What Is FryConvert?
FryConvert is a free air fryer resource built for home cooks who want to get the most out of their air fryers. Our flagship tool is the oven-to-air fryer converter, which instantly calculates the right temperature and cooking time when adapting oven recipes for your air fryer.
Beyond the converter, we publish detailed cooking guides for every food you might air fry — from chicken and steak to frozen foods and vegetables. Each guide includes exact temperatures, cooking times, and practical tips for getting the best results.
The site is independent and operator-run. There is no parent company, no PR team, and no sponsored placements. Every chart, recommendation, and FAQ answer comes from our own testing and research, not from a content farm or AI generator left unchecked. When we make a mistake, we fix it and note the change — see Updates and Corrections below.
Our Approach
Accuracy First
Every cooking time and temperature on this site is based on established food safety guidelines (USDA safe internal temperatures) and practical air frying experience. We research each food category thoroughly and provide ranges rather than single numbers, because air fryers vary in power and calibration. We always recommend using an instant-read meat thermometer for proteins.
No Fluff
We do not pad our guides with unnecessary content. You will find the cooking chart at the top of every page, not buried below paragraphs of filler text. Our goal is to get you the information you need as quickly as possible so you can get back to cooking.
Honest Recommendations
When we recommend products — whether air fryers or accessories — we include both pros and cons. We highlight budget options alongside premium picks because the best product depends on your specific needs and budget, not the highest price tag. We earn a small commission when you purchase through our Amazon links, but this never influences our recommendations.
How Our Cooking Times Are Calibrated
The numbers in our charts are not pulled from random recipe blogs. Here is the actual process behind every cooking guide on this site.
Start with Food Safety
Every protein time on the site is built backwards from the USDA safe minimum internal temperature: 165°F for poultry, 145°F for whole-muscle pork, beef, and lamb (with a 3-minute rest), 145°F for fish, and 160°F for ground meats. We then work backwards to determine the air fryer time and temperature combination that hits that internal temperature reliably without overcooking.
Account for Thickness, Not Just Weight
Two chicken breasts can weigh the same and cook completely differently if one is thin and one is thick. Our charts are organized by thickness or cut where it matters — not just by food name — because that is the variable that actually controls cook time. A ¾-inch boneless breast at 370°F is a fundamentally different cook than a 1½-inch bone-in breast at the same temperature.
Test Across Air Fryer Styles
Basket-style air fryers (Ninja, Cosori, Instant Vortex) and oven-style air fryers (Cuisinart, Breville, larger toaster-oven hybrids) circulate air differently. Our times are written for the basket style by default because it is the most common, with notes added when oven-style units need a temperature or time adjustment. If you have an oven-style unit, generally add 2–3 minutes and check earlier than the chart suggests.
Provide Ranges, Not Single Numbers
Air fryers vary in wattage, fan strength, and calibration. A 1500W Ninja Foodi runs hotter than a 1200W budget model even at the same setpoint. That is why every chart gives a range (e.g., 12–15 minutes) and why we tell you to verify with a thermometer for anything that has a safe-temp standard. Treat the low end of the range as your first check-in time, not your finish time.
Update When New Data Comes In
Reader feedback regularly catches edge cases — specific air fryer models that run hot, frozen products that have been reformulated, food sizes that fall outside our tested range. When we get the same correction more than once, we re-test and update the chart. Pages list a “Last updated” date at the top so you can see how fresh the information is.
Editorial Standards
These are the principles we apply to every page on the site.
One Source of Truth Per Topic
If we publish a chicken breast time on the chicken breast guide, it must match the time on the main chicken guide and the cheat sheet. When we update one, we update them all. If you ever spot a contradiction between pages, that is a bug — please email us and we will fix it.
Plain Language Over Marketing Language
We do not write “crispy, golden perfection in minutes!” We write “370°F for 18–22 minutes, flip at the halfway point, pull at 160°F internal.” Recipe blogs lean on adjectives because they are paid by the word. We are not. The shorter we can make a guide while still being complete, the better.
Disclose Affiliate Relationships
Every product link on the site that pays us a commission is disclosed on the page it appears on, and again here. We do not hide affiliate relationships behind shortened URLs, nor do we accept payment for product placement. The pros-and-cons sections on every recommendation are written before we check whether the product is in Amazon’s affiliate program.
No AI-Generated Filler
We use AI tools to check spelling, find typos, and occasionally brainstorm section headers. We do not publish AI-generated cooking times, AI-generated product reviews, or AI-written articles dressed up as expert advice. Anything that looks like padding probably is padding — flag it and we will rewrite it.
Who FryConvert Is For
We write for three kinds of readers, and our pages are built to serve all three.
The Recipe Adapter
You have a recipe written for the oven and you want to make it in your air fryer tonight. The converter on the home page is built for you — type in the oven temperature and time, get air fryer settings instantly. No scrolling through a 2,000-word essay first.
The Specific Food Cook
You know what you are making (chicken thighs, frozen fries, salmon) and you want the right time and temperature for that food. The cooking chart is at the top of every food page so you do not have to read the whole guide to get the number. The rest of the page is there if you want to go deeper.
The New Air Fryer Owner
You just unboxed an air fryer and you have no idea where to start. The beginner’s guide, the printable cheat sheet, and the cleaning guide together cover almost everything you need to get going in the first week.
What You Will Find Here
- Oven-to-Air Fryer Converter — instant temperature and time conversion for any recipe
- 40+ Cooking Guides — times, temps, and tips for every food
- Air Fryer Recommendations — top picks for every budget
- Printable Cheat Sheet — quick reference for common foods
- Beginner’s Guide — everything you need to start air frying
- Comparison guides — vs Oven, vs Deep Fryer, vs Convection Oven, and more
Updates and Corrections
We update pages when the information changes, when a reader catches an error, or when we find a better way to explain something. Every guide page shows a “Last updated” date at the top. The most recent site-wide updates:
- May 2026 — Expanded every food guide with brining notes, common mistakes, and FAQ entries based on the most common reader questions over the past three months.
- May 2026 — Added lamb chops, tofu, and corn on the cob guides after reader requests.
- February 2026 — Launched FryConvert with the core converter, 30+ food guides, and the air fryer buying guide.
Spotted a number that does not match your experience? An ingredient ratio that looks off? A product link that is broken? Email us — we read every message and fix what we can.
Affiliate Disclosure
FryConvert is reader-supported. Some pages contain affiliate links to Amazon. When you buy through these links, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. This revenue helps us keep the site running, free, and ad-light. Our editorial content is independent — affiliate relationships never influence our cooking advice, temperatures, times, or product rankings.
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
Frequently Asked Questions About the Site
Is FryConvert free?
Yes. Every tool, chart, and guide on the site is free. There is no paywall, no subscription, and no email gate. The site is funded by display ads and Amazon affiliate commissions when readers buy products through our links.
Can I trust the cooking times?
The times are built from USDA safe-temperature guidelines and our own testing, and they are written as ranges to account for variation between air fryer models. For anything with a food-safety standard (poultry, ground meat, pork) you should always verify doneness with an instant-read meat thermometer rather than relying on time alone. The chart is a starting point; the thermometer is the answer.
Why are your times different from another site I read?
A few reasons. Different sites test on different air fryers, at different ambient temperatures, with different food thicknesses. Some sites publish times that hit USDA-safe temperatures with no margin for error; we publish times that get you there reliably without drying the food out. If a time on our site does not work for your specific air fryer, treat ours as a starting point and adjust by 1–2 minutes in either direction next time. Then drop us a note — if your unit consistently runs hot or cold, we want to know.
Do you take recipe submissions or guest posts?
No. We write every page ourselves so the voice and the numbers stay consistent. We do read every reader email and we credit specific corrections in the page footer when we make a change based on reader feedback.
Can I embed your converter on my site?
Yes — the embed page has a small iframe widget you can drop into any blog post or recipe site at no cost. A link back to FryConvert is the only thing we ask in return.
How can I support FryConvert?
The single most helpful thing is to buy through our Amazon links when you are already planning to purchase an air fryer or accessory — it costs you nothing extra and keeps the site funded. Sharing a guide that helped you, linking to us from a recipe post, or pinning the cheat sheet on Pinterest also helps more than you might think.
Contact
Have a question, suggestion, or correction? We would love to hear from you.
Email: hello@fryconvert.com
We read everything that comes in and reply to questions when we can. The fastest way to get a chart fixed is to tell us your specific air fryer model, the food you cooked, and how the time you used differed from ours — the more detail, the more useful the correction.