• expatriado@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    the air frier is such a marketing genius, they used an established technology, the convection oven, packed it small and brand it as healthy, now everyone has it

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      I got one not because it’s healthy but because it’s literally a small oven for when I don’t want to heat the whole big oven

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      It’s more like adding a leaf blower to it, but yeah it’s just a glorified convection oven.

      Lots of modern ovens come with the feature, but you can’t just air fry in any old convection oven.

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          I had one that took a few minutes to preheat, and others that you just toss the stuff in.

          But yeah, it’s a marginal time with that one I would just start it and than go grab what I want to cook and it’ll be ready by then usually.