We were not in the market for a new kitchen gadget – we never are – the spiralizer, the Vitamix, the Nutribullet hardly registered with us; we don’t even own a microwave. When it comes to cooking, we’ve always felt we’re good with the kit we already have, and we love our uncluttered kitchen. We were pondering this as we looked at the shiny black plastic air fryer perched on our countertop. We stared at it with distrust and a bit of fear as it blinked its blue light at us.
“An air fryer,” our science-y friend explained, “is basically a very small oven with a very strong fan” – this was a concept we instantly got, and instantly felt we needed for midweek dinners. Our oven is big enough to fit a toddler inside it, takes 20 minutes to heat up and is very noisy. Fine if you’re catering a wedding or running a B&B, overkill if you want to make dinner for two. What we need is a small oven with a very strong fan.
