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What popular product do you think is modern day snakeoil? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] maruudn@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Airfryers. It's just a convection oven, but smaller.

[–] Arfman@aussie.zone 33 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

The "but smaller" part is what sells it to me. My traditional oven is like ten times the size and I hate the idea of all that adding up on my energy bill just to warm up small meals for myself.

And I can't set a shutoff timer on my traditional oven.

[–] Beegzoidberg@beehaw.org 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Exactly:

It reheats food quickly with a better texture than the microwave
It keeps food warm once I've cooked it and i can use it to keep part of dinner warm while I cook the rest
It cooks food evenly because it is a convection oven, and starts the process quicker because it is small
It replaces my toaster
I can bake one thing in the oven (fish potatoes, broccoli) while the other cooks in the air fryer, especially helpful when they have vastly different cook times and temperatures

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