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Air Fryer Reference

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Oven to air fryer conversion calculator

Paste any oven recipe’s temperature and time. We’ll convert it for the air fryer, or — if we have the food on the site — give you the per-food calibrated reading instead of the generic rule.

Temperature unit
°F
min

Air fryer conversion

375 °F (191 °C)

for 24 minutes

Based on the standard rule of thumb: drop the oven temperature by 25 °F and shorten cooking time by about 20 %. Air fryers cook hotter and faster than ovens because the basket sits much closer to the heating element and the fan pushes hot air directly across the food.

How the conversion works

  • Temperature:Drop the oven temperature by 25 °F (about 15 °C). Air fryers concentrate heat in a much smaller chamber than an oven, so the same set temperature browns and crisps faster.
  • Time:Reduce the total cook time by about 20 %. The convection fan pushes hot air across every surface of the food at once, so the outside browns and the inside cooks through faster than in a still-air oven.
  • Check early:Always check doneness 2–3 minutes earlier than the calculated time. Air fryer basket sizes and fan speeds vary between brands — for the most accurate reading on your model, see our per-brand calibration pages.

When the rule doesn’t apply

The -25 °F / -20 % rule is a good starting point for roasts, baked goods, frozen foods and breaded items. It does not apply to wet-batter foods (tempura, beer-batter) which cannot be air-fried at all, or to small delicate proteins like shrimp where the conversion under-cooks. For those foods, use the per-food page directly — the calibration above defaults to the per-food values whenever you pick the food from the dropdown.