It’s time to admit that the air fryer was just top tier propaganda.

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How much counter space is this taking up?


I don’t like clutter and I get busy when I cook so I want more free counter space to separate prep from active cooking, etc. Plus ovens now have an air fry mode

yup :blessed:

before I had a stand alone air fryer, instapot, toaster etc. and was a lot of space
 

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Now don’t get me wrong.
I’m sure your air fryer is getting a lot of use.
It’s a very convenient appliance. And I have one myself.

But it just seems to me that this whole thing was just a marketing ploy.

There’s nothing special about an air fryer.
It isn’t actually frying anything.

An air fryer is just a convection oven.
And we’ve had convection ovens for 50-60 years. But I guess it’s cooler to sell the name “air fryer” to the public than it is to sell “convection”

It feels like a lot of old reliable items are being repackaged or reimagined to make more money.

For thousands of years a mop was just fine. You bought it. It lasted a long time. Now you got a damn swiffer. And you have to buy sheets every few weeks.

What’s next?

:unimpressed:
I'm with you this. Like, frying chicken in an air fryer is not the wave. But I've found that it's good for reheating something that has already been fried the regular way. Other than that it's not too useful in my house.
 

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Nah breh. I was the holdout head talking about not needing one cuz the oven worked fine.

Then I found a cheaper one, got it and this ish changed my cooking habits.

Chicken/fish is primarily airfryer status outside of stews etc.

Lemon peppered salmon(skin side too) fried on both sides + baked sweet potatoes = damn good meal.

Wings and thighs baked or roasted to perfection, juicy and flavorful.
 

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Nah breh. I was the holdout head talking about not needing one cuz the oven worked fine.

Then I found a cheaper one, got it and this ish changed my cooking habits.

Chicken/fish is primarily airfryer status outside of stews etc.

Lemon peppered salmon(skin side too) fried on both sides + baked sweet potatoes = damn good meal.

Wings and thighs baked or roasted to perfection, juicy and flavorful.
If you don’t post pics for Thanksgiving 2023 you’re getting negged to Bolivia.

Deported to Ukraine.
Then negged to Siberia.
 

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How much counter space is this taking up?


I don’t like clutter and I get busy when I cook so I want more free counter space to separate prep from active cooking, etc. Plus ovens now have an air fry mode
I put mine away when I'm not using it. It does take up a lot of counter space.
 
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