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Where did the recent air fryer trend come from anyway? (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago

Yeah why does anything exist, we already have rocks and fire

[+] [email protected] -9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

From what I've seen in the comments it's "Americans discovered an alternative to a microwave".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It's more like our corporate overlords weren't making enough on microwaves alone and decided to push air fryers.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Yep, compared to a microwave, a candle is better at cooking lol