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An air fryer is a small countertop convection oven designed to simulate deep frying without submerging the food in oil.A fan circulates hot air at high speed, producing a crisp layer via browning reactions such as the Maillard reaction. Some product reviewers claim that regular convection ovens or convection toaster ovens produce better results or that air frying is essentially convection baking under a trendy new name.
Air fryers use a circulation of hot air to cook food that would otherwise be submerged in oil. The air fryer’s cooking chamber radiates heat from a heating element near the food, and a fan circulates hot air. The temperatures can go up to 250 °C (482 °F) depending on the model. Cooking oil is not used in large quantities in an air fryer. Cooking times in the air fryer may be reduced by 20% or more, as compared to non-convection ovens.
Traditional frying methods induce the Maillard effect at temperatures of between 140 to 165 °C (284 to 329 °F) by completely submerging foods in hot oil, well above the boiling point of water. The air fryer works by coating the desired food in a thin layer of oil while circulating air heated up to 200 °C (392 °F) to apply heat and initiate the reaction. As a result, the appliance is able to brown foods like potato chips, chicken, fish, steak, cheeseburgers, french fries or pastries using 70% to 80% less oil than a traditional deep fryer
Convection ovens have been in wide use since 1945.
In 2010, Philips introduced the Airfryer brand of convection oven at a consumer electronics fair in Berlin. It used the patented Rapid Air technology.The term “airfryer” is now often used generically.
Early air fryers were barrel-shaped. More recently, many have come to resemble toaster ovens and pressure cookers, and share their functions.
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