My air fryer saved me during a crazy power outage last week

We had a big storm roll through on Tuesday and the power was out for almost 8 hours. My stove is electric, so I was stuck with a fridge full of food and no way to cook. I remembered my air fryer uses way less power than the oven, so I plugged it into my little portable battery pack. I managed to cook a whole pack of chicken thighs, some frozen fries, and even roasted a tray of broccoli. The whole apartment smelled amazing and my family actually thought it was fun. It was a weird, good dinner by candlelight. I never thought of it as an emergency cooking tool before. Has anyone else used their air fryer when the power was weird?

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norathomas5mo ago

Wait, your battery pack ran an air fryer?

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patriciap525mo ago

That "weird, good dinner by candlelight" sounds so nice, actually. We had rolling brownouts last summer and my air fryer was a total lifesaver too. I cooked a whole bag of those frozen meatballs and made hot sandwiches. It felt like a weird little adventure instead of a disaster. Smart thinking with the battery pack.

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ellis.hayden4mo ago

Did you use an inverter generator for the air fryer or just a big battery pack? My buddy @norathomas tried running a toaster oven off his portable power station during that big freeze a couple years back and the thing shut down after like 5 minutes. He ended up just heating soup on a camping stove instead. Took forever but hey, hot food is hot food.

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