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Food browning under circulating hot air inside a small countertop oven, which is essentially what an air fryer is
Air Fryer

How to Use an Air Fryer (and What It Actually Is)

An air fryer is a small convection oven with the fan close to the food. That’s the whole thing. It…

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A stainless steel air fryer on a white kitchen counter with its basket drawer slightly open, fresh vegetables beside it.
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Cleaning an Air Fryer: The Basket Isn’t the Part That Matters

Two things eventually go wrong with an air fryer. It starts smoking when there’s nothing in it that should smoke,…
Oven-style countertop cooking appliance with a front-opening door, the alternative format to a pull-out basket air fryer
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Basket or Oven-Style Air Fryer? The Testing Is Clearer Than You’d Think

Before you compare a single model, there’s a decision one level above that one: basket or oven-style. Get it wrong…
Food arranged on a stainless steel cooking tray, the kind of tray a parchment or foil liner would sit on in an air fryer
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Foil and Parchment in an Air Fryer: The Rule Nobody Leads With

Can you put parchment paper in an air fryer? Yes. And that's the wrong question, because it isn't the paper…
A black countertop air fryer on a kitchen worktop with its basket pulled open and a plume of pale white vapor rising from the gap
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Why Your Air Fryer Is Smoking: White, Dark, and the Kind That Means Unplug It

An air fryer almost always smokes at you while something good is happening. Bacon is crisping, chicken thighs are rendering,…

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