Warning: I was preheating my air fryer wrong for like 2 years

I always preheated my air fryer empty for 5 minutes before putting food in, just like my oven. Then my buddy who works at a KitchenAid repair shop in Columbus told me that's totally unnecessary and actually makes stuff cook uneven. He showed me his chicken thighs one night that came out perfect just throwing them in cold. Now I just put food in right away and add 2 minutes to the timer. Anyone else get stuck on a habit that made no sense?

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victor_carter511mo ago

Lol I just realized I've been doing the same dumb thing with my microwave. Been hitting the "add 30 seconds" button three times and standing there like a weirdo.

brooke_nguyen651mo ago

Honestly, I've been noticing this a lot lately. Its like we're all trapped in this loop of tiny, pointless habits we never question. Three button presses for a minute and a half, but you could just hit 90 then start. But no, we've trained our brains to celebrate the button, not the result. Its the same way I'll open the same app three times trying to remember something instead of just writing it down. We're all just creatures of weird little routines that don't even make sense.