My neighbor swore by preheating the air fryer for 5 minutes every time

I live in a duplex outside Nashville and my neighbor Carol kept telling me I was ruining my chicken wings by not preheating. Last Tuesday she brought over her perfectly crispy batch and mine were soggy side by side. Has anyone else noticed a big difference with preheating or is it just certain foods like breaded stuff?

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miaprice20h ago

Preheating is just a waste of electricity, throw them in cold.

fionanguyen20h ago

Is this really worth getting worked up over.

casey26818h ago

I used to throw cookie sheets in cold all the time. My roommate Deb showed me her science experiment one day where she put one batch in a preheated oven and one in cold. The cold ones spread into flat pancakes and the others came out perfect. That honestly changed my whole view on it. Have you tried it both ways before?