I can never resist picking up a small fry from a fast-food chain or heating some up after a night out. I usually make fries in the microwave when I'm feeling lazy, but I wanted to try leveling up.

Fries weren't really a food you could make at home well without showering the kitchen in cooking oil but the air fryer has changed that. That said, not all air fryer fries turn out golden and crispy.

That way, he says, he can make a bigger bag of fries to feed a crowd — or a hungry teen. Yonan also likes to preheat his pans, which helps promote crispness, because the spuds will be hitting an ...