I have an oven-style one with a drop down door. It's actually been pretty easy, so far, to clean and the interior surfaces have some kind of coating. There's a removeable bottom that comes out for cleaning like the crumb tray in a toaster. That said, I 've only used it for vegetables. I think the ones where you push a basket into a large housing sort of litke the grounds on a drip coffee pot look harder to clean, but I could be wrong.

Air frier is just a high speed convection oven. My oven will do most of the same thing, but it's a superior oven. I got the airfryer oven on a super discount prime day thing, and because it dehydrates (oven has the setting but is really bad at dehydrating). In your position, I'd try to replicate the recipe best as I could with the equipment you have. it could well be sufficient.

They make liners for them. They are kind of like parchment paper. Maybe that would help.

Is that for the ceiling? That's the hardest part to clean, IMO.

I guess it's time for the manufacturers of air fryers to make them "self cleaning"! HAHA!

I stopped at Williams Sonoma just to look. I was surprised at how large even the smallest are. And, they are expensive. I think I'll make do with what I have and skip the AirFrier.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

Shoprite supermarket here in NY area is selling a ChefElect 3.2-Qt. Air Fryer Digital

for $39.99

dcarch

But is any good? Sometimes one gets what one pays for.

I have read that the Ninja is the easiest to clean and parts are dishwasher safe. I don't have an airfyer but lately have been interested!