No they are not. The thing that separates them is how efficiently they take moisture away from food by moving air around with methods that are not convection.
It’s the reason you can get soggier fries in a regular oven when compared to an air fryer.
That said, a lot of air fryers are close to convection ovens because they either missed the concept or were designed poorly.
A convection oven is an oven with a fan to induce convection currents. A conventional oven is a hot box. Air fryers are ovens with fans in them to induce convection currents, ergo air fryers are convection ovens.
What??? They’re literally convection ovens. They pull in fresh air and blow out moisture with the element very close to the food. Your own link further down pretty much says the same thing.
I honestly don’t know, I want to say moisture still boils out, just not at the rate of having something dedicated pulling it out.
I’d recommend looking into it. This is just me remembering talking about it with another person on Lemmy a year or two ago, and then looking into it myself.
If I remember right, fries get crispiest in deep fryers because of the density of steam/oil almost immediately getting the moisture away from the outside of the food. Air fryers do their best to imitate that function by manually pulling air.
This article says that some but not all convection ovens use fans for circulation, but air fryers have way more air movement.
The one in my kitchen has a fan on the side that pulls air out right where the basket is, and I think fresh air comes from the opposing side but I could be wrong there.
I guess this could be compared to a cheeseburger being a hamburger, but a hamburger is not always a cheeseburger analogy. Technically an airfyer can be classified as a convection ovens, but a convection oven isn’t always an air fryer. It has a different function, cooks quicker, and moves more air closer to food producing different results.
https://foodess.com/air-fryer-frozen-chicken-breast/
No just no… it’s completely fine.
Lol fucking down voting me doesn’t magically make you correct. Frozen chicken breast in the air fryer will make it juicy inside.
Have any of you ever cooked anything before? Lol air fryers are just convection ovens. Lol
No they are not. The thing that separates them is how efficiently they take moisture away from food by moving air around with methods that are not convection.
It’s the reason you can get soggier fries in a regular oven when compared to an air fryer.
That said, a lot of air fryers are close to convection ovens because they either missed the concept or were designed poorly.
You’re confusing convection with conventional.
A convection oven is an oven with a fan to induce convection currents. A conventional oven is a hot box. Air fryers are ovens with fans in them to induce convection currents, ergo air fryers are convection ovens.
What??? They’re literally convection ovens. They pull in fresh air and blow out moisture with the element very close to the food. Your own link further down pretty much says the same thing.
I disagree. Keep reading down the thread
What methods are those? I thought it was just way stronger convection, would love to learn more!
Usually a fan from my experience, pulls air and it’s moisture out and pulls fresh air through a heating mechanism or near one
Ah I see, and normal convection just circulates air inside the oven without removing the moisture?
I honestly don’t know, I want to say moisture still boils out, just not at the rate of having something dedicated pulling it out.
I’d recommend looking into it. This is just me remembering talking about it with another person on Lemmy a year or two ago, and then looking into it myself.
If I remember right, fries get crispiest in deep fryers because of the density of steam/oil almost immediately getting the moisture away from the outside of the food. Air fryers do their best to imitate that function by manually pulling air.
https://homekitchtech.com/convection-oven-vs-air-fryer-is-a-convection-oven-the-same-as-an-air-fryer/
This article says that some but not all convection ovens use fans for circulation, but air fryers have way more air movement.
The one in my kitchen has a fan on the side that pulls air out right where the basket is, and I think fresh air comes from the opposing side but I could be wrong there.
I guess this could be compared to a cheeseburger being a hamburger, but a hamburger is not always a cheeseburger analogy. Technically an airfyer can be classified as a convection ovens, but a convection oven isn’t always an air fryer. It has a different function, cooks quicker, and moves more air closer to food producing different results.