/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>17942415
if its a convection toaster oven then its exactly the same. if not then yes its different

>>17942415
congratulations, you figured it out, just 5 years after everyone else. Yes, it's just a rebranding with a shittier form factor

YES ANOTHER FUCKING AIRFRYER THREAD!

>zoomer oven

>>17942415
>>17942419
>>17942432
>preheats faster
>cooks faster
>takes up less space than a toaster oven
>can hold more food per batch
This is coming from somebody who used to shit on air fryers and kept using my toaster oven for quick meals while coding or writing. The same bit of countertop where my toaster oven used to be now has a hotpot and air fryer which fit perfectly.
The spot where my hotpot used to be is now open space and where I did my mise en place while preparing real dinners.
The same cheap food that would take me 20-30min with a toaster oven takes 15 with an air fryer. And I can double the portion size compared to my toaster oven. So not only did my toaster oven take up more space but it also cooked smaller portions and took longer to do so.

Now, I likely would not have paid for an air fryer out of pocket given I had my toaster oven. But since it was a gift and I slowly began to realize its real world implications in my life, as opposed to people's opinions on the internet, I'm very glad I ended up with one.

>>17942415
It moves the air. Am I wrong?

>>17942415
put a whole turkey in it, heh

The heat from the fryer cooks the egg

Yes it is a toaster oven but with a fan so instead of the heat being radiant it actually is carried by the air (but this only heats the surface a bit quicker, it still mostly heats food in the same exact manner as a toasted oven)

>>17942415
It’s a toaster oven that’s very good at evacuating steam.

It doesn’t really crisp foods, more like prevents them from getting soggy.

unhand mine heaume, villain!

>>17942415
Just get a convection oven

>>17942415
>UMMMMMM IT'S JUST A LE TOASTER OVEN/CONVENTION OVEN

>>17942594
>preheats faster
Dude a toaster oven takes like less than 2 mins to get up to temp.

Why didn’t you just buy a toaster oven combo, they are much more useful than an air fryer for people who actually cook.

>>17943550
thats called convection. there are convection toaster ovens and they are based as fuck

People who defend airfryers are insane animals

>>17942415
It's differently, although only subtly. I do think the air fryer moves a lot more hot air around, forcing it into every nook and cranny of what you're cooking compared to a toaster ovens simple convection.