Cooking & Baking

yellowdogintexas

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30. Our daughter gifted us with one Christmas 2022 and we love it

Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:36 PM

Jan 26

I cook chicken breasts quite often and I have never had them turn out as tasty as they do in the Air Fryer - even on my electric outdoor grill. Porkchops also turn out exceptionally well.
I have roasted potatoes and carrots, Mr YD makes cinnamon toast and we both make regular toast with it every day.
(this particular model has a separate toast setting) It has a nice sized square bucket which can be used for other things, but I have not experimented with it very much. We are getting good use out of it though.

It came with some nice racks and there is a tray that sits on the bottom to catch crumbs, etc. There is a rack which sits about 1/2 inch above the bottom of the bucket which I use for the meats I cook. I put foil underneath it and usually do not need to do anything more than a simple wipe before I put it away. Otherwise it can go in the dishwasher (as can the racks and tray)

Our old toaster oven had finally kicked the bucket, and this was the replacement. It is deeper than our other appliances but it isn't as much of a problem as I would have expected.

I do need to play around with it some more, though.

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Are air-fryers worth it? Or will it end up being a waste of money * [View all] Oopsie Daisy Jan 26 OP

Junk. Throw away appliance. Bluethroughu Jan 26 #1

I love mine Freddie Jan 26 #2

I use mine from time to time. They are nasty to clean. Srkdqltr Jan 26 #3

I like mine. mercuryblues Jan 26 #4

I think Rebl2 Jan 26 #6

I have one with trays, not a basket mercuryblues Jan 26 #13

For the rare occasions I wanted to use one, I refuse to buy a separate appliance so I bought the air fryer hlthe2b Jan 26 #5

I use mine occasionally and store it in the garage. No trouble cleaning. Sneederbunk Jan 26 #7

We use a countertop oven sorcrow Jan 26 #8

I use mine all the time. peacefreak2.0 Jan 26 #9

Ninja foodi grill Keepthesoulalive Jan 26 #10

Had my first one snowybirdie Jan 26 #11

I use mine all the time. DJ Synikus Makisimus Jan 26 #12

Also depends on... 2naSalit Jan 26 #25

Check Goodwill or similar second hand stores. Bobstandard Jan 26 #14

Sort of spinbaby Jan 26 #15

We were very disappointed by the results and it has been in the basement ever since. Take a lot of space on a Martin68 Jan 26 #16

They're called air fryers but can you actually fry battered fish and chicken with no oil? brush Jan 26 #17

If you are like me and your guilty pleasures include anything fried you will love it. MLAA Jan 26 #18

I think of it as a tabletop convection oven NotASurfer Jan 26 #19

I bought a combo countertop oven. pandr32 Jan 26 #20

I like using mine, especially in the summer Redleg Jan 26 #21

I love mine. love_katz Jan 26 #22

Thanks for your thorough and detailed reply. Oopsie Daisy Jan 26 #23

I use our Ninja air-fryer quite a bit La Coliniere Jan 26 #24

I like ours but would get one with French doors if.. yourout Jan 26 #26

I love mine... 2naSalit Jan 26 #27

Yes, the one I was looking at is a "twin" basket style (side by side, separate independent controls) Oopsie Daisy Jan 26 #29

Definitely... 2naSalit Jan 26 #32

My husband loves it & because he loves it, I love it. CrispyQ Jan 26 #28

Our daughter gifted us with one Christmas 2022 and we love it yellowdogintexas Jan 26 #30

We use our air-fryer almost everyday. Emile Jan 26 #31

It's a counter top convection oven the uses less energy than a full sized oven. The Wizard Jan 26 #33

I love my air fryer. I've been using Air Fryers long before they were readily available in stores. tulipsandroses Jan 26 #34

Our first air fryer was a round NuWave. Worked great, but the plastic Emile Jan 27 #36

Very mixed reviews IbogaProject Jan 26 #35