Are air-fryers worth it? Or will it end up being a waste of money *

[yellowdogintexas]

30. Our daughter gifted us with one Christmas 2022 and we love it

I cook chicken breasts quite often and I have never had them turn out as tasty as they do in the Air Fryer - even on my electric outdoor grill. Porkchops also turn out exceptionally well.
I have roasted potatoes and carrots, Mr YD makes cinnamon toast and we both make regular toast with it every day.
(this particular model has a separate toast setting) It has a nice sized square bucket which can be used for other things, but I have not experimented with it very much. We are getting good use out of it though.

It came with some nice racks and there is a tray that sits on the bottom to catch crumbs, etc. There is a rack which sits about 1/2 inch above the bottom of the bucket which I use for the meats I cook. I put foil underneath it and usually do not need to do anything more than a simple wipe before I put it away. Otherwise it can go in the dishwasher (as can the racks and tray)

Our old toaster oven had finally kicked the bucket, and this was the replacement. It is deeper than our other appliances but it isn't as much of a problem as I would have expected.

I do need to play around with it some more, though.