The Best Air Fryers for Fast and Crispy Cooking

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The air Fryer arrived on American shores with all the subtlety of a sack of fried potatoes. The best air fryers promise a niche miracle: beauteously crispy fries and chicken wings within minutes without need of a deep fryer and a quart of oil. Do we really need this? sniffed the snobs. A decade later, the answer is clear: Yes, obviously. My top pick, the Typhur Dome 2 (8/10, WIRED Recommends), can fry up two dozen crispy wings in 14 minutes flat.

Invented in a Dutchman's garage, an air fryer is a supercharged convection oven that rapidly whisks hot air all around food to dry its exterior and quickly crisp it. Its speed, convenience, easy cleanup, and facility at making slightly ...