# Anyone use an air fryer? And try to get it clean?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473 "2023-05-02T15:21:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473/41 "2023-05-03T16:28:52Z")

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This is similar to what I do. They are tasty and disappear quickly. But frankly, not as good as a deep fryer. My goal is for equivalence.

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473/42 "2023-05-03T16:33:09Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> I never try to scrub it to perfection, I just use a few paper towels to wipe surfaces a bit. IMHO you are being too meticulous in trying to clean your tool.

Agreed! I learned that the hard way.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473/43 "2023-05-03T19:28:58Z")

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We recently bought a toaster oven style air fryer (the smaller Breville). The basket is stainless steel. I spray it with some oil before putting food on and chuck it in the dish washer after it’s been used.

As said, I only bought it recently but no issues with that procedure yet.

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**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-use-an-air-fryer-and-try-to-get-it-clean/983473/44 "2023-05-03T19:33:17Z")

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I have no significant problem cleaning the air fryer that’s used in my household. It is annoying to have to clean it after every use, and other cooking methods leave less of mess to cleanup, but there are drawbacks to most methods of cooking that one deals with because of the quality of the resulting food. Getting the two parts of the basket apart is sometimes difficult, which is a problem in some sense, but not significant. There’s tons of grease to cleanup, but that’s why there’s soap.

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