WWAW air fryers?

[NoBacon]

I keep meaning to get one.

They’re good, right?

 

[BoringFaggot]

The one I had worked pretty good, but it was kind of a bitch to clean.

 

[guest]

I bought one and tried it once to make fries for my kids. They came out limp and pale and I'm sure I followed the instructions to the letter. Put it back in the box and haven't used it since. I might just be a retard though

 

[HalfHouseFatty]

I got the ninja dt201. Food eats pretty good. Makes frozen foods crispy. Reheating pizza is closest thing to fresh. You can use it as an oven or a toaster too. It comes with a thermometer probe for meat.

 

[Dummy Gaynuts]

Every boomer i know has one and none of them have ever plugged theirs in

 

[Leonard Rhomberg]

The one I had worked pretty good, but it was kind of a bitch to clean.

Cleaning it is the only reason I don’t use it more. My friend said lining it with foil sometimes helps but I don’t know how that affects heating certain foods

I used it to make chicken parm and fried shrimp and they came out pretty good without the mess of crackling oil

 

[Coonskin]

PFG

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

I have a big double basket one now that's PFG. I use it a lot when I don't feel like doing any actual cooking. You can make a lot of different stuff with it. It's also really easy to clean. It's just a grate that lifts out and then everything pretty much wipes right out of the basket with some hot water with no effort.

Years ago I bought one of those piece of shit Actifry ones and everything about it sucked so I gave it to my dad and I he was all about it.

 

[NoBacon]

Cleaning it is the only reason I don’t use it more. My friend said lining it with foil sometimes helps but I don’t know how that affects heating certain foods

I used it to make chicken parm and fried shrimp and they came out pretty good without the mess of crackling oil

You’ve got to clean your oven stove normally though, so isn’t it actually easier to clean?

 

[Turk February]

Cleaning it is the only reason I don’t use it more. My friend said lining it with foil sometimes helps but I don’t know how that affects heating certain foods

I used it to make chicken parm and fried shrimp and they came out pretty good without the mess of crackling oil

What you can do is wrap your food in cling film so it doesn't get all over the place, and then place that in a tupperware in case of leakage before you put it in and you should be good - you'll just need to set the temperature a lot higher than you normally would.

 

[Leonard Rhomberg]

You’ve got to clean your oven stove normally though, so isn’t it actually easier to clean?

 

[NoBacon]

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Unless you’re Patrick and never clean the stove, his is absolutely diagusting.

He also has a hilariously over sized fridge blocking the door.

 

[Faggot Boqposter]

They rule. Definitely worth it. It is surprisingly great at cooking fish too

 

[Brooke Shields]

This is like asking if a microwave is worth it in 1980

 

[NoBacon]

This is like asking if a microwave is worth it in 1980

Not if it’s worth it, if they’re good. Microwaves are heinous in reality, just convenient. If you only eat microwaved food you’re getting cancer.

 

[Treat Yourself]

I throw boneless skinless chicken titties in there and they cook up pretty good. It's nice and fast.

My friend said lining it with foil sometimes helps but I don’t know how that affects heating certain foods

I do this and it helps keep the grease in one place, waddle-doodle. The grate stays bone dry.

 

[AliceWorquer]

They are great for most things you'd do in an oven. If you get one with multiple drawers you can cook at two temperatures and sync up the start and finish times which is pfg. If I didn't use the hob my oven would be almost totally redundant. Only real problem is what you can fit in one if you're cooking for more than two or three people.
It's made me cook more proper meals in instances where I just need something quickly. Aside from how much time it saves cooking, something about having it on the counter makes throwing a few ingredients together seem like less of a rigmarole than using the oven and the hob. Like I hardly ever used to eat breakfast, I'd just maybe grab something on the way out, but I've found myself cooking more decent breakfasts because it's no big deal to throw a few ingredients in, set the timers and then go get ready while it's cooking. It can boil an egg, for fucks sake.

 

[Ant_It_Fun]

I have a Instant-Pot Vortex Plus, and use it often for things small enough that I don't want to heat the entire oven for.

 

[Cygnus Nana X-1]

They're great for a quick meal. I use mine to make breakfast hashbrowns or fry a schnitzel for myself without making a mess. It's not all that useful for a family dinner, though. Things turn out better if you add some cooking spray on them before and during cooking but even mixing your items with a light coating of oil helps, too. If you make homemade fries, shake the basket often to get more even cooking.

 

[PorqueDealer]

It depends on what you eat.
My friend has been trying to convince me to get one for the last 6 months, but the only thing I can think of that I would cook in it is some hash browns. I cook mostly everything from scratch but have streamlined most things so nothing should ever require much more than 15/20mins.

you can make them easier to clean by lining them with silicon pads. but its just as easy to clean a decent wok/pan
pretty restricted on space and you still have to fuck around with some items to get them to cook evenly/well (ie cant just leave it for 30mins)
just doesn't seem worth it for me.