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What are /ck/‘s thoughts on air fryers? Complete meme? It completely worth it?

>> No.16761071

>>16761053
i had one for a while, not too much a fan of it. It's basically a microwave convection oven, but with a fancier look. I eventually just got a normal microwave convection oven and got rid of the air frier.

>> No.16761075

>>16761053
i just have that standard shitty apartment oven so i think its worth it. i also got mine free with credit card points, i dont know if my opinion would change if I paid for it. Makes good chicken wings tho

>> No.16761091

>>16761053
i make fries and sometimes chicken nuggets with it. thassabout it

>> No.16761092

>>16761091
Are they good though?

>> No.16761096

>>16761075
Right but is it good though? I’d make the fuck outta wings cause I pretty much have chicken everyday but it’s bland as fuck
I wanna fry that shit but I’m wonder

>> No.16761106

Isn't it just a small convection oven?

>> No.16761109
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16761109

>>16761075
>Makes good chicken wings tho

Just stop

>> No.16761118

>>16761109
What’d you recommend instead? I’m an idiot and new at cooking and have never tried doing wings before. My dad had an air fryer and it looked cool and easy

>> No.16761122

>>16761109
yeah its not better than fried or bbq'd. way faster and better than an oven for wings

>> No.16761173

>>16761096
>>16761092
They make pretty good wings. You'll need to add a bunch of oil if you want them to taste like they were deep fried

>> No.16761188

Oven replacements for tiny chink appartments.

>> No.16761201

>>16761188
Would you rent a tiny chink apartment if it came with a tiny chink gf

>> No.16761202

>>16761053
yes

>> No.16761212

it's literally a just tabletop convection oven

>> No.16761223
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16761223

>>16761053
air fryers are plenty kino, wish i still had access to my old roommate's one

>> No.16761287

>>16761212
Easy Bake convection oven

>> No.16761489

>>16761053
Do you have any recipes, got one last year but the only thing I do in it is fries; nuggets, and other frozen foods.

>> No.16761503

my dad and his gf got me one even though I told them not too
supposedly it's healthier but I eat way more shitty oven fries than I ever did before I got it

>> No.16761511

mine doesn't turn on when i plug it in. i got it from my sister for christmas. i think it's a symbol of the resentment she holds towards me from our childhood, when our emotionally and psychologically mother and absent father deliberately turned us against each other. even though it's broken, i can't bring myself to throw it away- perhaps a symbol of my hopes of rekindling our relationship?

>> No.16761515

>>16761511
*emotionally and psychologically abusive

i forgot to type "abusive" perhaps because i was conditioned never to speak or even think about what we were put through- the screaming, the cutting words, the endless nagging criticism- perhaps everything is a symbol, when it comes to consciousness. maybe symbols are the language of the deeper parts of our mind.

>> No.16761518

So how many hours would you have to use an air fryer before you reach the point where the cost of the fryer is equal to the amount of energy saved using the air fryer over a traditional oven?

>> No.16761523

Why can no marketing for this explain why it's better than a normal convection oven? Is it just aimed at retards that don't even know their oven has a convection setting?

>> No.16761524
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16761524

Its the most useful thing in my kitchen right now. You can even get your desired doneness level if you know how to manage It.
Pic related my lunch yesterday

>> No.16761527

>>16761523
yes

>> No.16761532

>>16761523
>Why can no marketing for this explain why it's better than a normal convection oven?

It uses less power than a conventional convection oven. Thats about it.

>Is it just aimed at retards that don't even know their oven has a convection setting?
No. It is aimed at retards that don't even know that this thing is an oven. They call it an air fryer and say its healthier than traditional deep frying. Which is true but entirely irrelevant. Also not everyone has a convection oven.

>> No.16761547

>>16761523
Dude, retards buy sous-vide machines. Air fryers are just more efficient than an convection oven if you're cooking small portions. They get hot faster and using less power. Stop being a hater.

>> No.16761847

>>16761053
better than warming the whole place up with turning the oven on when I just want to cook small things fast

>> No.16761873

>>16761053
Why is this a constant thread? Is it manufacturer shilling?

>> No.16761876

>>16761547
They suck because the element accumulates grease that is hard to wash off

>> No.16761885

>>16761524
so raw? good for you i gues...

>> No.16761899

The only way I can get chicken breast to taste good and not like dry grainy bullshit so based

>> No.16761910

>>16761053
Too small, not enough power for anything serious. Can't even make fries properly. But it saves on the cleanup after deep frying so.

>> No.16761912

>>16761876
So you dont clean your shit after using. Sounds like the problem here is you.

>> No.16761920

>>16761523
>Thinking every oven has a convection function

>> No.16761958

>>16761053
Completely worth it.

>> No.16762039

>>16761532
Not that other guy but how is the oil applied in an air fryer? Do you just pour it over the food "manually" like before putting into a convection oven or do you fill it somewhere in the machine? I keep hearing it uses less oil than deep frying, which is true, but are the results the same in a convection oven?
I somehow got it in my mind that an air fryer spreads the oil around or something.

>> No.16762092

>>16761201
I have standards. Only top notch Colombian pussy for me. The meme is latinas are crazy but the cure for that crazy is some deep dicking on the regular. If you can fuck them right they are the best women you could ever dream of.

>> No.16762097

>>16761515
Maybe you are a dramatic over emotional pussy? Just go live your life man we all go through traumatic shit just get over it

>> No.16762262

>>16762039
Use a fucking spray or something, cant you think a little before posting?

>> No.16762268

>>16762262

>Spraying oil on food

Spray oil is for greasing pans only

>> No.16762273

Cant we stop already with this meme of "Air fryers are just convection ovens"?
It clearly isnt. They may use the same principle at some extent, but the form, function and usability are completely different. Its like saying karts are just cars.

>> No.16762278

>>16762262
I ask how an air fryer applies the oil and you tell me to spray it on like I wouldn't think of that? It's not even relevant to the question.

>> No.16762279

>>16761053
food dont get a lot of browning, if you like pepper and a lot of it, it does not really cook, it just gets heated and will taste bad, other than that its a great tool for lazy meals like frozen salmon with frozen green just dumped into the fryer and finished with a bit of butter + lime squeeze

>> No.16762289

>>16762278

Does a deep fryer apply oil?

>> No.16762311

>>16762278
You're completely retarded, Im afraid I cant help you.

>> No.16762317

>>16762273
air fryers are portable convection ovens, nothing else to it + your analogy is cancerbad

>> No.16762321

>>16762289
You submerge it in the oil so I'd suppose so? Is the principle the same in an air fryer? It lowers the food into heated oil when you turn it on?

>> No.16762501

>>16762278
Air fryers, at least normal versions, do no oil applying. If you want to spray or toss your food in a bit of oil before air frying them you can, but the airfryer just moves hot air around. Like a convection oven would.

>> No.16762551

>>16762501
That was all I asked for, I suspected as much but didn't know for sure. Thanks.

>> No.16762582

>>16761920
Forgot an if, sorry. I don't believe that.

>> No.16762591

>>16761053
I wouldn't buy an air fryer as a standalone machine, but my toaster oven has an air fry setting that I use and it's ok

>> No.16762621

>>16762582
No worries. To answer your question though: Air fryers take less power, preheat almost instantly, create less heat in your kitchen, are portable, and the airflow is usually much stronger than your usual convection oven.

>> No.16762674
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>>16762268
Get a spray bottle and put the regular oil you normally use for cooking in it.
Should probably do this for greasing your pans too instead of using the cans that have foaming agents and shit added to it

>> No.16762773
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16762773

>>16761053
I have picrel and I use it fairly often. It's like having a more efficient microwave and you can good a pretty good variety of meals with it when you get used to how it cooks. It's also nice that it has air fry and oven options so I can cook a frozen pizza on oven or air fry vegetables so I'd say it's worth it.

>> No.16762788

>>16762621
You sound like a working class chump. I bet you thought it would be a great "investment", how you would wake up to a warm, healthy breakfast to start off your long day. Maybe, you even had a couple thoughts about all the other nifty little uses you could find for the thing, how it would help you cook healthier meals in general, shed a couple pounds off the old gut, boost your confidence around work and with the ladies. Yeah, maybe that slow cooker would start your life cooking again, wouldn't it? I can see your strained hands holding the box and reading through it carefully at the store. A little bit pricey, but you're the type of guy who thinks everything is more than you can spend, aren't you. And look what happened to you. Look what the slow cooker did to you. Fucked you over, and made you clean it like a useless bitch. You don't even fucking like oatmeal. Piece of shit, you've been repeating those three words your whole life, haven't you. Yeah, how was work after that piece of shit fucked you over? I bet it was on your mind the whole day, you probably didn't say shit to nobody. Can't be telling people about your mistakes. How your little fix yourself plan, failed you. Don't want people to start thinking you're the failure. You're the piece of shit, all along. You don't want that do you? You don't want to be the piece of shit everybody secretly whispers about, do you? Was your father a piece of shit like you? I bet he never had a slow cooker. He had a woman, a house, a damn good job. I bet it's slow cooking you the fuck alive, isn't it. Comparing yourself to him. How one day when all the steam runs our of your life, you'll discover how you're nothing more than burnt shit to be scrapped off and thrown in the trash.

>> No.16762792

>>16762788
tl;dr

>> No.16762801

>>16762788
Who hurt you?

>> No.16763080

If you're a certified retard it won't help you cook better. See >>16761109

>> No.16763111

>>16761053
It's definitely nice to have a small oven that does things faster than the normal oven and often doesn't even need to preheat but I've only ever gotten one as a work anniversary gift and am not entirely sure whether a lot of these are worth the price tag if you get one yourself. Basically if you can manage some way to not pay full price or even at all rhen for sure it's nice to have around

>> No.16763214

>>16762289
yes, how do you deep fry something without oil you fucking retard?

>> No.16763324

>>16761053
I use mine pretty often, to make basically anything that could be roasted or fried except liquidy stuff
its a godsend

>> No.16763566

>>16762674
I have one of these, very useful

>> No.16763568

>>16762788
Now THIS is the strokepost I've been waiting for

>> No.16763600

>>16763214

The fryer doesn't apply the oil to the food

>> No.16763631

>>16762317
Than why does it cook wings and home made fries 5 times as good as a convection oven?
Also roasted mushrooms, roasted broccoli, roasted asparagus, cauliflower, etc.
Also five times as fast and using less energy

Anybody with seasoned experience using one acknowledges how fucking awesome they are and how they simulate a deep fry very well. And I don't even own one I just use my mom's when I visit her
See
>>16763324

>> No.16763656

>>16761547
Yep. It's a tiny convection oven. My parents love there's and it definitely does what it says on the package. Though I wouldn't buy one myself since I don't cook a lot of that stuff, it's a pretty solid idea. This and Instapot (idiot-proof pressure cooker) are both pretty solid things if you want what they're selling.

>> No.16763688

give me some more time OP I'm still living the pressure cooking meme

>> No.16763713

>>16761524
>raw
>can't even take a non-blurry picture
you aren't projecting a good image for air fryer users

>> No.16763755

>>16763688
>I'm still living the pressure cooking meme
Why is it a meme? Pressure cooking doesn’t sound too bad. My grandma used to fuck with it heavy and make good food with it. Fed a family of 8

>> No.16763824

Got one as a wedding present,
doesn't heat up the house like an oven. Good for roasting, the convection really keeps shit crisp. Broiler heats up in about a minute so I stick my sandwiches in open-faced to get cheese bubbly and meat crispy.
Big, noisy, and nearly impossible to clean thoroughly.
I use it frequently but if it broke I probably wouldn't bother to buy a second one.

>> No.16764135

>>16761053
Great alternative for deep frying. Spray some poil on whatevery you put in there and it is just as good as deep frying but so much cleaner and uses way less oil.

I made some fried chicken with this method and it turned out great.

>> No.16764160

>>16762674
I have those exact ones. They are shit. Better than nothing, but the spray comes out too strong and can blast ingredients off your food. Get a pressurized mist sprayer instead.

>> No.16764957

>>16761524
Looks like shit, where's the sear?

>> No.16765357

>>16761053
its the best, get one.

>> No.16765370

I use my air fryer more than any other appliance.

>> No.16765392

>>16761053
it's smaller and uses less resources than a real oven, and the food tastes better compared to a microwave..

>> No.16765448

My grandma was using toaster ovens before it was cool