With significantly lower fat content and reduced calories, homemade chips and crispy chicken tastes better than ever. A 30-minute timer lets you quickly schedule the cooking cycle of your air fryer oven, so your food is ready for you in no time.

It may be that smaller batches of chips work better but that’s not an especially efficient way to cater for a family. Anyone who finds touchscreens frustrating, or digital displays confusing, will love its simple functionality – just turn the manual dials and you’re ready to cook. One is that parts aren’t dishwasher-safe, which is always a drawback for an appliance that becomes covered in hot greasy splatters. We cook chunky frozen chips in our tests as our surveys show this is more popular than fresh chips or thin french fries.Today, we have millions of users a month from around the world, and assess more than 1,000 products a year. litre air fryer models, it arguably delivers more – both in terms of capacity and ability to accessorise. Condensation also gathered at the base of the machine and under the button cover while cooking the chips, so the venting at the back could use a boost. Please note under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, we are only allowed to sell knives to persons aged 18 and over.

It’d even suit a small or solo household who might want a small portion of chips one day, and a few grilled sandwiches the next. Read our detailed review of this air fryer to find out whether they emerge appetisingly crispy or unappealingly pale and greasy.Meat/poultry test: Chicken legs had golden brown bubbly skin and were cooked through without being dry. Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. In a world full of digital displays and different coloured lights, there’s something quite pleasing about an appliance with manual controls that simply gets the job done. We look for chips that are golden and crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, evenly cooked, and not too greasy or oily.

Chicken drumsticks are also cooked in all the air fryers to see how well each does at creating a crisp coating without overcooking and drying out the insides. In testing, it was also noticeably noisy: I had to raise my voice to be heard over the whooshing of the fan.We particularly pay attention to the hinges and joints, such as where the lid joins the base, as well as the buttons and switches. This air fryer has other advantages over competing models, including its compatible accessories – such as a divider, baking pan and grill rack – which give it extra functionality. A final plus is the effort to include cooking guidance beyond a basic table – three recipes hidden at the back of the instructions are another sign that Tower want its air fryer to do more than occasionally reheat meals. Homemade chips test: Pieces were unevenly cooked, with crisper, browner pieces on top and firm, partially cooked chips on the bottom. The only pitfall is that you’ll need to remember to set a temperature as the timer will run without it being turned up, potentially leaving food gently wafted with warm air but not cooked.