The working principle and advantages of air fryer

What? You can fry food without oil? Can you make oil-free fried chicken legs using an air fryer? In fact, these are just promotional gimmicks. Oil still needs to be used, it's just a matter of how much. Using an air fryer, taking advantage of its technical advantages, you can also cook healthy fried food with very little oil.

I believe you must be curious about how the air fryer makes delicious food, so let’s take a look at the principles and advantages of the air fryer.

Q: How does the air fryer work?

A: Air is used to replace the hot oil in the frying pan, and convection heating is used that is similar to the hot air from the sun. The hot air forms a rapidly circulating heat flow in the closed pan to cook the food. At the same time, the hot air also blows away the moisture on the surface of the food, allowing the ingredients to achieve a frying effect similar to that of deep-frying without the need for boiling oil.

The working steps of an air fryer are generally divided into three steps: 1. Allow the air to heat quickly through the top baking device. 2. Rapidly circulate the heat flow inside the food basket through a high-power fan. 3. The special pattern on the inside of the food basket forms a vortex heat flow, which contacts the surface of the food 360 degrees in all directions and quickly removes the water vapor generated by heating. The three functions work together to form a golden and crispy surface, achieving the appearance and taste of frying!

Q: What are the cooking advantages of an air fryer?

A: The biggest advantage of air fryers is their speed and efficiency. In just 20 minutes, you can have delicious food, saving time and resources. It is a dish for people in modern fast-paced life. The food produced is less oily and is healthy. The advantage of air fryers is that they use high temperature to absorb the fat and moisture of the food itself, so the part eaten by the body is less oily and healthier.

On the other hand, the air fryer does not have too much oil to clean, and is easier to use than an oven. It is small in size and large in capacity, easy to store, and not as heavy and space-consuming as an oven. It is very convenient, saves oil, time, and space. The air fryer is very convenient and quick to make fried chicken, barbecue, chicken wings, fish nuggets, French fries, yellow croaker, pork, etc. It is also a pleasant thing to change some tricks and change your diet occasionally.

Q: Which brand of air fryer is good to buy?

A: The overall configuration of Philips air fryer is actually similar to that of Yitong. Philips has taken root in the minds of domestic consumers through advertising. They believe that Philips is the best. In fact, the price of Philips is relatively high. The biggest feature of Philips air fryer is that its frying chamber is better designed and the heat energy utilization rate is relatively high.

Midea's factory headquarters is also in Guangdong. Midea is a leading brand of domestic household appliances . Midea's air fryer is mainly pure black, with a simple and elegant design structure. Midea's positioning is mainly for the middle and low consumer groups, which means that Midea values ​​sales volume.

The outer shell of the Lock&Lock air fryer is not well processed and has poor flexibility, but the outer shell is well painted. The frying basket uses a ceramic inner wall and has a heat-resistant temperature of 230 degrees Celsius. If the temperature is higher, the damage rate may increase.