What is an air fryer?

An air fryer is a small countertop convection oven designed to simulate deep frying without submerging the food in oil.

A fan is used to circulate hot air at high speed which produces a crisp layer via browning reactions such as the Maillard reaction.

How does an Air Fryer work?

An Air fryer uses a fan  to circulate hot air to cook food that would otherwise be submerged in oil. Heat from a heating element is radiated from air fryer’s cooking chamber near the food. The highest temperatures is 250 °C (482 °F) depending on the model.

Traditional frying methods completely submerge foods in hot oil inducing the Maillard effect at temperatures of between 140 to 165 °C (284 to 329 °F) which is well above the boiling point of water. In air fryer, a thin layer of oil is coated around the desired food and circulating air is heated up to 200 °C (392 °F) to apply heat and initiate the reaction. Therefore, the Air Fryer is able to brown foods like potato chips, chicken, fish, steak, cheeseburgers, french fries or pastries.

Why Air Fryer is a better option? 

• Cooking oil (70% to 80% less oil) is not used in large quantities in an air fryer which makes the Air fryer healthy for people.
• reduction of cooking times by 20% or more in the air fryer.
• air fryers are generally smaller and give off less heat.

The 10 best Air Fryers:

• Whynter Air Fryer
• TaoTronics Air Fryer
• Ninja Air Fryer
• COSORI Air Fryer
• Paula Deen Air Fryer
• Instant Pot air fryer
• Chefman air fryer
• GoWISE Air Fryer
• KUPPET Air Fryer
• Cuisinart Air Fryer

We discuss about the 10 best Air Fryers of 2021 based on their performance. We have selected one product from the 10 best Air Fryers based on our rating which you will get in our Best Air Fryers  reviews section in this link: the 10 best air fryers of 2021.