You shouldn’t have any issue using flour in an air fryer, as long as the flour is used as a coating. Try adding a few tablespoons of different spices to season your flour before cooking your food in an air fryer for an added kick in the taste buds.

Air fryers are great for a multitude of reasons, but one of their most prominent selling points is their compact size. They’re small enough to fit on top of any kitchen counter, but what can you put underneath the air fryer to prevent its heat from damaging your countertop?

If you want to prepare foods with sauces, gravies, glazes, or liquids of any kind in an air fryer, you will need to place the food in a bake-safe container first. Alternatively, you can fashion a container out of aluminum foil to use as a baking container for saucy foods.

You can stack food in an air fryer and maintain optimal crisping and browning. A wire rack in the food basket will allow you to cook twice as much food per cooking cycle, but to achieve optimal browning, your food still needs to be spread out in a single layer.

Air fryers tend to make whirring and buzzing noises when they’re on. The typical air fryer will generate a 65-decibel buzz, which is about as loud as background office noises. However, the older your air fryer is, the louder it will become.

Air fryers use between 800 and 1800 watts of energy. The precise wattage consumption figure varies from model to model, with smaller, entry-level air fryers requiring less power than their larger counterparts.

You can put tempered glass bakeware in an air fryer. Basically, any bakeware that is deemed oven-safe can be used to bake, grill, roast, or reheat food in an air fryer.

Air fryers have nonstick food pans, so you don’t need to line the pan with oil or grease. However, you can add a bit of oil or butter to your dish to enhance its flavors while cooking it in an air fryer.

You should never place paper towels or other inflammable objects in an air fryer. The heated air in an air fryer will further dehydrate paper towels, which can cause them to burst into flames unexpectedly.

If your air fryer has a dehydrating mode, turn it on and let it run until the timer expires. For air fryers without this mode, you need to turn the air fryer on to 150 to 175°F and bake your food for 3 to 7 hours.

Yes, you can put water in the food basket of an air fryer. However, if you put too much water in an air fryer, the high-speed fan may cause it to splatter and touch the device’s electrical components, possibly resulting in irreparable damage to the device. At most, you can add 1 or 2 tablespoons of water to an air fryer at a time.

Any baking pan sporting an oven-safe label will be safe to use in air fryers, including metal, stone, ceramic, glass, and silicone molds and pans. The types of pan and plate materials you should avoid putting in your air fryer are cardboard, plastic, wood, and Teflon.