What Is The UK’s Best Air Fryer?
Are you looking for a cooking appliance that delivers delicious and healthy dishes without the unhealthy fats of traditional frying? Enter: the air fryer. Cooking with an air fryer is one of the trendiest ways to make food using hot air circulating in an enclosed space, transforming your favorite ingredients into crunchy and crispy meals – think French fries, fried chicken wings, roasted vegetables and more! In this article, we’ll explore the best air fryers on the market today. Let’s get into it!
Air Fryer Reviews
Air Fryer Buyer’s Guide
Air fryers have to be one of the best kitchen gadgets to come out of the 21st century. With a variety of styles of units; shoe-box sized towers, spherical pods, and neo-blocky fryers, it’s easy to be bewildered. Fortunately, choosing an air fryer can be cut down to a simple process: assess how much food you want/need to cook, how much room you have on your worktop or for storage, what your budget is, and how many extras you’d like. It’s then a process of elimination that will lead you to a few options. Before you set out to choose an air fryer, here are a few key points to keep in mind.
Capacity
How much food do you want to cook in it? A few chips? A stir-fry for the family? Air fryers vary from 1.5kg to 10lt – big enough to roast an entire chicken plus vegetables. Make sure you select one with the right sized ‘basket’ for your needs.
Temperature control
Controlling the temperature is crucial, too low and your chips will take forever to cook and be horrible. Too high and you’ll be disappointed with burnt offerings. Look for a unit that offers you control, or even pre-set options for optimum cooking.
Easy cleaning
Air fryers need to be easy to take apart for cleaning – even better if they’re dishwasher friendly. Make sure the basket/bowl/racks come away from the fryer easily and can be cleaned without fuss or danger to yourself. Watch out too for small nooks and crannies where oil or crusty bits of fried foods can get caught – these will taint your food if not easily removed.
Ease of use
Air fryers with straight-forward instructions and controls are best – clear buttons, easy to turn knobs or dials, and a display that can be read without squinting or needing translation. Setting up an air fryer can feel like you’re piloting a spaceship, so look for one that’s going to get you home safely.
Included recipes
There’s nothing worse than getting a new kitchen gadget, and not knowing what to do with it. So, to avoid this situation look for included recipes, interactive apps, or solid customer support from the manufacturer.
Cool features
Added rotisseries, grills, skewers, tongs, all sorts of accessories can come with air fryers, look out for them. Also check for apps, interactive websites, and special features on individual air fryers – these should add to your purchase and buying experience, not define it. If they work for you, great, if not, move on.