My only minor issues are that the pot is hard to remove to shake ingredients (I used tongues instead), and that the crisper plate is fiddly to remove when using two-layer cooking. Those issues aside, this is a fantastically adaptable kitchen gadget, whether you want fast food or more traditional cooking. VERSATILE COOKING OPTIONS: This intuitive air fryer offers 10 pre-set modes to allow fast and easy cooking whether you’re reheating cold dishes, baking, frying, cooking or dehydrating. Additionally, with the sync cook option, the settings in both drawers can be matched. While the sync finish enables the drawers to cook on different settings and finish simultaneously. DUO BASKET TECHNOLOGY: Complete with two large 4.5L baskets, providing ultimate air frying versatility. Use one basket for smaller portion cooking or both baskets at the same time to cook full crispy and healthy, large enough to feed up to 8 people at once. The combined 9L capacity can feed up to 8 people at once Can cook frozen sausages - Air fryers have no preheating time, so you can cook sausages directly from frozen.

Kitchen countertop space is a precious commodity, so if you’re considering the Salter Dual Air Fryer, be aware of how much space it takes up. It measures 40cm in length, 36.1cm in width, and 32cm in height – that is bigger than your average four-slice toaster. If you already have a microwave, kettle, toaster and perhaps a food blender, you may have to think about where your air fryer will go, or do you have cupboard space for it?

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Upping the game ahead of Christmas dinner, I tested out Brussels sprouts cooked with bacon. This time, too long meant they'd reduced to barely the size of a pea and were very crispy. By Christmas Day, I’d figured out the perfect cooking time of 10 minutes and they were plenty flavourful. Bacon is also a great meat to cook in the air fryer if you like it crispy, but a beefburger dried out and didn’t retain its moisture, so it was almost inedible.

Lastly, it’s worth thinking about clean-up – most of the fryers on our list have dishwasher-proof baskets and accessories, while the two oven air fryers we’ve featured have removable doors to help you keep your machine as clean as possible. How we test air fryersAir fryers have surged in popularity in recent years as more and more people have opted for this healthier method to create delicious fried food.

You can cook individually, use the same setting on both drawers or, cleverly, use different settings on each drawer but have them synchronise to finish at the same time. There are options to air fry, max crisp (a 240C turbo setting), roast, reheat, dehydrate or bake. One difference is that the 6.5L has digital controls rather than dial controls. The LED display is very user-friendly, and the touch buttons simplify operation. It also includes 7 preset smart programs: fries, poultry, steak, seafood, cake, reheating, and dehydrating. These programs provide preset times and temperatures for one-touch cooking. Two-Zone Technology: Our two-zone technology has an advanced Smart Finish function that, when setting two different times on each zone, will smart-start the zone with the shorter cooking time at the right time, so both zones finish at the same time. The Match Cook option allows you to set identical cooking times and temperatures for each basket.Basket style with heating elements: tall, slim air-fryers feature a main unit with heating elements and fans. These have slide-out baskets or trays that slot into place inside. 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. Some fryers will cut out automatically when you do this, some will need to be paused if you want accurate timings. Yes, because air frying uses little to no oil, sausages cooked this way will be lower in fat than traditionally fried, making them a healthier choice.