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Why are air fryers called air fryers? (mander.xyz)

submitted 3 days ago by Mothra@mander.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Since they don't technically fry... Or do they? They're basically mini electric ovens. What's the difference between an air fryer and an electric oven, other than size and energy consumption?

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[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 49 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a small convection oven. Air fryer is probably marketing.

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 41 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (5 children)

There's some marketing going on, but they really do blast that air hard in a way that convection ovens don't. It makes a difference because food gets a lot more external heating at the same temperature compared to a convection oven.

The biggest win I have found so far for the air fryer is reheating leftover fries, like from a take-out meal.

In the air fryer, the fries wil go from fridge-limp to perfectly crisp but still moist inside in 4-5 minutes. In the convection oven, by the time the fries are crisped, they are dry.

I definitely prefer the air fryer for that task, and other similar things.

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 15 points 3 days ago

Yeah the fan blasts the cheese off of cheesebread so we have to be carefull to first cook with a bake setting to melt the cheese THEN fry the bastard.

[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 6 points 3 days ago

In the convection oven, by the time the fries are crisped, they are dry

Put them in a colander, give them a good rinse under the kitchen tap to get them wet all over, then tip onto a tray and into a preheated oven at 200°C for 10 minutes. Arguably better as leftovers than originally.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

The biggest win I've found is for roasted Brussels sprouts and asparagus. And falafel that isn't deep fried.

[–] stray@pawb.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Are you using a wire basket/rack/similar in the convention oven, or a solid pan/dish?

[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

Good point, I'm sure that's a big part of it

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 3 points 3 days ago

We use ours exclusively for leftovers. Mostly fries and blooming onions. It's been revolutionary.