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Question about the day a church potluck in Toledo wrecked my air fryer routine for good
Two years back I brought my air fryer to a church potluck in Toledo thinking I'd show off some wings, and a lady named Carol watched me shake the basket halfway through and asked why I was doing that. I said so they cook even, and she said her fryer never needed it because she puts a wet paper towel under the basket to keep the grease from smoking and a thermometer in the top vent to catch the temp drop when she adds cold food. I tried her way on a batch of frozen fries at home, 375 for 14 minutes with a cheap $9 oven thermometer stuck in the vent, and the fries came out way crisper than the shaken ones. Turns out the temp on my machine swings about 40 degrees when I open it, so now I give it a few extra minutes instead of shaking and poking. It's silly but that one potluck changed how I run the thing every single day. Has anyone else had a stranger at an event hand them a trick that actually stuck?
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