Air fryer
Soils like an oven at a tenth of the size — and the manufacturer is most specific about the heating element, which is the part people are most afraid to touch.
Precautions
- Disconnect from the power supply first
- Check the manufacturer's instructions
- Rinse thoroughly afterwards
Start here
What this is, what tends to go wrong with it, and what to do about it.
Which part are you cleaning?
These parts take different answers. Cleaning one the way you clean another is a common way to damage this.
- Air fryer basket
Dishwasher safe and coated at the same time — which is why the rule that matters is not where you wash it but what you touch it with.
Non-stick coating
Things not to use here
The science behind this: Polymerised oil
In detail
An air fryer is a small fan oven that concentrates hot air and hot fat in a very small volume, which is why it soils faster than an oven and why the parts that soil are the parts you handle. The manufacturer's routine is unremarkable and worth following exactly: the removable pan and basket come out and are washed, stuck residue is loosened by filling the pan with hot water and washing-up liquid and SOAKING FIVE TO TEN MINUTES rather than by scrubbing harder, and fat that ordinary washing-up liquid will not shift is handled with a proper liquid degreaser used to its own instructions. The part people avoid is the part the manufacturer is most specific about. The interior and THE HEATING ELEMENT are cleaned with a soft sponge and hot water, or a soft- to medium-bristle brush for stubborn residue, with steel wire and hard-bristle brushes excluded. Nothing in that instruction involves spraying a cleaner into the appliance. And there is a final step that few other appliances call for: after cleaning inside, run the machine empty for a few minutes so anything loosened drops into the pan. The unit itself is never immersed.
Why
- Air fryer is explained by Polymerised oil
Related
- Air fryer has the component Air fryer basket
Hacks and claims involving this
Sources for this page
Sources
How to clean my Philips Airfryer
Philips · Manufacturer documentation
Relied on for: Soaking the pan five to ten minutes in hot water and washing-up liquid for stuck residue, a liquid degreaser for fat stains, cleaning the interior and heating element with a soft sponge and hot water or a soft- to medium-bristle brush while excluding steel wire, running the appliance empty afterwards, and not immersing the unit. (states this directly)