• steakmeout@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Why is this even a meme? Omg why do can openers exist? 9 inch angle grinders already exist. We had a kids toy lolol

    • Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      My theory - they got popular in the US because everyone was still microwaving stuff like it was 1980 because their electricity is girly 110v so they can’t have good ovens. The air fryer is an improvement on both those things

      In modern countries with 240v, everyone bought an air fryer cos the yanks said they were amazing, and now they’re scared to admit they fell for marketing hype and it’s just the same as their fan oven that they’ve had for 20 years except it heats a bit faster and they can’t fit stuff in it

      • Snoopey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 months ago

        Hate to break it to you, but most oven ranges in the US are 240V. They have 240V into the home which gets split into -120V and +120V lines with a neutral in the middle for regular appliances. Bigger appliances can get wired up for the full fat 240V experience

        I’m guessing its more to do with the size, ovens in the US are massive! Probably double the volume of a regular EU oven

        • onion@feddit.deEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Hate to break it to you, but my oven range is 400V three-phase :P

  • A7thStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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.

        • Magnetar@feddit.deEnglish
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          10 months ago

          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.

          • Peppycito@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Canada. It’s a standard gas oven with a broiler inside. They’re for sale, but I’ve always lived in old houses.

            • Magnetar@feddit.deEnglish
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              10 months ago

              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.

  • gmtom@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Yeah I really don’t get the point my yousemate has one and he insists it cooks certain things better than an oven, but its really just the same and it just seems like a mindless fad people are following that’s being pushed to sell useless tat.

    • Schmeckinger@feddit.deEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Its basically a convection oven with higher air speed. The faster you get heat onto the surface of food the crispier it gets.

      frier > industrial convection oven > air frier > convection oven > oven