i take pride in my ability to admit when i’m wrong and honestly 2016 isabelle was dumb, air fryers aren’t a cooking gadget fad and actually slap so hard. i do still take issue with them being called fryers and not just countertop convection ovens. but eh win some lose some i suppose
like i’ve lived with my mom for most of my life who buys the dumbest “this will come in handy for the two times this decade when we cook this dish” gadgets and then maybe ends up using it one of the times if we’re lucky. and because of that waste i’ve kinda been lulled into this mindset of “i need my chefs knife, i need pots pans and nice stove/oven” and not really bothering to use much else aside from the microwave when i’m lazy.
but no i use this shit daily both when i’m making lazy quick meals after work or as like part of my process in actually cooking more complex dishes. and honestly the ease of access to kwik trip tier midnight nuggies when i’m stoned as shit without much risk of burning my house down or needing to get a dui is worth every penny on its own.
like it’s just the ultimate lazy cooking utensil. with a microwave you put something in that shit and it turns into hot mush or plasma with very little margin between but with an air fryer you can hit that sweet spot of nice crispy texture with it being pretty hard to under or over cook and that’s such a win.