The Little-Known Energy Savings Air Fryers Offer

We’ll be honest: it’s hard to come up with new ways to save energy. Technology has certainly changed over the decades. But it’s usually relatively simple to discuss these changes and how they benefit you.

New and unique ways to save energy don’t come around too often.

But today, we have one.

And it happens with an air fryer.

Air fryers were actually invented in 2005 for commercial kitchens, but they’ve quickly become a favorite among consumers too.

Air fryers are more efficient than deep fryers and ovens. As much as 20% of your home’s energy use comes from cooking, so this can be a real opportunity for you to score serious energy savings.

How Do Air Fryers Work?

Instead of using hot oil, air fryers use hot air. They have a fan inside which circulates that hot air around your food, which causes it to cook.

Just like you would with frying in a pan or deep fryer, you end up with food with a crunchy, golden crust.

But the difference is that air fryers use heat to cook far more efficiently than your oven, a pan, or deep fryer. All of those release a significant amount of heat into your home, rather than focusing it directly on your food.

Plus, because they contain the heat and use it so much more efficiently, they cook your food a lot faster too.

Additional Benefits of Air Fryers

Air fryers aren’t just excellent for saving energy. They also:

• Make your food healthier. Using oil in a pan or deep fryer means you get a lot of fat. While a deep fryer may require 3 or 4 cups of oil to deep-fry a chicken, an air fryer would require just a tablespoon.
• Don’t harm taste. Usually, when you hear “healthy,” you also hear “it tastes bad” too. Not so with air fryers. You get healthier food cooked with less electricity that still tastes great.
• Do all your cooking. You can also reheat old meals, thaw, bake, roast, broil, and mimic stir-frying with your air fryer.
• Are easily affordable. By now air fryers probably sound pretty expensive. But they’re not. You can easily get a capable model for $50 – $150.

So if you want to save energy and still have great-tasting and healthier food, air fryers are a perfect fit.

Give ‘em a look this Christmas and see if one makes sense for you.