Air frying certainly makes a great alternative to the traditional deep fat fryer and a healthier way to cook fried foods.

Scared of oil splats and spills? Forget about pots and pans and browse our popular Tefal fryers to fry tasty treats safely. Control how well done you want your food by setting the temperature and achieve the perfect level of crunch. Keeping your safety in mind, most of our models have a built-in cool zone, which prevents your fryer from getting hot on the outside.Rather than rely on an array of buttons, the Ninja comes with a rotary nob which sets up most of its six functions. It's easier than you'd think to use, and I actually started to prefer the nob over the Salter's array of buttons. It has a good weight to it, and feels very responsive. Despite being a budget-friendly option, the T17023 was no slouch in testing, cooking oven classics such as spring rolls and hash browns to a commendable crispness and performing solidly when tasked with more delicate items like meat and vegetables. We grilled a piece of cod with lemon and herbs which took just ten minutes and we only had to turn it once on the grill.

To prepare for Christmas dinner, I tested out Brussels sprouts cooked with bacon. Too long meant they reduced to barely the size of a pea and were very crispy, but by Christmas Day, I'd learned 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 beef burger dried out and didn’t retain its moisture, so it was almost inedible. An air fryer is a culinary game-changer that harnesses the power of hot air to cook your food without drowning it in oil, giving you crispier and healthier treats, every time. And since they’re dishwasher friendly, you can say goodbye to scrubbing greasy dishes and enjoy convenient cooking all the way.The price tag puts the Salter into the upper end of the market but as it does multiple ways of cooking this can be more beneficial than buying multiple cooking devices. I decided to keep things simple and tried some home-made air-fried chips, which turned out to be very crispy and the kids didn’t complain. While foil is a great idea to help with the excess mess, the air fryer can adequately cook without and was designed to not be used with lots of aluminium foil. Is air frying good for you?

I lightly sprayed some potato wedges and added sea salt and paprika to add to our lunch- and they were so tasty and took just 20 mins. The air fryer's LED touch screen really does give off those high tech vibes without it feeling too overwhelming to learn to use. While you might know the brand best for its high-quality kitchen scales, Salter also produces a range of cookware, kitchen accessories and home appliances – including air fryers. One of its latest dual-drawer models, the Salter Dual Digital air fryer offers all the convenience and healthy cooking options of a standard air fryer, while benefiting from the added versatility and functionality afforded by its twin-basket setup. Alongside a roomy overall capacity of 7.6 litres, the Dual Digital has all the standard settings we’ve come to expect from the best dual air fryers, including a range of preset options and sync-and-match features. There is also a range of Salter ‘Let’s go healthy’ air fryer recipes so you enjoy fried food with little or no oil. An air fryer is essentially a small convection oven. It circulates hot air around the food to get that crispy outer layer and fluffy or moist inside. It is also more energy-efficient due to its size and power, compared to heating your kitchen oven.We opted to make a batch of chocolate cupcakes and they cooked to perfection in twelve short minutes. Controlled via a digital touchscreen, the fryer’s responsive buttons and intuitive layout make it easy to get both your baskets ready to cook in seconds. The touchscreen allows you to manually set the air fryer to cook foods at temperatures between 60°C and 200°C, for up to 60 minutes, or simply pop on one of the appliance’s presets, such as its cooking modes for chips, vegetables or seafood. Also, air-fried dishes can be just as healthy as if you had oven-baked them if you use no oil - and there are lots of healthy from-scratch recipes available with the Salter air fryers.