Is an AIR FRYER worth the money? | How To Cook That Ann Reardon
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- In this episode we investigate whether air fryers are a waste of money? Are air fryers just the same as a convection oven? Do you need an air fryer?
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She really broke it down by every possible metric. You have to appreciate how thorough she is
Yeah her hardwork is why I love watching her videos
I love the quality of her videos too it's amazing rlly
I think she might actually be a food scientist ?
@@jazzyfizzle7975 i think she is she mentioned it in a vid
Everything except the most important metric - what they taste like! That is literally the ONLY thing I want to know! Do chips cooked i the air fryer taste good or are they dry and tasteless? I don't care how long it takes or how much it costs to run!
Ann Reardon: The mother the internet desperately needs but doesn't deserve.
Only if your Mom is a ravishingly beautiful woman with old Hollywood vibes about her. :)
@@lisagilmer6632 I could hear her say chips all day.
@@kristinak6092 For me, it’s “chocolate.”
Yes
@Shay cant you just speak for your self and dont over react and call everyone on the internet "desperately" needs, you're also making us look like we don't deserve happiness and good things in life.
"If you were in a dorm room craving some macarons" Guys, Ann's not out of touch with the youth at all. She knows what college kids want, and they want macarons.
People actually like eating these? They taste like dirt
@@user-10021 where have you been getting them? they aren't supposed to taste like that..
@@t2jhkt3b8adb5 I once went to a wedding where they got expensively made ones and they weren’t good either, perhaps another fluke who knows, but I can attest there are absolutely some students in dorms that want one, my old roommate made a ton of them once
Didn't like them when I was in college. Or now either.
As a college student, I do want some macarons.
I'm fairly sure macarons can sense fear and hesitation. They laugh at you derisively in a french accent if you make even a tiny mistake.
oh for sure. They smell fear!
They will snort derisively and proclaim, “Zhat esss not a macaron! Is an insult, non? I fart in your general direction!”
@Agent Bubble looking for this now
@@MaverickmelDC 🤣
@@MaverickmelDC ".. your mother smelled of elderberries!" 🙂
I notice Dave never shows up to "test" when you're making good food. lol
Yeah that's messed up 😆
They ate it after finished the video (like all the cakes she made)
But not all the cakes ofc
The "test" is more of a reaction to potentially subpar products.
The good stuff he can just enjoy off camera. I have no problems with them not pushing positive reaction samplings. I've seen far too many videos with faked positive reactions to trust those much anyway. Content creators have a potential financial gain when biasing the reactions in the positive direction.
He is quite the good sport to provide those reactions though. They seem to have an enviable relationship.
I'm willing to allow the man some privacy to enjoy his goodies.
@@stevewebber707 Yes, I get it. It was more just a joke about how we only see Dave when something's bad.
#JusticeForDave
Ann: "I hope this works" *drops macarons perfectly into air fryer*
Me: "I hope this works" *accidentally starts kitchen fire*
Lol, you and me both sista.
Are you a sim?
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"Hope this works"
*Burns my hands with steam and stuff."
I accidently let water boil completely out of a pot just the other day. Forgot I had started it, went to the corner store and came back to a dry pot.
My mom got an air fryer recently and she likes it for a reason you hadn't mentioned, which is that using the oven heats up the whole kitchen, while using the air fryer doesn't. The fact that the heat isn't leaking out so much is probably one reason the air fryer is so much more efficient-- but it also makes it much more comfortable to cook things during the summer!
Surely that's just a reason why the oven is better though? When we cook something in the oven is the only time our kitchen gets to a comfortable bearable temperature. The rest of the time its freezing.
@@AlexaFaie We live in the American South... we have exactly the opposite problem lol! It's always too hot, so anything that keeps the kitchen cooler is a good thing here!
@@AlexaFaie It's hell in south america, you sweat SO.MUCH. Even with a fan on
I live in the north of Sweden. It gets cold outside here but not so much inside. Even during winter it’s a problem with the kitchen getting too hot for my comfort while using the oven, and cooking food in the oven during summer is pure hell. Slow cooker and air fryer are much more pleasant to use imo.
Yes, definitely depends on where you live for whether this is a positive or negative factor, but it's really nice for living in Texas! My family loves having an air fryer and not having all that heat spread to the rest of the house.
I got an air fryer a few years ago as a gift, and was skeptical. Then I cooked a 2 lb (0.9 kg) English roast to perfection in under 40 minutes. Then I cleaned it up in something like three minutes. I love the thing.
Did you happen to follow a specific recipe, because that's super intriguing O:
@@gaianfreak I tenderized it, and rubbed a little salt and pepper into it to prepare it. Then I put it in at 390° for 15 minutes, turned it over, reduced the heat to 360°, and cooked it for another 20 minutes. It came out just on the well side of medium.
for Christmas 4 years ago i received a toaster oven instead of an easy bake oven and i remember my siblings roasting the crap out of me but now they're the only ones who use it-
Would an airfryer cook even faster if you put it in the convection oven?
@@Soren_Skarsgard what-
I mean if you want your house to explode the go ahead.
Finally, SOMEONE verbalized that an air fryer is just a mini, more efficient oven.
It's more efficient for single serving things that don't require simmering or other normal cooking techniques. And having oily starchy food in a basket with a closer heating element almost burned my house down. You have to watch it like a hawk. No thanks.
When I got mine I looked inside just like Ann did, and went "Oh! So, like a mini convection oven" and have also put everything that's supposed to be fried or baked in it.
@@MilwaukeeWoman isn't the whole point to not use oil? Also what temperature and time did you set it to? Did you overfill the basket? This hasn't even been an issue at all...
But i dun have an oven 😳
I thought that was the whole point? Did I miss the hype?
'If you're in a dorm room craving macarons'
Lol your college experience was MUCH different than mine
But you would need space for the sifter and the mixer.
Lol. My cravings at Uni ran more to suspect chemicals and alcohol rather than finicky French pastries.
@@ByHerHand Maybe a ramen macaron? That feels like a 2am idea i would've tried.
Why do we all have the same profile color?
Macarons are a nice treat before you have to change into your tuxedo for your afternoon classes.
My real takeaway was that it shouldn't be called a fryer, just a mini-oven or mini-convection oven. How would it fry fish or chicken, or other foods that actually are only cooked in oil? Need a part 2.
You can cook fish and chicken in an oven, air fryer, or a steamer - not just in oil
😁
finaly got an airfryer 2 weeks ago. it makes delicious juicy meatballs and tuna steak. I can just marinate the raw produce and the kids cooked their individual portion in the AF (i did cook the veggies ahead of times) so they had fresh cooked meat/fish rather dan dried out cuz they had to reheat .
@@purplebean8989 I know that Stephanie. Very Well.
However, if a product is in any way going to be called a fryer, I would think it would fry. I assumed these were popular because they simply used less oil. However, I saw no frying at all. If I battered my chicken or fish, would food come out crispy with crunchy coating, or just stay wet and looking uncooked?
@@rickmiletic1376 AF makes the foods more like deepfried insted of baked, from my experience, it should come out crispy, as long as its not very runny batter (it would mostly drip off).
@@rickmiletic1376 I agree with your comment about it being a mini convection oven, but you also have to add in the term 'industrial-strength'. It's the very hot air that is fan-circulated around the food that mimics the action of hot fat circulating around deep-fried food.
Oven chips are already coated in oil, so Ann didn't need to add any oil to them. I recommend you watch other air fryer videos to see how coated/battered chicken and fish turn out. There don't stay wet and soggy, that's for sure!
Air fryers have been around for about 10 years now, especially in Asia and Australia/New Zealand. Have a search for older blog posts from food bloggers from those parts of the world to find out how versatile they are.
The difference with a airfryer and a normal convection oven is optimal air flow. In chemistry the rule of fist is that if you double your agitation, you can reduce in 10°C or use half the needed time. Now I never compared the air flows between them, but the story of Phillips also focuses on the optimal air flow.
Here in The Netherlands airfryers are becoming very popular. They even sell a lot of products specially designed for airfryer and oven use. We use it for all kinds of product. We still have a deep fryer, but it stands retired for a few years already in the garage.
Some tips to prepare in your Airfryer are sausages, other types of meats, reheat pizza slices and off course the Dutch cheese snacks in puff pastry we like to call “Kaassoufle’s” or to translate cheese soufflés (use some herbs in the bread crumbs 😉)
Philips Netherlands also sells a lot of tools for optimal use of your airfryer, this so you don’t need to cover up your brownie 👍
We love our aifryer as well ❣️ Gonna Google those Dutch cheese snacks 😁
Best accessory I got for my Philips air fryer is the Light Snack Cover. Stops things from blowing into the element so it's perfect for my kale chips, silverbeet chips, pita chips, and spring roll wrapper chips.
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What's the difference between a toaster oven and an air fryer in terms of heat distribution?
When you say convection oven do you mean ventilated ovens? I have a small oven which also has a fan inside you can turn on. Isnt this the same as and air fryer?
Ann, i just wanted to tell you that i really appreciate the amount of time and work you put into your videos. It doesn't go unnoticed and it really shows. Thank you, Ann
thanks so much deadeyed - animating to explain the power took a while 😀
True.
Her animations and explanations make it all so easy 🤩
@@HowToCookThat I like how you can educate people and show some "hacks" that actually work.
Oh and I think that it cooks faster in the airfrier, precisely because of its size. Sides are closer together, heat source and the fan are closer, there is less air that needs to be circulated, less air in general...well, multiple reasons add up for the airfrier to work so well.
I certainly agree! You do such a good job of not just trying once but trying again differently when things don't work out.
I think it would be great for Ann to do a segment on cooking on a budget or tips and tricks for small spaces. I know many people, due to covid, have had to budget and downsize living spaces and it could be very helpful!
As a single person, not having to heat up a huge oven has its attractions.
I'd recommend getting something like one of the Ninja Foodi airfryers that have multiple functions. Mine will also bake, roast, reheat and dehyrdate among other things.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade They are awesome but the price tag :(
Got to save up for one because I know I'd get great use out of it.
Get a Toaster Oven with a fan built in to it. Oster makes a good one. Toaster ovens are the best option for a single person, I should know, big ones can even cook a full pizza. Just remember when you're trying to "air fry" in an oven make sure the food isn't sitting on a pan or sheet of foil. Air needs to circulate around the food so the hot air can cook from all sides.
@@Scott_C Very good advice. I got a small black and decker toaster oven air fryer and it's great!
@@Scott_C Was just thinking the same thing. I've got a Breville and while there's no fan it's got enough capacity to fit a 23cm/9" square pan or a frozen pizza handily, and it's great when cooking for 1 or 2 people. I use it all the time.
Ann takes the scientific method to the next level, everything she compares stays constant,and she's INCREDIBLY thorough. Ugh I love ann
I loved her smug smile at the beginning when she said “Because.. I’ve already got one 😏”
My Opinion: Air fryers are convection ovens that don’t make the house the same temperature of Central Africa.
Or Australia🤣
Convection oven shouldn't make your house hot unless you run it for hours. But basically yeah, air fryer is a small oven and not worth it if you already have full size oven.
It’s actually really cold in Sydney now and it’s Summer right now
Mine pushes some serious heat out the back end
air fryer is not worth the money, the reason you deep fry food is because it undergoes a chemical change when it's deep fried and most fried foods actually rely on oil to soak into the food which part of the reaction happens. Likes pommes souffle for example, it's simply not possible to make a pommes souffle without the oil
I dont think she realises it, but she is making everyones lockdown/quarantine WAY better.
she def is!
Yup
Yessss 🙌🏼
@Harveer sandhu yeah its not over yet,, in my country we still have alot of cases so its best to be careful
Yep
I’m so amazed that this channel exists finally REAL kitchen hacks REAL incredible.
Would've been nice to see a comparison to a traditional toaster oven. They typically sell for cheaper, but I'm not sure what their energy consumption is. As well, a standard toaster oven appears to have the same dimensions as an air fryer.
Also, they now make toaster ovens with convection options. I had one thinking I would use it more often than my large oven (I did use it when my kitchen was being remodeled during covid). But once I had my kitchen all finished, I hardly ever pulled it out to use. It was wasting space, so I donated it
This is exactly what I want to know! My mom said she was thinking of getting an air fryer, but we have a toaster oven she doesn't use so I'm skeptical she'd actually use it. It seems not worth the money if you already own a mini oven that is faster and uses less power than a traditional one.
Ugh she is SUCH a scientist and I love it. She literally has the procedure and all the variables down it’s amazing
It’s common sense though...
@@ryansmith4494 the effort and design she puts in is dope tho
@@carmelac2979 can't argue with that haha.
I think she is also literally a food scientist, that was/is her original career I believe.
J S she is.
I know I’ve heard it said once or twice.
Thanks so much for your family-friendly content- My sisters and I have been sitting here since six thirty waiting for this vid! One of us screamed and were like "Quick, She uploaded!" like a herd of elephants we thundered through the house lol. You probably understand what that sounds like having kids of your own! Fridays are our favourite day of the week ;)
Love From Char, Lou, and Dooz
Same here! I always waited for her content lol. Her videos are entertaining and educational too
agreed!! i've learnt a lot from this channel :)
One issue though... Elephants don't thunder... Their feet are padded so they travel very quietly (which helps because their voices are lower than we can hear.
that’s so weird
I may be 3 hours late but I here a 7:30am😉
"Convection" isn't a binary state. Probably the oven and the air fryer are moving air at different speeds, and they're definitely moving air in different directions. Both of which have an impact on how fast the heat transfers into the food.
Yeah, there are still uncertain variables here. I have seen similar comparisons where a convection oven goes about 50/50 for slightly better results than an air fryer. Overall, test your own oven's results first, experiment a little and see if cooking slightly hotter for less time and finishing with the broiler gets decent results. Then if you still want an air fryer, either get a Convection Toaster Oven or a Pressure Cooker with Air Fryer attachment. If space is the issue, both of those will earn a spot in your kitchen and have more flexible use. Sidenote: my convection oven doesn't cycle the top broiler element on while baking, so if I raised my tray up like her, it would make results worse, not better.
@@zeophen I agree, everybody be sleepin on toaster ovens, it’s thy hype “air fryer” hardly anyone no one knows what it means but it makes people feel like they’re eating deep fried foods even tho they’re not lol all hype i say, but then again I’m biased I love toaster ovens
I'm in love with the quality of this video, the amount of attention to details and the actually useful variables that you have tested really set this video apart from other review videos in general. Thank you for making such a wonderful video
Great.... now I have to buy one. I was so opposed to getting air fryer because I am thinking I have nothing to cook in it. The electricity test changed my mind. I never thought about that. Thank you Ann
They’re handy AF, I live in a studio unit with space constraints and no oven. It’s been a game changer
My partner and I only cook for 2, so often the oven seems overkill (for example we only want to heat two pre-baked breadrolls). My airfryer is like a mini oven (so instead of the basket, it has a door and trays plus it has a rotating thing that can go in for fries). We really like it to make small stuff, so much faster and now I know even more energy efficient (I expected that). When baking, you have to try out a bit, I think rule of thumb is -25°C and -20% cooking time, but each appliance is different, mine needs less change in temperature but the cooking time is usually spot on. I bought a small cake tin that perfectly fits in mine and I made two cakes - first one was a mess but second one came out nicely :).
On the whole I'm not a fan of the airfryer I find it dried out my foods in a way the oven didn't.
There are a number of groups dedicated to AF's where you can get recipes and ask questions. I love mine, and while I have a different brand than the group, it's been easy to adapt cooking times.
air frying frozen food is also an option
Her kids: hey mom's making a video! Yay! Brownies, macaroons and other deserts!!!
also her kids, and husband, "Please dear god, not another debunking video. those taste terrible."
Her husband: oh no....
@@Taolan8472 Husbands tastebuds: *commits suicide so they don't have to taste whatever is gonna be put in front of him*
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You accidentally typed macaroons and not macarons. They're totally different desserts.
Calories are those minions who sew your clothes tighter during the night.
They already did lol. This video was sponsored by TaoTronics
This video has made me paranoid that I'm eating too much oil >_>
@@PrettyPinkPeacock I am suffering from a rare disease called "Alzheimer's-Bulimia". I eat, eat, eat, eat and then I forget to throw up. :'( Greetings from Germany. ^^
@@fatdad64able thats called a binge eating disorder
@@daddylonglegs3420 🤔hmmmm,..... What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?
For the oven: try making a foil box around and over the chips with the open side towards the fan so that the volume around the chips is the same as the air fryer and see it behaves like an air fryer
But that would defeat the purpose of the comparison because it would add too many alterations to the way the fries are being baked.
I've never had my convection oven take more than 20 minutes for steak cut freezer fries.... not sure why Ann's took longer
@@dawnchesbro4189 Because it's a sponsored video and they have ultimately to sell the product. That's why there's almost no downside of buying one according to it.
@@sephir-h2o371 Probably because ovens tend to be different depending on brand, size and other variables.
My oven takes 45 minutes to do crispy chips.
I randomly found this channel in my recommendations about 5-Minute Crafts Life hacks. Finally CZcams has recommended me some good quality stuff
Welcome aboard. Now you can leave 5-minute hacks behind and never look back!
Definitely - makes a change for CZcams to recommend good videos!
Same thing happened with me.
Then I binged the whole damn channel.
This is a genuine deep-dive into the science behind air fryers. It's refreshing to see someone bringing some actual research to the conversation!
I love it!!
It wasn't. Air fryers are high-speed small convention ovens. The food rests in a basket where the holes in the bottom allow for more circulation of air. Comparing that to cooking on a solid sheet pan that doesn't allow for as much air circulation is an unequal test. I cook crispy things on a wire rack, not a sheet pan, in my convention oven and that makes a big difference. It's not the same as a air fryer still, but air fryers take up so much counter space for as often as I make fries, because they are unhealthy.
@@MilwaukeeWoman agreed. there was a handful of inconsistencies, and it's doesn't really help that the video is sponsored by the brand, I mean she's not going to say bad things about a sponsor lol.
I love how you have the perfect balance between a cooking show and a scientific one
If you're losing that much oil for that small an amount of fries, you might have the oil too cold or the heating element in the fryer isn't strong enough to maintain temperature when you initially add the fries.
Me in the dorm with the boys: can we have macarons for snack?
Homie: say no more luv
Homies are there for us bro.
and we Bros are there for our Homies
galaxy chill oh yeah!
Aw
my boyfriend and his 2 roommates have been doing this in their dorm for 2 years with chocolate chip cookies and milk. its so wholesome
This should have included a taste test.
personally i preferred the air fryed to the deep fried - but I tend to eat low fat meals. If you are used to fattier foods you'd probably prefer the deep fried. Air fryed was better than the oven for chips, brownies tasted the same, I preferred oven macarons - but because of looks not the taste.
@@HowToCookThat Please pin this info to the top, because I'm sure many are curious about the results!
I Love how she just responded to your request
@@HowToCookThat But what about Dave's opinion tho? 😬
@@heneke4341 lol! 😅
Ann, you're amazing. Measuring the power it uses, great idea! And all your kitchen appliances are spotless! You earned a lot of respect from my side!
I love how much effort and time you put into comparing and experimenting. You leave no stone un turned 👏🏼👏🏼🥰🔥👍🏼🤍
me who's been using an air fryer for over a year : Wait we're supposed to preheat it before stuffing fried stuff in it?
lol, i also just stuff them inside and then turn them on 🤣
I had no idea either but I like them for cooking/reheating fries and I've tossed apple peel into there when making a pie to make apple skin chips
I knew that but still chose to just shove it and turn it on... Aint nobody got time fo dat
I think I did that a few times when I first got it. Completely forgot until now lmao
i just let the food in couple minutes longers
I love Ann because she follows a scientific procedure in all her experiments.
IKRRRRR SHES SO THOROUGH
Isn't she literally a food scientist?
Sadly she doesn't understand that the metal sheet she is cooking on in the oven is why the chips don't get crisp as fast. The air fryer lets the heat circulate and hits the chips from every direction. Secondly, the hot air is moving at a faster speed than in the oven and in a much smaller area. That means the intensity of heat of the air fryer has a much greater effect on food.
@@Jonathan.D Smart👏🏻
Who would have thought that something we learned in 2nd grade would be considered high effort by most of the population.
Your explanations are soop thorough. I casually watch your videos & love em
I thoroughly enjoy how thorough your videos are. Most people would have wrapped up the video after doing the oven/air fryer/ deep fryer comparison and milked this for another video. Thank you for going that extra mile! Your ability to estimate is impressive btw.
I wouldn’t have survived quarantine without people like Ann 😩
RIGHTTT?? her debunking videos saved me
Seriously, I’d watch a video of her painting a wall! She’s just so entertaining!
People like her and honestly my air fryer 🤣
I wouldn’t have survived my breakup without Ann’s 100 year recipe videos
Hold on, is quarantine over for you???
Can we talk about how gorgeous Anne's hair is looking😍😍😍
Came for this 🔥
And the rest of her as well! She's so beautiful.
She’s a food scientist, dietician, chef, artist, stop-motion wizard, a master debunker, incredible creative mind & overall calming and gentle presence....AND she has shiny, bouncy hair. Is there anything Ann can’t do?! 🥰
I was thinking the same thing
I wish she’d drop the hair routine...
You've really got to appreciate how much work goes into these videos!
Really good video. I was wondering about buying one myself. This video was perfect to settle the question down.
Oven secret: put frozen fries in cold oven. then turn the convection bake on at the recommended temp, and let the oven and fries heat up at the same time. Once the oven is hot, it'll take maybe 5-10 more minutes. This works when you want your food hot and crisp, basically reheating, though I do frozen pizza from cold oven as well.
I usually do this, and it usually still takes 35-40 min total to get them perfect for me.
I think it's a good idea to turn the chips during cooking. But this was an ad for the air fryer, so any tips to help cook chips in the oven don't apply in this video.
i also turn the heat on average about 10 degrees(F) higher than the package instructions suggest
Convection ovens aren’t common where I am. Basically no one has them
We got an air fryer about two weeks ago and EVERYTHING my partner can get his hands on has gone in 🤦♀️ resulted in some very interesting experiments!
oh no-
oh no-
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no
Oh. No?
I wonder what are the results
Thanks for another great video 😁 I really enjoy the way you test, you cover all the angles.
My friend gave me an air fryer. It was one of the older ones, with a huge glass bowl for the base. My children and I use it all the time. For the first few months, I wouldn't use it, but, now, we use it all the time. My children never wanted fried foods, again, since we started using it. They are definitely worth it. I have never had better chicken wings, than they are in the air fryer, either.
If you have a recipe for your chicken wings I'm all in !
I bought one of those 2nd hand to try it. Loved it and used it pretty much constantly till it stopped. Sadly it broke during our 1st lockdown here in New Zealand, and it was about a week after the big oven had given up too. Couldn't get a repairman and the only way l could get a replacement was to get one sent from a well known retailer in Aus. Wasted weeks as the first one and then the replacement one were both faulty. As the rice cooker had also broken l gave up and bought an instant pot in the end.
Where I live, having an oven is quite rare, due to the size of the average house kitchen, so seeing a smaller alternative is great and definitely worth considering. Thanks for testing this out!
Where do you live?
Your first btw
Congrats u r the first comment
@2020 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Same in India and there are no ovens in regular houses either
where do u live
It’s 2 pm in India and my online classes just ended at the exact moment this video was uploaded 😂
Good timing
Exactly same it's 2pm here in Maharashtra
And class ended
It's 2 am in BC, Canada (and I'm trying to go to bed)
9 pm here in Delhi
Your videos are always so well-researched and thorough. I always learn a lot; thank you!
I use my Airfryer exactly as a mini oven. Heats up faster, perfect for a quick meal for two people. Easier to clean.
Five minutes craft be like : write that down write that down
Five minutes craft be like: how to use your airfryer as a dishwasher
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@@chocom.5392 lol!
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@@chocom.5392 LOL brilliant!!
Here's my take: When you "fry" in oil, you are surrounding the food in hot oil to cook it from all directions at once. When you "fry" in an "air fryer," the fan is blowing hot air around the food so that the air itself is heating the food directly from many directions. The main difference between this a and the regular convection oven is that the latter relies on simply raising the temperature of the ambient air in the large oven, while the air fryer is blasting the food with heated air...Allowing for faster cooking.
Thats why you PRE HEAT and "regular oven" BRUH wtf are you talking about a "regular convection oven" is fan forced and blows hot air around just like an "air fryer" They are literally both convection ovens. The marketing is just better on one and people have fallen for it HARD.
@@maxpowers4436 well the airfryer has smaller volume which allows for more focused cooking.
@@maxpowers4436 They are presumably not equally powerful fans, though, and aerodynamic things like the geometry of the oven and what sort of grate is underneath will dramatically change how much they heat the food, since the dwell time of the evaporating water vapor is an essential variable. I'm not on Team Air Fryer yet, but I would like to see further technical breakdown. Perhaps in 30 years we'll all have upgraded to wall ovens with a 'Hyper-Convection' feature that directs a leafblower at the pan.
@@maxpowers4436 if OP is American, this actually doesn't apply. Most Americans don't have true convection ovens like other countries (usually European) do. American ovens typically have a top and bottom heating element that do cook with ambient temperature. European, sometimes called true, convection ovens have the top/bottom heating elements + a fan that blows the air around making it actually like a a larger air fryer. Pre-heating in a non-fan convection oven, as would be most present in American homes, would never give you the same end result as an air fryer. If you watch American vs European baking or cooking shows, you can see this really obviously. It mostly comes up, however, when you're watching shows that use amateur bakers/cooks. You'll hear all the time in, say GBBO, the bakers talk about "(temperature) fan" when pre-heating their ovens for various baked items. I have occasionally heard someone on GBBO say something about difficulty with a fan oven, but it was once or twice out of like 7 seasons. In American amateur cooking/baking shows, the comments about convection ovens are much more prevalent because true convection ovens are more likely found in professional kitchens and not in the home thereby meaning things are different. This is also why you need to watch your cook times if you're using a recipe from someone you know to be American/European and you don't live in those countries. Cooking temperature will be the same, but cook time could be off and that makes things hard if you're an experienced cook/baker but used to using only one type of oven.
@@kathrynarmstrong9980 this!
I just received an air fryer toaster oven for Christmas! Since it's designed more like a toaster oven, I get to watch while the goods are being cooked! I love it!! Thanks for such a thorough review. One of these would truly be perfect for a dorm room.
Late, but my mum got an airfryer recently and it makes my life so much easier. I'm autistic and have a balance disorder and other chronic heath issues, and it a far smaller drain on my energy to use. Even the small thing of not having to bend down to get stuff out of it like with the oven is a relief.
I always get asked why I have a deep fryer when I could get an airfryer instead. And people don’t get that airfryers don’t fry... they bake basically.
So yes they‘re worth it if you want a mini oven... but I want somewhere to make churros and Quarkbällchen and stuff and that just doesn’t really work in an oven :D
You need to explain to "people" like this: "Air Fryer" is a terrible name. It's a highly focused, highly efficient *convection oven*.
Not to mention the fact that stuff cooked in the mini convention oven makes your taste buds sad if they have ever been exposed to actually fried food.
@@merpius Not if you know how to cook.
I do still want to find a good recipe for tempura in an air fryer. Deep friers just seem like so much waste.
Yess. If you want batterfried anythings, do not work in an air fryer. But if you want a few cupcakes, or a small pie, or fries. It's wonderful. It's so much better than the microwave.
Well that was the best sales pitch for an air cooker ever, someone needs to hire her.
Considering fried food isn’t bad for your health I’d say so 😂
I mean at least she was honest about it being false advertising to call it a "frier" when its literally just a mini oven
@@danielsolomon3794 kind of, it did act more like a frier with the fries more than the oven haha
soo true!! I have tried ignoring this air fryer trend thinking that is just another appliance that I don’t need and now after this video I want to buy one. 🤦🏻♀️
Not for me. Waste of my money, time, and space. Nothing will ever replace actual frying for taste. Use healthy fats, use moderation, and get your body in motion and all is well. Deep frying for the win! First time, every time.
Super informative. Thanks for breaking this all down.
Could you do this type of comparison for slow cookers?? That would be soooo helpful! Love your videos ❤❤
It's upsetting how clean Ann's oven is compared to mine D:
A youtuber w super friendly family content has the highest Ad Sense revenue and sponsors. So she probably has a cleaning crew
@@forgotten1s I doubt it. I think she does all of the cleaning herself. Wouldnt take long if you cleaned your oven once a week.
There's still a burned potoat quarter in "my" oven somewhere. Can smell it, everytime the oven is turned on. Absolutely lovely. I think it's actually legally Charcoal by now.
@@forgotten1s I doubt it. Ann seems very humble, and not the type of person to hire people to do stuff for her. She also says in previous debunking videos how “this will be a pain to clean” which makes me assume she does the cleaning herself
I'm a little scared to inspect my oven. I know the two trays I have are in horrid shape
"The deep fried chips have four tablespoons of fat in them compared to the air fryer"
yeah, but they look sooooooo much nicer!
Yeah, but They're also probably like an extra 500+ calories. If you're trying to be healthier, the air fryer is "crispy enough"
I prefer “healthier” fries to regular fries, because I don’t like grease, but that’s just me :/
@@pennyforyourthots yes and you can still spray fries with a small amount of oil before putting in the air fryer without increasing the calories much.
And tastier
A spritz of cooking oil will help with chips in an air fryer. Frozen chips do not come packaged with enough fat to make air frying them perfect, they need a little help. Unlike other frozen foods like nuggets or chicken, that can fry sans any oil and be perfect.
Ann's experiments and findings and how she reveals the science behind everything is what makes her videos so different and interesting 😊😊
Love how encouraging you are!
I bought one for my Grandad two weeks ago from Costco. He rang me this morning to tell me about all the things he had cooked with it and home much it has changed the way he cooks. He loves how easy it is and doesn’t smell like cooking fat in the house. He loves it which makes me so happy 😁
“I’m going to push the limits and try to make macarons”
Me: Anne, you maniac!
An absolute mad lad
She's so crazzzzzzzzy! Love her!!!
Me: "I'm going to push the limits a cook instant mashed potatoes on the stove instead of the microwave."
🤣😂🤣
I was given an air fryer just recently. I haven't tried it out yet so this has been a helpful video. I had a benchtop turbo oven for years and, while not exactly the same, it seems to work on similar principles.
Subscribed. Second video I've seen from you. What I appreciated is that you are willing to go back, and redo things to make it a fair comparison. The rational thinking and commitment to finding the answer is likely to make me a huge fan. Well done.
Ah yes, I am craving a snack in my dorm room, let me make the most difficult and finnicky cookie ever invented.
Or just go to Trader Joe's/Aldis get the delicious macarons.
“If you’re in your dorm room and want to make macaroons”
Literally no one. Plus it’s a dorm room....who makes macarons in a dorm room lol
@@ando1135 Ann Reardon
@@ando1135 what you dont wanna sift on your shitty mattress because theres no space???
@@ando1135 me
*Convection Toaster Ovens:* Am I a joke to you?
I was hoping she would have one of those to compare, or the convection/toaster oven-air fryer combo.
Yeah, that feels like a lot more of an apples-to-apples comparison. Maybe consider that for an update to this in the future, @How To Cook That
I was honestly surprised when she didn't use one to compare to.
Well, I can't pick you up when you're on at 400˚F. Like I can do with an Air Fryer.
@@fallingspark2258 Maybe she doesn't own one and didn't want to buy one just to make a video.
Love this!! We use our air fryer often. One other bonus, not heating up the house, like you would with using a standard oven. It's also smaller than a "toaster oven" as well, and when you have limited space, that's a big deal.
Wow you really put in time and effort, thank you 😊
Much appreciated
" if you were in a dorm room craving some macarons" never have i ever, but now the possibilities are endless
Me: Homework
Ann: Air Fryer
Click
and then straight back to homework once you've watched it, liked it and shared it. I want you to do well in your studies 😀
@@HowToCookThat You are literally the most amazing human ever I stg
@@HowToCookThat You sound so much like my mom!
Sure Ann! ♥
i love you for the backing testing in the end. came unexpected and i loved it cuz im a student. ❤️❤️
I just loved this video! Classic Ann. I haven’t purchased one, because my kitchen is very small. I’d love to get one after seeing this!
I'm Dutch and we love our deep-fried food and I feel I need to say that you don't throw away the oil after just one fry-up! Depending on your use it will last for a couple of weeks easy.
yeah and that is really dangerous...
@@mudassarali3075 except that it isn't?
Yeah, if you don't care about getting cancer, it'd be a good idea
@@flocculus666 Deep fried food is a staple in the Netherlands, and as far as I know we don't have an increased rate of cancer patients related to that. Care to show us a source to back that claim?
@@melle4390 Heating oil that hot can generate potentially carcinogenic compounds, (known carcinogens such as heterocyclic amines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons form when the muscles of chickens and fish are cooked, deep-fried plants can form acrylamide). Just because something is a habit or a tradition doesn't mean it's good, don't You think? You can also see this video: czcams.com/video/i6vdycYq3SI/video.html
Just to let you know, the element for the oven is behind the back plate, looped around the fan, the element at the top is likely just for the grill setting. That's why it didn't cook the chips faster on the higher shelf.
The element at the top is what turns on when I turn on my oven 🤷🏻
@@loadsotroubleforyou I have definitely used some ovens that do, but these have been older models. The one in this video looks modern so I would be surprised if it used the roof element as the primary fan mode.
@@yatak1000 I came to say this, glad someone else noticed.
@@loadsotroubleforyou That's a conventional electric oven (which may still have a fan to help circulate the air). A proper fan oven uses an element in the fan housing so the air is heated as it gets drawn through the fan.
@@loadsotroubleforyou
Most fan ovens, the top element is for grilling. I am not doubting you, but I have never seen a top element heated fan oven before. As already said in the comments, the oven element is tucked away behind the fan cover.
The question that arises me after the video: why the hell is oil so expensive in your country? 20 $ !😯🤣🤣
Same thought! In western europe sunflower oil is about 1€/L, so 3€ for a normal-sized fryer and of course you can re-use the oil several times. Adding 0.20€/kW for electricity, my only real concern is the fat 🤣
Id assume its peanut oil because that crap is expensive
@@gubungodupenhageniii1195 Depends on where you live I guess, peanut oil is considered a cheap replacement for e.g. olive oil around here with ~3€/ltr.
To get to 20€ around here you have to either take high-quality oil from a brand which would be a real shame to put on a fryer or actually use olive oil. But prices do vary a lot around the globe I guess
@@d4fs33k3r the Australian dollar is worth far less than the US dollar, the British pound, and the euro.
If I got any terms or whatever incorrect, let me know. Have a good day.
Edit. Fixed terms used.
@@jeremycrouch4356 i feel kinda stupid now... somehow i assumed prices to be in USD and not AUD for some reason. 12€ (20AUD) for oil sounds a lot less expensive. Thanks!
Love this video, we have been wondering if its worth it. U did all the work for us. Thanks Love u!!
I wonder how this would compare this to a toaster oven? It’s quite small so I think it might have lower kilowatt hours and might crisp up the chips more like an air fryer than a big oven? I can definitely bake in an toaster oven. It’s also got a convection feature which apparently US ovens don’t have convection fans as often.
Yes. I would be really interested in seeing if there's much of a difference with an air fryer and a convection toaster oven. I think the small area will really help the time and electricity
A convection toaster oven is much more superior than an air fryer.
If it has a convection setting, it may get similar results to an air fryer, but you would have to test it. Mine specifically has an "air fry" setting.
A normal toaster oven definitely won't give you the same results though.
I have one of these as well. My parents gave it as a gift. Back when my husband was in a tint dorm w no kitchen. We still use it years later. It is the best to reheat pizza or baked goods or baking/cooking. I use it for my gluten free chicken nuggets all day everyday. Or as often as I have them in my freezer anyway. Or for french fries sometimes too. The amount you can do is smaller but I generally don’t need to cook a ton anyways w just me and my husband living here.
My family has a toaster oven and an air fryer. They might be similar sizes. But I feel like the air fryer cooks food faster and gets it crispier
Me and my family went to Costco and bought one and the airfriyer makes all the frozen food much more chrispy. In my opinon i feel like its a good cost
Thats a placebo lol, but it would be much quicker
Can I cook granny in it?
Don't you find you eat the crispy starchy food more often now that it's faster? That's part of why I got rid of mine. I was eating less vegetables and baked chicken breasts/ fish when I had it. I know you can cook healthier things in an air fryer but for me it was a junk food machine.
@@MilwaukeeWoman At the end of the day it really depends on how you use it. I use mine in the beginning cooking a lot of frozen fried stuff or nugget. But since they are not as healthy, now I use it for roast chicken or roast vege instead.
@@MilwaukeeWoman You seem to be anti-AF based on the number of posts you are making on this thread. If you had a poor experience with the unit it doesn't mean others will. Most people I know that have one use it for a healthier way to cook meat and veggies, not increase their starchy food intake.
I absolutely love watching your methodical testing! Fascinating and very helpful. I'm reconsidering an air fryer! Using less electricity is always a good thing.
5:57 $20? oil costs that much where you live? that’s ridiculously expensive.
I just checked and it would cost me € 2,30 for a 2 liter bottle of sunflower oil. 20 dollars is outrageous.
It's because she has one of the big bottles, they're metal and contain about 5 litres. A normal bottle of olive oil is about $6, but Australia is crazy expensive. Luckily our wages are very high too.
@@___Laura I'm pretty sure it's not a good idea to deep-fry anything in sunflower oil. We use peanut oil which has a much higher smoke point, but most of the time we don't deep-fry anything :)
Straylia! Their dollar value is bad and the taxes are worse! \o/
AUS $ =/= US $ When we visited a few years ago my kids were delighted that their US $100 spending money turned into AUS $130.
"Is it worth to watch Ann Reardon?"
*GOD YES!!*
This channel is so good! Anne's videos are never simple, they may look like it but she puts so much work and research into her videos. So good!
My parents bought us one as a gift earlier this year after they bought one for themselves and were raving about it. I haven't used the oven since, although the hubs switches between the two. Best appliance I've ever had.
Ann Reardon is always so nice. Watching her (quite useful) videos is lovely and relaxing.
Your oven is the cleanest I’ve ever seen 😲
Ever heard of cleaning after using your oven?
I’ve never got it that sparkling clean, but thanks for the smarta** comment
@@elliesharp401 Then you don't clean it right, my oven looks like that too.
@@lisanne1711 what about coming with a solution then? 🙄ain't nobody want smart ass comments
@@DiscoverTheMonkey You gotta clean it few minutes after using with baking soda and vinegar to get the best results. Let it work in and then scrub away. Your oven is clean. Voila.
To clarify :
until your oven cools down ofcourse. that was not common sense apparently.
I love how we came here for food but got an additional science lesson free of charge
excellent review answering all my questions - spot on, thanks :-)
This was very informative as I received an air fryer over the summer and have very little idea what to do with it. This gave me some ideas
Ahh I love how you’re so logical about trends or things that happen in today’s world. ❤️
I'll forever be amazed by this woman's intelligence. I never thought of buying an airfryer, but this video actually made me consider it.
Don't buy it if you have a normal oven
Same
@@oweninsertlastname1575 Watch the video
@@camelliaj4972 air fryers aren't too replace ovens. They're replacements for deep fryers.
@@oweninsertlastname1575 Why? I mean, I have a regular oven and and air fryer and rarely do they get used for the same tasks. If I'm doing chicken wings or fries, they're absolutely going in the air fryer. Even steak comes out of the air fryer top notch. If I wanted to do something larger that requires a longer cooking time, it goes in the oven. I can only speak from my experience, but generally whilst the oven and air fryer do toughly the same thing in theory, the results tend to differ.
I am loving that you included energy efficiency into your considerations
@howtocookthat every time I watch your channel it reminds me of my mom. She was a pastry chef in the Bay Area and a lot of her recipes wound up in some very well known cookbooks... if she had lived past 2012 I believe she would have her own channel now and it would have been something similar to this. It’s nice to see instead of just imagine the content she might have created. I like to believe that she would have derived as much joy from being a content creator as you do. Thank you that. 💙
Friends and family: Get an air fryer.
Me: Nah, I'm good.
Ann: An air fryer is faster and cheaper than your oven.
Me: I'm in.
XD
😂😂
If you are in a college dorm room, owning an air fryer, and able to successfully make macaroons...
I am just very impressed! 😶
Technically, the hardest Part is the "owning an air fryer" (because of money). Everything else is practice!
Macarons
Thank you for this video, I bought one and it's going better than expected!
I love this video! Thank you, super informative!