Including an oil drip tray, rotisserie fork and handle, and 3 mesh air flow racks, this versatile air fryer caters to a range of different meals. There’s a good range of pre-set cooking modes for air frying, dehydrating, roasting, baking and grilling.

For this review, she spent a couple of days trying out different recipes, including new and old favourites.You have to remove the (heavy) domed lid to check the progress of your food, and when you put the lid back in place, I found the machine was slow to restart. Chips will take around 20 minutes of frying time, depending on how thick you cut them, and some guides I read suggested you should par-boil them. The air fryer is neat and doesn't take up much space but you do have to ensure good clearance all round when using it. litre frying drawers, which can be used at different temperatures, and on two separate timers, which means you could have a roast chicken in one side, and some roast potatoes in the other side. 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.

This will be a bonus if you're staying with it in the kitchen, but it's a bit of a pain if you're not, because you could miss the moment the timer finishes. Cooking times are generally faster than using a conventional oven and you want to reduce the temperature by around 20c.

It comes with an LED digital display so you can monitor the temperature and cooking times and illustrates its pre-set modes as icons: a drumstick for poultry, a cupcake for baked goods, a steak for meat and so on.

Having taken the chicken out and keeping it warm in foil, I added my roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli and Yorkshire puds, and in no time, my whole roast was complete.

If there’s a good deal then go for it – but if there’s a cheaper competitor, such as the Tower 5-in-1 air fryer, then there’s no reason not to switch. Having seen photos of the product first, I was surprised by how much smaller it was compared to what we had imagined. Instructions could have been a little clearer for operating, but with perseverance this air fryer is a great bit of kit. ClearCook here denotes a viewing window, a scarce feature in the air fryer world but one that comes in very handy. Our air fryers are a much healthier alternative to traditional deep frying methods by using hot air and a little oil which has significant health benefits.