Pro tip: stop preheating your air fryer empty, it's wrecking your chicken
I ran a test on two batches of chicken thighs last Tuesday, one in a preheated basket and one in a cold one, and the cold start batch came out way juicier with crispier skin. Preheating an empty basket just burns the coating and gives you a hotter surface than the recipe assumes, so your cook times end up off by 3 or 4 minutes. Anyone else ditched the preheat step completely?