Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Wed Oct 29 2025 11:03 pm

Temp - right out of the fryer. Light salt. Perfection.

I got an air fryer about 5 years ago, and I think it has been very handy. It does a great job with french fries, onion rings, chicken strips & similar snacks & foods. I've even cooked hamburger patties in it, and they came out pretty good.

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I got an air fryer about 5 years
ago, and I think it has been very
handy. It does a great job with
french fries, onion rings, chicken
strips & similar snacks & foods.
I've even cooked hamburger patties
in it, and they came out pretty
good.

I have to give my air fryer another try... I've used it a couple of times but I feel like everything just always comes out dry and overall not that good.

I've tried chicken, vegetables, and tater tots.. The tater tots were the only ones that came out okay.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?


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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: slacker to Nightfox on Thu Oct 30 2025 06:14 pm

I have to give my air fryer another try... I've used it a couple of times but I feel like everything just always comes out dry and overall not that good.

I've tried chicken, vegetables, and tater tots.. The tater tots were the only ones that came out okay.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?

I'm not really sure what to suggest, as I haven't had too many things come out dry & not good with my air fryer.. Not sure what I might be doing differently. But sometimes I think the recommended cooking times might be a little too long sometimes (though when cooking meats, you do still need to ensure you cook it enough to kill bacteria).

Some foods have specific air fryer instructions, but some don't. Are you experiencing this when foods have specific air fryer instructions? Maybe try cooking it a few minutes less than recommended. Also, it seems to me that compared to using an oven, the temperature for the air fryer should be less than what you'd use with an oven.

Nightfox
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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: slacker to Nightfox on Thu Oct 30 2025 18:14:55

Hi, slacker.

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?

Most stuff I air fry comes out fine. Cheese on toast is a bit iffy (sometimes if the cheese is too thin it blows off / gets sucked into the fan) but other than that 95% good.

My one recommendation is to use a low setting (bake?) to get everything hot then turn it up to a higher setting for the last couple of minutes to crisp up if you want it crunchier.

BobW
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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: slacker to Nightfox on Thu Oct 30 2025 06:14 pm

Howdy,

I have to give my air fryer another try... I've used it a couple of times but I feel like everything just always comes out dry and overall not that good.

I think we use our at least once daily, but often more. In fact our main over died about 3 months ago and we havent really missed it.

Its awesome to reheat pizza, heat a frozen (meat) pie, fish, fries, garlic bread, drumetts.

The main reason we use it, is the heating time is 1/2 to 1/3 of using the convential oven. Pie would take 50 mins in an oven, but 10 in the fryer (with a nudge by the microwave for a few mins first).


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I'm not really sure what to
suggest, as I haven't had too many
things come out dry & not good with
my air fryer.. Not sure what I
might be doing differently. But
sometimes I think the recommended
cooking times might be a little too
long sometimes (though when cooking
meats, you do still need to ensure
you cook it enough to kill
bacteria).

Thanks for the input everyone!

I decided to dust off and pull out the air fryer again tonight and give it another go for dinner.

Tonight I decided to make some air fried chicken and it actually came out good!

While I was prepping things, I preheated the air fryer before actually cooking. I then also dialed back the cook time a tiny bit and made sure to flip half way through .

It's been a long time since I gave it a go so I'm not really sure what I messed up so bad in previous attempts. This was easy and quick (I think took about 15 min?)

My guess is I must have just been cooking things way too long.

I'm going to have to try and throw some more things into this thing in the future and see how it turns out!


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Re: Re: taco bell marathon
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dumas Walker on Wed Oct 29 2025 11:03 pm

Temp - right out of the fryer. Light salt. Perfection.

I got an air fryer about 5 years ago, and I think it has been very
handy. It does a great job with french fries, onion rings, chicken
strips & similar snacks & foods. I've even cooked hamburger patties
in it, and they came out pretty goood.

I've been looking for a new one. I got the Xiaomi one which worked fine but it's too small to handle an entire chicken so I need something bigger. I think Philips makes bigger ones that can handle what I need it for.


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Re: Re: Air Fryer
By: slacker to Nightfox on Fri Oct 31 2025 04:49 am

I decided to dust off and pull out the air fryer again tonight and give it another go for dinner.

Tonight I decided to make some air fried chicken and it actually came out good!

While I was prepping things, I preheated the air fryer before actually cooking. I then also dialed back the cook time a tiny bit and made sure to flip half way through .

It's been a long time since I gave it a go so I'm not really sure what I messed up so bad in previous attempts. This was easy and quick (I think took about 15 min?)

My guess is I must have just been cooking things way too long.

I'm going to have to try and throw some more things into this thing in the future and see how it turns out!

Good to hear. :) I really think an air fryer is a handy little appliance.

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My guess is I must have just been cooking things way too long.

That is usually what causes me issues. I also preheat and try to remember
to turn things about halfway, as you mentioned. Not overcooking, and doing those things, seems to give good results.


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Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I got an air fryer about 5 years ago, and I think it has been very
handy. It does a great job with french fries, onion rings, chicken
strips & similar snacks & foods. I've even cooked hamburger patties in it, and they came out pretty good.

Try mini tater tots. Air fryer goodness.



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Bob Worm wrote to slacker <=-

Maybe I'm doing something wrong? Any tips?

Most stuff I air fry comes out fine. Cheese on toast is a bit iffy (sometimes if the cheese is too thin it blows off / gets sucked into
the fan) but other than that 95% good.

My one recommendation is to use a low setting (bake?) to get everything hot then turn it up to a higher setting for the last couple of minutes
to crisp up if you want it crunchier.

I miss having a plain ol' toaster oven. They came in handy when you wan
to make a single serving quickly.

In college dorms, toaster ovens were forbidden, and sneaking them in was
a fun challenge. Now, everyone has a microwave.

What I've always wanted was one of those little 3-in-one deals that have
a 5 cup coffee maker on the side of a toaster oven, and a little griddle
on the top. It uses the upper element of the toaster oven to heat the
element. While they're neat to look at, I doubt their practicality,
unless you live alone without a full kitchen already.





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Dumas Walker wrote to SLACKER <=-

My guess is I must have just been cooking things way too long.

That is usually what causes me issues. I also preheat and try to
remember to turn things about halfway, as you mentioned. Not
overcooking, and doing those things, seems to give good results.

Trader Joe's is a Mecca for fryer foods. They have Ariancini (sp) balls, essentially arborio rice and cheese balls. ditto for breaded, fried Mac
and Cheese balls. Vegetarian and Chicken Somosas. Mini tater tots. Pigs
in a blanket with parmesan cheese crusts... and the list goes on.



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