On the whole, if you have a specific reason that means the flexibility to split it into two zones would suit your needs better than other air fryers, then it’ll get the job done. This smart air fryer that’s compatible with Alexa has 16 different cooking functions, including bake, defrost, fry, grill, roast, dehydrate, toast and reheat. Turning off our ovens, we lined up all of the best air fryers we could get our hands on, to see which ones truly stood out from the crowd.

Sausages can be cooked quickly and easily thanks to the air-fryer (and without the need for additional oil). However, if you need to use an air fryer multiple times to make enough food to feed your household, you’re probably better off cooking everything in one go in the oven. Cooking it this way requires much less oil so it’s a lot healthier to eat, and it’s also faster than cooking it in an oven. We recommend heating the beef dripping in the Yorkshire pudding tins for 10 minutes prior to cooking the Yorkshires.Instead of searing your steak on the grill or in a cast-iron skillet, try cooking your steak in the air fryer. Really ANY potatoes are great for air frying, they all go super crisp on the outside and fluffy and delicious on the inside. Overall, we think this is a solid choice if you regularly cook family meals that will suit the capacity split. Our chips came out well cooked but – and we’re being picky here – about 20% lacked that golden brown shade we were looking for.

Though if you would like to try more delicious ideas with yorkies do try our air fryer Yorkshire pudding wrap which is perfect for your roast beef leftovers.

If you want to parboil first then you can reduce the cooking time by 10-15 minutes in the air fryer, and can potentially get even fluffier edges to your potatoes.