NFT: Air Fryers- Are They Any Good?

I was a skeptic at first but it is terrific. Easy to use and to clean. Take a chance.

cooker? I am behind on my cooking tech.

I have cooked wings, fries, baked potates and even the best piece of corn beef I have ever eaten. Well worth it. I bought the biggest Nuwave I could find.

In comment 13743060 madgiantscow009 said:

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cooker? I am behind on my cooking tech.

It uses convection technology

What is wrong with old and fat?

one for Christmas, so I got her the smaller (3 qt?) NuWave Brio.....glad to see a couple of positive comments.

I was thinking about getting one using a gift card I received so this may have sealed the deal for me. Thanks all!

in the air fryer. (Add a dill sauce when done).
It does allow you to make things otherwise requiring deep fat. We make a variety of spring rolls as well as other things (crab) in a won ton wrap.
Of course it works very well for chicken wings or fresh french fries, roasted potatoes (again w/o the oil).
However I would recommend the more pricey version sold by Phillips.
Be prepared to experiment.

as with a deep fryer for things like chicken wings, but without the oil it's obviously healthier.

since I'm getting old, but not yet fat, I haven't been willing to make the switch, but I'm close.

Also, I haven't looked at all the air fryers but I like to cook wings for a crowd, some sundays I'll make 20 - 30 pounds of wings and that will take me 4 batches at around 30 min each in my deep fryer (I make in advance and then flash fry before serving) that will take forever in most of the air fryers because they generally have smaller capacities.

I'd been curious about it before this thread but I finally got one. It's fantastic for french fries. Even cooked a couple of burgers in there. Seared the outside nicely and left the insides juicy.

and I absolutely love it. I mainly use it to crisp up vegetables (broccoli, brussel sprouts, asparagus, sweet potato fries) with barely any oil and it comes out great.

I've made kale chips several times that came out perfectly too.

I don't eat breaded and fried foods often, but I've used it to recrsp breaded chicken as well as chicken coated in almond flour and both came out great.

The best thing I've used the air fryer for, though, is cookie dough. Crisp on the outside, gooey on the inside.