Oil pooled in the bottom of the air fryer, and half the fries still dry? The oil isn't the problem. Pouring it is.

If you've glugged oil from the bottle, scrubbed a sticky film off the basket and tried a mister that turned into a squirt gun, here's what's actually going wrong, and the bottle that fixes the pour.

Tuesday, 6:15. You toss the fries in the basket, tip a little olive oil over them and give it a shake.

Fifteen minutes later you pull it open. The ones on top are crisp. The ones underneath are pale and limp, and there is a puddle of oil in the bottom of the drawer.

You used plenty of oil. That's the frustrating part.

If you cook with an air fryer, some of this probably sounds familiar:

Saturday, friends over. You make a double batch of wings. The first basket comes out greasy on one side and dry on the other.

You end up blotting wings with paper towels at the counter while everyone waits, and the basket goes in the sink to soak overnight.

Every one of them either dumps the oil in one place or adds something you didn't ask for.

It's not how much oil you use. It's where it lands

Pour a tablespoon over a basket of fries and it hits the top few, runs down and pools at the bottom. The ones in the middle barely see any.

Air fryers crisp what's coated. So you get crisp, soggy and greasy in the same batch, from the same tablespoon.

The problem isn't the oil. It's pouring it.

Break that same oil into a fine mist and it lands as a thin layer across everything, instead of a stream in one spot.

Use your own oil and there is nothing extra in it to bake onto the basket.

So a better way to oil the basket has to do three things

That's exactly what the 2-in-1 Glass Oil Sprayer does.

Meet the 2-in-1 Glass Oil Sprayer

Here's how it works

Press the top to mist. Tip it to pour.

First use: fill it two-thirds with a thin oil, tighten the cap, and press a few test sprays into the sink before you aim at the basket.

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What changes this week

Next time friends are waiting, you're plating wings instead of blotting them.

A can of cooking spray runs $5 to $8 and gets thrown out when it's empty.

Two bottles for $30

Every order is Buy 1, Get 1 Free: two bottles for $30, which works out to $15 a bottle. One for olive oil, one for avocado oil or vinegar.

Bigger bundles work the same way: 4 bottles for $60 or 6 for $90.

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Here's what to do next

Get mine: 2 bottles for $30

It’s your call

Or you can keep blotting fries with paper towels

Tomorrow will look like tonight: a puddle in the drawer, half the batch soggy, another can of spray on the list.

Or you can mist the basket tonight and pull out fries that are crisp all the way through the batch.

Questions people ask

P.S. The short version: pouring dumps oil in one spot, and spray cans add things you didn't ask for. This glass bottle mists your own oil in a thin coat, or pours when you tip it. Buy 1, Get 1 Free: two bottles for $30, with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Get yours here.