What the heck is an air fryer anyway?

Glad you asked! The air fryer is a unique countertop electric machine that uses circulated hot air to bake and grill foods. It’s nothing like an electric deep fat fryer that you fill with cooking oil. Instead, the air fryer requires no deep vat of oil at all; just spray light amounts of cooking spray on foods and insert them into the machine. Because you use very little or no cooking oil, you can create healthier meals without all that extra fat.

The air fryer browns and crisps most foods, just like your oven, but it’s very easy to clean up with a simple removable basket that washes up fast. Its self-contained quiet fan and heat element warm up very quickly and, unlike your oven, it does not heat up your entire kitchen. (It also traps a lot of the food odors while cooking, which is a bonus!)