After 6 months of soggy fries I finally figured out I wasn't preheating the air fryer

Used to just toss frozen fries in cold and hit start, now I let it run empty for 3 minutes first and they actually come out crispy instead of limp, anyone else skip the preheat step without realizing it mattered that much?

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terryrobinson3d ago

So you're telling me I've been eating sad, wet potato sticks for half a year because I couldn't be bothered to let a hot air box run for 180 seconds? That tracks. I did the exact same thing with my toaster oven for years, just shoved bagels in cold and wondered why they tasted like stale regret.

brian_kelly912d ago

Stale regret" is perfect terryrobinson because that's exactly what I've been chewing on too. Wonder how many bad meals we've all sat through just because we didn't read the first line of the instructions.