I’ve Never Seen An Air Fryer This Good!

Quick Overview

The Ninja Air Fryer ($130) proved to be the overall best air fryer in the review, winning the French fry and chicken cooking tests and tying for second place in the cookie test, resulting in the best average finish score of 4.4, narrowly beating the Cosori ($120) which scored 3.1 but was eliminated from the final chicken and cookie tests.

Key Points: The Ninja Air Fryer ($130) achieved the best overall average finish score of 4.4 across all four tests (Time to Heat Metal, French Fries, Cookies, Chicken). The Ninja was the fastest to preheat metal to 200°F (5:01), followed by Cosori (5:59), and was the slowest to cook bacon (2:00). For French fries, the Ninja finished in 8 minutes, tying for first place with the Cosori and Instant Pot. For cookies, the Ninja finished in 10:30, tying for second place with the Oster, Cuisinart, and Philips. The Ninja cooked chicken in 17:00, placing second fastest overall, only slightly behind the Philips (16:10). The BLACK+DECKER ($53) was the slowest overall, finishing last with an average score of 6.3, taking 15 minutes for bacon and 44 minutes for chicken. The Breville ($400) was the most expensive and the slowest overall across almost all metrics, resulting in the lowest average score of 6.3.

Context: This video conducts a comprehensive, multi-test comparison review of ten different air fryers across various price points and styles, including traditional toaster oven styles and compact basket-style units. The tests focused on preheating speed (using a metal test piece), cooking performance for french fries, cookies, bacon, and chicken, as well as noise level and ease of cleaning. The final ranking is determined by an average score across all these metrics.

Detailed Analysis

The review compared ten air fryers: Cosori ($120), Ninja ($130), Oster ($110), Instant Pot ($150), Philips ($140), Cuisinart ($220), Typhur ($300), CHEFMAN ($60), BLACK+DECKER ($53), and Breville ($400). The Cosori won the overall review with the best average finish score of 3.1, largely due to its exceptional performance in initial heating (8 minutes) and its top scores in noise, bacon, and cleaning. The Ninja placed second overall with a score of 4.4, tying with Oster and Philips, and winning the French fry and cookie tests. The Breville was the slowest overall, taking 11:23 to cook fries and 30 minutes to cook chicken, resulting in the highest average score of 6.3. For cooking bacon, the Ninja took 2:00, the Philips 2:00, the Oster 2:00, and the Cosori 3:00, while the BLACK+DECKER took the longest at 15:00. For chicken cooked to 170°F, the Philips was fastest at 16:10, followed by the Ninja at 17:00, while the Black+Decker took 44:00. In cookie testing, the Breville, Chefman, and Black+Decker were rated poorest (4.0), while the Ninja, Oster, Philips, and Cuisinart scored 5/5.