• WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Yeah it just turns out that convection ovens make great bagged frozen fries.
    I wish my normal oven was a convection oven so I didn’t need an air fryer.

    • Pistcow@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      I have a fancy oven with convection but it takes a while to heat up and often I just want a couple servings of fries.

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        11 months ago

        People are just not getting it. No lengthy preheat times and you can stick a handful of fries in it to go with your sandwich and it will be done in under 10 minutes. Not inefficient if it can run for less than half the time of a big oven

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          11 months ago

          The negative I always hear is people think you can only cook processed food like fries and chicken fingers. But it also works well with less processed food like chicken

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            11 months ago

            Mine has a rotisserie function and I’ve made some great roasts in there

            It also has a popcorn basket and imo the popcorn turns out better than stovetop

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      11 months ago

      I wish my normal oven was a convection oven so I didn’t need an air fryer.

      Here, pretty much everybody has a convection oven. I wish I understood why air fryers are so popular here.

      I’ve heard one argument: “Mine can stir the fries”

      • Croquette@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        It is a small efficient oven that is easy to use.

        It is great to re-heat food and the texture of the re-heated food is a lot better than a microwave.

        It’s great for breaded food and takes a lot less time than a conventional oven since it heats up pretty much instantly.

        For example, when I make Parmigiana Chicken, if I do it the air fryer, it takes about 15 minutes overall cooking time, including melting the cheese to a golden crips texture. If I use my conventional convection oven, it takes 10 minutes just to heat-up.

        It is also easy to clean.

        It does not replace the conventional oven for everything, but it does a lot of things faster with the same result. It’s a big boon.