The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhere did the recent air fryer trend come from anyway?startrek.websiteimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareA7thStone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoNo, it’s not an oven. It’s a convection oven, which has existed for decades but never caught on until they were rebranded as air fryers.
minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoWhat? All ovens I’ve used in my life have been convection ovens.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoAnd I’ve never used a convection oven. What a world.
minus-squareMagnetar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoFascinating. What country? The only non-convection oven I’ve ever seen in Germany was the fire fueled oven my grandma had, and I’m pretty sure that thing was pre-war.
minus-squarePeppycito@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoCanada. It’s a standard gas oven with a broiler inside. They’re for sale, but I’ve always lived in old houses.
minus-squareMagnetar@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-210 months agoI see. Gas ovens are quite rare here, overwhelming majority is electric. I looked it up: In 2014 7% of households in Germany used gas stoves, and 4% used gas ovens. So probably even less today.
No, it’s not an oven. It’s a convection oven, which has existed for decades but never caught on until they were rebranded as air fryers.
What? All ovens I’ve used in my life have been convection ovens.
And I’ve never used a convection oven. What a world.
Fascinating. What country? The only non-convection oven I’ve ever seen in Germany was the fire fueled oven my grandma had, and I’m pretty sure that thing was pre-war.
Canada. It’s a standard gas oven with a broiler inside. They’re for sale, but I’ve always lived in old houses.
I see. Gas ovens are quite rare here, overwhelming majority is electric.
I looked it up: In 2014 7% of households in Germany used gas stoves, and 4% used gas ovens. So probably even less today.