I've struggled with this one - there are some things that I would like to cook, but require frying. I don't (and won't) have a deep fat fryer as I think they are so dangerous, but an air fryer has intrigued me for a while. However, for the things I want to fry, I am not sure an air fryer would work that well, since part of the process involved putting a semi solid mass into the hot oil (think fritters), and I am not sure that would work well without the submersion factor, so I have held off.