Air Fryers

I measured the counter. I measured the cabinet above it. I measured the space between the counter and the cabinet, twice, because the first time I did not believe the number. Then the Nuwave Bravo 30QT arrived, and I discovered the measurement I forgot: the depth. The thing is deep. It sat on my counter […]

Six functions. The box said six functions, and I stood in the aisle doing the math. Air fry, roast, broil, bake, reheat, dehydrate. That is six appliances I would not have to buy. Six! A year later, I had used two of them. Air fry, constantly. Reheat, sometimes. The other four were decorative buttons I

Before I bought a glass air fryer, I assumed the glass part was a gimmick. A see-through basket. Cute. The kind of feature that photographs well and changes nothing about dinner. Then I used one for a month, and the thing I was wrong about was not the visibility. The visibility is nice. The thing

I returned the first glass air fryer I bought. Not because it cooked badly. Because the glass container developed a crack a few months in, and the replacement container cost a painful fraction of what I paid for the whole unit. That is the sentence the glass air fryer marketing never includes. “Cooking vessel is

I bought a 3-quart air fryer because my kitchen is the size of a parking space and the listing said “ideal for couples.” We are a couple. It sounded like it was made for us. The first night, I put in two chicken breasts and a handful of fries. The chicken fit. The fries did

A food influencer with 2 million followers told me, well, told everyone, that this was the air fryer that “changed her weeknight cooking forever.” The video had that perfect golden chicken wing close-up. The wings glistened. The comments were all fire emojis. I bought the Chefman TurboX 4-in-1 the same week. My wings did not