The functions are a little awkward: even with the instructions, I struggled to find the compartment you have to fill with water (it’s on top, by the way). Don’t get me wrong, the Ninja Speedi is an incredible piece of engineering and it’ll impress all your visitors. From vegetables and chicken to fish, steak, prawns, and even cakes, this air fryer can handle it all. However, air fryer chicken is so amazingly crisp on the outside, and the flavour is like a rotisserie chicken.

It doesn’t have a separate pre-set for fish, but with a manual mode it’s easy to tailor the temperature to suit whatever you’re cooking, using the + and - signs. The chips were tasty and not dried out; they were just softer than I would have liked, without that irresistible crispiness. If you’ve got a small kitchen or are simply struggling to accommodate any more must-have appliances on your worktop, this little air fryer is worth consideration.

I like the simple dial allowing me to adjust time and temperature settings, from an accurate 49℃ to 205℃. The hottest culinary gadget to dominate the homeware market, they’re certainly worthy of a space in your kitchen! Anything from a few sprays to two tablespoons of oil is perfectly adequate for air fryer cooking, though the latter is only necessary for breaded or battered foods.

The claim is that their non-stick thermoplastic coating uses perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which can be harmful if ingested. The drawer pulls out a little swiftly, so you’ll need to be mindful when taking food out, but I can tell the design is made from quality materials and built to last. Among the eight presets are chips, meat, fish, vegetables, nuggets, roast chicken, pizza, and desserts, plus manual air-fryer and grill options. Mini oven’ types: these models use convection or fan technology to cook food on flat, slide-in trays. It heats up in seconds and cooked chips in 20 minutes, sausages and fish fingers in 12-15, and vegetables in just six.I am really happy with my product, I've had a halogen oven in the past and I use this more than my oven! Plus, with an auto-switch off timer (ranging from 1 to 60 minutes) and adjustable temperature settings (from 40°C to 200°C), achieving perfectly-cooked results has never been easier. We recommend no fewer than four Ninja air fryers and, in some ways, that would be enough to cover the whole market.

If you’re dead set against thermoplastics, consider an air fryer that uses ceramic cooking surfaces, such as the Ninja AF100 above. What we wanted to know is whether they actually work – because, for every air-fryer super fan, there is a critic who says they cook unevenly, have a small capacity and produce dry, slightly rubbery results. Cleaning up is a breeze with the non-stick and dishwasher-safe components, so you can savor your meals without worry.

It was hard to resist the temptation to peek at our first batch of chips as they cooked inside the Dual Blaze, but the dual heating element really impressed us, turning out evenly crisp golden fries and perfectly cooked thick-cut chips. Tefal and Ninja may make more precise machines, but this is a user-friendly take on the air fryer phenomenon, versatile enough to replace a full-sized oven in a small kitchen or to take away to university – which may be its natural home.