MENGYUAN Smart Air Fryer, Multifunctional Fully Automatic Electric French Fries Maker, 3.5L Large Capacity, White

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litre capacity tray has nice high sides that allows room for cakes to rise and small whole chickens to roast. Some models, like Ninja Foodi Dual Zone, have a second cooking compartment that allows you to cook two different types of food (at different temperatures) at the same time, so you could make steak and chips without having to mix them together. Recipe-wise, air-fryers are an excellent tool for not only knocking up traditional favourites, but aiding you in experimentation.

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Air-fryers are generally very versatile, but there are certain ingredients you should avoid air-frying for safety reasons, like popcorn and sauce-based dishes. For example, large, clear function icons and controls, or perhaps an audible indicator for when each function has finished?

We looked at how evenly they ‘fried’ and whether they were brown and crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. If you have the space on your countertop for another boxy appliance, Breville’s latest air-fryer is a statement multifunctional gadget that, when on, will draw attention from across the room.

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The chicken legs we roasted were juicy inside and evenly cooked, while the chips in the next drawer required a little more attention with shakes mid-cook, but had a good crisp finish on the outside. Among the eight presets are chips, meat, fish, vegetables, nuggets, roast chicken, pizza, and desserts, plus manual air-fryer and grill options. We used the sync function to cook a chicken breast in one drawer and salmon fillet in the other, cooking at different temperatures but so they finished at the same time. Anything from the size of the cut to the variety of potato can make a difference here, so it’s always good to gauge things halfway through the time.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. Most air-fryers are multifunctional but not all extend their practicality to usable baking functions. The T31 beeps noisily as you flit between its 12 presets, which include favourites like chips, chicken and vegetables. To help you decide whether an air fryer is a worthwhile investment, we cooked 320g of chips (two to three portions) in an air fryer, a halogen oven and a built-in electric oven.

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You can operate it from a smartphone too, which is a fun bonus, though for safety reasons it has to be switched on manually. This Ninja air-fryer stood out to us for several reasons – the first being its fully recyclable packaging, which was a huge plus, not to mention we were able to use the appliance almost straight out the box. Any oil will collect on the doughnut-shaped tray at the bottom, with a central paddle that turns, to ensure food is slowly coated in the oil. Some, such as the Philips Viva Airfryer and Russell Hobbs Purifry, have manual dials that you turn to set the time, but most other air fryers, including the Tefal Actifry, have digital timers instead.Evenly browned chips with a crisp exterior and good flavour before seasoning are what we look for from each model tested.