• Serdan@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I love my airfryer and may upgrade it to a larger one. I’ve started making my own food again instead of eating fast food every day (depression sucks).

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      1 year ago

      I almost bought an air fryer, but ended up with a convection toaster oven. Does everything an air fryer does and much more. I bought the Gourmia one from Costco and would buy it again in a heartbeat.

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        1 year ago

        What’s the difference between an air fryer and a convection toaster oven. Everybody’s so excited for air fryers but AFAIK, both just blow air around.

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          Exactly! I read some air fryer reviews and one of the reviews said the best air fryer is a convection toaster oven, so I thought, “well it’s Costco and if I hate it I can return it and get an air fryer.” I use this for so many things and almost every day. Reheating food is generally better in this than the microwave oven too.

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          1 year ago

          Convection toaster ovens have been around for a long time, but for the most part have been “toaster oven plus a little fan.” Air fryers showed up with an emphasis on I’M BLOWING ALLLLL THE HOT AIR!!! I’ll make frozen mini pizzas in my air fryer and have to stab the pepperoni with toothpicks or they end up God knows where lol.

          I have both, but would be willing to just have the toaster oven version if it stepped up its blowing game. Until the day comes when one of the appliances craps out on me, I’ll use both.

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      1 year ago

      What are some food recipes you recommend?!

      Any subs you posted on or learned from that you would advise others to follow, curious.

      Thank you!

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        1 year ago

        Not OP, but we make roasted carrots with garlic, Italian spices, and parm cheese sprinkled on top.

        Be sure to use avocado oil instead of olive.

        They’re fucking delicious.

        Edit: 325 for about 18-20 minutes. Just check for tenderness that you prefer.

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        1 year ago

        I bought a Philips device and installed the companion app (Kitchen+). It has a decent selection of recipes that you can filter by appliance and other stuff. You can add your own recipes too.

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      1 year ago

      We have two different Ninja air fryers. One that’s the bin/grill style and the flip version that can be used as a toaster oven as well.

      They get used in one form or another almost daily.