As a professional chef, I often field questions about cookware and various types of kitchen gadgets. People want to know what I use and why, to help them gauge their purchasing decisions. Among the appliances I get the most curiosity about is the air fryer.
Everyone wants me to tell them if they should give up valuable kitchen real estate for one, which is a legitimate question when you consider how much space these units can take up on your countertop or in your pantry. In an effort to help illustrate the pros and cons of owning an air fryer , I thought it would be fascinating to put one to the ultimate taste test. I prepared several popular foods in both an air fryer and the oven, cooking them side-by-side to determine once and for all which appliance works best.
While there wasn't an outright winner across the board, there were some interesting findings and some commonalities that may influence your decision-making when it comes to whether or not to invest in an air fryer. Read on for the full scoop. 1.
Bacon: oven My go-to method for cooking bacon is in the oven atop an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet . This is the best way to obtain bacon that is not only perfectly crisp, but remains flat when cooked. It also makes for easy clean-up, something that is notoriously problematic when cooking bacon.
Though I was eager to cook bacon in the air fryer , I was also skeptical. My primary issue with the air fryer was that you cannot fit a whole slice of bacon into a basic unit; th.
