Cooks twice as much food than a standard air fryer, so you can whip up deliciously healthy meals for all the family with minimal effort This air fryer makes it easy to see why Americans are so attached to their countertop ovens. If you have the cash and the space, you can't go wrong with this mega-oven. Why is Ninja so good? Not only is the product range reliable, with innovative features, but the brand goes above and beyond to serve the needs of customers at home. You can see that in the design of the new FlexDrawer air fryer, which means that customers no longer need to turn to their oven for larger foods, like a leg of lamb. Another brand that we rank very highly here at Ideal Home after testing is Instant. It's a name that has had much success across the pond with its popular line of Instant Pots and constantly emerges after testing as a great Ninja alternative. We delve into more detail in our Ninja vs Instant piece where we put these two successful brands head to head. What's the first thing I should try in my new air fryer? Little to no oil is required, all while keeping the same great taste, so you lose the fat not the flavour

The convenience and fast results that air fryers can produce in a kitchen mean that they've taken over the home cooking scene in the past few years. Alongside its impressive range of cooking functions, other pluses of the Speedi include its nicely large 5.7l cooking pot, handsome powder-blue finish, and its squat, rounded design, which we found helped it fit more neatly on your countertop than other multicookers we’ve tested. The concept of the Ninja Foodi FlexDrawer Air Fryer is simple, but the execution is nothing less than perfect. Instead of choosing between a dual-drawer or single-drawer model, you get both thanks to this new generation of multi-zone air fryers.The Instant Vortex Plus Air Fryer with ClearCook got a rare five-star from Helen McCue, one of our expert appliance reviewers, and from the Ideal Home team during independent testing too.

Whether you want to upgrade to a newer model, or your air-fryer has reached the end of its life, knowing how and where to dispose of your appliance is important to avoid creating more e-waste.Meals are completed in a much shorter amount of time and the cooking process is far easier than traditional methods. Consumers are reaping all these benefits without having to compromise the quality of cooking results,' explains Lilie Nguyen, the Senior Product Marketing Manager at Vesync, the parent company of one of our favourite air fryer brands COSORI.

Every air fryer in this buying guide has either been tested at home, or at our test facility by one of Ideal Home's reviewers for a number of weeks so that we can adhere to our testing protocol, and reliably tell you what's good and not so good about these products. The new for this year Ninja FlexDrawer tops this list as our all-time favourite after reviewing it, while the people's favourite tends to be the Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone Air Fryer, which comes in at #5 on this list and tops our estimations when it comes to solely dual-zone air fryers. This air fryer has a touch screen with a dial to adjust timings and temperatures. The control panel has a bar that shows the cooking progress, and we like that this air fryer pre-heats. Because the touch-screen panel slopes towards you this is a great air fryer to place under kitchen cabinets. Vortx 9 Litre Dual Basket Air Fryer with Vizion Windows and Smart Finish Cook your air fryer family favourites together at the same time It might be too big for single-person households unless you host a lot. And if you have a teeny kitchen, you’ll need to be prepared to find space for it, since it’s quite wide and tall. Furthermore, it’s one of the most expensive Ninja air fryers - a fact that can’t be ignored in your decision about whether to buy.Just make sure to go into owning your Ninja with an open mind, and join online communities if you're looking for recipe inspiration and tips. A loud beep to signal the end of cooking time is a good idea if you’re using the time to wander off and do something else. Most air-fryers will only cook one food group at a time (ie meat or veg) but some will cook a whole meal in one go if you’re after a one-pot solution. Why is everyone buying air fryers? While its basket is nicely sized for two, the Vortx 5L remains impressively compact, with its tall shape and squared off edges allowing it to fit neatly onto the countertops of smaller kitchens or cooking spaces. Outside of its balanced proportions, other positives of the Tower Vortx 5L include its solid build quality, straightforward controls, commendable cooking performance and, of course, its very reasonable price, which sits far below any of the other options on this list. To do this you can make the most of Sync or Match modes, which will either sync the finish times of your food to make sure everything is ready at the same time or use Match to duplicate the cooking settings from your first drawer across to the second. How much does a dual zone air fryer cost?