That was my Christmas present to us that year. Carol enjoyed it as much as I did. A lot of sandwiches and pizzas got baked in it.

That said, I don't recommend this model. It's got a lot of nice features, but the timer is a mechanical twisty-thing that's calibrated for an hour. It's impossible to set the timer accurately in the sub-10 minute range, which is the difference between cooked and charcoal when you use it as a toaster oven for pizza or sandwiches.

Google and Youtube informed me that trying to modify the timer was a waste of effort. There's dozens of screws and panels to remove to get at the timer, and then there's no better unit to replace it with.

Modifying the airfryer is just not going to happen.

When I make maple syrup I boil it down in an old electric frying pan. This requires adding fresh sap every hour or so. If I forgot to refill the pan, it boils down to nothing and the syrup turns into charcoal.

That charcoal thing seems to keep coming up.

Flick back to the second year I made syrup. Rather than throw away too much charcoal, I trooped to my local hardware store and got a timer designed for things like a bathroom fan or sunlamp. I taped together a couple outlet boxes, and installed the timer in one and a pair of outlets in the other. Now the timer plugs into the wall and provides power to the outlet that the frying pan plugs into. The timer runs for an hour, then turns off the power to the frying pan.

Presto, no more charcoal.

So it occurred to me that since I couldn't modify the air-fryer to do what I want (not make charcoal) I could borrow my old trick for not turning maple syrup into charcoal.

So, it's back to google. Menard's has a 15 minute timer! This is ideal. There's even a mark for 5 minutes, which is just about perfect for a ruben or slice of pizza.

The timer and outlet would need to be mounted in an electric box of some sort. I considered making one from wood scraps, and decided I'd do this "right" and buy a box designed for two standard sized electrical things - one timer and one pair of outlets.

So, I trooped to Menard's and bought a timer and a 2-gang electric box to put the new timer and outlet into.

Oops. 2-gang outlet boxes are designed for four plugs (good) and a special cover that has four holes for outlets, but is narrower than two normal 2-plug outlets.

I could (barely) squeeze the timer and outlet into the box, but when I put the timer's cover on, it covered half the outlet.

So, making my own box moved up on the priority queue.

First step was surveying my scraps to see what was big enough for this project. I found a 2-foot long chunk of cherry with a twist that Chubby Checker could have made a career out of. That was just enough wood for this project and I figured that chopping it down to 4 and 5 inch lengths would solve any issues with twisted wood.

Good plan, but the wood was twisty enough that when I tried to assemble the box, the ends wouldn't line up.

A few more passes on the table saw and M. C. Escher would be proud of my square edges and twisted sides.

So, to make a long story a bit less long, after an oops, an awshit and a bunch of rework, I have a timer installed in the kitchen. I even managed to get it all done in time for lunch. (If you want to eat lunch about an hour late.)

However, the system works, and I've been enjoying charcoal free lunches.