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===History=== Dutch engineer Fred van der Weij invented the air fryer in 2006, so that he could cook crispy food with little oil.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-14 |title=BBC World Service - Witness History, How the air fryer was invented, 'My dad invented the air fryer' |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514222839/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j9j11t |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Four years later, van der Weij took his invention to [[Philips]], who launched the ''Airfryer'' in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-14 |title=The company that launched the air fryer {{!}} Business Leader |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514222800/https://businessleader.co.uk/content/article/554/the-company-that-launched-the-air-fryer |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Philips gave the name ''Rapid Air technology'' to the RUSH (''Radiant and UpStream Heatin''g) technology developed by APDS Development during the development of the ''Airfryer''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-21 |title=What is Rapid Air Technology? - APDS |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321064924/http://apds.nl/development-en/what-is-rapid-air-technology/ |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
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