Air fryers also have the advantage of warming up more quickly than an oven, so they spend less time with the heating element on.

Get familiar with your recipes and end results first, otherwise, you may end up disappointed and waiting for dinner longer than you expected! You can use either side independently of the other, allowing you to cook one dish only, or to cook two foods – each can have its own different settings if needed. It makes it almost impossible to forget you’ve left something in the oven while Coronation Street is on.The Dual Zone’s Max Crisp function is also worth shouting about, as it cooks thinner frozen foods such as chips, onions rings, and nuggets in a fraction of the time it would take a standard convection oven. Taking the same approach to breakfast, I also synced up hash browns and some slices of bacon and was once again fairly happy with the results and timing, though I can’t say the bacon was comparable to the level of crispness and flavour you get with pan-cooking. Its array of functions is hard to beat, and it does seem to have a slight edge on cooking times and crispiness of chips. This should do the basic job of frying food with a minimum of fat, but cooking times might be slow compared to pricier models and you may not always achieve perfection. If you're looking to cook a small portion of food you only need one drawer and it means less cleaning.

litres of food (enough for a chicken, according to Ninja) – that’s also a similar capacity to some of the smaller air fryers available. Cooking for 20 minutes at 200ºC, with 125ml of water in the bowl, chips were evenly cooked and had a nice crispy texture to the outside, while the inside remained soft and moist.

Some of my favourite things to make in it so far are paprika potato wedges, and mozzarella chicken wraps, perfect for work from home lunches or stress-free teas. And despite reading the instructions that say you must not tip the cooked food onto your plate, it is so easy to forget. Once the app is downloaded and you register to get a new Proscenic account- it's so self explanatory.

Results are fantastic, producing a chicken with crispy skin and a juicy, perfectly cooked interior with little effort. There are also additional features you’ll want to consider when picking up a new air fryer, such as grill functions and temperature probes. Scroll on and you’ll find reviews of all our tried and tested favourites, from dual drawer models, to budget friendly options.

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. In use, its digital touchscreen proved responsive and simple to navigate, allowing me to easily set the time, temperature and modes I needed and, handily, also letting me adjust the time and temperature mid-cook. While the Ninja Foodi Dual Zone goes up to 240℃ in its Max Crisp mode, the Dual Air tops out at a rather modest 200℃. You simply insert them onto the roasting rack and make sure your food has adequate spacing in between. You can opt for larger models in the Genius range, but these are rather large and we think this model is the ideal size.