Editing Convection oven (section)

== History ==

The first oven with a fan to circulate air was invented in 1914 but it was never launched commercially.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/technicalworldma21chicuoft/page/403|title=Adding Pressure to Heat in Cooking|magazine=Technical World Magazine|date=May 1914|page=403}}</ref>

The first convection oven in wide use was the Maxson Whirlwind Oven, introduced in 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.air-n-water.com/articles/convection-ovens-air-fryers.htm|title=Everything You Need to Know about Convection Ovens & Air Fryers|website=Air & Water|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=15 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715094548/https://www.air-n-water.com/articles/convection-ovens-air-fryers.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Convection ovens have been in wide use since 1945.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.air-n-water.com/articles/convection-ovens-air-fryers.htm|title=Everything You Need to Know about Convection Ovens & Air Fryers|website=Air & Water|access-date=2020-08-17|archive-date=2018-07-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715094548/https://www.air-n-water.com/articles/convection-ovens-air-fryers.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, [[Groupe SEB]] introduced the world's first air fryer, under the Actifry brand of convection ovens in the French market.<ref>lsa-conso .fr/produits/friteuse-actifry-seb,133832</ref><ref>lesechos.fr/2008/07/seb-defie-la-conjoncture-avec-linnovation-493611</ref><ref>federactive.com/histoire-du-groupe-seb.html</ref><ref>journaldunet. com/economie/industrie/1169062-actifry-smart-seb/1169706-8-millions-d-actifry-vendues-dans-le-monde</ref>

In 2010, [[Philips]] introduced the Airfryer brand of convection oven at the [[IFA Berlin]] consumer electronics fair.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-09-03 |title=Philips debuts the Airfryer – crispy fries without the fat |url=https://newatlas.com/philips-debuts-airfryer/16229/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=New Atlas |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morales |first=Christina |date=2022-01-25 |title=How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America's Heart |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/dining/air-fryer.html |access-date=2023-06-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=exnovate>{{Cite web|url=https://www.exnovate.org/airfryer|title=History of the Air Fryer|website=exnovate.org|access-date=26 January 2019|archive-date=16 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216121453/https://www.exnovate.org/airfryer|url-status=dead}}</ref> By 2018, the term "air fryer" was starting to be used [[Generic trademark|generically]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.genericides.org/trademark/airfryer |title= Has airfryer become a generic trademark? |access-date= February 17, 2021 |website= genericides.org |archive-date= April 24, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210424223750/https://www.genericides.org/trademark/airfryer |url-status= live }}</ref>

In the United States convection ovens experienced a surge in popularity in the late 2010s and early 2020s with a reported 36% of U.S. households having one in 2020 and an estimated 60% of U.S. households having one in 2023. Food manufacturers have responded by adding air frying instructions on a number of products and pre air-fried products also coming to market.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lucas |first=Amelia |date=2023-03-05 |title=Nestle, Tyson and other food giants bet on air fryer boom to grow sales |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/05/nestle-tyson-air-fryer-boom.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |website=CNBC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Morales |first=Christina |date=2022-01-25 |title=How the Air Fryer Crisped Its Way Into America's Heart |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/25/dining/air-fryer.html |access-date=2024-05-08 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In the UK, air fryers have surged in popularity since the early 2020s, with a 2024 study claiming that 1 in 5 Britons surveyed said that air fryers are their most commonly used cooking device. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-21 |title=Great British Kitchen Culture Index |url=https://ao.com/cooking/get-to-know |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=AO.com |language=en}}</ref>