It’s a bulky bit of kit, but we found it easy to use and appreciated the included cooking charts that detail how to use the machine to prepare different foods. As well as chicken and chips, other popular choices include potatoes, roasted vegetables, falafel, fish, pizza and even baked goods such as cookies and cakes. This air fryer is a good alternative if you’re cooking for one or two, or don’t have room for a dual-drawer model.

You’ll need to wash your air fryer every time you use it, so you might appreciate being able to put the various parts in the dishwasher and let it do the work. By the way, if you’re looking for ways to save money in the kitchen, read my guide to the best kettles. For a more in-depth read on the benefits of air-fryers, take a look at our ' are air-fryers worth it?Despite this small niggle, our testers were impressed with this fryer’s versatility and easy-to-clean design. Though the Speedi does come with a recipe book, it’s limited and after a few goes you’re left to your own devices. You can operate it from a smartphone too, which is a fun bonus, though for safety reasons it has to be switched on manually. Our second recommendation from Canadian brand Instant is a combination of two of the most popular kitchen gadgets out there – an air fryer and a pressure cooker – in a single beast of an appliance.

It has a probe which monitors the internal temperature of food, allowing you to set your desired temperature instead of a cooking time – for instance, chicken at 75 degrees celsius. Just about anything you would deep fry can be air fried, and with a lot less oil and mess (like many of our favorite healthy air-fryer recipes). It is true that thermoplastic coatings can still release harmful compounds when heated to very high temperatures of 260C or above, but air fryers don’t reach temperatures that high.As well as roasting, their extra air-frying functions circulate hot air around the food for more efficient crisping. Again, these tend to be the more expensive models, but this could a factor to consider if you want to go off and leave your dinner to cook itself. You’ll need to consider the depth of the air fryer – and factor in space for the drawer to pull out, too. When the ingredients need to be rotated or shook during cooking, it chimes loudly until you open the door – this ensures more even cooking, though it's a feature we find rarely with other air-fryers.

Taste of Home Air-Fryer Shrimp Po’BoysA classic po’boy sandwich features roast beef, oysters or fried shrimp stuffed inside flaky French bread. Do consult your dealer if you are ever in doubt about the installation, operation or safety of your product. It doesn’t produce the crispiness of my top choice of air fryer, but it does cook very quickly and evenly – 20 minutes for chips or sweet potato fries and just six minutes for vegetables. The transparent ones tend to be a feature on more expensive machines, so you need to decide how important this is to you.

Our testers loved the handy alert that reminds you to turn your food at crucial cooking points and were pleased with how easy it is to use, programme, and clean (it’s dishwasher-safe). If you happen to end up with leftovers, reheat them in the air fryer in the morning for a tasty breakfast treat. Our chips were fluffy too, but crisped up best when distributed across two drawers, rather than cramming lots into one.