Do air fryers make food taste good? I read they are horrible... my Dad has been considering getting one though... any tips for us to get good taste out of it?
They're convection ovens, actually, and do a somewhat (or hugely, depending on the model) worse job at it, too. Try roasting something that was supposed to be deep fried on a convection oven, that's what these misnomed "air fryers" do. That's what it tastes. Commercials that claim you can't tell "air fried" fries apart from actual frying are full of it. They're considered horrible because... well, they are.
And your mileage may vary, but most air fryer fans I've met think that frying things (actually frying them... on a pan, or a deep frier) is slightly worse, health-wise, than driving on the highway while snorting cocaine. With a loose feral cat inside the car. On a flat tire. Blindfolded.
People's standards as to what constitutes edible frying may be a bit skewed, in accordance to their thoughts on the alternative .
any tips for us to get good taste out of it?
Use it as a foot stool while eating actual food, prepared in the manner it was supposed to (be it roasting, frying, sauteing, whatever). Air fryers are garbage.
PS: And by the way I'm not one of these "real men eat unhealthy" machismo bs guys. I'm all for healthier eating. These things produce... edibles (barely) that are NOT fried and do not taste like they were fried. They're small convection ovens, not fryers. I can call my scooter a two wheeled airplane, too, but that won't make it any more of an aircraft.
