Top 10 Cook in Air Fryers
for December 2022

The 9-in-1 Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer is an outstanding pressure cooker and air fry cooker. It has all the functionality you'd expect from a pressure cooker, plus everything you'd expect from an air fryer. It has 9 preset menus, including slow cooking, pressure cooking, yogurt making, sear/saut, air fry crisp, bake/roast, broil, and keep warm. The Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer is packed with features, including 15 chef-inspired recipes, a 14-hour delay timer, a 75-minute quick cook timer, a 60-minute manual timer, a 30-minute quick steam timer, and preset cook sizes ranging from 1.5 to 6 quarts. The Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer is compact, easy to operate, and feels solid and well-made, with a stainless steel exterior and a glass lid. The 4-quart Cook & Crisp Plate is nonstick and dishwasher safe. The 5-qt cooking pot has a steamer rack and is coated with a nonstick coating. The 4-qt Cook & Crisp Plate is also nonstick and dishwasher safe. The Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer offers 9-in-1 versatility, pressure cooking, air frying, and more. The Ninja Foodi Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer comes with everything you need, including 4 cooking racks, a measuring cup, a fry basket, a lid, a measuring cup, recipe guide, cleaning tool, and a recipe book.

While our top pick, the Air Fry Express, has twice the capacity of the Ninja Foodi, the Air Fryer Express costs about twice as much and is much larger and heavier. The Ninja Foodi is smaller, lighter, and less expensive, but it's also more complicated to use, and it has a smaller, 4-quart capacity. The Ninja Foodi is a little more automated, and it also has a faster preheating time. The 4-quart capacity is enough for 2 or 3 small meals, or 4 to 6 pounds of French fries. The Ninja Foodi comes with 15 recipes, which are simple enough to use without consulting a cookbook. The Air Fryer Express comes with 25 recipes, and it also has a dedicated manual with step-by-step cooking instructions. The Air Fryer Express also comes with a set of two aluminum racks for chicken, beef, or steak. The Meal Planner app that comes with the Air Fryer Express is a big help, too. The Air Fryer Express also has extra features, like an auto-shut off, a temperature gauge, and a menu setting that lets you adjust the cooking time and temperature. The Ninja Foodi, on the other hand, has fewer extra features, and the menu setting only works by lowering or raising the temperature. The Air Fryer Express' timer requires you to press a button, but you can set the timer to start cooking automatically, and you can select a beep or vibrate to tell you when the food is done. The Air Fryer Express also has more advanced programming options, including a setting that cooks at exactly 165F. The Air Fryer Express also has twice as many functions, including more cooking methods, like bake, roast, and broil, as well as more functions, like dehydrating and warming. The Ninja Foodi also has a simpler control panel, and it's easier for beginners to use. The Ninja Foodi also has a faster preheating time, and it's quieter than the Sonofresco Air Fryer. The Ninja Foodi is also easier to use, thanks to a separate control panel. The Air Fryer Express is easier to use, overall, a better air fryer, but it's more expensive and Large. The Ninja Foodi, on the other hand, is easier to use, smaller, and less expensive. The Air Fryer Express, overall, is the better air fryer, but it's more expensive and Large.

The Ninja Foodi 11-in-1 Pro is one of our favorite (and, in our opinion, the best) countertop pressure cookers and air fryers. It offers a whopping 11 cooking functions, including pressure cooking, air frying, steaming, slow cooking, dehydrating, yogurt making, searing/saut, baking/roasting, broiling, and sous vide cooking. It produces delicious, tender results with hardly any effort. The 6.5-qt cooking pot is large enough to cook for groups, and it's also nonstick, so cleanup is effortless. The Crisping Lid helps lock in natural juices and flavors, while Pressure Lids create a perfect seal to ensure a quick, thorough cook. The nonstick 4.6-qt Cook & Crisp Plate, which features integrated handles, is perfect for making crisp, golden French fries using less oil than traditional frying, and the included Recipe Guide offers detailed instructions on how to transform your favorite foods into healthy meals. The Ninja Foodi Pro 11-in-1 isn't just a pressure cooker, air fryer, and slow cooker; it's also a steamer, yogurt maker, and dehydrating machine. Its nonstick surfaces make it easy to clean, and it's dishwasher-safe. Another bonus: The Ninja Foodi Pro's 11 functions are programmable, so you can set timers, cook times, and temperatures in advance, and it automatically turns off when it's finished cooking.

The Instant Pot Duo Crisp 11-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker with Air Fryer Lid is the best of both worlds. It's a pressure cooker, an air fryer, a yogurt maker, a steamer, a slow cooker, a rice cooker, a saute pan, a yogurt maker, a sterilizer, a food warmer, and a dehydrator. It locks the lid in place and beeps when pressure cooking is finished, so you won't accidentally overcook your food. The 10 built-in safety features include automatic temperature and pressure release, a 3-step pressure release valve, a lid lock, a high-pressure safety valve, a high-temperature safety valve, a low-temperature safety valve, a pressure-regulating valve, a thermal cutout, a sealed lid, and an automatic reset. The cooker itself is made from BPA-free, dishwasher-safe stainless steel, and it's finger-print resistant, so it looks good on the counter, and the accessories are dishwasher safe, too. The cooker's lid has two large handles, and it's removable, so you can easily clean it. The cooker's 11 different customizable Smart Program settings include chicken, shrimp, pork, beef, rice, grains, beans, slow cooking, yogurt, porridge, cake, and pasta. The cooker's 8-quart stainless-steel inner pot is big enough to hold 6 pounds of meat, and it's removable, so you can easily clean it. The cooker runs fairly quietly, unless you set it to high, and even then, it's much quieter than traditional pressure cookers. The cooker doesn't automatically turn itself off, so you'll need to do that manually. The cooker's 3-speed dial switches between high, medium, and low, but we found the high setting was a little overcooked our chicken breasts. The cooker's 6-hour slow cook setting is ideal for cooking large cuts of meat. The cooker is large and heavy, so storing it will require a little extra kitchen space. The cooker's user manual is a bit confusing, and it's written in Chinese, so you'll need to translate it. The cooker's 9-foot, 3-prong power cord is too short, so you'll need an extension. The cooker's cooking instructions are too brief, and it lacks diagrams.

When it comes to air fryers, there doesn't seem to be much middle ground. These small, countertop appliances are more expensive than conventional fryers, but they use much less oil. And unlike conventional fryers, air fryers are versatile: You can cook all sorts of foods in them. But air fryers are also small, and they tend to cook food unevenly. The GoWISE USA Air Fryer has large, easy-to-view touchscreen controls, and it also has a wide range of cooking options. It has 8 preset cooking options, so you can cook everything from chicken nuggets to pizza. The manual controls allow you to adjust cooking time and temperature. The air fryer's wide temperature range makes it easy to cook a variety of foods, and the 180F to 400F temperature range is perfect if you need to lightly cook frozen food, or if you want to cook something at a high temperature. The GoWISE USA Airfryer is well-built, and it's easy to use. It has a 5.8-quart capacity, and it cooks food quickly, so it's usually ready in 30 minutes or less. The GoWISE USA Air Fryer also comes with a cookbook full of recipes. The recipes included in this cookbook are for a variety of foods, including chicken, pork, shrimp, steak, fish, cake, and pizza.

The Instant Vortex Plus is our top pick for air fryers because of its large capacity, ease of use, and impressive range of cooking features. It cooks food as quickly and evenly as deep-frying, but with 95% less oil. The Instant Vortex Plus's basket and tray are non-stick and dishwasher-safe, and the cooking basket features a clear window so you can watch your food as it cooks. The included recipe book includes 27 different recipes, and the air fryer's 6 programmable cooking modes include options for chicken wings, roast, and fries, so you can prepare all your favorite fried foods without oil. The Instant Vortex Plus is also compatible with several third-party accessories, including a pizza stone, meat probe, and egg tray. The air fryer has a preset temperature range of 95-400 F (35-204 C), but this can also be customized, so you can easily brown your meat at high temperatures or slowly dehydrate food at lower temperatures. The Instant Vortex Plus comes with a one-year warranty and 30-day money-back guarantee.

The PowerXL Grill Air Fryer Combo is an all-around cooking workhorse. It can handle all your food needs, from cooking a roast, baking a casserole, or frying a turkey to roasting veggies, making meatballs, or infusing broth. The different cooking functions, which are preset by 12 buttons on the control panel, include air fry, grill, slow cook, steam, saut, bake, roast, rice maker, simmer, sous vide, fry, or keep warm. The cooked food comes out perfectly every time, whether it's crispy air fried wings, juicy pot roast, or crispy baked fries. The nonstick inner pot and removable wire rack make cleanup easy, and the large, easy to read LED display makes it easy to set the temperature. The controls are intuitive, and the manual is well written. The only missing function is a yogurt maker, but considering that this is essentially a grill and air fryer, we think it's plenty. For indoor BBQ grilling, the air fry function is particularly useful. The indoor grill plate heats up to 500F, and the searing surface can reach 600F, making it an ideal tool for searing meat before cooking it or searing vegetables on the hotplate. The LED control panel is easy to read, and the large buttons make it easy to use. The only downside is that the included recipes aren't extensive, but we especially like the ease of cleanup.

The Emeril Lagasse Power Air Fryer 360 is an all-around winner. It's much faster than many air fryers, which makes it much more convenient to heat and cook a wide variety of food. The Emeril brand is known for producing high-quality kitchen appliances, and the Emeril Lagasse Power Air Fryer 360 is no exception. The air fryer is designed to handle a 10-pound chicken leg in less than an hour. That's much faster than many comparable air fryers, which can take 2 to 3 hours to cook a 10-pound chicken leg. The Emeril Lagasse Power Air Fryer 360 also has 12 cooking functions, including Air Fry, Bake, Rotisserie, Dehydrate, Toast, Reheat, Roast, Broil, Bagel, Pizza, Slow Cook, and Warm / Reheat.

The PowerXL Air Fryer Pro is the all-around best air fryer on the market. It has a generous 6-quart capacity, and while most other air fryers are smaller, the PowerXL Air Fryer is big enough to fit a 4-pound chicken. The PowerXL Air Fryer Pro uses Rapid Air Technology to quickly circulate 1700 watts of superheated air around your food, and the included accessories make cooking with this air fryer easy. The PowerXL Air Fryer Pro comes with a 6-quart basket that is large enough to accommodate a 4-pound chicken. The fryer comes with a rack, paddle, and pizza stone, and is also compatible with the Power XL Air Fryer XL accessories, which include a 7-quart basket, a 5-quart basket, a 4-quart basket, a 2-quart basket, a pizza pan, a 2-liter carafe, and a frying basket holder. The fryer has a sturdy handle, and it comes with a convenient cord wrap. The fryer comes with a 3-year warranty, but the company offers one of the best customer service departments we've seen. The PowerXL Air Fryer Pro is easy to use and easy to clean, and its 7-in-1 cooking features make it a versatile addition to any kitchen.

The Dreo Air Fryer is a terrific choice for anyone looking for an easy-to-use, compact air fryer. It's easy to use and offers a variety of cooking options, including crisping, cooking, and dehydrating. It's also one of the least expensive air fryers we tested, so it's an appealing value. The downsides include a slightly noisy motor, which gets louder as time advances, and the lack of presets for common cooking times, such as 30 minutes, which we needed to manually enter. However, those minor issues don't detract from the overall usefulness of this air fryer, which is one of the only ones we tested that has an easy-to-clean interior.