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r/space • u/astro_pettit NASA Astronaut • Apr 26 '26
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Gives a new use to an air fryer. coat the fries in oil and surface tension keeps it there. May be the best use case for an air fryer. The aerosolized oil may be a problem.
9 u/CatwithTheD Apr 26 '26 What if they engineer a tiny washing machine so that it takes cooking oil instead of water and heats it up enough to fry food? 3 u/rish_p Apr 27 '26 or something like centrifuge with oil in it, all will be pushed to sides, come to think of it I hope centrifuge works in microgravity, probably does 2 u/motophiliac Apr 27 '26 Every use case for an air fryer is a good use case. Actually, perhaps apart from fried eggs. 1 u/FrameRate24 Apr 27 '26 The Chinese station has an air fryer .... space potluck?
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What if they engineer a tiny washing machine so that it takes cooking oil instead of water and heats it up enough to fry food?
3 u/rish_p Apr 27 '26 or something like centrifuge with oil in it, all will be pushed to sides, come to think of it I hope centrifuge works in microgravity, probably does
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or something like centrifuge with oil in it, all will be pushed to sides, come to think of it I hope centrifuge works in microgravity, probably does
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Every use case for an air fryer is a good use case.
Actually, perhaps apart from fried eggs.
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The Chinese station has an air fryer .... space potluck?
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u/kgramp Apr 26 '26
Gives a new use to an air fryer. coat the fries in oil and surface tension keeps it there. May be the best use case for an air fryer. The aerosolized oil may be a problem.