johnson.adam•24d agoMost Upvoted

Tried making cheese crisps in the air fryer and ended up with a melted plastic spatula

So I thought I'd get fancy and make those trendy parmesan crisps everyone raves about. I lined the basket with parchment paper, piled on the shredded cheese, set it to 375 for 4 minutes. Came back to a cloud of smoke and my favorite rubber spatula that I left in the drawer underneath the basket had melted into a twisted blob. The crisps were actually pretty good though. How do you guys keep stuff from dripping or flying around in there without wrecking your tools?

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the_nathan24d ago

Yo, did you try setting it on a trivet or cutting board instead?

blair_davis5024d ago

Wait, didn't @the_nathan mention something about that in another thread? Honestly, I saw some guy online swear his laptop stopped overheating after he propped it up on a book, so maybe anything flat works?

blake_martinez24d ago

I see what Nathan's getting at but I think a cutting board would be too risky with the heat. Those things can warp or even catch fire if they're close enough to the heating element. I keep a little metal trivet on top of my air fryer when I'm using it, just set the spatula or whatever else on that. The key is you need something that won't melt or burn, so metal or silicone is your friend. Rubber and plastic have no business being anywhere near that drawer underneath. Learned that one the hard way myself with a pair of tongs a few years back.