Cubed a sweet potato straight into the basket at 400F and got charcoal outside, raw middle

Jennifer Hunt · 2026-10-02T12:30:03.677349+00:00

I dumped a whole cubed sweet potato in the air fryer at 400F for 18 minutes last Tuesday in my tiny Toledo kitchen and the outside came out black while the middle was still crunchy. I figured out the basket was so packed that the air never got between the pieces, so it was basically steaming the inside while burning the edges. Do you all go single layer no matter what, or is there a max fill line that actually works for you?

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