Air fryers?

chrisski34
chrisski34 Posts: 11 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Air fryers? Any good or a no no?
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  • Teabythesea_
    Teabythesea_ Posts: 559 Member
    I’ve always wondered if the same thing can be accomplished by spraying food with oil (as is required by the air fryer) and cooking it in a convection oven on a high temp...
  • april84slusher
    april84slusher Posts: 3 Member
    I love my air fryer. I highly recommend getting one & an insta pot. They have saved us so much time. My husband and I both work, plus our boys are in sports. Absolutely not much time to do anything as you can imagine.
    The air fryer & insta pot have made it possible for us to make dinner when before it would have been close to impossible.

    The food is absolutely delicious! The crispy outside & juicy inside on chicken. French fries in no time. You name it you can make it.

    Check out Pinterest for tons of amazing recipes.
  • Duck_Puddle
    Duck_Puddle Posts: 3,237 Member
    I love mine. It’s technically just a small convection oven, but I have a convection toaster oven and convection regular oven and the stuff I cook in the air fryer has a crispier outside and less dry inside (aka-they taste more “fried”) than those items cooked in my other covection ovens.

    Not a necessity by any stretch of the imagination, but I do get significantly different (and better) results for pseudo fried foods that are cooked in it vs regular or toaster sized convection ovens.

    So if you have the space and money to spare, I think it’s worth it. But it’s not a requirement.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited January 2019
    THEY ARE AWESOME!!!! I love them for cooking plain turkey or chicken breast and veggies. All I put was turkey breast with some spices and BAM! I0zxymaciqz23.jpg
    t makes the turkey and chicken have an awesome crispy coating on the outside. Tastes WAY better than baked. I like making mini cakes in it along with eggs, etc. It is the best way to heat up leftovers. Basically I put everything in it, haha!

    Google "best air fryer recipes" or "air fryer protein cake" (made with protein powder, comes out awesome!)
  • Lillymoo01
    Lillymoo01 Posts: 2,865 Member
    I use mine all the time. Roasts (meat and fresh veggies so have no idea what the above poster was saying about prepackaged really), toasted sandwiches and open grills, homemade pizza, frittatas, reheating said frittatas and other pastries, garlic bread for my daughter ...... I love that the food is nice and crispy while using very little oil. There is nothing worse than soggy veggies and pastries or bread.
  • blackhawkgirl91
    blackhawkgirl91 Posts: 223 Member
    Got one for Christmas and I love it! Our oven take WAY too long to heat to a good roasting temp, then takes forever to do it. When feeding two busy people, it's just not practical. The AirFryer fixes that and we are eating our veggies and also airfrying vs oil frying meat and other things. Not exactly "low calorie," but definitely lower! ;)
  • sczoo26
    sczoo26 Posts: 102 Member
    I too love my AirFryer and if it broke down I would 100% replace ASAP! I cook all sorts in mine and the best part no oils or added fats added the chips are out of this world 💪😋
  • Chef_Barbell
    Chef_Barbell Posts: 6,644 Member
    I got a Ninja Foodi for Christmas and I love it. It's a pressure cooker and air fryer in one. Dinner on the table in no time.
  • txmommyofboys_
    txmommyofboys_ Posts: 3 Member
    I use mine every day. Every morning, I air fry 4 slices of bacon (no flipping or grease splatter!) I also make my green beans and potatoes in it every day,. I like that it also keeps things warm even after cooking :)
  • debtay123
    debtay123 Posts: 1,327 Member
    I LOVE my air fryer and love to use it to "fry" french fries, fish, chicken wings etc. mine come out great!~!!@!1
  • Intermittent_fasting
    Intermittent_fasting Posts: 11 Member
    I love my airfryer I’ve had it for so long I think I’m due an upgrade 👍🏻
  • Gracie12311
    Gracie12311 Posts: 44 Member
    It’s definitely not a toaster oven. I have both and can attest that they’re different and cook differently. I love the air fryer for its convenience. Takes no time at all to preheat (3 minutes), cooks things evenly and always make the outer (whatever) crispy and the inside juicy/soft, etc. Bacon, burgers, fries, biscuits, pierogies, everything is cooked the way you want it. And I really like it for reheating meats, pizza, etc. Doesn’t turn out mushy like in the microwave and doesn’t take any time at all like it would in the oven.

    I have no clue why those who don’t have one would even comment. And those who don’t like it (who have one) just need to fine tune the temp and cooking times (I did). I also don’t understand the prepacked comment either, I don’t buy any of that stuff and fries and onion rings turn out great.

    I highly recommend. For both convenience and turn out.
  • Danielleh1130
    Danielleh1130 Posts: 2 Member
    Teabythesea_ wrote: »
    I’ve always wondered if the same thing can be accomplished by spraying food with oil (as is required by the air fryer) and cooking it in a convection oven on a high temp...

    I've never used oil in my air fryer :)

    Honestly, it makes food way better than just putting it in the oven, or using an actual fryer.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    Danielleh1130 wrote: »
    Teabythesea_ wrote: »
    I’ve always wondered if the same thing can be accomplished by spraying food with oil (as is required by the air fryer) and cooking it in a convection oven on a high temp...

    I've never used oil in my air fryer :)

    Honestly, it makes food way better than just putting it in the oven, or using an actual fryer.

    I would never use oil in my air fryer, that defeats the purpose, lol. I have never had to use oil either.
  • GoldwingGrandma
    GoldwingGrandma Posts: 81 Member
    I have both an Air Fryer and an Instapot. I love them both. I make bacon in the AirFryer (neat and clean...no grease splatter), and I use my instapot for pressure cooking my chicken breasts (6 minutes) and then making soup in the pot. I love the one pot to do it all. I also brown my ground beef on sauté and then add the ingredients for soup and let it cook. Clean up is a snap with both appliances. I pressure cooked a brisket last week and it was shred tender....to be used in soup.
  • JennJ323
    JennJ323 Posts: 646 Member
    I have a 10q air fryer, and use it almost daily. I'm typically only cooking for myself, so it's much easier to use that than heat up the whole oven for 1 piece of chicken. I've made everything from chicken breasts to roasted veggies to meatloaf to fish sticks in it. It cleans up easy, cooks things thoroughly and quickly.. and crisps them up nicely. I've recommended to a couple friends to get one and they have and also enjoy using it.
  • jasondjulian
    jasondjulian Posts: 182 Member
    Been thinking of getting an air fryer, the results pics look delicious.

    And a correction, in case anyone wants to look for the actual product, it's "Instant Pot", not "instapot". Don't want anyone to get confused or waste time looking for something by the wrong name. I have one, highly recommended.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    I have a Phillips Air Fryer. It's great for chicken wings and other skin-on chicken pieces. My only complaint is that it's too small and I have to cook in batches. The Air Fryer is just another arsenal in my list of kitchen gadgets (including the Instant Pot). It hasn't replaced anything.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    chrisski34 wrote: »
    Air fryers? Any good or a no no?

    It's just a small convection oven...it's a cooking tool...not sure why it would be a "no no"
  • knightreader
    knightreader Posts: 813 Member
    i use my air fryer almost daily. never added oil to anything. I only cook for one and can def see how feeding more than two would take some time. chicken, steaks, wings, veggies, meatballs, pork chops, shrimp, burgers, chicken burgers are some of what I cook. It's quick, clean up is easy. I've had mine almost two years and thinking of upgrading. don't really use my oven or bbq anymore. also, it's a keto lovers dream!
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    I don't have one..but all my diet buddies love theirs.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    It is *not* just a small convection oven. A good one has a very over-sized heating element/blower for a very small amount of cooking space. This means that it comes up to temperature very fast whether you just started or you opened it to check on/do something to your food. Anyone who has ever deep fried foods in oil that has dropped in temperature will tell you that is how things end up soggy instead of crisp.
  • englishmuffinruns
    englishmuffinruns Posts: 70 Member
    I bought one about a year ago and we love it! Makes the best chicken wings ever. No added oil, sprinkle with some Penzey's 4/S seasoned salt, 20-25 mins in the air fryer. I've also used it to cook fresh shrimp and fish and they come out perfect.
  • stricklee11
    stricklee11 Posts: 218 Member
    I like the airfryer for things like chicken wings, or frozen foods like Totino's or egg rolls. It takes about the same amount of time that my oven does. But since my oven is older, it burns more energy so for small meals, I use the air fryer. With that said, if I had a more energy efficient oven, I would not need an airfryer. It isn't the same as traditional frying and more akin to oven baking.

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