Do liners really affect airfrying?

[@Silverdale15]

I use foil takeaway containers ! But 50 at a time sometimes I use them twice depending on what I've cooked.. works a treat...just put them in recycling bin after 😅

[@peckelhaze6934]

Me too.

[@AuLily1]

I use parchment paper to avoid aluminum on my food.

[@otherhumans6171]

@@AuLily1I use cum

[@greyasagoat]

Inserting a meat thermometer into each chicken breast would have been even more scientific.

[@critchley999]

Exactly what I thought. How do you know the different between undercooked chicken and "juicy" chicken. I probably cook mine to death because I don't think it's done when it's still moist.

[@PaulBooth-m1d]

try saying that to the mrs

[@Azza23]

This was a journey, came to see if the liners were worth it, found out you can make toast in the air fryer and then found out toast in the air fryer looks extremely depressing

[@PotatoPirate123]

I make toast in the air fryer because I foolishless got rid of my toaster to make space when I got my air fryer. If you like hard, brittle toast then they're great. I don't.

[@3DThrills]

You can make toast but it won't be as dark a color. If you try to make it pretty, it will become hard as a rock. Perhaps the bread could be elevated on a 6 inch tall platform and turned for better toast?

[@Ninfiaify]

If you love the texture of fried bread (minus the greasyness) I think it's amazing, sometimes I go through periods of air frying bread buttering it both sides before hand.. it changes the texture to be more crisp and airy imo 😊

[@davehughes8212]

You can make it into crispbread 😊

[@3DThrills]

Use a liner, just turn the food halfway through.

[@mark-andrews]

I bought and use the liners for making dishes like moussaka, lasgne, cottage/ Sheppard's pies and cakes, etc, items that will have a wet ingredient(s) in them. i haven't tried the itmes, you tried but the chicken breast looked more succulent in the lined side, hinting that the process/ effect might be less intense when using the liner. Probably easier to clean the liner than the draw, I think.

[@commandernevar8555]

To be honest it shouldn't matter too much Lined or unlined. Any sensible cook will always turn food items half way through to ensure food is cooked to perfection.

[@stevenwilson5556]

it would matter if the food benefits from cooking on all sides like fries, or pizza which you really can't flip over

[@ariguerrero8762]

Of course it matters.. it's an air fryer , air has To circulate all the way around the item for it to crisp up

[@jamesgoacher1606]

@@ariguerrero8762 Then plate a small grid inside the liner or something, anything, to lift it from its base. The average base thingy I have seen gives a space underneath of less than 5mm. Fluidics suggest that very little air is then actually circulated at the air velocities which AirFryers operate at, it is called the Benoulli affect I think so anything to raise the item to be cooked above 5mm will be more benificial then the standard botoom plate of most AirFryers. The Philips AirFRyer has a bottom clearance greater than the Ninja or Instant Vortex. So that one may be different.

[@ariguerrero8762]

@@jamesgoacher1606 it's called a riser lol...and yea obviously I use them for most things that are air fried. flipping things like you do in a conventional oven or pan works better for a handful of things in an an air fryer but not many

[@grahamjohnson4702]

@@ariguerrero8762 Only an air fryer by name, it does not actually fry your food

[@Lindasinish]

My cleanup is easy, with no liner. I let the drawer cool, while eating. Then add dish soap and water. Let it sit while I'm cleaning other things. Finally, I clean the air fryer and it's quick.

[@ms.rickie]

I’ve always wondered about that since I got my air fryer. Thanks for taking the time to do a video.😊

[@photolabguy]

We called him out on the liners, then he called us out on the liners. Love it!

[@marchannam3781]

He did toast and a chicken breast 🙈🙈🙈. Chips. Wings. So much better without

[@photolabguy]

@@marchannam3781 Agreed. Food appeared to be better cooked without the liners.

[@awlig]

🤣

[@bunney73]

Mike always tries to justify his actions whilst I'm cringing haha. But most are or do

[@bunney73]

Also what kind of a absolute mlt takes the grill out of air fryer with tongs phahaha

[@Whiskeyklone]

"The comment section was right." We always are. We always are.

[@Del_S]

In that case, cereal IS a soup!

[@Whiskeyklone]

@@Del_S And a taco is a sandwich

[@Del_S]

@@Whiskeyklone Correct. It must be true, this is the comment section.

[@bones6978]

he really wants to believe the liners don't make a difference.

[@jkd91]

I feel the silicon liner would do a better job than the paper ones that were also used as the silicon one did actually have raised parts to help lift the food off the bottom which helped with air flow.

[@captianmorgan7627]

I been told that coffee filters can work and are disposable and cheap.

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

@@captianmorgan7627 Yep. Keep throwing more crap into our landfills!

[@captianmorgan7627]

@@LauraBidingCitizen Or you could just compost them....

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

@@captianmorgan7627 Right, so how many coffee filters a day, with every use of the air fryer, per week, x that per month, do you intend on using exactly?! And how many people do you think are composting them..?! Do you think Einstein here who can’t even wash an airfryer tray up is going to compost..?!

[@captianmorgan7627]

@@LauraBidingCitizen Angry much? I use 0 coffee filters because I don't have an air fryer and don't drink coffee. Do YOU know how many coffee filters people use on a weekly or monthly basis in air fryers? Do YOU know how many people are composting them? I sure don't. And I doubt there is any data to be found. I also love the ad hominem attack at the end. Speaking of 'the end' you must not have watched the video's. Because Mike even says that washing the silicone tray took as long as washing the air fryer's tray so he'll just use the built in one.

[@imgrumpy5932]

Must be the best ending to a video I've ever seen 😂 Top job Mike you are a legend! 👍

[@jaynadiah5498]

we can conclude that mike can't be arsed to wash stuff even if its better cooked

[@igeekling]

On the topic of liners. Here's my advice after using one of those airfryer contraptions for quite a few years. For sticky things, especially sugary things, like if you had added some flavour to that bland chicken breast by glooping on a nice BBQ glace. Absolutely, use those paper liners and save yourself the mess. Just make sure to turn things about twice as often as without. For really fatty things, like chicken wings or cheap sausages, those silicon liners to collect the drippings isn't a deadly sin. Again with the frequent shakey-shake of the basket to keep things moving. For anything with a breading, dry - like toast or reheating pizza, and spuds in any form. Oh dear gods No! No liners! Just NO put it away. Bad youtuber! Does that clear it up?

[@secretsquirrel7300]

This is what makes perfect sense. Even with the toast, my thought is to just flip it. Problem solved

[@Nazralte]

Been watching you for years and Im very happy you did this video. I have the exact same air fryer myself and use it fairly often. The silicone liner would be fine for non breaded meats like the chicken or a steak. I would never use a liner for things like fries, where you really need the air circulation. However, the one thing you also need to do is flip (or toss around in the case of fries) at least once during cooking. That is a big must when using a liner or not. Says that in the manual. :) One last thing, while I haven't used a liner at all myself, the silicone ones seem nice as they have little ridges to kinda help under air circulation. I would never use those awful paper ones again though. Watching you it looked like they just folded over and prevented a lot of the heat from hitting whatever it was you were cooking. I look forward to the next week on! :)

[@kinagrill]

I think the little paper liners would do well if you like, airfried a cake or some such :p

[@grahamjohnson4702]

I use paper liners all the time and get no problems like you describe, and you can use them more than once depending on how you use them.

[@jen9774]

Me too. I use a small cake cooling rack​ on top of the paper which allows the air to circulate under the food and holds the liner down. @grahamjohnson4702

[@XRando78X]

LOL after reading the endless comments on every video from the week-on and then seeing this pop up in my feed and Mike talking calmly with that grin on his face, this is hilarious.

[@igeekling]

It's the grin of a geezer who knows that every comment, good, bad, repeating what everyone already said, feeds the KZbin algorithm as engagement.

[@nitrameel]

Hi an air fryer will turn into an ordinary oven with the liner in place so ….it will “work” ….but the whole point of the air fryer is the air flow with the heat….re cleaning it just needs a soak in a bowl of soapy water ….it is very easy to clean!

[@PNH750]

The use of a meat thermometer might be worth evaluating in your 'spot the difference' quest. I personally have found that a liner helps keep the basket cleaner and makes little difference to the cooking if the contents are shaken about at least every 5 cooking minutes.

[@deathbycocktail]

Good Lord, he does read his comments! 🤣

[@Jambunctious]

I feel seeeen! I don't know who puts bread in the air fryer though 😁

[@theritchie2173]

If anybody was going to to that, it would be Mike.

[@igeekling]

I do. Do not eat toast often enough to warrant giving up kitchen counter space to a toaster. But the airfryer is just There, so easier to pop the bread in it than fetch the toaster from the cupboard. (Also them bake-off at home breads, the airfryer does them perfectly in about the time the kettle boils and tea is brewed.)

[@6panel300]

Half the reason for using an air fryer is so that the fat drains away. With a liner that won't happen, Another is that it creates a more even cook. The liners are really for liquids and cakes etc.

[@KeithyM]

so then you put the liner under the grill plate so the liner collects the fat , so they only additional item to clean is the grill and liner ( both dishwasher proof) . The basket itself will remain clean

[@otherhumans6171]

@@KeithyMor just get a liner with raised bits so the food technically isn’t laying in the fat, and can place food on paper towels after to soak up excess fat anyway

[@Outdoorshuntingshooting]

Why do you want to remove the fat? It’s good for you. Eating fat is not why we are becoming more and more obese as a nation, it’s eating too much ultra processed food and carbs

[@6panel300]

@@Outdoorshuntingshooting you're so wrong. Fat causes high cholesterol which clogs the arteries which leads to heart disease. Which is not necessarily connected to obesity, they are 2 different things. Skinny people can have high cholesterol. You believe what you want, it won't bother me.

[@MarioFaker]

Gotta repeat this experiment on food that air fryers are good for: supermarket frozen fries and chicken wings!

[@Steve_7867]

Recently bought a Tefal duel drawer. Tried chips, one side with silicone liner and the other unlined, chalk and cheese. Lined side awful chips, none lined quite good. McCain oven chips next.

[@OSW]

Doing a "Day 8" to take fan-feedback into account is brilliant. I would love it if u also read out and responded to critical comments, it'd be gold! cheers

[@wcr14]

Could you do a third experiment with the paper liners...no particular reason just for science and general annoyance 🤣

[@8_six7_five3_09]

I actually think parchment would be a totally different and very worthwhile test.

[@helenmcconnelly1961]

Using a liner is definitely easier for cleaning. Why not try using a raised rack inside the liher? That would give airflow all the way around the food. I use one in mine and it cooks so much better.

[@sirprintalot]

"I'm going to prove all the liners complainers are wrong" AIRFRYS BREAD

[@Beriorn]

I smell a potentially new format: The Great British Fry Off. Put two things in the airfryer with only one compartment having a liner, and see what's the best. Do this a couple of times (or maybe an entire month) and see who the winner is. Make sure to do the cheese last because that's going to be a pain to clean off of the unlined one.

[@ShaferHart]

I was surprised to find out people where opening wholes in the aluminum foil or paper. Never done it and things come out just fine. Even if there was a difference it had to be huge for me to accept cleaning up the mess afterwards 😂

[@TheBlackadderOne]

i use a bit of baking paper the whole airflow issue that people care about can be negated if you actually turn your food which you would do using any other cooking method!!

[@Del_S]

If it's an ocean liner, almost certainly. If you got one of them inside yer air fryer something's gone wrong.

[@wendybrown5935]

Yea was so glad to see this pop up, you are a star Mike. Looking forward to your next production☺☺☺

[@lufferov]

What we have concluded from the experiment is that Mike isn't a scientist! 😂

[@lancewalker1775]

This is an imperfect test - there are silicone liners with holes so you get much better air circulation. Same with parchment liners - some have holes....

[@secretsquirrel7300]

If they have holes, then you ha e to do the whole cleanup you're trying to avoid though, right?

[@johnknight5485]

What about chicken thighs or something that produces a lot of grease. Wouldn't this especially prevent them from draining a keep the sitting in said grease?

[@SimonMetin]

Hey Mike! I have some ideas for future week onssssss: - Raw Till 4 (the crazy freelee diet - would love to see you debunk her horrible meal plan...) - Air fryer - ONLY doing viral tiktok recipes - Bible diet - Dominos Pizza - Deep-Fried Food

[@YesTomCullen]

It's your boy, TC - back once again to say Well done Mike, this is why we love you.

[@richardlister9682]

Perfect hit when I searched on this question. You really amused me! Great video thanks

[@MsCholmondley-Warner]

It’s Fry Hard 2: Fry Harder! What a good sport; I love how you took all this in good humour and not in a condescending, snarky way.

[@KelvinDigeo]

Hello 👋…How are you doing?

[@Katreyn_]

Your ending with the washing is my feelings on the matter. xD Interesting to see a comparison though. Thanks for the video!

[@lenimbery7038]

I just bought my first air fryer a week ago and can't see why one would bother buying silicone liners when the whole point of an air fryer is that it's already got teflon easy-clean drawers anyway?

[@jamessanders6788]

For very easy cleaning.

[@SK-sl5fg]

After some months, do you still hold the same view?

[@OkayYaraman]

Mike J the science bae!

[@HFC786]

Please do a week on cooking meals from scratch using only airfare and microwave

[@soupedkid13]

I want to know time difference to make the liner version march the non liner version

[@bridgetdoman1386]

I've got a single drawer air fryer, you pull out the drawer and there is an inner part. I usually put a greaseproof paper liner under the inner drawer so the food is air fried and any fat produced by cooking meat goes into the liner underneath otherwise, pointless using an air fryer as the food is then cooking in its own fat so not healthy. It also helps to keep the underneath part between the two sections clean and the liner can sometimes be used 2 or 3 times.

I use liners to warm up food that's not "solid", works amazingly well every time.

[@LuigiKnights38]

"Hi Mike you have not told us yet how much it was to use your own air fryer vs your own oven at 0.21p vs 13.06p An oven costs 0.21p kWh to use on average vs 800W air fryer at costs 13.6p kWh to use Mike.

[@cr0ft-2k]

Since the whole point of air frying is that hot air flows down along the sides, under the grate at the bottom and then up past the food and then repeats that cycle, a silicone liner is will absolutely worsen the result. Lazy convenience over quality. Having to was the unit after cooking a meal doesn't strike me as very arduous. Plus, that stuff's all dishwasher safe in a proper air fryer.

[@emilyray8344]

The idea or purpose of using liners is to make cleanup easy. The tst example is usless because cleaning up after making tst is minimal even with no liner, therefore no need for a liner with tst.

[@drblitz3092]

What’s the purpose of the silicone if you still gotta clean it anyways. I’m going disposable route

[@aisback1990]

Hey Mike. I've been busy so I missed a lot of your videos but I'm glad you're looking well

[@porcupine783]

Is the grate supposed to go on top of the liner?

[@carolsuperwheeler2431]

Mike when you doing the next week on mate really enjoy them. 🤣😂

[@9somery]

My thing is like pork chops or bacon for example, all of the grease goes down and doesn’t stay in your food for a bit healthier outcome. I don’t mind parchment paper for like croissant rolls or some things

[@Iggy-141]

To get toast to brown, put a thin layer of butter, margarine, spread suitable for cooking or even mayonnaise on both sides, chicken it better is it has a light spray of oil and ome seasoning on it, food should be turned during cooking.... On This test you failed

[@Ikingy71]

Please do the week again. Same meals but without the liners.

[@robinmabbott7334]

Ive been using linewrs for months Washing is simple and the taste is wonderful Put the Cheeken with the liner for an extra 2 mins and youll get the crispy outside

[@MasterSpira]

The main reason why you would cook food in a air fryer is that the food will be less greasy/fatty making it a bit healthier while if you use liner the meat will cook in its own fat in in doing so will be a little bit more juicy but will also contain more fat making it more unhealthy.

[@stevenham1937]

Why does something having more fat make it unhealthy? This isn’t the 80’s. The impact of refined foods or high carbohydrate laden food alongside fat has more bearing on health than a fatty piece of meat with veg for instance. One’s essential and one isn’t

[@MasterSpira]

@@stevenham1937 Basically its all about calories. Less fat = Less calories. I myself have been on a diet for about a month now and have lost 10kg so far so I can definitely state that your every calorie does matter. if you can keep the food still tasty but decrease the calories why not do so.

[@ddelta460]

Exactly. The fat drips out so you consume less. I love it x

[@NZLink]

if you use both draws at the same time you need a longer cook time, pretty sure it says that in the manual?

[@artmercado1735]

FYI, I love your channel, by the way, My air fryer beeps at the halfway point to tell me to turn my food, so I guess ill by the silicone liner

[@iantheinventor8151]

I find my £20 from Morrisons airfryer cooks better than my daughters dual basket £120+ airfryer, its also easier to remove food without any oil or fat that the dual basket. My understanding is the heat circulates down the side of the £20 & up through the base heating more evenly but still needs shaking every few minutes. The Dual Basket however doesn’t have a basket to remove food it just has what I’d call a trivet, this means the heat has to travel down through the food to cook evenly. Because they don’t have baskets tipping food out results in oils/fats coming out. Recently picked up a Tefal Actifry for £20 in a charity shop & I’m impressed with the results so far, it stirs the food so it cooks evenly without any interaction from me. Only had it a week so I will be trying various recipes in it. Think the dual basket airfryers I’ve seen are overpriced & underperforming 🤔

[@robhingston]

I find I get better results of parchment paper lining..

[@linagg2806]

Ok I don’t want to see “Mike doesn’t read comments” anymore 😂😂

[@zenarobinson3851]

the twisted bread looks as tho' it's the slice next to the crust - always a problem in an ordinary toaster as the side nearest to the crust is always dry!

[@TroubleToby3040]

Mike was generous to a fault in not calling out all the jacka$$ commenters who became the 100th, then the 300th, then the 1000TH!! to mention the liners. I mean, you can see it's been said, right? 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂🤦‍♂️

[@Siberius-]

I hate that shit. People feeling the need to say the same thing yet again, that they can see has already been mentioned to death. People do this in threads a lot, because they often don't read the thread, so they get very repetitive.

[@gunfighter009]

This format reminded me how much I miss infomercialism

[@Siberius-]

Gotta flip that shit. Even with a basket full of chips or whatever, and no liner, ya still gotta flip it around to get it all evenly cooked either way. Also ain't no one gonna wash their unlined airfryer after every use, so it gets all disgusting, whereas they are far more likely to wash a liner without much fuss, and the air fryer stays nice and doesn't stink the place up. Oh, and there's disposable paper ones if one is so inclined. Maybe even just some emergency ones stored away. If those 2 draws, were 1 single draw... that would be SICK! Also it would keep the 2 handles to support the sheer weight, and make it feel more laboratory-like. WAIT! there's the "Ninja XXXL FlexDrawer Air Fryer With MegaZone" for not a whole lot more money... 10.4L with a removable divider. Now we're talkin'! Harder to shuffle the food around mid-cook though, via tossing the basket around like a chef with a wok... would have to get in there with tongs and try to not fuck the food up. But then also with so much space, it would be easier to effectively use tongs. Really makes ya think.

[@jenniferparry8709]

If you use a liner flip the food

[@daveovenden9794]

If you buy the liners most come with accessories like stainless steel racks etc, the air flows freely and the chicken is crispy. Enjoy your day 😊

[@PINACI]

Depends on the type of liner you're using. My liners have lots of holes in the same as my air fryer tray.

[@scottchampion567]

I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm going to guess the answer may be undoubtedly YES!!!

[@deztroyer76]

Could he pick a worse example than a piece of toast? At lease pick something that air fryers are used for.

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

I’ve cooked bacon, hunters chicken, cheese & ham toasties, sausages… it took me all of 5 minutes to wash my very old school air fryer. I don’t understand the laziness.

[@adamgarfitt6736]

Liners and flip. That didn't need a video 😂

[@kassemir]

I feel like breaded chicken would've been a better test, as it is really meant to replace a deep fryer. Also. Most people have a toaster in the kitchen, so why chug slices of bread in to it. Just a bit dumb to use it like that, really.

[@CrimsonTideGuy]

so what I'm comprehending is that cook food a tad bit more and use the liner to not have to wash dishes.

[@jmrbker22]

It just depends on what you want to cook. Eggs for example. You typically couldn’t use an air fryer with that. With the silicone liner, you can 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@misolgit69]

crisp but still 90%white is not toast in my book

[@westbccoast]

This

[@seanditch4419]

Have you ever done a video to check the internal drawer temperature for consistency, so if you set it at 200C it actually cooks at that temp and not drops to say 150C?

[@tishatti]

It was the first liners you used at the start of the week on were wrong. They were paper cake liners, no holes in them for the air to circulate. The silicone liner wasn’t so bad😅 Oh, and preheat your fryer!🤣

[@JuMiKu]

So... You are saying he did it wrong. 🤣

[@mattymerr701]

@@JuMiKu when isn't he?

[@kimberlyjohnston2726]

I have an oven style air fryer, always use parchment, especially for doughy items (canned bread, dumplings, ect) and some things call for a cold air fryer to start

[@tishatti]

@@JuMiKu Yes, lol!😂😂😂

[@DisneyMarkUK]

😂😂😂 brilliant ending

[@vicc6744]

HAHAHA Glad I waited for the final commentary- and you're spot on good sir

[@TomaisMac]

I use baking parchment on dry items or roast beef, chicken is so full of fat you have to let it drip through underneath so no liner there, each has its merits.

[@littlenemo14]

Bought some to try, tried them, binned them.

[@adamharris-batt6333]

I mean a chicken breast is not the best test because you don't really want it to be crispy

[@chrisbrader7720]

The brown paper liners are perfect!👍💪

[@jukio02]

I think it's unnecessary to use a liner unless you need one for a special type of meal, like when making something that is somewhat liquid and needs a container to hold it in place.

[@LucasCarter2]

Yes, yes they do.

[@AuLily1]

If the liner is ribbed on the bottom, there should be some air flow on the bottom.

[@mikeymike9616]

I prefer the lined side. The toast is crunchy & soft. The chicken is much more moist lined. 😊

[@aerofly2]

Using a liner means it’s only the liner you have to clean. Without the liner you will have to clean both the removable tray and the drawer.

[@Lilly_Belle]

Very rare when the comments get something right, haha. For the toast, anyway.

[@drunkenhobo8020]

Was just beginning to type "But surely it takes the same amount of time to wash..." and then got to the last bit of the video. Finally, Mike has done something correctly in a video. Honestly I'm a little unnerved...

[@dacookiemasta]

In my experience same recipe, times temps everything, the times i used the liners, food was underdone

[@domgrimwood6691]

Mike sounding like all the English teachers we avoided at comp. Check hard drives!

[@colinwoods7678]

Ah…. But without the liner, you also have to clean the drawer itself! Think you missed that bit! 😁 Helpful experiment tho! 👍🏻

[@thejam1212]

Catching up with your new videos after a bit of time away. Do you guys move house Mike or just have the kitchen re-done?

[@MiniMackeroni]

Wehehell, well, well.

[@superrobotspacekingii4720]

How about a week on camping?

[@regal163]

Perhaps using a liner and turning the food over half way would solve some of the problems.