My sister swore by foil in the air fryer, now I'm cleaning burnt cheese for hours

My sister told me to line the basket with foil so I wouldn't have to scrub. First batch of mozzarella sticks came out fine, but the second batch the cheese leaked under the foil and baked onto the metal. Took me 20 minutes with hot water and a scrub brush to get it off, plus the basket still has a brown spot. She said I used the wrong side of the foil or didn't press it down enough. I tried her method again last Tuesday with a frozen pizza, same result, melted pepperoni stuck to the edges. I'm back to just spraying the basket with oil and wiping it after each use. Anyone else's foil trick fail this bad or is my air fryer just cursed? What do you use to keep the cleanup easy without the sticking mess?

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william_henderson23d ago

Heard parchment paper works way better, just sayin.