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Re:The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food you can make so you don't die by PopAlongKid on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:28AM (#37022328)
My stove came with "convection bake" and "convection roast" settings on the oven. Then some time after purchase I was offered to download an "air fryer" mode, but I would have to enable the wifi connection on my stove and use a smartphone app, which I do not want to do. Am I really missing much? Can a full-size home oven also be an effective air-fryer?
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Re:The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food you can make so you don't die by Eisenstein on Sunday August 06, 2023 @11:13AM (#37022830)
An air fryer is just a small convection oven and since I don't know how an update can make your oven smaller, it sounds like a gimmick to me.
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Re:The Sad Bastard Cookbook: Food you can make so you don't die by ghaff on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:12PM (#37023430)
My guess is that it's some useless mode like microwave ovens have a zillion of but which are perfectly straightforward to simulate with the right temp/power and time settings.
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