I recently air-fried dozens of batches of french fries and chicken Parmesan. No, I wasn’t throwing an air-fryer party—I was reviewing several air-fryer models to see which one performed the best and was the easiest to use. By the end of testing I had found a new winner, and I had also cleaned each air fryer at least five times.
There are a lot of questions out there about how best to clean and maintain air fryers, and after spending several hours cleaning them over the course of a few weeks—not to mention months of personal home use—I’m the guy with the answers.