When cooking in an air fryer, most foods take less than 15 minutes to fully cook, which is always a surprise for me. Typically, I'm used to waiting 20 or 30 minutes to bake chicken breasts in the oven. While the chicken breasts bake, I typically wash the kitchen and tidy up.
When using an air fryer for chicken breasts, however, it typically takes between 10 and 15 minutes. I've tried to clean the dishes and the kitchen in that timeframe, but the ding of the fryer always sounds before I'm finished. It means I've had to adjust my cooking routine.
Sometimes, things cook so fast that I don't even realize they're done. One night, I cooked a meatloaf, and it was finished in under 15 minutes. I was expecting it would take closer to 20, so I left it in there too long. That night, I had burned meatloaf for dinner.