Tefal Easy Fry 3-in-1 XXL Digital Air Fryer, Grill and Steamer 6.2L Capacity 7 Programs inc Dehydrator Black FW201, 1700 W

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Air fryers can cook virtually anything in them," according to Lara Brittain, kitchen and appliances expert at Currys. "However we do not recommend cooking anything considered a wet food i.e. anything in a wet batter as you would not get the best results and the batter would probably run off." How does an air fryer work? For big families, the Tefal ActiFry Genius XL only needs one spoon of oil. Its extra-large, 1.7-litre fryer cooks family meals like curries or tajines. Its touch-screen interface makes everything simple and comes with lots of different meal ideas. There's also a delayed start function so it'll have food ready in time for when you get home. And it'll keep meals warm until you're ready to eat. Meanwhile, your food is held in an air fryer basket, which has vents to allow this hot air to pass through and cook your food evenly. If you're looking for an air fryer that does more than just fry, let us introduce you to the Salter AeroGrill Pro. There’s another great advantage with the Cuisinart: Because it’s so wide, you can cook a whole 12” pizza in there in just seven minutes.

It's not too noisy, offers great functions – air fry, grill, bake, saute and roast – and doesn’t take up too much space. Capacity is crucial, too, so it makes sense to go extra large if you have a family of four or more; some won’t handle chips for more than a couple of people. If you want to cook whole pizzas, an air fryer with a pull-out basket may only be able to handle one or two individual slices, so you may be better off with a wider, oven-style version. What can you cook in an air fryer? Although there aren’t many fancy functions, this is a straightforward, budget choice that won’t bamboozle you with needless complications. Bring on the chips! This is a posh choice that claims to cook 30% faster than conventional ovens and it certainly made us think we’d see ours go out of action if this was on the worktop. The pre-heat time is only 90 seconds on this model and that’s good news for your leccy bill, compared to using the main appliance.We liked scrolling through recipes on our phone and prepping ingredients, then letting the machine get on with it, alerting us when dinner was ready.

Its aluminium and Teflon basket was good quality and generous in size, with enough room to cook for the whole family. One of a growing number of air fryer models in the Tower range, the Tower Vortex 7-in-1 Air Fryer is a combi-steam machine that offers a generous 7-litre cooking capacity, lots of features and functions in a stylish-looking design. It’s a reasonably chunky thing, with dimensions of 42.7D x 31.9W x 38.7H centimetres and weighing in at 6.65 kilograms, so it’ll dominate your worktop if you’re in a galley kitchen. However, the square-ish design lines also means the appliance can be stored fairly easily once it has cooled down and been wiped over. On some models, like Tefal ActiFry, it'll even help coat your food with just the right amount of oil to achieve even results. There’s no faffing around with digital displays and auto functions on this air fryer. After simple temperature selection and a twist of the timer knob, you’re frying!

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Alexa, make me some chips” may sound like the stuff of dreams but with this smart Philips air fryer, the laziest couch potato can start cooking remotely. One niggle with this model was the crumbs would fall through the basket to the bottom of the unit on air fry mode, which means extra cleaning.

The Tower Vortex 7-in-1 Air Fryer with Steamer is nice and easy to use too, with the mode buttons on the front panel proving to be self-explanatory. The only thing you need to remember is to put water in the detachable steam tank, located on the top of the machine. It's true; airfryers really do change the whole cooking game. This Breville offering is unbelievably straight forward to use, with predetermined categories handily represented by diagrams that include chips, poultry, vegetables, red meat and fish which are pre-set to the exact time and temperature each one needs. Larger choices will give you more scope to pop in nuggets or a chop too, and dual basket models make tea time with fussy kids a breeze as you can cook more than one dish at once. With temperature settings up to 200 degrees, we got a real crunch to that coating, prompting one tester to say she was giving up on Colonel Sanders and going homemade from now on – praise indeed! Pros: Alexa compatible, has recipes to choose from, large capacity, keep warm function, great design

We liked the green pre-heating light, which pinged off to show us when the time was right to place ingredients in the "fry pot" drawer, which had an optional crisping tray for extra crunch. If you’re cooking chips, for example, you only need about 1 tablespoon of oil for 1kg of sliced potatoes," she explained. "The machine helps the oil coat them thinly so there’s not too much oil to saturate your spuds; no more submerging your chips into deep vats of fattening oil." It has four functions — air fry, roast, dehydrate and reheat — so it’s great for perking up the remains of last night’s Deliveroo, too. Microwaves can make things taste boiled and overcooked, but the Ninja made leftover curry perfect again. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{

With a bit of jiggling, we ended up with a lovely moist Sunday roast — cooked thoroughly and with crispy skin.Basic models will air fry, but some will use different elements and heated trays to bake, grill or even toast. It has a number of other settings too, including bake, roast and dehydrate settings. In total, there are sixteen presets; we haven't even had time to test them all. You can use foil or parchment paper in your air fryer to make clean-up easy," says Lara. "However, parchment paper is probably a better option!"