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That 15-minute preheat shortcut almost ruined my chicken wings
My coworker Dave swore skipping the preheat was fine and saved time, so I tried it with a batch of 12 wings at 400°F and they came out soggy and pale after 8 minutes. He never mentioned the air fryer's thermostat needs that time to actually stabilize, so now I'm wondering if anyone else has gotten burned by this tip or if my machine is just finicky?
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bell.emma6d ago
Dave's shortcut is basically the air fryer equivalent of saying "close enough" when baking a cake, it just ends in disappointment and sad wings. My machine does the same thing if I rush it, the thermostat just needs those extra minutes to catch up to the real heat. Lesson learned, now I just preheat and use that extra time to stare at the fryer menacingly (it seems to help).
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