Air Fryer

Bob Vaughn wrote:
Is an air fryer a good appliance to have in an RV?

This should be a good thread, I haven't found a use for one at home.

Due to the general lack of space on an RV I believe an air fryer has too few applications to justify one. We had one at home a few years ago (Jet Stream Oven) and made good use out of it baking bread, rolls, potato skins but for some reason we stopped using it. Ratings for such devices are (not) the greatest either and they take up a lot of space. Better to buy a toaster oven.

Do you use one at home? If not, you probably won't use it in the RV.

beemerphile1 wrote:
Do you use one at home? If not, you probably won't use it in the RV.

No, I do not have one at home. I was thinking of getting one for the house and if we like it we would get one for the rv...

My DW wanted one also. I told her she already had one in the convection oven. She tried it and has changed the way she bakes things.

Maybe a convection microwave, so you have both available in less space.

My wife has learned to use hers to perfection. She can cook anything in it and everything is delicious. Never leave home without it !!

Just did a 6# whole chicken in the pressure cooker and it turned out great! Better than the Air cooker for sure.

I enjoy using an air frier, but they do take up a large amount of space!

I bought one during an online black friday sale for the sticks and bricks house, and find myself using it all the time now, so I am strongly considering getting another better one and relegating the current one to the RV. The biggest problem with the mid priced one I bought is limited portion size, generally big enough portions for 1 or 2 people, but that is it, as things don't come out well if it is overloaded.

Having said that my reasoning may not hold true for everyone else, I had extensive abdominal surgery which included gallbladder and bile duct removal in 2011, and have not been able to tolerate much fried food since. For the first couple of years after the surgery I was at about a 3 french fry limit before gastric issues would occur, now I am somewhat better, but not much.

Now with the air fryer I can again eat a normal size portion of french fries, that actually taste close to regular fried french fries thanks to a very light spray of olive oil, not like dry oven bake "fries", the same holds true to chicken strips, onion rings, and lots of other types of food I had almost decided I would never eat again. So perhaps not the healthiest cooking appliance I have ever bought....

We have an air fryer for the house. I wouldn't take it in the RV, it takes up a lot of space and can be a mess to clean after use.
I think an induction cooktop would be more practical.