So here’s a little industry secret you may not realize. There is no such thing as an air fryer. I mean, sure, you can walk into a Best Buy and find an aisle full of products that call themselves “air fryers” but they don’t work by frying the air. That’s not a thing. It’s just a marketing term. They’re essentially just a smaller version of your convection oven that can sit atop your counter.
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Breville boasts that this air fryer can handle 13 different kitchen functions in just one product. It lists that this unit can air fry, broil, bake, roast, warm, proof, reheat, slow cook, dehydrate, and even toast. It also lists that it can bagel, pizza, and cookies too. Despite none of those being verbs, it can still do it. Far out.
And air fryer like this can come in handy when preparing a large quantity of food items for a dinner or get-together. You can use the air fryer to prepare the sides separately while your oven is preoccupied with the main dish. Alternatively, they also make for a great alternative to using your standard oven when only cooking a meal for yourself or for two. It can preheat to the desired temperature faster and more quickly provide fast an even distribution of hot air to your foods with the help of the two-speed convection fans. Breville advertises that it can reduce cooking time by as much as 30%.
