My sister in Boise swears her air fryer makes better wings than my charcoal grill, and I finally tried it
So my sister in Boise has been on this kick for about a year now, saying her air fryer wings beat anything off my charcoal grill, and I laughed at her every single time. Two Saturdays ago I was at her place for the game and she just made a batch without asking me, 400 degrees for 22 minutes with a flip halfway, and I hate to admit it but the skin was shatter crisp all the way around. Here is my problem though, and this is where I think the air fryer crowd goes too far. Everybody online acts like the grill is dead now, and that is just not true. The grill still wins on flavor because you get that smoke on the meat, and no basket of hot air is ever going to copy that. The air fryer is faster and easier, sure, but easier is not the same as better. So for the folks who ditched their grill completely, what do you do when you actually want that char taste, or do you just not miss it at all?