TIL you're supposed to preheat an air fryer for 3 minutes and it fixed my frozen fries
I was watching a YouTube video from a guy in Manchester and he said most air fryers need 3 minutes of empty preheat before anything goes in. I always just threw frozen fries straight in cold and wondered why the middle was soggy while the ends got burnt. Tried the preheat thing on a batch of Ore-Ida crinkle cuts at 400 degrees and they came out way crispier, like actual fried texture. Now I'm wondering what else I've been doing wrong this whole time. Do you guys preheat for everything or just certain stuff like fries and chicken?