for one serving.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    I do fries in mine. Yeah, they are not deep-fired, but they are crisper than I get out of the oven. We've done other things (chicken, fish etc.) but it's been mostly fires from hand put potatoes.
  • Cheeks223
    Cheeks223 Posts: 46 Member
    Just made cheese sticks in mine. I love it
  • tripitena
    tripitena Posts: 554 Member
    Not fried but more uniformly crisp, not hard, and with less burned tips. Didn't want to spend a lot, bought a GoWise fryer and am very pleased.
  • 100_PROOF_
    100_PROOF_ Posts: 1,168 Member
    I also have been interested in one but have hesitated wondering if it's just another gimmick
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    Crappy Tire has them on sale this week for anyone in Canada.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited February 2018
    100_PROOF_ wrote: »
    I also have been interested in one but have hesitated wondering if it's just another gimmick

    It's just a convection oven. My oven has a convection setting and I just use that for making wings and "fried chicken". If you toss your chicken in some baking powder and cook in a convection oven, it crisps up really nice...almost like fried.

    ETA: I'm not sure how much "healthier" it is than just frying...I don't really consider my wings to be a health food...but it's a lot less messy.
  • tammiwithani
    tammiwithani Posts: 3 Member
    I love mine. I use it for French fries, onion rings, cheese sticks and chicken tenders. It's also amazing for re-heating any leftover fried food from a restaurant.
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