Air fryer hacks, cooking tips, and simple guides to make your kitchen life easier.
You unpack a brand-new air fryer, switch it on, and a few minutes later your kitchen smells like warm plastic. That can make you wonder whether something is melting,or whether the food you planned to cook is still safe to eat. A mild plastic-like or new-appliance smell during the first few uses can occur with…
Air fryers can draw a surprising amount of power while the heating element is running, but that does not necessarily mean they are expensive to use. Most cooking sessions last only 10 to 30 minutes, and the heating element usually cycles on and off after the air fryer reaches its target temperature. So, how much…
Reheating fried chicken in the air fryer is one of the easiest ways to bring back a crisp coating without turning the chicken into a dry leftover. Start at 375°F, keep the pieces in a single layer, flip halfway through, and begin checking early. This guide explains exactly how to reheat fried chicken in an…
Choosing the best air fryer is less about finding one model everyone agrees on and more about finding the right size and design for the way you actually cook. Recipe Metadata Ingredients: Not applicable — this is an air fryer buying guide. Prep time: 0 minutes. Cook time: 0 minutes. Total time: 0 minutes. Yield:…
How does an air fryer work? An air fryer heats air with an electric heating element, then uses a powerful fan to circulate that hot air rapidly around food sitting in a perforated basket or tray. The moving heat cooks the food while drying and browning its surface, which is why fries, chicken, vegetables, and…
The Beautiful Air Fryer by Drew Barrymore is designed for people who want an air fryer that does not look like a large black plastic box sitting permanently on the counter. The current Beautiful 6 Qt Air Fryer with TurboCrisp Technology combines a touch activated display, multiple color options, a 6 quart basket, four cooking…
The best non toxic air fryer depends on what you mean by non toxic. For this guide, I focused on air fryers whose manufacturers clearly identify their food contact cooking surfaces as PFAS free, PTFE free, glass, stainless steel, or verified PFAS free ceramic. My top glass pick is the Ninja Crispi, while the COSORI…
The Instant Pot Duo Crisp 6.5QT with Ultimate Lid combines a pressure cooker, air fryer, slow cooker, steamer, dehydrator, sous vide cooker, and several other functions in one countertop appliance. Its biggest advantage is not that it can air fry. The real reason to consider the Duo Crisp is that you can pressure cook food…
Air fryers are not inherently toxic when they are used according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The main concerns people raise involve nonstick coatings such as PTFE, the broader PFAS chemical family, damaged cooking surfaces, plastics, and acrylamide that can form in certain foods during high-temperature cooking. The evidence is more reassuring than many social media…
“Clearly you don’t own an air fryer” is a meme that jokes about how enthusiastic air fryer owners can become about their favorite kitchen appliance. The phrase is intentionally smug. The joke suggests that if you actually owned an air fryer, you would understand why people talk about them so much. One of the earliest…
