this design is also rather heavy, so you’ll need to make sure you’re happy with the position you’ve chosen on the worktop and that it has enough room around it to ‘breathe’, as moving it around once in place isn’t ideal. While it’s not the quietest or smallest design on the market, we think its smooth operation and variable temperature and timing settings make it well worth considering. With its sleek black finish and illuminated viewing window, the Instant Vortex Plus with ClearCook looks eye-catching on the worktop. The crisper plate is also cleverly designed with adjustable legs that you can lower and raise to accommodate food – such as rice or veggies – and cook it alongside meat, poultry or fish all at the same time.

presets make it easy to cook up healthy versions of your favourites: crispy fries, crunchy nuggets, pizza, cake – even a whole roast chicken! While we stuck to making chicken tenders in this air fryer, we also had our eye on the recipe for salmon fillets with fresh tomato and cucumber salsa, and the one for Cajun prawns with potato and corn.

You can switch between using the two together to cook two separate dishes, or just use one when you plan on a smaller meal, or just a single batch of chips, for example. We love its very specific variable temperature dial that ranges from 49°C to 205°C ( 120 °F to 401 ° F) to suit your food. After following the instructions in the user manual for starting the appliance, make sure that your electrical socket is working by plugging another appliance. I cut off the crackling only to discover the meat was RAW under it I had to cook it in the microwave so we could eat it. There’s a steamer container that sits at the top of the air and needs to be filled with water if you’re going to start steaming food such as fish and vegetables.

Some cooking sprays also contain other ingredients that leave behind a residue that could affect your air fryer’s non-stick performance.Cook up a full meal with our asymmetrical dual drawer models, from crispy chicken to perfectly roasted veggies! That said, the app does a better job at explaining all the settings, which we were able to refer to once paired. We cooked chicken tenders at 200°C ( 392℉) for 15 minutes, however, and that was just enough to create a crispy golden texture on the outside and ensure they were thoroughly cooked inside. It comes with a handy keep-warm function that we found useful when we weren’t quite ready to dish up.

The design also feels well built and doesn’t have that cheap plastic finish like some similar, small-capacity air fryers we’ve seen online.Read more about the condition New other (see details): An item in excellent, new condition with no wear.