An air fryer is a convection oven. But not every convection oven is an air fryer.

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I just see a picture of an air fryer, what do you see?

This is just like a rice cooker. Since the toaster and microwave, there have been few kitchen gadgets that actually make life easier, but they are my rice cooker, my coffee pods, and my air fryer. All of them turn a common food process you need to pay attention to, to simply press a button and walk away.

And before people talk about junk and processed foods …. My air fryer is great with chicken breasts and tofu. I’ve used it to cook more actual chicken than processed chicken-like food product. An air fryer is just a tool/gadget: it’s entirely your choice what you use it for

Dude, you should get a rice cooker. I've never had so little trouble cooking rice before. And as long as it's not a weird batch of rice, it always comes out near-perfect

It was certainly overhyped, but i can't say i'm opposed to anything that's: Lower energy usage Quicker (Allegedly) healthier

Sometimes you want to cook things at a different temperature which is where I find the air fryer comes in handy. Also for pretty small quantities the air fryer is essentially just a mini oven that heats up quickly.

If you have a massive kitchen with multiple ovens then sure the air fryer isn't overly necessary, but my kitchen is tiny and its the only realistic way to have multiple ovens - the air fryer has 2 compartments with a removable divider so I can use it as 1 small or 2 tiny ovens.

My oven already heats up in 2minutes? What is the problem with trays?

PS if you don’t own a rice cooker what the fuck are you doing

It's hard to find a good one that doesn't have PFAS. And having one that has isn't an option because it can easily kill my birds

if you don't own a rice cooker what the fuck are you doing

Not eating rice

im MAKING it on the STOVE like a CAVEMAN

Air fryers do use air convention for heating, but they aren't just smaller convection ovens. They have lots of design features that make them much more suited to certain types of cooking. The basket, much higher airflow, etc. all make a big difference in how you use them.

I had a countertop convection oven that was about the same size as an air fryer and they both had different use cases.

ish, except the different form factor gives it a different use case. mostly based on scale. gotta feed 2 to three people, an air fryer will heat up faster and use less energy than heating up the big kitchen oven that will do the same.

it's like comparing a kei truck with a semi truck, they do the same at different scales, you just gotta use the one appropriate for your scale.