That week I burnt 4 batches of chicken wings before getting it right

Last Tuesday I was so excited to try out this new honey garlic sauce I saw on TikTok. I threw a bunch of frozen wings in my air fryer at 400 degrees like I always do and walked away for 20 minutes. Came back to a smokey kitchen and wings that looked like charcoal briquettes. Tried again Wednesday with thawed wings and a lower temp but they came out rubbery. Finally on Thursday I looked up a proper recipe and realized I needed to pat them dry and cook at 380 for 25 minutes flipping halfway. That batch came out perfect, crispy skin and all. I wasted like $15 on chicken just figuring out my new air fryer settings. Anyone else have a rough learning curve with their air fryer at first?

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dakota4792d ago

Realized after my third ruined dinner that we all treat new kitchen gadgets like they're magic instead of actually learning what they do lol. It's funny how a $40 air fryer can humble someone who's been cooking for years just because the heat moves different. Same thing happened to me with a cast iron pan last year - kept burning everything until I accepted I had to relearn the basics instead of blaming the tool.

lisa8202d ago

And honestly @dakota479 I think this applies to way more than just cooking. We do it with fitness apps, budgeting tools, even relationships - expecting the thing itself to fix everything instead of putting in the work to understand how it actually works. Once you accept that every new tool just means finding a new rhythm instead of instant results, everything gets way less frustrating.