Why does nobody talk about how much smoke an air fryer puts out?

I been using mine for 6 months straight. Every time I made wings or burgers the whole kitchen would fill with smoke. Had the windows open, fan going. Figured it was just normal. Then last week my neighbor comes over while I'm cooking and says hey man your smoke detector outside is going off. Turns out I never cleaned the heating element. Just wiped out the basket and called it done. Scraped off a solid layer of burnt grease off the top coil. Now it cooks clean. No smoke. Felt like a total idiot. Anyone else miss this obvious thing?

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daniel_lane302d ago

Same thing happened to me, felt like such a dummy when I finally figured it out.

king.wyatt2d agoMost Upvoted

Wait until you forget to clean the drip tray on a pellet grill (speaking from a very smoky experience). I bet there's a direct correlation between how much smoke you see and how much you've been ignoring that little manual. My air fryer went from sounding like a jet engine to a gentle hum after I finally scraped that quarter inch of carbon off.

bettyfox11h ago

Did you see that one Reddit thread where a guy tested his air fryer with a thermal camera and showed the grease buildup literally catching fire at 400 degrees? It's wild how much gunk can hide in there just from normal cooking. I started setting a monthly alarm on my phone to deep clean the whole thing and that smoke is basically gone now.