From oven to air fryer

Is the recipe written for the oven? Enter temperature and time: get the air fryer conversion, plus a chart of the most common foods.

Oven temperature (°C)

Time in the oven (min)

Times and temperatures for common foods

Why it converts this way

An air fryer is a small, very efficient fan oven: hot air circulates fast in a small space, so it cooks more at the same temperature. The rule of thumb used by manufacturers and cookbooks is to lower the temperature by about 20 °C (35 °F) and the time by 20%.

Indicative values

Every air fryer is different (power, basket size): use these values as a starting point and check doneness a few minutes early. For meat, always make sure it's fully cooked in the middle.