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Unpopular opinion: Preheating the air fryer is a waste of time for most stuff

I tried two batches of frozen chicken tenders last night side by side. One batch I preheated the air fryer for 5 minutes at 400, the other I just tossed them in cold and set the timer. The non-preheated batch came out just as crispy, maybe even juicier inside. I'm talking frozen Walmart brand tenders, nothing fancy. The difference was maybe a minute longer on the cook time for the cold start ones. Anyone else skipped preheating and had it work fine, or am I just lucky so far?
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the_lucas
the_lucas28d ago
Yeah, that "just as crispy" part honestly changed my mind about it too.
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the_pat
the_pat28d agoTop Commenter
Ha, thanks @the_lucas. That line hooked me too. Guess I'm just easy to convince when there's food involved.
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