Why are air fryers called air fryers? (mander.xyz)

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Since they don't technically fry... Or do they? They're basically mini electric ovens. What's the difference between an air fryer and an electric oven, other than size and energy consumption?

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[-] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

just a smaller (read: less efficient) convection oven

With a connection oven you're heating a volume of air to then heat the food inside. It is more efficient to hear the smaller volume of air in an air fryer than in a large connection oven.

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