Any one familiar with a Air Fryer? Does it increase your electric bill?

If you use it to REPLACE a different form of cooking it can reduce your bill.

Conventional ovens take a lot of energy to heat up and to maintain the heat.

The air fryer is a lot smaller. It takes less energy to heat it and less to maintain it.

If you simply add yet another device then there is a cost.

OK let us compare a conventional oven which takes 3 kw 20 minutes to heat to temperature.

That costs me about 34 cents every time.

If the air fryer uses 1000 W and heats in 3 minutes it costs me 2 c to get it to heat.

A saving of 32 cents each time I use it as a replacement for the oven.

Of course this is hypothetical for me because I grow my own firewood and there is no cost to using the firewood in the stove.

Any additional electrical load will increase the bill.

From what little I know of air fryers, they are similar to hair dryers, microwaves, etc. and draw a lot of power (1000w +).

So, if it runs a lot or for long periods you will likely notice the increase in your bill.