School me on air fryers

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Exterous

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Well I just bought this so we'll see how that goes. Given the shockingly strong opinions about things with 'air fryer' in their name I'll go ahead and get my flame suit on
 

Kaido

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I got this just to shut the wife up.


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Crispy airfryer wings:

1. 250F for 15 minutes
2. Flip
3. 400F for 20 minutes (adjust as needed - more or less, depending on your airfryer & what finish you want on the skin)

Sauce:

1. Pick a sauce (ex. Frank's Red Hot)
2. Melt an equal amount of butter in the microwave (ex. quarter stick)
3. Mix well with a whisk or fork
4. Toss sauce with cooked wings in a large bowl

 

sdifox

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Crispy airfryer wings:

1. 250F for 15 minutes
2. Flip
3. 400F for 20 minutes (adjust as needed - more or less, depending on your airfryer & what finish you want on the skin)

Sauce:

1. Pick a sauce (ex. Frank's Red Hot)
2. Melt an equal amount of butter in the microwave (ex. quarter stick)
3. Mix well with a whisk or fork
4. Toss sauce with cooked wings in a large bowl

View attachment 31717

I have mesh trays, I ain't flipping shit. Or I'll use the tumbler basket.
 
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Yeah, I don't doubt that it's a good appliance, just wondering how long until other convection toaster ovens are relabeled as air fryer ovens

I see no need for one and I suspect that is because of the way we eat and not wanting to add another thing to our counter top. We have way too much “stuff” as it is.
Two of my friends find air fryers incredibly useful each cook differently too. One tends to eat a lot of prepared frozen stuff and the other actually cooks simple stuff with it.
 

sdifox

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As suspected, wife has yet to volunteer to cook with the airfryer. A Keurig used to sit there and it had not been powered on for like a year. But hey I don't have to hear about not having an airfryer.
 

BurnItDwn

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As suspected, wife has yet to volunteer to cook with the airfryer. A Keurig used to sit there and it had not been powered on for like a year. But hey I don't have to hear about not having an airfryer.
My wife talked about wanting a stand mixer for years, it sat in the box for like 3 months, and then 3 months on the counter before she used it
 

sdifox

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My wife talked about wanting a stand mixer for years, it sat in the box for like 3 months, and then 3 months on the counter before she used it

I have owned a stand mixer (KitchenAid 6qt lift bowl) for 14 years. I have used it many times. I am not sure my wife has ever used it. I am the cook of the house.

She did claim she will cook pork chops tonight in that dohicky. I will make sure to have a large lunch.
 

Icecold

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Crispy airfryer wings:

1. 250F for 15 minutes
2. Flip
3. 400F for 20 minutes (adjust as needed - more or less, depending on your airfryer & what finish you want on the skin)
What is the reasoning or what difference does it make starting at 250? I'm just curious - I make wings in mine all the time and just blast it at 400 the whole time (usually shaking the basket or flipping them once halfway through) until they're ready to eat and they come out great.
 

ponyo

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How many wings can you fit in the air fryer? I grill my wings on my Weber charcoal grill indirect. I can fit about 40-50 wings on the 22" Weber and takes about 50 minutes to cook. I'm skeptical air fryer will make better wings than my Weber.
 

Icecold

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How many wings can you fit in the air fryer? I grill my wings on my Weber charcoal grill indirect. I can fit about 40-50 wings on the 22" Weber and takes about 50 minutes to cook. I'm skeptical air fryer will make better wings than my Weber.
Probably 12 if they're separated, 6 if whole wings. It doesn't make them better than the Weber it's just more convenient. The best wings I make are on my Weber with a vortex doing indirect heat, with a big chunk of wood smoking in the center. The air fryer wings come out similarly crispy, though, just not quite as good as the Weber.
 

BurnItDwn

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I have owned a stand mixer (KitchenAid 6qt lift bowl) for 14 years. I have used it many times. I am not sure my wife has ever used it. I am the cook of the house.

She did claim she will cook pork chops tonight in that dohicky. I will make sure to have a large lunch.

I have never used a stand mixer.
I cook most of the meals here, though wife is by far a better baker than I am .... usually i just use a stock pot and/or a cast iron skillet .. though i used an instant pot for a 10 pound pork shoulder recently. It has an "air fryer" lid, we haven't used that yet (but might test it with some raw chicken tenders).
 

ponyo

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Probably 12 if they're separated, 6 if whole wings. It doesn't make them better than the Weber it's just more convenient. The best wings I make are on my Weber with a vortex doing indirect heat, with a big chunk of wood smoking in the center. The air fryer wings come out similarly crispy, though, just not quite as good as the Weber.
Yeah, that wouldn't work for me. Too low capacity. I do my wings on the Weber with the charcoal basket. I like reusing charcoal and it's so much easier to just grab and shake the charcoal basket vs the Vortex which has completely open bottom. Propane weed torch on the charcoal basket and the fire is ready in 10-15 minutes. And I don't use chunk of wood. Doesn't burn as cleanly and chicken wings don't need ton of smoke. Wood chips are far better than chunk of wood IMO. I'm cooking wings now and I just threw in some wood pellets instead. I'm thinking wood pellets will be the cheapest and the best to burn on the charcoal.
 

Kaido

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What is the reasoning or what difference does it make starting at 250? I'm just curious - I make wings in mine all the time and just blast it at 400 the whole time (usually shaking the basket or flipping them once halfway through) until they're ready to eat and they come out great.

I'll have to try it at straight-up 400F, how long do you run yours for?
 

MrSquished

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A little ticked I don't have a convection oven as the place I bought 3 years ago was a gut reno. Place is very nice but they went average on the appliances and I didn't think to ask for a convection oven in advance. Most of the design was already picked out for the place but I was able to pick my backsplash and a white kitchen vs a brown one. So I could have asked for a better oven but damnit, slipped my mind.
 

TXHokie

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I used my air fryer to heat up the chicken wings that I deep fried yesterday....works great.
 

Icecold

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I'll have to try it at straight-up 400F, how long do you run yours for?
It's probably around 30 minutes, add a few if they're frozen, but I don't actually time it. I'll try to pay closer attention next time, though. My go to for anything I air fry(unless there's a compelling reason to do otherwise) is to do it at 400, and when I start to smell it cooking(a few minutes in for fries, breaded shrimp, etc, and probably more like 10-15 in for wings) open it up and shake the basket, and throw it back in. When it smells like it's ready to eat, it usually is. I sprinkle the raw wings with Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning or Tony Chachere's before cooking(be careful not to use too much due to salt content), and a lot of times I'll sauce the wings as they're done and pop them back in for a couple minutes to set the sauce, and then eat them with the rest of the sauce. I've done a lot of different sauces, but my go to is Frank's Red Hot, Butter, Garlic powder, and dry ranch seasoning.

I happened to have some pictures on my phone of some air fried wings and some done with charcoal that I had done. Both ways are great.
 

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bbhaag

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Samsung and LG both now have "Air Fry" ranges. I wonder how many people will replace their convection unit for one of these lol.

My wife and I just purchased an LG Probake convection oven and we LOVE it. We used our counter top air fryer all the time before we got the new oven but now it just sits there. Here's the one we purchased back in mid September.
 
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Kaido

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Samsung and LG both now have "Air Fry" ranges. I wonder how many people will replace their convection unit for one of these lol.


The smaller ones are more convenient, but the bigger ones hold a lot more food, so if you're cooking a snack for yourself, a countertop airfryer is great, but if you need a bag of like 50 nuggets, an oven is better!
 

sdifox

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Samsung and LG both now have "Air Fry" ranges. I wonder how many people will replace their convection unit for one of these lol.


Sorry sir, your range can no longer receive security update. It has been shutdown for your protection. Please upgrade to newer version.
 
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bbhaag

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Sorry sir, your range can no longer receive security update. It has been shutdown for your protection. Please upgrade to newer version.
Within the last two months we purchased all new LG appliances. Fridge, range, dishwasher, microwave, ect and I didn't bother connecting a single one of them to my network. Sure some of the features they offer are cool when connected but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Like you eluded to the the security concerns alone were enough to turn me off of the idea but what happens when an "update" makes my 7yo fridge or range obsolete because LG deemed it is eol. No thanks....
 

sdifox

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Within the last two months we purchased all new LG appliances. Fridge, range, dishwasher, microwave, ect and I didn't bother connecting a single one of them to my network. Sure some of the features they offer are cool when connected but I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Like you eluded to the the security concerns alone were enough to turn me off of the idea but what happens when an "update" makes my 7yo fridge or range obsolete because LG deemed it is eol. No thanks....


You can run home assistant to control them and block those appliances from internet
 
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