• AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    11 hours ago

    Air fryers are convection ovens. They’re just in a convenient case and size. There’s literally no difference in how they work, other than being less useful than a full sized convection oven.

    I suppose technically the air fryer is using a bit less energy due to the smaller size.

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      10 hours ago

      Having no experience with a full sized convection oven I believe air fryers are faster since they are smaller. Also, they’re cheaper and more apartment friendly than full-sized convection ovens so I’d argue they’re not useless, just serve a slightly different purpose.

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        9 hours ago

        I wasn’t trying to imply that they are useless. Just that as far as the food you make in them is concerned, it’s just a smaller convection oven.

        Convection ovens are just as fast because of how they work. There’s basically no heat up time. They just use a lot more energy to do the same thing.