Ninja has lately unveiled a brand new type of air fryer: the Double Stack fashions are double-decker air fryers with the capability for twice as a lot meals – however due to their peak, they’ll take up half the counter house of rivals.
Double Stack fashions aren’t but obtainable however that doesn’t imply there aren’t loads of air fryer varieties to select from proper now. Air fryers aren’t one-size-fits-all. Under, we check out the commonest varieties.
Single drawer air fryer
Single drawer air fryers are the unique and hottest sort. The advantage of their design is that they’ll be quick, low-cost to run and easy to make use of.
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Get one if: you’ve gotten a small family and are in search of probably the most environment friendly technique to cook dinner for one to 2 individuals, or when you have a tendency solely to make use of an air fryer to cook dinner a single facet. In case your air fryer is basically only for making fries, you’ll be able to go for the only mannequin.
One of the best we’ve examined: We cherished the On the spot Vortex Plus.
Twin drawer air fryer
The issue with a single drawer air fryer is that you may solely cook dinner one dish at a time for any given meal. That’s not essentially an issue – however if you wish to cook dinner fish and chips for a household meal, you’ll want to make use of the oven. That’s the place twin drawer air fryers are available.
Every drawer can have across the identical capability as a smaller single basket/ drawer in an everyday air fryer, so round 5QT/ 5 litres every. The large benefit is that you may set the time and temperature individually for every drawer, or simply cook dinner in a single.
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Look out for options that’ll simplify and streamline your cooking course of. Many air fryers can have a “match” operate, so you’ll be able to repeat the cooking directions throughout each drawers. The opposite key function is a “sync” button, which can make sure that, even with two totally different cooking occasions, each dishes will probably be prepared on the identical time, so you’ll be able to simply are available when the alarm goes off and dish up immediately.
Get one if: you wish to air fry a couple of dish at a time. For those who repeatedly cook dinner one dish within the air fryer and use one other cooking technique to organize a facet, utilizing a twin drawer air fryer will prevent money and time.
One of the best we’ve examined: Ninja’s Foodi MAX Twin Zone is without doubt one of the total greatest air fryers we’ve ever reviewed, however the Chefree Twin-Drawer air fryer is a superb, extra budget-friendly various.
Steam air fryer
Including steam to the air frying course of will help to crisp up meals, that means you want even much less oil whereas cooking. Steam air fryers sometimes include a water reservoir, which you fill and insert into the equipment earlier than cooking.
Get one if: you’re attempting to chop down on oil in your cooking, particularly for roasts.
One of the best we’ve examined: The Ninja Speedi doesn’t have a water reservoir. However you’ll be able to steam and air fry two totally different meal parts on the identical time, in the identical house. An choice with a water reservoir – which we haven’t but had the prospect to check – is the Breville Halo steam air fryer, which is accessible from Currys for £129 on the time of writing.
Air fryer oven
Air fryers are simply mini convection ovens, however the emphasis is normally on the ‘mini’. However what when you want a bigger cooking capability? That’s the place air fryer ovens are available. They’ve a a lot larger cooking house than your common air fryer and the identical construct design as a traditional oven, with a pull-down door that includes a viewing window, and house for a number of cooking racks.
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They usually function a rotisserie as properly.
The draw back is that they take up an enormous quantity of counter house and gained’t be as economical as a compact air fryer for cooking small volumes of meals.
Get one if: you’ve ever thought {that a} second oven could be helpful.
One of the best we’ve examined: Tefal’s Straightforward Fry air fryer oven is a superb choice, however the largest capability air fryer oven we’ve examined is the chrome steel HySapientia 26QT/ 24-litre air fryer oven.
Mixture air fryer
You should use most air fryers for air frying, baking, roasting, dehydrating and normally grilling, however as they’re massive home equipment that’ll take up a good quantity of counter house, you could wish to get extra from them.
How about an equipment that you may additionally use for stress cooking, gradual cooking, steaming, sautéing, warming, grilling, dehydrating, yoghurt making, sous vide and bread proofing?
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The draw back of multifunctional air fryers is that they are often extra difficult to make use of or might have components it’s good to change out to alter the performance.
Get one if: you wish to clear your counter of single operate home equipment and use one system for all the pieces.
One of the best we’ve examined: We price the On the spot Pot Duo Crisp with Final Lid – it’s straightforward to make use of, and also you gained’t should swap the lid out to make use of totally different cooking strategies.
To see all of the air fryers we advocate, take a look at our round-up of the very best air fryers we’ve examined.
