My neighbor in Tucson told me to stop preheating my air fryer, and my wings got better
I always ran my air fryer for 5 minutes empty before cooking anything, just figured that was the rule. My neighbor Dale, who's been cooking in his for 20 years, asked why I was wasting time when the basket heats up in like 2 minutes anyway. Tried it with a batch of wings last Tuesday and they came out crispier and juicier, no clue why but I'm not going back. Anyone else skip the preheat or is that just asking for trouble with stuff like frozen fries?