India, Oct. 14 -- Most air fryers on the market use a non-stick-coated basket. LUMA, made by the Indian kitchen appliance brand EDT, replaces that basket entirely with a glass bowl, and builds its entire pitch around removing coatings from the cooking surface rather than improving them. Here is what that actually means in practice, what the specifications say, and whether it is worth the premium over a conventional coated air fryer.

Almost every air fryer on the market, regardless of brand or price, uses the same basic design: a metal basket coated in a non-stick layer, usually a PTFE-based coating (commonly known by the brand name Teflon), sitting inside a plastic or metal housing.

LUMA replaces that basket with a 6mm double-tempered b...