The 19 best air fryers in 2024 for an easy, healthy way to upgrade your cooking

• Pros: Incorporates two cooking zones | Can make up to eight portions
• Cons: A bit complicated to use at first

Key specs

• Capacity: 1.7kg
• Dishwasher-safe parts: No
• Dual drawers: No

Unlike the majority of air fryers, which require some form of action mid-cook, the ActiFry Genius XL 2-In-1 comes with a stirring paddle, so you won’t need to stir your food halfway through. This means you can set it and get on with other tasks, such as washing up or sipping a pre-dinner aperitif, while you’re waiting for your food to cook. It also comes with two cooking zones so you can cook separate foods and have them ready at the same time. The lower section is great for vegetables, roast potatoes and chips, while the top section is ideal for steak, salmon and chicken fillets. You can even add sauces to your food, so you can make curry or stews as well as air-fried foods. What we particularly like about this air fryer is its pre-set programmes and digital display that guides you through cooking – and there are 54 auto-presets on board and another 300-plus on the accompanying app, so you’ll never get stuck for ideas and inspiration.

• Pros: Higher maximum temperature than most | Up to 46% quicker than traditional air fryers
• Cons: More expensive than some rivals | Controls all on the top might not suit everyone

Key specs

• Capacity: 6L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

Cosori makes some of the most popular air fryers around, and its latest model cranks things up with a new advanced DC motor, which promises to serve up deliciously crispy meals up to 46% faster than traditional air fryers. Its compact controls-on-top design makes it ideal for smaller spaces, while a whole array of preset features from frying and grilling, to reheating and baking are all present and accounted for. A max cook time of 24 hours and top-end temp of 230 degrees celsius make it stand out from most rivals too.

• Pros: Large 12L capacity | 16 cooking modes | Can cook an entire rotisserie chicken
• Cons: Takes up plenty of counter space | Fan can be a bit loud

Key specs

• Capacity: 12L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

Better described as a miniature plug-in oven with all the power, speed and convenience of an air fryer, this 1800W offering has a gargantuan 12L capacity, while still remaining compact enough to sit in your kitchen without taking up precious worktop space. With a total of 16 cooking modes, it'll leave your regular oven collecting dust — especially with its impressive rotisserie party trick. That's right, you can, at any given moment, decide to perfectly cook an entire rotisserie chicken with minimal fuss, in record time. Your life will never be the same again. More traditional modes include a preheat function, as well as preset modes for popcorn, steak, chips, pizza, and a whole lot more.

• Pros: Has two drawers (dual-use) | Clear windows let you monitor your cooking without stopping the process
• Cons: Takes time to figure out the right timings

Key specs

• Capacity: 7.6L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: Yes

Instant's dual-drawer entry stands out thanks to its to ClearCook windows, which handily let you see the crispiness levels of your dinner without opening the drawer to check on things (letting out precious heat in the process). The 4.5L capacity of each drawer gives you plenty of room to work with, and the features list isn't too shabby either. You can air fry, roast, grill, bake, reheat and dehydrate, making it a flexible kitchen workhorse. Each basket can be individually controlled, and as with the best dual-drawer air fryers, you can set everything up so that both baskets finish cooking their contents at the same time, even if the temperature and overall cooking times are different. It's also one of the sleekest-looking air fryers you'll find, so you'll have no problem leaving it out in full view.

• Pros: Easy to use
• Cons: Takes up quite a lot of space

Key specs

• Capacity: 24L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: No
• Dual drawers: No

Multitasking as you cook is the key to saving time, and giving yourself the best tools to tackle the job makes all the difference. Enter Hyspantia’s large capacity 24L Air Fryer. A multifunction All-In-One air fryer with 10 different cooking modes, you can leave it to cook just about everything from chef-worthy pork belly with crunchy crackling to boiled eggs that don't require too much stress. It's an easy way to get healthy efficient meals when you're trying to juggle long days in the office, making it also a great gift idea for busy parents, or even grandparents with its simple-to-use functions and smart LED controls. Technophobes can eat their hearts out with this innovative cooking tool.

• Pros: Easy to clean | Feeds up to 12 | simple to use
• Cons: Quite loud when turned on

Key specs

• Capacity: 4L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

If you’re looking for the proverbial Swiss Army knife air fryer that can do it all, then you’ll be delighted to hear that Karaca’s XL Pro Cook model is the complete package. The huge pot had enough space for us to cook BBQ-style meats, heart-warming stews, chips, yoghurt and even a cake if baking is your game. With six separate modes of cooking and a space-saving design, you can fry meals to feed up to 12 people with the absolute bare minimum of effort from yourself.

• Pros: Sleek design | Doesn't take up too much space | Easy to use
• Cons: Smaller capacity than some of the XL models

Key specs

• Capacity: 3L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: no
• Dual drawers: No

A great near-£100 design, the Lakeland Digital Compact Air Fryer has a sleek and sophisticated black finish and is the ideal compact solution for kitchens with limited space. If making healthier chips is your top priority, we think this is a great option. While you can air fry any type of food you like, be it meat, vegetables or fish, it’s great for creating up to 500g of chips, all with a nice crisp, crunchy finish. You don’t need a lot of oil in the frying basket, either, and its simple yet stylish digital control panel is easy to follow – simply adjust the dial to choose your food type and find the optimum temperature to suit it. We particularly like how smoothly the basket can be placed and removed, which features an insert that can be lifted out for easy cleaning.

• Pros: Has two drawers (dual-use) | Can use two different temperature settings | Comes with a 50 recipe cookbook
• Cons: Can take time to get used to the settings

Key specs

• Capacity: 9L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: No
• Dual drawers: Yes

With two 4.5L baskets, Moncook's air fryer provides a welcome level of flexibility, particularly if you find yourself making classic combos like chicken and chips, or fish and chips, or, well, anything with chips, really. Though we're also partial to salmon and Brussels sprouts too. Regardless, the dual-drawer aspect means you can cook two different lots of food at once, which not only prevents their flavours from mixing together, but also means that you can set different temperature and time settings for each drawer. The best part though, is the Match Cook feature, which will automatically ensure that the contents of each drawer finish cooking at the same time, saving you from any mental arithmetic during a hectic pre-dinner time cookout.

• Pros: Can be programmed manually or with automatic pre-sets | Easy to clean | Compact | Sleek rose-gold detailing
• Cons: Only one drawer means you can only use one setting at a time

Key specs

• Capacity: 3L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: No
• Dual drawers: No

If we had to choose an air fryer from which to compare all other air fryers, Morphy Richards' Health Fryer would be the one. Covering all of the standard features that we'd look for, to a very high level, it has what we'd say are all the fundamental features an air fryer needs; quick cooking, both manual and automatic settings, exceptional results, and an easy-to-clean system. And it isn't too big for a small kitchen, either. Sure it may not have two drawers for dual-use, or a steaming function, but we wouldn't say those are a must from an air fryer, just a fun added benefit that can work for some people, or feel unnecessary for others. If it's a good quality air fryer you want, that's what you'll get here.

• Pros: Has more features and settings than a usual air fryer | Cooks food 75% faster than a fan oven | Dual cooking zones
• Cons: Takes trial and error to learn timings

Key specs

• Capacity: 7.6L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: Yes

Offering far more useful features than a standard air fryer, the Foodi Dual Zone Air Fryer AF300UK has pre-set buttons for max crisping, roasting, baking, reheating and dehydrating – all on top of its air-frying capabilities. It claims to cook food up to 75 per cent faster and with 75 per cent less fat than fan ovens and we found it to be a powerful model. While it’s quite a bulky piece of kit at 37cm wide, its dual cooking zones are ideal if you want to prepare a complete meal and have it ready to serve up at the same time. We like the fact that even if you cook two separate foods with varying cooking times, you can press the sync button so they can be piping hot and ready to serve together. The whole process is relatively mess-free as the food is confined to compartments, each of which can be washed up easily after use and come with a removable grill that can you can place in the dishwasher if you prefer.

• Pros: Huge capacity | Can be split into two sections for independent cooking zones
• Cons: Two sections can't open/close independently | Pricer than some rivals

Key specs

• Capacity: 10.4L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: Yes

In a world where air fryers are about as commonplace as pigeons in a park, it takes something rather special to stand out. And Ninja's latest offering, the Foodi FlexDrawer, does just that. At its core lies a gargantuan 10.4L drawer — dubbed the MegaZone — which is capable of cooking huge dishes that can feed more than eight people at a time. For context, that's around a 2kg pork loin and a whole tray of root veg, and, because it's got the speed and performance of a formidable air fryer within, that particular example dish will be ready in just 42 minutes. But there's more. A very clever divider attachment lets you split that single drawer into two individual 5.2L zones, each of which can have its own temperature and time independently set, letting you cook different dishes without any crossover. Very clever, and equally unique, hence the higher-end price.

• Pros: Six cooking functions (air-fry, bake, roast, reheat, dehydrate and grill) | Works seamlessly
• Cons: Quite large for a regular kitchen countertop

Key specs

• Capacity: 3.8L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

If steak and chips is a staple recipe in your mid-week meal planner, then the Foodi Max Health Grill & Air Fryer AG551UK is worth your attention. It comes with a crisper basket for air-frying foods such as chips and potatoes, as well as a ceramic-coated plate for grilling food such as cuts of meat or sticks of halloumi, all with an authentic chargrilled finish and no need to turn halfway through cooking. The appliance has six on-board functions, which lets you bake, reheat, dehydrate and roast, as well as air fry and grill, so after you’ve grilled a burger, you can even bake your own bread buns to accompany it. The comprehensive digital display is very easy to follow; it tells you exactly when to add the food after it preheats, for example. It also comes with a digital cooking probe that monitors your food’s temperature while it’s being cooked, so you can enjoy meat and fish just how you like it.

• Pros: Incredibly powerful | One of the more advanced options
• Cons: Does not suit smaller kitchens

Key specs

• Capacity: 1.4kg
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

The Philips Viva Collection Airfryer XXL lives up to its name, thanks to its capacious basket that can comfortably fit a whole chicken or up to 1.4kg of chips. The company's most powerful Airfryer model to date, it lets you fry, bake, roast and grill large amounts of food in one go, while the fat drains away for removal after being blasted by the internal “tornado of hot air”. Obviously, given its size, it won't be suited to every kitchen, but if you've got the space and lots of hungry mouths to feed, this is one of the largest and most polished options currently available.

• Pros: Large capacity | Incredible functionality
• Cons: Takes up plenty of space

Key specs

• Capacity: 15L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

Of the many features that make Proscenic’s T31 Air Fryer a worthy addition to your kitchen, its sheer utility gets our vote. There’s not much you can’t do in this two-tiered oven, which comes with a rotating rotisserie fork, skewers and a multi-use chip basket to boot. Cooking up a Sunday roast for the whole family? Its massive 15L capacity has room for enough trimmings to feed the five thousand and then some. Dehydrating some fruit for a healthy snack? The air-drying preset has got you sorted. Preparing for your Great British Bake Off debut? This one is batter-friendly and comes with recipes for all manner of baked treats. Sure, its larger frame means you’ll need some dedicated counter space, but with the convenience of Alexa voice control and an app that tells you when it’s time to flip from across the house, it’s a small price to pay for easier, healthier cooking.

• Pros: Quiet | 13 separate cooking functions
• Cons: Limited space in the tray | Bulky design

Key specs

• Capacity: 5L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

The Proscenic airfryer feels to us less like an efficient alternative to a typical oven and more like a magical black box that just so happens to bless the kitchen countertop with cooked, healthier meals. With thirteen separate cooking functions, keep warm and preheat settings, the T22 can cater for just about any recipe that you can fantasize about creating, and even proves rather proficient at the oft-complex task of reheating last night's takeaway. Put simply, it's a big yes from us.

• Pros: Generous capacity | Match function for easy syncing
• Cons: Design is a little bland compared to some of its rivals

Key specs

• Capacity: 8.2L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

Salter's dual-drawer air fryer has a generous capacity, letting you whip up multiple dishes at the same time. This is made even better by its Match function, which lets you sync up both drawers so that they finish cooking simultaneously, even if each one drawer is running at a different temperature. Not only does this result in happier guests, but it's one less thing to worry about while you're whipping up a complex multi-dish menu. Throw in 123 different functions and you'll be creating everything from healthy veggies to decadent cupcakes in no time.

• Pros: No need to preheat | Grill functionality
• Cons: Design won't appeal to everyone | Dial control seems more basic compared to other options

Key specs

• Capacity: 4.2L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

Tefal's 4.2L entry packs the power of a built-in grill, letting you cook up meat and veg with those all-important grill lines, in addition to crisping up food with its air fryer function. Better yet, Tefal's clever tech also means that you don't need to mess around with preheating anything. Simply pop in your food, set the time, and crack on. As with the best air fryers on our list, the drawer and grill plate are easy to clean and dishwasher friendly, making the post-meal tidy-up a breeze — important for those who tend to fall into carb comas following a roast.

• Pros: Affordable | Easy to use
• Cons: Bland design | On the small side for larger families

Key specs

• Capacity: 4.3L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: No
• Dual drawers: No

There's no two ways about it — you can definitely pick up more stylish air fryers than Tower's 4.3L offering. But air fryers are tools first and foremost, and we've forgiven its slightly bulbous appearance and basic dials, thanks to its affordable price tag. With one ideal for temperature and one for a timer (up to 60 minutes), it's a doddle to use too, with its simplicity a major bonus point for those who'd rather not have a million and one touch-sensitive buttons. Its capacity is pushing it for larger families, but for individuals and/or smaller groups, it gets the job done for a very palatable price.

• Pros: Good for families | Affordable for its size
• Cons: Removing the basket can take getting used to

Key specs

• Capacity: 5.5L
• Dishwasher-safe parts: Yes
• Dual drawers: No

If you're after an air fryer that fits in with your sleek, minimal and modern kitchen aesthetic, then Cosori's range is definitely worth a look. Available in black, red and white, this large air fryer has the prestige of a Red Dot Award for best design to back up its credentials. A generous 5.5-litre capacity means it can cook an impressively sized 2.7kg chicken, while a built-in shake reminder offers a useful way to remember to mix up things, such as chips, for even cooking. Like the larger Philips model, you'll need more space in your kitchen to accommodate it, but if you're regularly whipping up large meals it's definitely worth considering.