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Where did the recent air fryer trend come from anyway? (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] SinTacks@programming.dev 194 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Better efficiency but more importantly it heats almost instantly. Thing is like magic. No preheating for 5+ mins.

Plus having a second oven is fucking awesome. I’m out there on thanksgiving with an oven full of turkey, baking dinner rolls on the side like an absolute gangster.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The oven that comes with your stove is huge and it takes forever to preheat. I remember mine used to take like 20 minutes to preheat. For a lot of things that doubles the cooking time.

A toaster oven has way less space to heat, together with the fast convection makes it heat up almost instantly and also evenly. It's just such a huge quality of life improvement.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I wish we had space for either one. Assuming an air fryer can grill cheese as well as a toaster oven, I'd be fine with just the latter though. I miss my toaster oven.

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you have the money, I'd definitely recommend a toaster oven with "air fryer" capabilities (air fryers are just convection ovens... with more convection). However they are more expensive than just an air fryer. Air fryers are also smaller so that can be a big pro if you are limited on space.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Grill cheese in an oven? Gotta use a stovetop for that.

Or a grill. Ya know, 'cause it's grilled cheese.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Technically, it's a Welsh Rarebit, but most people in the U.S. don't know what that is, so I call it grilled cheese.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd heard of "Welsh Rarebit", but I thought it was the name of a cryptid.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

A delicious, cheesy cryptid.

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Our oven literally broke (screw you fridgidaire btw) and we made thanksgiving dinner in the air fryer/ toaster oven. Even the turkey! Came out great!

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You bought an oven from a company called 'Frigid Air' and are mad that it broke? What were you expecting?

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

I do appreciate the irony, less so the oven that broke a year plus 3 weeks after I bought it

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Basically this for me but for christmas, the thermometer burnt out or something and caused the oven to turn into a charcoal oven, so we made the rest of the food in the air fryer

[–] thomcat@midwest.social 1 points 11 months ago

Our current house came with Frigidaire appliances, never again.