If you told me 10 years ago you could make authentic fast food in your kitchen I would have laughed at you, air fryers really changed cooking didnt they? Look at whats pictured

>>21417993 (OP)
Anon, deep fryers (and deep frying) existed 10 years ago. You could always cook slop at home.
Pic is how you will likely die

>>21417993 (OP)
Air Fryers seem like a bitch to clean

>>21417999
Deep frying anything has always been a skill and super messy. People set their houses on fire trying to deep fry stuff whereas an air fryer any retard can slide the tray in and press start.
>>21418003
Why? Its oil splatter on a steel surface.

>>21417999
what does tanks have to do with me enjoying my ninja air fryer?

>>21417999
Deep frying predates historical record.

Those are clearly Wendy's nuggets and their gay new fries.

>>21417993 (OP)
I completely agree. French fries and tater tots are so convenient now. Better than ordering takeout and letting them get soggy in a bag. They're also great for burgers, frozen fish fillets, and chicken.

>>21418003
They're fine after cooking frozen convenience foods that are covered in crumbs or batter. But they're annoying to clean if you've just made cheeseburgers in them. Beef grease isn't liquidy like chicken fat.

>>21418003
They really arent, unless you make something super cheesey

>>21418037
wrong

>>21417993 (OP)
You are going to get cancer retard

>>21418003
>cleaning your airfryer
Why? Just buy a new one every year
>that's too expensive!
It's equivalent pricewise to buying $20 jugs of oil every 4 months, just get a $60-$80 airfryer

>>21417999
not necessarily

>>21419041
That's not even a real thing dumbass

>>21419041
We all are if we live long enough. Cancer is inevitable.

>>21417993 (OP)
They only changed things for braindead consoomers. Ovens have always had this capability.

>>21419506
The 40-Year-Old convection turbo oven I found at Goodwill is also way better at air frying than my modern toaster oven that actually has an air frying mode

>>21417993 (OP)
Air fryers are just tiny convection ovens.

>>21418371
How fucking pathetic do you have to be to buy fast food and pretend you "cooked" it?

>>21419565
Oh wow another midwit redditor posting this for the millionth time. Yes they are "just" tiny convection ovens, but they have a much more powerful fan. That combined with the smaller cooking chamber makes for crispier food than your big convection oven will ever achieve.

>>21419588
>>21419565
It only took like 25 years but the nu-wave oven and all the other as seen on TV dogshit kitchen gadgets are now ubiquitous in American kitchens, and they have people jumping at the opportunity to defend their purchases.

It's crazy how branding it "air frying" changed the perception entirely

>>21419726
>and they have people jumping at the opportunity to defend their purchases
Who is "they?"

>>21419765
marketers? Brand ambassadors? Instagram influencers? Bot farms? pick one, it's not some conspiracy. It's just marketing

>>21419782
Have you considered the possibility that people actually just like air fryers?

>>21419786
I'm not saying that they're bad products so much as they used to belong to a category of appliances that only grandma would buy from the home shopping network. Did the Nu wave oven cook quickly and efficiently on your counter? Probably. Did anyone buy it besides retirees with too much disposable income? Not really. They just changed the marketing/branding on the same concept and here we are

My parents have one, my gf has one, and I use it sometimes to heat up leftovers. It's fine and fast. My breville convection toaster oven does the same thing and can also be used to bake, but it takes a little longer to get something as crispy. There are tradeoffs.

>>21419791
>but it takes a little longer to get something as crispy
It will never get things as crispy.

>>21419588
>they have a much more powerful fan. That combined with the smaller cooking chamber
No it doesn't and that's why ovens have racks.
Quite literally zero difference to using a meme fryer.

>>21417993 (OP)
what the fuck is that