Eternal fire

the air frier is such a marketing genius, they used an established technology, the convection oven, packed it small and brand it as healthy, now everyone has it

I got one not because it's healthy but because it's literally a small oven for when I don't want to heat the whole big oven
- Toaster ovens were also a thing.
- Im seriously considering getting rid of my oven and replacing it with an air fryer and portable induction hotplates.
  
  Only problem is that a frozen pizza wont fit in an air fryer and thats like the only thing I actually use the over for!
- I use my air fryer basically for fries and thats it. I have a convection oven that's like 1/3/ 2/3 though that is fuckin KILLER for this reason. It saves on energy only heating the top, The top bit preheats in a couple minutes max, and it fits basically everything except maybe a cake or something. Since my breakup ive had to pull out the divider one time.
- Like a toaster over?
- which is why I have a toaster oven. Way easier in the summer.
It's an improvement on established technology. The "healthy" angle is that it has a drip tray. For some reason that has more marketing potential than: cooks quicker, with less energy, and a smaller device.
It’s more like adding a leaf blower to it, but yeah it’s just a glorified convection oven.

Lots of modern ovens come with the feature, but you can’t just air fry in any old convection oven.
- Plus it doesn’t take 15 minutes to preheat
I like them cause they cook faster and crisp better than convection ovens. A leaf blower, like the other person said.

Air fryer, automatic pressure cooker, and electric smoker: three appliances that every home cook should own to step up their meal game. Your food will taste so much better.

(I mean you haven't lived until you've had ribs that were smoked for 2 hours, stuck in the instant pot for 20 minutes, and then finished off in the broiler or on the grill. No other method tops this technique. Or birria that was pressure cooked instead of the traditional stove method. And now I want ribs and tacos birrias.)
- Ew, corpse eating. When will people realise that these disgusting religious practices aren't okay to talk about in public? Nobody likes your corpse eating cult.

Do you ever clean your air fryer?

Did Beethoven clean his piano after every sonata?
- God, I hope so. Imagine all of Beethoven's finger gunk sticking to those keys.
It's ok, the heat will clean it. Any leftover scraps just add flavor to the next thing that gets cooked /s

Me when I'm in the sun for 30 seconds

I love my oven, has convection functions, a lot of things. Couldn't afford it now, glad I bought it when I could!

i broke down and chipped mine out after about a year. makes a world of difference with tater tots