Someone should make a tool to help you quickly get those perfect pizzas out of the air fryer basket.
There is
Well, there is a tool that I find invaluable for lifting things like pizza out of the air fryer basket. It isn’t the tongs. At the same time, the tongs are ideal for lifting breaded chicken portions or crisscross fries. The tongs can’t do pizza; I know I tried and failed.
The tool
The tool is designed for mashing potatoes, and I have now been using it to help lift the pizza from the air fryer basket to make it easy to remove.
The tool has a handle and a 90° bend with a fish slice type of head. This design is ideal as a slip-under and lift tool. It can slip under the base of the cooked pizza and lift it. Then you can turn the basket, and the pizza will effortlessly fall onto the cutting board.
The right way up, no lost topping, all the cheese in place.
This tool makes it easy.
Potato Masher
They are known as potato mashers. The one in my kitchen was previously used as a potato masher, but now it is a pizza lifter.
Not all potato mashers are suitable, and it would help if you had the correct type.
If you don’t already have one of these tools, you can find them on Amazon, or similar on Ali Express that do the same thing, as long as you don’t use it to mash potatoes 😉
Secret
Now you have the secret to getting the cooked pizzas out of the air fryer basket without losing valuable toppings.
Other Uses
I have found the potato masher tool is not ideal for lifting pizza from the air fryer, and I have also used it for lifting the mini loaf tins out of the air fryer basket when making the mini toad-in-the-holes.
