u/Standard_Operation94

How to clean air fryer after getting food poisoning?

Hi! I couldn’t find anything for my specific question so thought i’d ask. Couple months ago I used my air fryer to heat up a frozen jamaican beef patty and then left the house for about 5 hours, came back, decided I was still going to eat it and then proceeded to get the worst food poisoning of my life for the next 3 days. Then my boyfriend used the air fryer, before i got to clean it, without my knowledge, and then HE got sick in a similar way. I’m terrified to use it all now knowing I could get that food poisoning again just from the air fryer itself.

Anyways, I know I could just clean the thing with soap and water but is there anything else? Like how do I know for sure it’s clean from the bacteria that made us sick without having to eat something?
Should I just get a new air fryer?

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