My air fryer broke a week ago and I was craving chicken nuggies so I put them in the oven that came with the apartment and baked them for about 10 minutes and they were just as good as the air fryer makes them. Do I even need to buy a replacement air fryer?
>>22194600The only problem with ovens is that it takes longer to preheat and it costs more in electricity. Depending on if it's a good oven, the convection may be crap too. But otherwise, no.
>>22194600>I was craving chicken nuggiesPut a little bit of oil in a pan and fry on low to medium heat.You know that you don't have to crank the stove to the maximum until the pan is glowing, right?I know there are some people who pour half a lake of oil in there when frying, but why? Nuggies can be fried perfectly with just a speck of oil on low heat.
>>22194600depends on how frequently you intend to use the oven and whether or not you pay for your own electricity. sure we're talking maybe a few dollars difference over the course of a year but that's still something to consider
>>22194633>it costs more in electricitypatently false.
>>22194600>goy realizes his trendy product is just an oven
>>22195320Airfryer shill. Kitchen Oven: Uses 2,000 to 5,000 watts of power. It takes longer to preheat and heat a large space.Air Fryer: Uses 800 to 1,500 watts of power. It is small, heats up instantly, and cooks food faster.
>>22195451>Air Fryer: Uses 800 to 1,500 watts of powerpatently false.
>>22194633>>22195320>>22195451A good oven will heat fairly quickly though not as fast as an air fryer so that point exists but is not so relevant. The electricity point is true but it's honestly extremely cheap to run an oven, just look up your cost per kWh and multiply accordingly. So using your example numbers of 2-5kWh for an oven and 0.8-15 for an air fryer and running for an entire hour which is somewhat unlikely.USA (avg kwh cost 18.34c, rounding up to closest whole cent)Oven = $0.37 - $0.92Air fryer = $0.15 - $0.28UK (26.11p, same rounding)Oven = £0.52- £1.31Air fryer = £0.21 - £0.39I'd assume longer times you're likely to be at the lower end of costs in general, you're probably not running an oven for an actual hour at full output. So while you're only using 1/3rd as much power, accounting for the faster time to come up to heat as well as less usage, 1/3rd of a small amount isn't a great saving. On a purely money saving angle if you already have an oven it'd probably take you multiple years to break even on the air fryer. If you truly care that much cook 2-3 dishes at once in an oven and then have leftovers to reheat quickly and you'd instantly beat the air fryer. Or do what housewives used to do and bake a dessert or similar in the residual heat after the main dish is done.
>>22196774no it's not dipshit your kitchen is wired for 220v in america but the rest of your outlets are 110v. 110v has a maximum output of 1500w. this assumes that your oven is electric and not gas.
>>22196847Though in practice in both cases you don't actually run at full power even at max temp, since the device comes up to temp then uses less to maintain it. Anecdotally I find air fryers are maybe a bit worse at leaking heat when used for a long time but I don't know if that's just a quality thing and both lose a lot of heat when opened. But I'd still say if it's purely for saving money just cook multiple things in the oven unless you subsist off of single portions of junk food you cook on demand.Calculations may vary based on your oven being fan/convection or not but if you aren't poor I don't know why you'd have an oven without that setting those have been standard for decades.
Why not fry them in a pan with some oil???
