Air fryers are all the rage. But I figured "go big or go home" - if we're going to fry, we might as well fry. This has turned out fabulous. Doesn't use too much oil...so it doesn't feel wasteful to dump the used oil. It's small and doesn't take up too much counter space (I do my frying on the top of our ceramic topped stove...to clean up spatters easily), but it cooks enough onion rings for our family of 5 efficiently and quickly. I'm glad we bought it...when we want to fry something, it's perfect!