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The air fryer is just a fancy microwave with an attitude. They’ve convinced us we can cook anything in them, but it doesn’t always go as planned. Some foods actually turn out better, but others? Well, they’re just a disaster waiting to happen.
If we’ve learned anything from these funny fails, it’s that if you’re thinking about air-frying something cheesy, don’t—unless you enjoy scraping molten cheese off the basket.
For anyone out there looking for what not to make in an air fryer, these funny air fryer fails are a must-see before you hit that start button. Good luck, home chefs—you’re gonna need it.
1. “Made homemade mozzarella sticks in my air fryer!”
2. “Tried cooking a sweet potato in my new air fryer today…”
3. “Tried melting cheese on my chicken patties inside my air fryer.”
4. “The air fryer blew the cheese off my bread.”
5. “It was my first time trying to make a cake in my new air fryer, and the middle sunk after I pierced the middle”
6. “Tried to do grilled cheese in air fryer”
7. “Air fryer tray handle broke off as I was pulling my salmon out to eat it”
8. “The cheese slid off when I shut the air fryer”
9. “Tater tots with ‘cheese’ slice in the air fryer. Possibly overcooked?”
10. “My housemate said his air fryer could proof our croissants”
11. “I tried to make cheese bread in the air fryer.”
“It turned into some kind of monster. The cheese came completely off..”
12. “a slice of low fat american cheese on 40 calorie bread in an air fryer – bone apple tea”
13. “Bread on the air fryer”
14. “F*CK”
“foods to expensive to waste nowadays wish me luck (fork was used to remove dish from air fryer i am not french)”
15. “Air Fryer Pizza Gone Wrong”
16. “Veggie dogs in an air fryer on highest heat. I just wanted some char.”
17. “My wife said she found a recipe for making corn dogs in the air fryer. Sounded great. These little boner muffins are not what I was expecting.”
18. “Tried making box mix brownies with air fryer… ended up with a lava cake.”
19. “Testing the new air fryer.”
20. “re-heated some spaghetti in the air fryer”
21. “My wife’s home made sausage cooked in air fryer.”
22. “burnt tf out of my brussels sprouts in the air fryer, still taste pretty good actually the insides are perfect”
23. “Air fryer deep fried Oreos”
24. “The time to bake something in an air fryer is not the same as the time needed in a conventional oven.”
25. “The beginning of my air fryer phase: I serve you Mac and Cheese from Trader Joe’s”
26. “My attempt at burgers for tea got progressively worse”
“Came home from work and thought, I fancy some burgers and chips for tea.
Usually I make a mean burger, but today it just went from bad to worse. Started making the burgers….no egg. Annoying, but not the end of the world. Went to get the potatoes for my chips….none left. Went to get the oven chips from the freezer, barely a handful left.
Put the burgers and chips in the air fryer and went to get the buns ready…last two were moldy. Then the baby starts crying, so I go to deal with him while the burgers and chips cook.
Ask the wife to put the cheese on for me and just leave them in the air fryer to keep warm and this is what I come back to…..I might Uber a maccies in”
27. “My air fryer breakfast. Also the cheese dried up instead of melting”
28. “Little brother decided to make chocolate chip cookies in the air fryer.”
29. “I put a slice of cheese to melt on a hamburger patty after it was done cooking in the air fryer…”
“Now it’s a beautiful blooming fleshy flower”
30. “Over whipped the eggs for my egg bites! They sunk after taking out of the air fryer but the taste is *chef’s kiss*”
31. “i tried making fried oreos in the air fryer and they grew appendages”
32. “I burnt my Safeway meatloaf in the air fryer. Is it still safe to eat?”
33. “Hamburger bun pizza, made in air fryer”
34. “Mom Can we order pizza? We have pizza at home”
“Pan fried pepperoni’s then added them after baking becAuse my air fryer blows them all off the pizza and all over the air fryer”
35. “My attempt at air fryer fried chicken did not go well”
36. “Nothing beats overcooked air fryer cheap pizza on a Saturday night”
37. “Fruity Pebbles air fryer popcorn chicken”
“I made these as a meme while I was making regular popcorn chicken but honestly they were pretty good and I think I might make them again with tzatziki or some other savory sauce.”
38. “Forgot food for 2 days in air fryer…”
39. “Buddy just got a air fryer and was excited he could make five hotdogs at once.”
40. “Tortilla pizza made in the air fryer”
41. “I’m not even sorry. Shout out to my air fryer”
42. “Bacon Rosettes. When I am too lazy too cook bacon the right way. I do this in the air fryer. A friend said it was sacrilege.”
43. “I left my mini pizza in the air fryer a little too long :(“
44. “Failed attempt at air fryer shrimp.”
“I tried to make shrimp in my air fryer but it didn’t go well.”
45. “Bacon wrapped dino nuggies in the air fryer. My fiance told me not to do it.”
46. “This is why you don’t give potheads an air fryer”
47. “I made brownies”
“Don’t cook brownies in the air fryer.”
48. “Homemade mozzarella sticks that didn’t survive the air fryer”
49. “Air fryers are magical devices — when in doubt, crisp everything.”
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h/t: Reddit