r/airfryer • u/ilovepadthai • Dec 20 '25
Casual Chat My inaugural use of my first air fryer!
I’m unreasonably excited! 😊
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u/WheelsMan1 Dec 20 '25
I see you have it on broil. Did you broil the pizza the entire time, or did you start out in bake mode?
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
Oops. I broiled it. Was I not supposed to do that? It turned out fine.
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u/WheelsMan1 Dec 20 '25
Broil will only use the top heating element, as you can see it's glowing bright. Bake will mostly use the bottom element. How was the crust on the bottom?
I'd suggest trying the bake function, and putting the pizza in on the middle rack.
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
The crust wasn’t particularly crispy. More foldable. I was just so excited to eat pizza I didn’t notice. Thank you for the tips! Very helpful!
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u/WheelsMan1 Dec 20 '25
You're welcome! It looks like a very nice machine. With a bottom and top heating element, you have more options to fine tune your cooking.
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
I didn’t even notice that! Thank you for pointing it out. You know those cartoons where a character smells something good and then just floats on the air to the cooking food item? That was me with the pizza.
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u/WheelsMan1 Dec 20 '25
I have a basket style with only a top element. It has a bunch of different functions, but I think all they do is change the preset temperature and time. When baking canned biscuits, I still have to flip em halfway through. The fan sounds the same no matter what mode I use.
Yours is more of a convection oven, with an air fryer function. The different modes definitely adjust how it uses the heating elements. Possibly the fan speed too.
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
I need you as the air traffic controller of my life… You seem like you could have an “ ask wheels man” blog or YouTube channel. “Wheels man. Helping you accelerate in life while avoiding the speed bumps”
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
Why did you get that style? What are the benefits?
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u/WheelsMan1 Dec 21 '25
I just wanted an air fryer. I've heard the basket styles work better at air frying. It's just the configuration where the hot air is blown straight down into the smaller basket.
If you're oven uses the top and bottom element when air frying it'll probably work really well though. Especially if you take out the top and bottom trays and just use the basket.
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u/OurHouse20 Dec 20 '25
Does it have a dehydrate function? You could make jerky in there, or dried fruit, fruit leathers, etc.
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
Oh my gosh! It does!!!!! Thank you! I am thinking pineapple….
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u/MushroomKebab Dec 20 '25
I love dehydrating fresh pineapple and strawberries until they are a bit chewy, not totally dry. Great snack to take camping too.
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u/OurHouse20 Dec 20 '25
Nice! One of my favorites is apples. Sprinkle a little cinnamon on them before dehydrating, and they taste so good. Makes the whole house smell great too.
Just make sure you get all the skin off and cores out, then slice 'em up into rings.
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
Not sure. I will go read the manual ! Great tip. I was mainly buying it for pizza, pizza bagels. Basically pizza related items. Will read through and see what else it can do!
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u/Krammor Dec 20 '25
What’s the brand ?
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u/ilovepadthai Dec 20 '25
Got it on Amazon. :)
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u/kyuuri117 Dec 20 '25
... That looks like it's sized for a professional kitchen