Summary
How to make a bacon cheeseburger in an apartment-friendly air fryer? Even a small air fryers can handle a full-sized burger patty and a few slices of bacon. An air frying uses very little energy -- far less than a big oven or grill. The air fryer burger is cooked by circulating hot air in its contained chamber. The process is about what you'd expect and similar to that which you'd experience cooking a burger in any manner. Flipping the burger about halfway through for even results, with different timings depending on the size of your desired doneness. Making a great burger in an air fryer takes almost no skill and requires very little cleanup afterward. In both cases the patties cooked evenly, with an outcome that was medium in doneness. The hot air circulation even managed to produce a bit of caramelized crust on one side. The air fryer isn't perfect when it comes to burgers. With an air frying, you can't smash the patties down as easily as you can on a grill or griddle. Cleanup was limited only to the nonstick, air fryers. An English muffin is the best method for containment of a burger. Because of the air circulation action of the fryer, it's hard to anchor cheese on top for a quick melt at the end of the process. Expect shrinkage when considering the size of your patty before cooking. A cheese-stuffed burger would be the perfect way to eat a burger. The burger is a classic American burger. It's a classic burger with a cheese-filled patty. The author says he's not afraid to put cheese in the top of the burger.