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Cooking & Baking

Oopsie Daisy

(5,630 posts) Sun Jan 26, 2025, 12:13 PM Jan 2025

Are air-fryers worth it? Or will it end up being a waste of money * [View all]

* and just one more appliance to take up room in my cabinet or countertop?

They look interesting and I see many cooking videos that rave about how convenient they are. But are they? Are they safe and how difficult is clean-up?

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Are air-fryers worth it? Or will it end up being a waste of money * [View all] Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 OP

Junk. Throw away appliance. Bluethroughu Jan 2025 #1

I love mine Freddie Jan 2025 #2

I use mine from time to time. They are nasty to clean. Srkdqltr Jan 2025 #3

I like mine. mercuryblues Jan 2025 #4

I think Rebl2 Jan 2025 #6

I have one with trays, not a basket mercuryblues Jan 2025 #13

For the rare occasions I wanted to use one, I refuse to buy a separate appliance so I bought the air fryer hlthe2b Jan 2025 #5

I use mine occasionally and store it in the garage. No trouble cleaning. Sneederbunk Jan 2025 #7

We use a countertop oven sorcrow Jan 2025 #8

I use mine all the time. peacefreak2.0 Jan 2025 #9

Ninja foodi grill Keepthesoulalive Jan 2025 #10

Had my first one snowybirdie Jan 2025 #11

I use mine all the time. DJ Synikus Makisimus Jan 2025 #12

Also depends on... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #25

Check Goodwill or similar second hand stores. Bobstandard Jan 2025 #14

Sort of spinbaby Jan 2025 #15

We were very disappointed by the results and it has been in the basement ever since. Take a lot of space on a Martin68 Jan 2025 #16

They're called air fryers but can you actually fry battered fish and chicken with no oil? brush Jan 2025 #17

If you are like me and your guilty pleasures include anything fried you will love it. MLAA Jan 2025 #18

I think of it as a tabletop convection oven NotASurfer Jan 2025 #19

I bought a combo countertop oven. pandr32 Jan 2025 #20

I like using mine, especially in the summer Redleg Jan 2025 #21

I love mine. love_katz Jan 2025 #22

Thanks for your thorough and detailed reply. Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #23

I use our Ninja air-fryer quite a bit La Coliniere Jan 2025 #24

I like ours but would get one with French doors if.. yourout Jan 2025 #26

I love mine... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #27

Yes, the one I was looking at is a "twin" basket style (side by side, separate independent controls) Oopsie Daisy Jan 2025 #29

Definitely... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #32

My husband loves it & because he loves it, I love it. CrispyQ Jan 2025 #28

Our daughter gifted us with one Christmas 2022 and we love it yellowdogintexas Jan 2025 #30

We use our air-fryer almost everyday. Emile Jan 2025 #31

It's a counter top convection oven the uses less energy than a full sized oven. The Wizard Jan 2025 #33

I love my air fryer. I've been using Air Fryers long before they were readily available in stores. tulipsandroses Jan 2025 #34

Our first air fryer was a round NuWave. Worked great, but the plastic Emile Jan 2025 #36

Very mixed reviews IbogaProject Jan 2025 #35