Always check the size as the capacity varies enormously – important if you’re feeding the masses or just want dinner for one. 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. On test, it delivered delicious chips and scored perfect marks for its fairy cakes, although we were unable to bulk bake as we could only fit five in at a time.

Its controls were intuitive and easy to use – a single knob lets you switch between all the different settings – something our testers found useful. We were able to cook two chicken kievs in it at once and the end results were crispy, while our chips were well-browned. As with all Lakeland electricals, it's been tested, tested and tested again until we're confident it's more than up to the task. We have tried air frying all sorts of proteins, like steak, pork and eggs for simple recipes, as well as all the snacks and sides. And if you are completely new to the air fryer, here are some great air fryer cookbooks for beginners to add to your collection.

We set a small chicken in one drawer and raw chipped potatoes in another to cook thanks to practical depth and only needed to shake the chips midway, leaving you free to continue with other cooking tasks. We have had ours 12 months now,I was very sceptical at first as thought it would just be another kitchen gadget,how wrong I was . This is the smallest air-fryer in the Cosori collection and it's currently seeing one of the biggest discounts of the week.

Smaller air fryers are great gadgets if you're cooking for one or two people, while larger air fryers can handle feeding a big group for easy, family dinners. But for the purpose of the test, we shook ingredients only when prompted too and scored the appliance based on its performance. Like our top-scorer, it has two drawers and a sync function, so you can cook two different foods at once, safe in the knowledge they’ll both be ready to eat at the same time. We did achieve attractive grill marks when cooking halloumi, however, and our chips were perfectly sealed and crunchy. Passionate about finding the best home products and appliances for our readers, she has tested everything from blenders to pizza ovens.It proved intuitive to use on test, thanks to a clear display panel, responsive controls and easy-to-use pre-sets. This goes someway to explaining why this air-fryer doesn’t come with printed instructions, though an online guide can be found via a QR code on the side of the box. Mini oven’ types: these models use convection or fan technology to cook food on flat, slide-in trays. And once you've found your perfect air fryer, head to our round-up of the best air fryer recipes for some cooking inspiration, including a delicious recipe for lemon drizzle cake.

It barely dropped any points in our chips and cupcake tests, with both emerging evenly cooked thanks to outstanding air circulation. In the Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, we use our air fryers for everything from quick breakfasts to easy dinner ideas. This opens the door to thrifty bakes, classic cake recipes as well as free-from options to fit those with dietary requirements. With most air-fryers, you need to shake your chips halfway through cooking (or more often if you want to see how they are getting on). One thing about crowd-pleasers is they generate the desire in people to press their nose up to the glass.It claims to air fry up to 70% quicker than earlier Russell Hobbs models; this wasn’t tested, but it did cook our chicken to succulent, golden perfection in a faster-than-most 30 minutes (simply press the chicken icon on the casing and it presets the optimal temperature and cooking time. Blossom enjoys delving into the intricacies of products and refining testing protocols for hundreds of items. Built with eight presets (steak, chicken wings, seafood, fish, pizza, chips, bake, vegetables), its sync function adds convenience and was effective when cooking different dishes at the same time – we tried this with salmon (10 mins at 180C) and chicken breast (20 mins at 180C).

Each air fryer is then scored overall according to its performance, ease of use, design, instructions and accompanying information. Our salmon fillet also had even browning, crisp skin and a good crust on the top, but the real winner was chicken breast, which was among some of the best air-fryer chicken we've ever tasted: juicy, tender and packed with flavour. BBC Good Food’s expert reviews team has been reviewing air-fryers for five years, and regularly tests new models to ensure we’re bringing you the most up-to-date recommendations of the best air-fryers to spend your money on. After 55 minutes, this model’s glass front panel and exterior was warm but not dangerously hot, which is a tick in the safety box for adults and kids.

Rather than submerging food in oil, air fryers use very little – in our tests we used one tablespoon of oil as standard – to bake food quickly. As they tend to have a smaller cooking area than oven-style fryers, in testing we found even results were more likely if the cooking was paused occasionally to rearrange or toss the food around. We looked for fryers with clear, simple instructions, so we could get them out of the box and cooking our dinner as quickly as possible. Frustratingly we are resorting to purchasing a Ninja as a family member has found it to be much better quality. 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.