[aaron695]

I would say a big reason air fryers have become so successful is you don't have to bend down like an oven to use or clean.

Air fryers are a good example of a post-internet kitchen change.

There's nothing obviously logical about air fryers in a lot of houses. I'll use mine over my far more advanced, self cleaning oven whenever I can.

Looking after your back is also big in this kitchen, which is interesting. But in the end it wasn't at the project stage for ovens, it seems it was a modular device end users could buy.

[graftak]

Where I’m from most people have built-in ovens where the bottom is just above counter top height, making it way more convenient to deal with.

The vogue thing now is to even have dishwashers in high cabinets so they can be placed at a more ergonomic height.

[pixl97]

In most houses the oven takes much more time in relation to the amount of food cooked. When I'm cooking for 2, the air dryer gets used heavily. When I'm cooking for the full family it's the oven.

This would also correspond with the decrease in average family size over time.

[theriddlr]

Air fryers are cheaper to run than ovens.