Why nobody talks about air fryer bacon fires

I was making bacon at 6am last Tuesday and the grease splatter hit the heating element. Small flame, no damage, but I never saw anyone mention that risk in the recipe posts. Anyone else have this happen?

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holly_gonzalez6114d ago

The whole "bacon fire" thing seems like a lot of drama over a little pop. You said yourself it was a small flame with no damage. Maybe people don't talk about it because it's not really a big deal. Grease splatter hitting a heating element is basically how every stove works. If we had to warn about every tiny kitchen mishap, recipe posts would be like a million pages long. You probably just need to put less bacon in the basket or dry it off first. It's bacon, not a science experiment.

leo_campbell14d ago

Yeah I used to think it was overblown too, changed my mind after seeing a buddy's kitchen.