Hit 200 air fryer meals this week and noticed something about cooking times

I started keeping a log of everything I cook in my air fryer back in January. This Tuesday I hit meal number 200. What surprised me is that my cooking times have gotten way shorter than what most recipes say. For frozen chicken tenders, the package says 12 minutes at 400. I cook them for 8 and they come out better. Same with french fries and fish sticks. It made me wonder if other people find the recommended times to be too long too. Have you had to adjust times down from what recipes call for?

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the_river1mo ago

Is it because the preheating time is included in those package directions?

sagen361mo ago

Nah, I really don't think that's it. Most people know their ovens take a while to heat up and factor that in anyway. It feels more like the directions are just written to make the food look good on the box, not for real life timing.