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If you have an air fryer, how do you like it? And what do you cook in it?

 
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For Mother's Day, my dear daughter wants to give me an Air Fryer.

I am afraid it will take up too much space in my small kitchen.

Any one have one and what do you cook in it?

These are the ones she is suggesting:



Amazon Link for Ninja Air Fryer 4qt




Amazon Link for Nuwave Brio 6 qt Air Fryer


Does anyone have this one?  I like it because there are not a lot of bells and whistles to learn how to use.



Amazon Link for Dash Air Fryer

 
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My sister in law has the air fryer attachment for her instant pot and loves it. (We both love the instant pot.)  

She hasn't had the fryer long but they have made fries and egg rolls, etc with it and are sold. If I were going to get am air fryer, I would go that way because it's handy for many things. I dislike having an appliance that takes up lots of space and can't do lots.
 
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Thank for the reply, Sonja.

Our daughter has the instapot and bought the attachment for the air fryer. She loves it, that is why she wants to get me one. She says she uses hers every day for bacon.
 
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We have one. We like it. Cook anything in it you would put in a deep fat fryer .....without the oil or fat.
 
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I found a Emeril air fryer/pressure cooker on sale and bought it. I was afraid it would just take up space, but I use it all the time. I never really used a pressure cooker before this thing, now I realize what I've been missing. You can pressure cook something quickly and thoroughly (like a whole chicken), then switch lids and brown it perfectly.  I've been sous vid'ing like it's going out of style. I can take the cheapest pork roast money can buy, and make it taste every bit as good as the most expensive of meat. Even just frying, it's so handy because it's so deep it doesn't splatter grease all over the stove to be cleaned. If a meal leaves a residue in the bottom of the pot, I can pressure cook a load of wholesome food for my dog and it cleans up the mess. Otherwise, cleanup is still not bad; just put water in it and boil it and the mess comes right out. I can't recommend it enough, but I would definitely get one that air fries and pressure cooks.
 
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Right before the quarantine, we bought the cheapest possible model (like the third one in your original post, but cheaper) when it was 60% clearanced at Dollar General.  We weren't sure what we would use it for.  

The household member who eats deep fried frozen foods loves it for the convenience.  Just dump a pound of tater tots (or any frozen greasy potato product) or chicken nuggets or essentially anything breaded and frozen intended for deep frying) in the basket it, set it, and forget it.  (Well, maybe shake once halfway through.)  There's enough oil in most such products that they "fry" extremely well.

I use it mostly for "roasting" ready-to-eat vegetables.  Frozen brussel sprouts and those bags of baby carrots (that are really just regular carrots that have been run through an industrial abrasion process) are awesome.  Dump in a bag, hit 'em with a couple seconds of olive oil spray, ten minutes or so, stir, another spritz of oil, season, allow to finish for another ten or so.  They get the browning and crisp exteriors of roasted veg and make tasty healthy snack/finger food.  

Bottom line: somewhat unexpectedly, we use it daily or more often.  Downside: when you "overcook" things, they don't burn; the hot wind sort of dehydrates the exterior.  It's not terrible but it is weird.  

We have discussed that if this cheapy unit dies, we'd like one of the ones with a larger rectangular basket.
 
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Jordan, thanks for telling me about the Emeril air fryer/pressure cooker.  I looked at it online and was almost sold until I read the reviews.  Seems like it is missing something that you have to buy from the manufacturer for $50.00.  I looked at pictures and it seems to be missing the fryer basket, maybe?

Dan, thanks! I may look at Dollar General as I like that price.

Or maybe I will tell her to get both the Insapot and the Air Fryer attachment and I will pay for the Instapot.

It is so hard to decide.
 
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Anne Miller wrote:Jordan, thanks for telling me about the Emeril air fryer/pressure cooker.  I looked at it online and was almost sold until I read the reviews.  Seems like it is missing something that you have to buy from the manufacturer for $50.00.  I looked at pictures and it seems to be missing the fryer basket, maybe?.



The one I got did not come with a basket; I never really gave it any thought. I can't say I've really had a need for one, though. I've used mine as/is except for a cheap generic kit of accessories I bought on ebay for under $20. It is handy having extra racks to have more than one tier cooking at a time, but I rarely need even that since I usually cook for one. I did read the earlier version had some issues, like the sous vide feature taking forever to heat up. It's the one with the rotary dial. Mine is the newer one with no dial.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Emeril-Lagasse-Pressure-Air-Fryer-Plus-6-Quart/964608915
 
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I was just wondering about one of these.  The recipe I saw on YouTube was for a Blooming Onion, a whole onion cut in a way that opens it up in small chunks, dipped in spicy flour and egg, then air fried.  I think The Outback restaurant is famous for their blooming onions, and there are copycat recipes online.
 
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Cristo Balete wrote:I was just wondering about one of these.  The recipe I saw on YouTube was for a Blooming Onion, a whole onion cut in a way that opens it up in small chunks, dipped in spicy flour and egg, then air fried.  I think The Outback restaurant is famous for their blooming onions, and there are copycat recipes online.



Yes, I've seen a cutter made for doing this, but I don't eat onions. I think an air fryer might be a good way to do one, because the ones I've seen in restaurants seem to collect a disgusting amount of grease at the bottom.
 
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I found an air fryer at a local thrift shop and brought it home as a christmas gift for my best friend. She ended up leaving at our house (she doesn't have a home of her own yet) so I've done a lot of research about the best ways to do it.
So it's basically a tiny little convection oven; the whole "Fryer" part of it comes from coating the food in oil and the hot air circulating around it to cook all sides at once.
You can use it as a tiny little oven; almost anything that can be baked in a full-sized oven can also be cooked in the air fryer. Since the air is being circulated with a fan it does change the cooking time substantially. I've found that it usually takes about half off the baking time. You can find small pans that are made specifically for use in an air fryer, or if you're like me you can scrounge the second-hand stores for stuff that's small enough. I like to use it when it's too hot to run the full-sized oven (about 8 months out of the year here in Texas!) My most recent sucess was a tiny little cheesecake, complete with water bath. It cooked up in about 10 minutes in the air fryer!
 
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I think my new house might not even have a regular oven.  Between the instant pot, air fryer, and toaster oven we only use the burners on the stove most of the year.
 
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I'm grinding my teeth just now because all of you are talking about "functional" air-fryers and ours is sitting there from months of neglect after the on/off switch on the door died.  It was one of the more expensive ones, .... a gamble after going though 2 cheaper units in as many months.  The new 'Cadillac' had all the bells and whistles for baking, air-frying, toasting....I found it could even resuscitate stale popcorn during a bout of deep midwest humidity!  Like others have mentioned, the main electric range in the home became simply a stovetop with a large storage cavity below to keep the mice away from bread, cookies, and unfinished bowls of dog food.  Who needed to fire up the oven in the middle of a hot summer anyway?.....I was baking fresh scones in the air-fryer oven in 20 min!  Then it died and the advice from the local repair shop was that they would charge more than it would be to buy a new one.  It was off warranty and the manufacturer would fix it....for a fee...after we shipped it....for a fee.  So there it sits, yet other dusty, brushed silver 'bread box', the mice anxiously window shopping across its smirking Pyrex face.  I bought a massive drill bit some weeks back with intentions of plowing though decorative sheet metal adorning its not-so-carefully engineered circuitry.....and removing the door switch altogether.  No motivation currently in the summer's heat.....clearly a fall project.  Great additions to the kitchen, air-fryers,..... hope I can jump-start the wannabee paper-weight before winter. :-P
 
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Thanks, everyone for sharing your thoughts.

Maybe one of these days I will see my Mothers Day gift.  Last I heard she said the stores were all out of them.

Since the air fryer never showed up, I started using the George Foreman Grill. It had sat on the shelf without being used for years.  Now it cooks bacon and grills pork chops.



 
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We got the Ninja Foodie because I was so excited about the possibility of having a pressure cooker and air fryer in one.  It was more expensive because of this, but the pressure cooker function never worked properly, so I do think that having just an inexpensive air fryer would have been better.  Though I do LOVE the air fryer and use it nearly everyday!  I use it to roast chicken, cook meat from a frozen state in no time, "fry" butternut squash, sweet potatoes, acorn squash, cauliflower, etc.  You name it, it can pretty much get dumped into the fryer.  It really helps if you want to go lower carb and keep the family happy bc everyone loves fried things.  I usually save the grease that drops to the bottom from frying beef bacon or chickens and use that to slather over the veggies before cooking and it is so good (and I'm reusing it and getting more bang for my buck!)
 
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They do take up space, but I liked using my mom's for quickly baking sweet potatoes or salmon, or she would often halve avocados and bake cheesy eggs inside.
This gadget is handy like having a quick mini-oven, yet it's loud when operating and bulky on the counter.
 
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I hadn't heard anyone else say they are loud. that is rather unexpected.

Are they all loud?
 
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Anne Miller wrote:I hadn't heard anyone else say they are loud. that is rather unexpected.

Are they all loud?



They sound like a dehydrator, sort of.  So, not as loud as your stovetop hood, but louder than your (silent) oven.  It's similar to having a dishwasher going--it is distracting at times, but you normally don't notice it much.
 
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Claire Alexander wrote:

Anne Miller wrote:I hadn't heard anyone else say they are loud. that is rather unexpected.

Are they all loud?



....  It's similar to having a dishwasher going--it is distracting at times, but you normally don't notice it much.




.....yet for a much shorter period of time.   I think even for french fries it was 8-12 minutes..?  The rushing air sound I think was off when used as a convection or toaster oven.
 
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Mine's not loud at all. No where near as loud as any dishwashers I've seen. You can't hear it over tv, radio, a/c.
 
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I actually turned out to love mine.  It is a GoWise brand.  I’ve not had a problem with it at all and I have gifted three more to other people and they love them.  The bottom tray and the basket are dishwasher safe and are great for cooking most everything.  Definitely the best for reheating any sort of fried food that you got at a restaurant for take away.   I really like cooking  bacon in it.  No fuss, no spatter and you can collect the bacon grease in the tray.  However, I have tried to do a Bloomin onion in it probably a half a dozen times. I tried some of the YouTube versions with a dry rub and oil spray. I know you’re not supposed to use wet batters in an air fryer, but they sort of work (keep it as dry as possible but a little drips of and makes a very crispy and tasty batter pancake in the tray), but  I still haven’t been able to get the Bloomin onion to be anything like the one you get at Outback’s  
 
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My best blooming onion.  Not Outback :(
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Rob, thanks for sharing the blooming onion.

I have 4 onions I bought in June that I need to use.

I know how to cut the onion though is there any other things I need to know about cooking them?
 
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That was the one with the light wet batter and sprayed with olive oil. It’s just a pain to keep the petals separated while it’s cooking.  You’re cooking time will vary depending on the size and type of onion.  Good thing is it didn’t seem like you could over cook it.
 
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Dan Boone wrote:The household member who eats deep fried frozen foods loves it for the convenience.  Just dump a pound of tater tots (or any frozen greasy potato product) or chicken nuggets or essentially anything breaded and frozen intended for deep frying) in the basket it, set it, and forget it.  (Well, maybe shake once halfway through.)  There's enough oil in most such products that they "fry" extremely well.


This past year I've gotten into deep fat frying, and I've thought about trying an air fryer instead, but it is precisely the convenience of an air fryer that concerns me. Using and cleaning a deep fryer is a complete and utter pain in the ass -- which is its main saving grace. I'm averaging using the deep fryer about once a month, but it would be tempting to make french fries, onion rings, etc. far more often with an air fryer.  

Michael Pollan said it better in his book Food Rules:

#39 Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.
There is nothing wrong with eating sweets, fried foods, pastries, even drinking soda every now and then, but food manufacturers have made eating these formerly expensive and hard-to-make treats so cheap and easy that we're eating them every day. The french fry did not become America's most popular vegetable until industry took over the jobs of washing, peeling, cutting, and frying the potatoes -- and cleaning up the mess. If you made all the french fries you ate, you would eat them much less often, if only because they're so much work.

 
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We purchased a Ninja Foodie just about the time the model changed features.  Since it was at a warehouse market, we got it much cheaper than most other locations.  The pressure cooker on ours works great - too bad it cannot be trusted to hold pressure and temperature well enough to perform light canning.  I really was hoping to be able to do small batch canning where I did not have to babysit the whole process.  Well, I guess the universe is not ready for automated small scale food preservation other than dehydrating .

The unit cooks a whole chicken in very little time, perhaps an hour.  I use the pressure cooker and then finish in the air fryer.  I am looking for some 8" round baking pans to try quick cakes or sweet breads, but only find the kind with ears to make picking them up easier.  My wife traded out all the old pans with smooth sides some time ago, it would be so useful to know what one would need in the future.  In general, it seems quite useful, especially to keep heat down in the kitchen during warm spells.  Of course, I do not live anywhere near Texas.  Upstate NY weather does not stay warm long, even with purported climate change.  Of course, due to the Great Lakes and surrounding mountains we have more partially cloudy days than Seattle, not that they would accept that fact!  That keeps temperatures down where my geothermal system can keep the house cool for my wife's breathing issues.
 
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Are there any that don't have a non-stick interior - meaning that have a stainless steel interior?  I don't like to use anything with non-stick coatings.  The makers of those coatings are so guarded about what goes into them.

I'm looking at all sorts of low electricity cooking options. My husband and I are building our house and it's off grid, and I'm allergic to gas so electricity use is paramount.  I bought the most efficient oven I could find, a commercial convection countertop model that is insulated. Versus how say, a toaster oven works - no insulation, lots of heat leaking out everywhere. All ovens could be made this way, but it's one of those things that most people don't care much about until they have to.

We will also have an outdoor kitchen right outside the inside kitchen, but in the winter it would do double duty to use an indoor oven. (Heating the house...)

So anyone know if there are any stainless steel interior air fryers, by chance? I tend to lean away from complicated appliances, but maybe this would be worthwhile.
 
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I resisted buying this contraption for a long time, even after my pressure cooker bit the dust. I saw it as another "fancy, one-trick" pot that I didn't need. Well, I was wrong. The pot does do more than just pressure cook, and now I'm kicking myself for buying the 3 qt model.  There's nothing wrong with it, but all the aftermarket gadgets you can buy are for the 6-quart model -- including the air fryer topper. I am soothing my conscience by telling myself that if I'd bought the 6 qt monster, I have used it less since I'm cooking for one, and I don't need 10 gallons of whatever is in the pot. The minimum quantity for the 6 qt monster would have me eating the same thing for two weeks, at least.

Anyway, now I want the air fryer lid for the IP and no, it's not available for the 3 qt model. I found a video on how to turn your 3 qt IP into an air fryer but it required a drill press, so, yeah, that was a no-go. I've narrowed it down to a Cuisinart Multi-function thing --
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/dp/B09JNS4W2V/?coliid=I3CLRVPYI97D5M&colid=1QG4JYZ0RU7J2&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it but I'm still mulling the purchase over. I have a Japanese oven on its last legs and that's all it does is oven stuff.  Yeah, they say it will grill and steam, but I've had no success with either.

This is not exactly a review of an air fryer, but I appreciate the education in this thread.
 
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Kim Goodwin wrote: Are there any that don't have a non-stick interior - meaning that have a stainless steel interior?  


At my house we were given an old one that had been sitting in someone's garage, complete with plastic everywhere and teflon coated innards and an insanely loud beep for every button press which I simply refused to use. This summer my roommate got a Calphalon air fryer/toaster oven and the inside is mostly stainless steel. Only the drip pan is coated in teflon and at the first sign of flaking I'm going to hunt down a stainless tray and make it fit one way or another.

Kim Goodwin wrote: I bought the most efficient oven I could find, a commercial convection countertop model that is insulated. Versus how say, a toaster oven works - no insulation, lots of heat leaking out everywhere. All ovens could be made this way, but it's one of those things that most people don't care much about until they have to.


This is by far my biggest problem. It might work out well in a cold climate, but the heat is unwelcome here most days of the year. Your commercial convection oven is probably better than this machine. Apparently they have an insulated model which is a nice option. Of course the regular one is not cheap given the stainless steel and name brand, and the insulated model is that much more expensive. It would probably save money in the long run to get the insulated one in hot climates.

It has a few other issues. The door could use a stronger spring so it doesn't vibrate with the fan. It also means the fan is a bit imbalanced on mine, to the point where even if something isn't rattling you can still hear a deep undulating sound as if there was a roof exhaust fan running on the other side of the house. It doesn't really bother me but it's noticeable that the fan is a hair off. It seems substantially quieter and slower than the fan on the last air fryer, and reviews suggest the air fry function may not be as robust as other machines. More like a convection oven, though I have no previous experience with either. It also stunk to the point I thought the electronics were getting cooked, but it went away after a while. I guess it was the heating elements. It might be a good idea to run it hot in a ventilated space before using it indoors.

Now that I'm only making dinner for two, it seemed absurd to run the big oven for one meal, and some days it doesn't make sense to cook several meals worth of food at once. We almost never used our old toaster oven, but this one gets used a few times a week or more. It's certainly not perfect and I'd rather be cooking outside with wood, but it made things much easier for me since I couldn't walk this summer, and the heat isn't nearly as bad as running the big oven.
 
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Kim - There are some stainless steel inner pots for Ninja Foodie 8 Qt. and probably other sizes as well so long as those sizes are still on the market.  I also saw a set of dehydrator shelves for the same model, for what that is worth.  

My favorite aspect is being able to use the pressure cover to cook from frozen and then change to the fryer cover to crisp the outer layers.  We have home-raised chicken in the freezer and this makes it easy to get it out and eat it the same day.  We used to have to get it out at least a day early and our schedules did always agree with our dinner.

It also heats the area much less than the stove, which helps in the summer.
 
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Kim - sorry, I found the stainless inner pot on Amazon.  Just realized I did not provide the link.https://www.amazon.com/Goldlion-Stainless-Compatible-Accessories-Replacement/dp/B086ZY9ZC8/ref=sr_1_30?crid=BCDID6NYVHIR&keywords=ninja+foodi+air+fryer+stainless+steel+basket&qid=1666744873&sprefix=ninja+foodie+air+fryer+stainless+%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-30
 
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