Air Fryers

Air Fryers

Capacity is the first decision and the one people most often get wrong, because the litre figure on the box is the basket volume, not what you can usefully cook in it. As a rough guide, 3.8 to 4.7 litres feeds one or two people, 5 to 7.6 litres suits a family of four, and 9 to 10.4 litres handles a full chicken or a batch cook for five or more. The second decision is drawer layout. A single drawer gives you the largest usable basket for the footprint and is simpler to clean. A dual zone or twin drawer model splits that space in two, so chips and chicken cook at different temperatures and finish together, which is the feature most people say they would not give up once they have used it. Flex drawer designs go further and let you remove the divider to run the whole space as one basket. Beyond that, look at what else the machine does: a straight air fryer is a fan oven in a drawer, while multicookers and health grills add pressure cooking, grilling, roasting, dehydrating and slow cooking on the same countertop, and 17 litre air fryer ovens and halogen ovens take a shelf rather than a basket, which suits baking. Practical checks that matter more than the wattage: a dishwasher-safe non-stick basket, a window or a light if you want to watch food without pulling the drawer out, and whether the machine will physically fit under your wall units, since the taller 9.5 litre models are around 40cm high. Running cost is the reason most people buy one: an air fryer heats a small space in about three minutes and typically uses a fraction of what a full oven does for the same portion. Everything here is available for click and collect at Shannon Retail Park in Athlone.

Ninja dominates this category and accounts for most of the range, spanning the Air Fryer and Air Fryer Pro at 3.8 and 4.7 litres, the MAX PRO at 6.2, the Dual Zone and Foodi Max at 7.6 and 9.5, the Double Stack XL and FlexDrawer for the largest capacities, the portable CRISPi glass fryers, and the Foodi and Combi multicookers and health grills. Russell Hobbs covers the Satisfry single drawer and dual basket range at 4.3 and 9 litres, and Morphy Richards the 7.2 litre dual drawer and 9 litre single drawer. Bosch brings the Series 6 Double Stack twin drawer, Quest the 17 litre air fryer oven and 12 litre halogen oven, Cecotec the air fryer and pizza oven combinations, Dreame the portable Tasti AirF, and Bourgini the traditional deep fat fryers.

Ninja Air Fryers

Ninja is the name most Irish shoppers search for by brand rather than by category, and the range here runs the full way from the 3.8 litre single basket to the 10.4 litre FlexDrawer. It covers the Dual Zone twin drawers, the Double Stack XL that stacks two baskets vertically to save counter space, the portable CRISPi glass fryers that go from fryer to fridge to table, and the Foodi multicookers and health grills that add pressure cooking and grilling. Browse Ninja air fryers.

Single Drawer Air Fryers

A single drawer gives the largest usable basket for the space the machine takes up, and it is the simpler thing to live with: one basket to wash, one temperature to set, and nothing to think about when you are cooking one thing. Sizes here run from 3.8 litres for one or two people up to 10.4 litres for a full chicken. This is the right choice if you mostly cook a single item at a time and want maximum capacity for your counter space. See single drawer air fryers.

Double Drawer Air Fryers

A dual zone or twin drawer air fryer splits the capacity into two independently controlled baskets, so you can run chips at one temperature and chicken at another and have both finish at the same moment. Total capacities here run 7.2 to 9.5 litres, which is less usable space per basket than a single drawer of the same overall size, and that is the trade you make for cooking two things properly at once. Browse double drawer air fryers.

Air Fryers Under €100

Everything in the fryer range priced under one hundred euro sits here, which covers compact single basket air fryers around 3.8 to 4.3 litres, larger multi function air fryer ovens, and traditional deep fat fryers for anyone who still wants one. It is the place to start if this is a first air fryer and you are not yet sure how much you will use it. See air fryers under €100.

Air Fryer Accessories

Silicone and paper liners in round, square and rectangular shapes stop food welding to the basket and cut washing up to lifting one liner out, with four packs sized for dual basket machines. Dedicated air fryer cleaners shift baked-on grease from the element and basket coating without scouring, which is what keeps a non-stick finish intact. Browse air fryer accessories.

Air Fryers Sale

Every air fryer currently reduced is gathered on one page, and this is one of the categories where Black Friday and Cyber Monday genuinely move the price rather than just the marketing. Air fryers are among the most heavily discounted items of the year in Ireland, and Ninja in particular tends to see its largest reductions of the year across that weekend, concentrated on the Dual Zone and Foodi Max models rather than the newest launches. Bundles pairing a machine with liners also appear around then. Because air fryers are a common Christmas present, the popular capacities sell through early rather than late, so the last weekend of November is usually too late for the best-selling sizes. Prices are live year round, so the page is worth checking before November as well as during it. Shop the air fryers sale.