Your air fryer is conveniently equipped with its own basket for cooking items like chicken or vegetables, but if you want to use this handy appliance for full dishes like casseroles or lasagna, you'll need to use a separate dish. The good news is that you don't need to buy a specific air fryer accessory. Glass dishes, with a few exceptions, can be used to cook in the air fryer.
The FDA has been cracking down on lead contaminants in food, and back in December of 2024, the FDA issued a letter to retailers and distributors selling cookware in the United States, stating that some products being imported into the country were at risk of leaching lead. The agency specifically said that cookware made from alloys called Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium had been shown to leach lead in tests it had conducted.