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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's great for reheating previously crispy items that have gotten soft in the fridge - french fries, half a baked potato, fried or coated fish/chicken, pizza, breakfast sandwiches...

It's also great for vegetables like asparagus or broccoli.

We use ours so much we now have 3. Our oldest one was wearing out, but we're using it until it finally breaks, as well as the one we bought to replace it.

I would choose to have an air fryer over a microwave.

I hope you aren't going to return something that you coated in olive oil and it has a salmon odor!

I think you need to try it for a few months to see what you can do with it.

I personally don't like the "air fryers" that are multi-purpose toaster oven, convection oven, etc.

I never pre-heat. I cook most everything on 400 for 4-8 minutes.[/quote]

Do you use all 3 at the same time? I use the air fryer on my toaster oven but not sure if a stand alone air fryer would provide better results. Which brand do you prefer?[/quote]

We often use 2 at the same time. DH will make something for lunch in 1, then it's still dirty, so I will use the other for my dinner.

We have the Ninja Power XL from Sams (medium size) and the Bella Pro Series from Best Buy (smaller). Not sure what the older one is. They are all the kind that have baskets that you remove. The old one has a inner basket that lifts out of the base and the other 2 have a removable grill that sits in the base of the outer  basket.

The air fryer setting on our toaster oven is a "joke" as far as demonstrating the benefits of air frying.

I can see why large families might consider the "boxes" that have 3 racks, but I've not been impressed with the results when friends have used them.

I've also seen the ones that have 2 medium/large baskets side by side,, to cook 2 different things, or larger quantities. When we were raising our 5 kids, this style might have been good. The air fryers we have now would have been ok to cook one thing back then - french fries in 2 AFs or fish, but it would have been hard to fit enough food for 4-7 people in 2 or 3. Now we are retired, so 2 (plus a backup) suits us fine.

If we are cooking something "clean" like fries, we can often just wash the removable grill. If it's messier where toppings fall thru the grill grates to the base, we throw both parts in the dishwasher. Get a style that is DW capable. I would have to have to manually clean one that can't go in the DW.

My friend has a huge Ninja that she has to keep in a cabinet and it is so bulky and heavy to lift out, that she just doesn't use it. We have lots of counter space, so we just have them on the counter beside the fridge, so they are mostly blocked from view.[/quote]

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