FLIPPING pancakes is at risk of dying out as more people are making them in air fryers.
The Shrove Tuesday ritual could be tossed into the history books because of popular kitchen gadgets.
For the first time, more than half of pancake makers plan to ditch their traditional frying pans tomorrow and use their air fryers instead.
Gen Z adults — 28 and under — are leading the way, with more than two-thirds avoiding the culinary acrobatics by using the countertop gizmos.
They claim it is cheaper, quicker and avoids any mid-air disasters ending with their pancakes flopped on the floor.
It also allows them to make batches — pancakes can be stacked in an air fryer by using baking paper layers — rather than one at a time.
Even a third of Baby Boomers — aged 55 to 70 — who popularised the great British tradition, confess they will not be flipping any this year.
Research shows two in ten believe pancake flipping is now a dying art — and a third reckon they could not do it if their lives depended on it.
Matthew Worsley, head chef at Iceland Foods, which polled 2,000 people, said: “Air fryers are transforming the way we cook, and now they’re even reshaping Pancake Day.
“With the convenience of cooking multiple pancakes at once, with no flipping, it is no wonder people are making the switch.
“But let’s honour the wobbly first tries, dramatic mid-air disasters and golden-brown victories.”
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