The lid is hinged, rather than removable, which our tester found slightly awkward to use, and may make under-cupboard storage tricky. With two spacious drawers, it excels in grilling and reheating, offering versatility through Sync Cook and Sync Finish settings. Scroll on and you’ll find reviews of all our tried and tested favourites, from dual drawer models, to budget friendly options.

Cakes come out well, but you do need to keep an eye on them since all the settings are inaccurate by a fraction.

You can’t combine the two drawers, but you can sync them to prepare multiple dishes at once, with a total capacity of 7. Despite this small niggle, our testers were impressed with this fryer’s versatility and easy-to-clean design.

Our second recommendation from Canadian brand Instant is a combination of two of the most popular kitchen gadgets out there – an air fryer and a pressure cooker – in a single beast of an appliance. We loved its tall, compact design and simple touchscreen, which displays 12 cooking functions – from chicken, steak and seafood, to vegetables and fries. But if you’re interested in pressure cooking, or need a one-pot solution for a large family, it could be for you. Results are fantastic, producing a chicken with crispy skin and a juicy, perfectly cooked interior with little effort.

Air-fryers use hot air instead of oil, so are healthier than deep-fat fryers, and more versatile and energy efficient for cooking smaller quantities than ovens.

Good models will come with dishwasher-safe removable parts and a pull-out loading tray that slots into the machine. 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. Our chips were fluffy too, but crisped up best when distributed across two drawers, rather than cramming lots into one. We looked at how evenly they ‘fried’ and whether they were brown and crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.It earned a perfect score for producing golden, flavourful chicken with a beautifully crisp exterior. Interior paddles: The Tefal model we looked at has an interior paddle – its stirring motion keeping the food moving around a doughnut-shaped tray.