About Air Fryer Cooking Times

Air Fryer Cooking Times is a free reference tool for the most common kitchen puzzle of the air-fryer era: a recipe written for the oven, an air fryer on the counter, and no obvious way to bridge the two. The flat "drop it 25 degrees" rule mostly works, but not for everything - so we built a conversion calculator and a cooking-times chart that account for what you're actually cooking, and put them here so you don't have to guess.

Where the numbers come from

The conversions start from the established rule of thumb - about 25°F (15°C) lower and roughly 20% less time - and then adjust for your oven type and the food, because a fan oven and a tray of cake don't behave the same way. The cooking times are recommended starting points for a standard 4-6 qt basket with food in a single layer. Every machine runs a little differently, so our honest advice is to check a few minutes early the first time, and lean on an instant-read thermometer for anything meat, poultry or fish.

A note on food safety

The safe minimum internal temperatures we list come from the USDA's Safe Minimum Internal Temperature Chart, and that's the part you don't fudge. Times get you to roughly the right place; it's the temperature in the middle that tells you whether dinner is actually done.

Spotted something wrong, or cook a food we've missed? Let us know - we read everything.