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Air Fyer suggestions

WeiRDgeRL — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:43:08 GMT

Hello I'm thinking about buying an air fyer for the first time. It would be for meals for 2 people.

Can anyone recommend an air fryer that they really like?

Also, are there any good websites that show cooking times or favorite air fyer websites?

thank you so much!

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hopi — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:47:23 GMT

Owned this Cusinart for over a year. Absolutely love it . It might be on sale at Walmart for $88. My sister bought one after I raved about it and she is also very happy with hers.

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WeiRDgeRL — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 22:55:15 GMT

Thank you! I will check it out

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I am still oxox — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:06:39 GMT

The sqare onew that look like a microwave are much easir to get even food the baskets are a mess to use at times

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haddon9 — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:11:02 GMT

I just bought a Ninja Crispy. I have not gotten a chance to use it yet. The reason that I went with this one is that it is compact and lightweight. Easy to store in a cabinet. I don't want my counters with too many items out.

Plus they are glass bowls rather than a basket lined in teflon.

They have gotten great reviews but I am waiting for it to arrive tomorrow.

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skatting44 — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:35:53 GMT

Cusisinart comes in 2 size machines . I have the smaller one and it works well for me. I cook frozen salmon with ginger garlic sauce and cod in pomodoro sauce in my cuisinart on bake cycle . There is a bake cycle or airfry or toast . It works well for breaded frozen items .

I use it on a daily basis . I only use my regular oven whe I prepare a holiday dinner .

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 23:49:00 GMT

@haddon9 wrote:
I just bought a Ninja Crispy. I have not gotten a chance to use it yet. The reason that I went with this one is that it is compact and lightweight. Easy to store in a cabinet. I don't want my counters with too many items out.

Plus they are glass bowls rather than a basket lined in teflon.

They have gotten great reviews but I am waiting for it to arrive tomorrow.

I've had this since late last year and I love it. Perfect for 2 people, easier to keep clean than the ones with the teflon. Stores nice.

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rockygems123 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:34:47 GMT

@haddon9

Great point about the glass. And you can see the food cook

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rockygems123 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:37:46 GMT

@Meowingkitty @haddon9

Do you know if you have the 3 in 1 or 4 in 1?

I'll look later at the models to see the difference.

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patbz — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 03:54:05 GMT

We have been using our Breville air fryer for 2 years almost daily for air and convection baking; best appliance we own except microwave. This was around $300 but worth every penny.

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Meowingkitty — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 01:52:05 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
@Meowingkitty @haddon9

Do you know if you have the 3 in 1 or 4 in 1?

I'll look later at the models to see the difference.

I have the 4 in 1. This is the newest model.

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FranandZoe — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 02:31:37 GMT

I recently bought a Ramjoy brand from Amazon - currently $69.99 - I love it. I read about it in a tech column in my city newspaper. It's a basket type but the unit and the basket is square. It does not take up a lot of space. I got the 3.8 qt and the basket is very large. There's a larger version too. The outside doesn't ger super hot. It's very attractive and very easy to use.

I've been trying to buy an air fryer for years - first one was the egg shape - so bulky and too small basket. Second one was a Ninja oven type that flipped back and out of the way but it took up too much room.

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Sooner — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 02:27:55 GMT

@WeiRDgeRL wrote:
Hello I'm thinking about buying an air fyer for the first time. It would be for meals for 2 people.

Can anyone recommend an air fryer that they really like?

Also, are there any good websites that show cooking times or favorite air fyer websites?

thank you so much!

@WeiRDgeRL I'd look at what types of foods you eat often and see if that is suited to an air fryer. We bought one, didn't use it maybe 5 times and then got tired of seeing it in the garage and donated it.

We found out that we don't eat many things that need to be air fried. We wound up just roasting things in the oven instead.

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FranandZoe — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 02:33:26 GMT

It seems like anything and everything can be air fried. Great for re-heating too.

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addtothis — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 03:16:31 GMT

Instantpot has a great air fryer!!!! I love mine and it cleans up nicely!!!

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kaydee50 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:29:32 GMT

@Sooner Agree. DH and I are on the fence about getting one. But DH loves his George Foreman grill and I use the microwave a lot. Not sure what we would use an air fryer for.

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I am still oxox — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:17:51 GMT

@skatting44 wrote:
Cusisinart comes in 2 size machines . I have the smaller one and it works well for me. I cook frozen salmon with ginger garlic sauce and cod in pomodoro sauce in my cuisinart on bake cycle . There is a bake cycle or airfry or toast . It works well for breaded frozen items .
I use it on a daily basis . I only use my regular oven whe I prepare a holiday dinner .

@skatting44 We had the large one for about 8 years. We now have an air fryer in our oven. Only thing is the drips from things burgers like we had last night it gets very smoky so we put the fan on in the microwave above and s small exhust fan in the window

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haddon9 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:55:15 GMT

@rockygems123 wrote:
@Meowingkitty @haddon9

Do you know if you have the 3 in 1 or 4 in 1?

I'll look later at the models to see the difference.

@rockygems123 I ordered the 3 in 1. It runs about $20.00 less than the 4 in 1 and the difference is that the 3 in 1 doesn't have a baking feature which I didn't want. I'm not much of a baker and when I do bake I can easily use either the big oven or my toaster oven.

My Ninja Crispy should be arriving today!

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haddon9 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:58:48 GMT

@patbz wrote:
We have been using our Breville air fryer for 2 years almost daily for air and convection baking; best appliance we own except microwave. This was around $300 but worth every penny.

@patbz I have the Breville convection oven but never upgraded to the air fryer version. The air fryer Breville is just a bit larger than the one that I have and I didn't want to go much bigger.

However it is a great little oven! I had another before my current one and deicded to give my old one which was still working very well to my son.....gave me an excuse to buy a new one!

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FranandZoe — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 11:59:19 GMT

That Cuisinart with the window in the front looks great. It's very similar to my Ramjoy but a little bigger than mine and a little smaller than the Ramjoy bigger size. And more square with a large square basket If I hadn't bought the Ramjoy I'd try this one.