Air Fryers and Anti-Diet Influencers
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The Air Fryer Is a Hoax
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The idea that air frying is a new cooking technique is a myth. Your air fryer is just a little convection oven with a fan system that really blows.
“I would say that an air fryer is a miniature version of a convection oven, where one has specialized the design of the air movement,” said Kevin Keenan, an engineering professor at the University of Guelph who studies food technology. “There’s roughly five times faster air movement through an air fryer compared to a convection oven.”
Besides the wind, and the crisping tray, it’s really more of an optimized convection oven than a new technology. Inside your air fryer, a large fan sits above a hot metal coil, blowing air upwards and around the machine. Specialized channels underneath the food basket direct the hot air back at your food – creating a hot wind tunnel, with your food right at the center of it all. It’s a great design, but it’s nothing new.
So air fryers are just little, windy ovens that sit on the counter, but the industry has grown to be worth $760 billion globally. Air fryers have become the biggest kitchen appliance since the microwave, but have we all been sold a lie?
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