Side-by-side cook times, temperatures, and tips so you can decide which method works best.
Quick Answer
Air Fry is faster for chicken wings (about 20 min vs 28 min). Shake every 8 min.
Air fry. Wings are the best argument for owning the machine: 20 to 28 minutes gets you closer to fried than any oven manages, without a quart of oil. The oven needs 28 to 50 minutes and a wire rack to get air underneath, or the bottoms sit in their own fat and go soft. The oven's real advantage is volume, since a basket holds about a pound and a sheet pan takes three. Either way, pat them bone dry, dust with baking powder, and sauce them after cooking rather than before. Push past the 165°F safety number to around 190°F. Wings are one of the few cuts that improve when overcooked, because the connective tissue needs the time.
