Which is more suitable for home use?
Oven and air fryer are both common electrical appliances, which have similar baking functions. Many families will struggle when choosing, which is better? In fact, if you don't pursue professional baking effect and large production, the air fryer will be more suitable for home use than the oven. Let's take a closer look at the comparison between an air fryer and an oven.
1. The working efficiency of air fryer is faster than that of oven.
because of their different working principles, they will have different working efficiency. The air fryer mainly relies on hot air circulation, and can directly enter the working state without preheating. The oven is heated by upper and lower tubes, and it needs to be preheated for more than ten minutes before work every time. Many times, when the oven is preheated, the air fryer has already cooked the food.
Although the oven is not as efficient as the air fryer, it is incomparable to the air fryer in baking. If you also want to make durian crisp and egg tart at home, you might as well buy an oven.
2. The air fryer is easier to clean than the oven.
In the process of baking food, the more oil there is, the more food residues will be produced. However, the air fryer does not need to put oil or only needs a small amount of oil when baking food, which produces few splashes, and it is small and exquisite, and there are not many places to be cleaned. When baking food in the oven, it is often necessary to brush more oil to prevent the food from burning, resulting in more food residues and oil stains, and it is inconvenient to clean because of its large size.
3. The food made by air fryer is healthier than that made by oven.
The food made by air fryer is fried and roasted with less oil, which makes it healthier to eat. However, the food baked in the oven generally needs more oil, which is not conducive to human health for a long time and is easy to have three highs.
Compared with the air fryer, the oven has more accurate temperature control and larger capacity, and is suitable for professional baking. The air fryer is small and exquisite, and its working efficiency is fast, which can meet the baking needs of ordinary families, so it is more suitable for home use.
What is the air fryer used for
The air fryer can be used to bake sweet potatoes, cola cakes, dried apples, skewered chicken and so on. Consistent with the basic principle of oven. The oven also has a fan, and the principle is the same as that of a frost-free refrigerator, which keeps the temperature in the box uniform through convection. The oven has more functions, is more extensive, is more convenient to use and has a larger volume. The air fryer is a small oven.
Principle of air fryer
First, the air is heated quickly through the baking device above the air fryer. Then, through the high-power fan, the heat flow in the food basket is quickly circulated. Finally, on the inside of the food basket, there will be a unique grain design. At this time, it will form a vortex heat flow, which will quickly take away the water vapor generated by heating, thus achieving the taste of frying.
Advantages and disadvantages of air fryer
Advantages of air fryer:
1. If the air fryer is placed in a family kitchen, the floor space is not particularly large, because the oven may take up a lot of space, but the air fryer will never take up a lot of space. The air fryer is bigger than a rice cooker, but it is very convenient to move in practice.
2. When making an air fryer, simply cooking food for two people can be handy, and it can also meet different requirements. Unlike real fried food, because it is such a big pot of oil, it is basically necessary to fry a lot of things when cooking again.
3. When the air fryer is in use, everyone can just empty all the pots and pans inside, and then put a rag on the air fryer, or use some clean wet paper towels to do it again, so the air fryer is very convenient to clean.
Disadvantages of air fryer:
1. When air fryer is cooking, the range of dishes to choose from is basically limited. If there are many people in the family who want to roast a chicken one day, this function may not be realized through air fryer.
2. Generally speaking, the price of air fryer is several hundred yuan. If it is lower, there may be no quality guarantee. For other similar equipment, the price of this equipment is on the high side, and young people may not care, but after all, several hundred yuan is not a small sum.