Warning: My air fryer basket coating started peeling after 6 months

I bought a Cosori air fryer last March and last week I noticed black flakes on my french fries. Turns out the nonstick coating is coming off the basket and I had to throw out a whole batch of food. Has anyone else had this happen and found a safe replacement basket?

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hugo_schmidt28d ago

Oh man that’s rough. I had a similar thing happen with my old Teflon pan last year. The coating started flaking right into my eggs one morning. Couldn’t even tell until I saw shiny bits in the scramble. Threw the whole thing out and went back to stainless steel. Less sticky but at least no mystery flakes in my food.

phoenix19828d ago

Did you actually get sick from the flakes or just toss it out of principle? I've heard Teflon is basically inert unless you really overheat it, but eating plastic bits still feels wrong. Seems like stainless is the safer longterm bet even if you gotta work a bit harder on cleanup.