The fan is much stronger too, so not literally it. Changing two of the most significant parameters gives it entirely new utility that ovens didn’t and don’t capture.

In effect it’s closer to a microwave meets an air sous vice. Much quicker heat up, much more even heat dispersal.

I have a convection oven too that’s the same size, we use the air fryer 5x more often and it’s almost entirely due to the fan not the size. Cuts cooking time in half comparatively.

> Only due to the small size though.

I think its not technically size at all, but:

(1) Heating output relative to size, and

(2) Fan capacity relative to size, and a less contribution from

(3) Arrangement of heating element and fan.