Air fryers have become quite the cooking sensation over the last few years, and it's easy to see why - by circulating hot air evenly from every direction, it cooks your favourite foods using little to no oil, meaning less fat and less grease.

Helen found it cooked much better when in the single zone mode, and cooked up an array of foods with it in good time. What you end up with is a device that can often cook similar recipes as a typical oven, but at a lower temperature and in less time.

The design of this air fryer is a bit quirky, as it has one drawer that's much larger than the other so that the split is more 2/3 to 1/3 across the drawers. Air fryers are small countertop ovens, but there's plenty of variation between different models, with some able to perform up to 15 functions at once. Also, you never have to worry about a lack of power, with the 1400-1600W motor, easily able to cook any dish thoroughly - just set the temperature with the adjustable 0-200 degree controls. Some of the best air fryers are also multi-cookers, meaning that the air circulated doesn't just air fry.

Cheaper models may also require you to parboil chips, which might not be ideal if you’re looking for fast cooking tim They use a heating element usually at the top of its cooking compartment to heat up the air and a fan to circulate that air around and under the food. 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. they finish at the same time - Chicken and Chips hasn't tasted so good until now with lovely crispy skin in the chicken and the chips done to perfection.You’ll even see some that come with two cooking compartments so you can create two dishes at two different temperatures at the same time. This means that they can be more versatile than the more traditional air fryer, with a larger capacity and more forgiving shape of cooking area. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). Versatile, simple to use, and does an excellent job of crisping food, this Instant Pot air fryer also comes with a window, a light, and built-in filters to reduce the smells. This is a good air fryer and looks almost identical to one made by Tower (and possibly by other brands).

However, it struggled to evenly brown foods, so we found ourselves tweaking cooking times, and it wasn't effective when cooking frozen foods either. So you can cook with the same time and temperatures across both drawers (effectively doubling the capacity of a single drawer use) or you can control either drawer independently. The Dualit Air Fryer impressed us during testing, with a design that makes the most of the space available. Instead, it performs really well and our expert reviewer Helen had no complaints about the cooking speed or performance, and with four cooking functions, it’s versatile too.We all know air fryers are the healthier way to enjoy your favourite food, using hot air to get the taste you love without all the messy oil. I absolutely love my air fryer which at a fraction of the cost, works no differently than more expensive versions. It's got a great amount of power, and finishing touches that make it feel worth the investment, including a preheat setting and a progress bar so that you can keep an eye on how your dinner is coming along. Things that need a hot oil to get super crispy might also fall a little flat, such as roast potatoes.

The Tower version I saw had a greater heating power, which is not that important (although might result in less temperature control), and viewing windows on the two food drawers, which is good idea. In short, you can cook two different foods in two different ways (pick from six functions including the ability to bake) at the same time, and then sync them up to finish at the exact right moment so that everything will arrive at the table still hot. Every air fryer in our roundup has been tested hands-on by the Ideal Home team for a minimum of two weeks in line with our testing protocol. Their popularity has simply been soaring in the last few years, with new releases with clever designs detailed below too.Meals are completed in a much shorter amount of time and the cooking process is far easier than traditional methods. If in a rush, there is no need to worry as you can adhere to a specific time frame using the adjustable 99-minute timer.