I understand that air fryer spins the air, while oven keeps it still. What I don’t understand is how hot air moving changes the way the food is cooked? Like is air fryer just faster? Whenever I eat food from air fryer it has a completely different quality than from the oven.
Plus, a lot of ovens have a fan inside. Wouldn’t it spin the air as well?
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Most ovens made the last four decades do also spin the air. You can see the fan on the mode switch which you can enable or disable. Moving the air around ensures that the heat is more evenly distributed around the food rather then all coming from above or bellow. So the main difference is the size. However that is quite important as it determines how fast it heats up. Air fryers heat up much faster and will therefore give crispier texture on the food. You can get around some of this by preheating the oven but you are still going to release a lot of heat when you open the door.
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