It’s a little fiddly to set up at first but worked without a hitch thereafter, cooking an entire 1kg chicken – enough for three people – in just 45 minutes.

uk/browse/appliances/small-cooking-appliances/air-fryers-and-fryers/c:29575/brands:tower/" on this server. Featuring Vortx technology and a 360 degree rotating system, all you need is a minimal amount of oil, and then the hot air rapidly circulates evenly around the air fryer, ensuring your ingredients are cooked thoroughly with a nice crispy texture, all while having 99% less fat for more healthier cooking.

Including an oil drip tray, rotisserie fork and handle, and 3 mesh air flow racks, this versatile air fryer caters to a range of different meals. What I loved the most was the rotisserie setting, which made it easier than ever to make delicious, juicy and evenly cooked cuts of meat. What’s more, it has a fully automatic rotisserie function, a feature we’ve yet to see from any other brand.

So if that’s predominantly what you want an air fryer for, we’d suggest coughing up a bit more for a premium model such as the Ninja Foodi Dual Zone. Although the chicken looked fairly wedged, I was able to select the rotisserie function and watch it begin to spin. For example, certain air fryers have compatible grill pans, while others have roasting trays or rotisserie skewers meaning you can roast whole chickens in them too. You’ll also recognise all the classic settings for air frying, roasting, baking, reheating, proving and dehydrating, as well as the Max Crisp setting, which allows you to crank up the heat to a whopping 240ºC. Good models will come with dishwasher-safe removable parts and a pull-out loading tray that slots into the machine.Like its predecessor, the FlexDrawer comes with an array of thoughtful functions including its match and sync settings, the former of which allows you to match the time and temperature of both sides of the fryer without having to input all the information twice, while the latter syncs up both sizes of the fryer, so they finish at the same time, even when at different temperatures of cook times.

Tower kindly sent me the Tower Vortex, which is a pretty piece of kit with black exterior and silver accents. The Tower Vortex 5-in-1 Digital Air Fryer has five different cooking modes and a multi-shelf design to help you layer up different levels of a meal. The metal structure houses a stainless steel interior cavity, providing ample cooking space for individual and family meals, with a viewing window to monitor the food.Unfortunately, making chips from scratch is more time-consuming than it needs to be due to the need for parboiling. We and our partners use cookies and similar tech to improve your site experience, show you personalised ads, and learn from your behaviour so we can, for example, recommend products you'll love! As with a regular oven, the shelf closest to the top of the fryer cooked faster than the lower two, so it took two rotations to make sure every shelf got some time at the top of the oven.

Some premium models even make it possible to cook an entire Sunday roast, potentially allowing you to squeeze in a whole chicken alongside potatoes and vegetables for the ultimate in tasty, energy efficient cooking.VORTX AIR FRYING TECHNOLOGY: Exclusive to Tower Air Fryers, Vortx technology rapidly circulates hot air around food, cooking up to 30% faster than a conventional oven.