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love_katz

(3,107 posts)
22. I love mine.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 03:07 PM
Jan 2025

My air fryer is an Emeril's. The interior is all stainless steel and the cooking pieces can be put in the dishwasher or washed by hand. (I don't have a dishwasher).
I love it for air frying, reheating food ( I hate microwaves), and proofing bread dough. It also bakes and broils very nicely. It can rotisserie cook chicken, but I think you have to stick to about a 3 pound bird.
I'm skeptical of slow cooking with it, because it doesn't have very thick walls, but, overall I am really pleased with it.
It has lots of pre-programmed settings, which I haven't gotten around to using. They have several sizes available for the oven. I bought the middle sized one. I also bought some cookbooks for it.
I chose stainless steel because I don't trust so-called non-stick cooking surfaces. I have smelled plastic smells emanating from them and I refuse to use them. I prefer cooking with either cast iron or stainless steel.
I keep my air fryer on a roll around cart in the breakfast nook. I wouldn't want one if I had to store it in a cupboard, because it would be awkward to have to get it out to use.
Edited to add: I usually cook from scratch, but I have used the air fryer to cook frozen foods and I have been pleased with the results. Breaded chicken fingers and breaded shrimp came out beautifully crisp. I have found mine to be worth it.

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Junk. Throw away appliance. Bluethroughu Jan 2025 #1
I love mine Freddie Jan 2025 #2
I use mine from time to time. They are nasty to clean. Srkdqltr Jan 2025 #3
I like mine. mercuryblues Jan 2025 #4
I think Rebl2 Jan 2025 #6
I have one with trays, not a basket mercuryblues Jan 2025 #13
For the rare occasions I wanted to use one, I refuse to buy a separate appliance so I bought the air fryer hlthe2b Jan 2025 #5
I use mine occasionally and store it in the garage. No trouble cleaning. Sneederbunk Jan 2025 #7
We use a countertop oven sorcrow Jan 2025 #8
I use mine all the time. peacefreak2.0 Jan 2025 #9
Ninja foodi grill Keepthesoulalive Jan 2025 #10
Had my first one snowybirdie Jan 2025 #11
I use mine all the time. DJ Synikus Makisimus Jan 2025 #12
Also depends on... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #25
Check Goodwill or similar second hand stores. Bobstandard Jan 2025 #14
Sort of spinbaby Jan 2025 #15
We were very disappointed by the results and it has been in the basement ever since. Take a lot of space on a Martin68 Jan 2025 #16
They're called air fryers but can you actually fry battered fish and chicken with no oil? brush Jan 2025 #17
If you are like me and your guilty pleasures include anything fried you will love it. MLAA Jan 2025 #18
I think of it as a tabletop convection oven NotASurfer Jan 2025 #19
I bought a combo countertop oven. pandr32 Jan 2025 #20
I like using mine, especially in the summer Redleg Jan 2025 #21
I love mine. love_katz Jan 2025 #22
Thanks for your thorough and detailed reply. Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #23
I use our Ninja air-fryer quite a bit La Coliniere Jan 2025 #24
I like ours but would get one with French doors if.. yourout Jan 2025 #26
I love mine... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #27
Yes, the one I was looking at is a "twin" basket style (side by side, separate independent controls) Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #29
Definitely... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #32
My husband loves it & because he loves it, I love it. CrispyQ Jan 2025 #28
Our daughter gifted us with one Christmas 2022 and we love it yellowdogintexas Jan 2025 #30
We use our air-fryer almost everyday. Emile Jan 2025 #31
It's a counter top convection oven the uses less energy than a full sized oven. The Wizard Jan 2025 #33
I love my air fryer. I've been using Air Fryers long before they were readily available in stores. tulipsandroses Jan 2025 #34
Our first air fryer was a round NuWave. Worked great, but the plastic Emile Jan 2025 #36
Very mixed reviews IbogaProject Jan 2025 #35
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