Kitchen Appliances
Air fryers from a 2 L single basket to a 30 L oven-style model, each matched to its exact Amazon.co.uk listing and checked against the manufacturer’s own page. Choose the layout first: one drawer is simplest, two drawers or a divider cook two foods at different settings, and an oven-style cavity takes trays. Shopicks has not tested any of them.
Our editorial choice to illustrate this subcategory. Featured picks are not a ranking and are not the result of side-by-side testing.
A compact single-drawer air fryer for one or two people, with four cooking functions and a countdown timer.
Featured as the single-drawer example because Ninja states plainly what fits (a whole 1 kg chicken or up to 500 g of fries), how many functions it has and how the parts are cleaned, which makes it easy to judge against your own household. It illustrates the compact single-drawer layout and is not a ranking.
May suit: One or two people who want a simple, compact air fryer rather than a dual-drawer or oven-style machine.
Worth checking: Ninja’s own page and the retailer listing quote different wattages, so we do not quote one. Ninja gives the size as 26.5 cm high, 28.5 cm wide and 36 cm deep: measure your worktop and the gap under any wall cupboard.
Checked against: Ninja UK (opens in a new tab)
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A compact single-drawer air fryer for one or two people, with four cooking functions and a countdown timer.
A very small air fryer for one or two people, or for a worktop with little spare room.
A mid-sized single-basket air fryer with a DC-motor fan and a wide temperature range.
A larger single-drawer air fryer with a square drawer, six functions and an adjustable crisper plate.
A dual-drawer air fryer with two equal drawers, for people who often cook two foods at once.
A dual-basket air fryer with one larger and one smaller drawer, for cooking a main and a side together.
A wide single drawer that can be used whole or split in two with a divider.
A dual-drawer air fryer with one larger and one smaller drawer and a synchronised cooking mode.
An oven-style air fryer with a glass door and three rack levels, for trays, dishes and toast as well as air frying.
A large oven-style air fryer with a rotisserie, for one big cavity that also roasts, bakes and dehydrates.
Before you buy
Electrical Safety First describes four broad styles of air fryer on sale in the UK: basket, oven, dual-drawer and paddle. The listing here covers the first three. A single basket or drawer, such as the Cosori 2L or the Ninja AF140UK, suits one or two people and cooks everything at one setting. A dual layout, such as the Ninja AF400UK, the Philips NA350/00 or the Bosch MAFD490B0G, lets two foods run at different settings, and the manufacturers describe ways to make them finish together.
The Bosch is a variation on that idea: Bosch describes one extra-large 10 L drawer that becomes two 5 L zones when a divider is fitted. An oven-style model, such as the Tefal FW605840 or the Tower T17122, keeps food on racks behind a door instead of in a drawer, which suits trays, dishes and a rotisserie but takes the most space.
A litre figure is a volume, not a measure of how much food cooks evenly. Where a maker states what fits, that is the better guide: Ninja says the 4.7 L AF140UK takes a whole 1 kg chicken or up to 500 g of fries, and the AF180UK’s 6.2 L square drawer fits up to four chicken breasts. A dual model’s headline figure is usually a total shared between two drawers, so a single large item is limited by one drawer.
Bigger is not automatically better. A larger machine takes more worktop and is harder to wash, so choose for the meals you cook most and accept that the occasional large meal may need two batches.
Measure the worktop and the gap under any wall cupboard before you compare features. Manufacturers print dimensions in different orders, so the cards quote them exactly as printed. Tower gives the T17122 as 37.5 cm high, 46 cm wide and 43.4 cm deep, and Cosori gives the TurboBlaze’s depth as 40 cm, so both need a generous slot.
Leave room to ventilate. Tefal’s manuals for its two models ask for at least 15 cm of free space around the appliance and say not to put it in a corner or under a wall cupboard, and the advice is sensible for any air fryer. Check the cable length against your nearest socket as well.
Look at which parts come out and which can go in the dishwasher. Tefal lists the EY942BG0’s drawers and grids as dishwasher safe but says the FW605840’s accessories are not, so they are washed by hand. Bosch, Philips, Ninja and Cosori each say some parts of the models listed here are dishwasher safe, and the cards quote the wording.
Follow the manual on coatings. Non-stick surfaces are normally damaged by metal utensils and abrasive pads, and Electrical Safety First advises letting an air fryer cool fully before cleaning it.
We chose models that show different layouts and sizes, not different colours of the same machine, and we left out any model whose exact Amazon.co.uk listing or manufacturer specification we could not confirm. The list is not a ranking and makes no claim about sales or value. One card is marked as a featured example to illustrate the page, and the card says why.
Prices, stock, star ratings and review counts change constantly and Amazon only allows them to be shown from its own site, so each button takes you to Amazon.co.uk to check the current price and availability.
Air fryer styles, clearance, cooling before cleaning and UK plug advice.
Each card’s source links are recorded in the Kitchen Appliances evidence dataset; the Tefal manuals were read on 11 October 2026.
Buying guide
A research-based UK air fryer guide comparing a Ninja dual-drawer, a Tefal dual-drawer and a Tefal oven-style model, and what the differences mean for capacity, space and cleaning.
Comparison
How single-basket and dual-basket (dual-drawer) air fryers differ in usable capacity, cooking two foods at once, worktop space and cleaning, and which kind suits which household.
That depends on how many you cook for and how much space you have, and this list does not rank the models. Choose the layout first, then check the stated capacity, dimensions and cleaning details on the cards against your own kitchen. The buying guide and the single versus dual-basket comparison explain the trade-offs.
Amazon only permits prices, ratings and review counts to be shown from its own site or API, and a stale value would mislead you. Each button links to the Amazon.co.uk listing, where you can see the current price, availability and customer reviews.
No. The cards are based on each manufacturer’s own product page, datasheet or instruction manual, matched to the Amazon.co.uk listing. We do not describe cooking results we have not seen.