We compare 5 air fryers -- basket, dual-basket, and full countertop oven styles -- by capacity, wattage, functions, and footprint to help you choose.
COSORI
Why we like it
Breville
Why we like it
Philips
Why we like it
Ninja
Why we like it
Instant
Why we like it| Product | Rank | Brand | Best For | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cosori TurboBlaze Air Fryer, 9-in-1, 6 Qt... | #1 | COSORI | Best Overall | 9.8 |
| Breville BOV900BSS Smart Oven Air Fryer P... | #2 | Breville | Best Premium | 9.6 |
| Philips 3000 Series Dual Basket Air Fryer... | #3 | Philips | Best for Two-Basket Cooking | 9.4 |
| Ninja Air Fryer Pro, 5 Qt, 4-in-1, Grey, ... | #4 | Ninja | Best Value | 9.3 |
| Instant Pot Vortex Plus 6QT Air Fryer wit... | #5 | Instant | Also Consider | 9.1 |
Buyer checklist
We compared these five air fryers on the factors that separate a basket fryer from a full countertop oven: interior format (single basket, dual basket, or convection-oven cavity), rated wattage and temperature range, the number of built-in cooking functions, and physical footprint. Specs are pulled from each brand's own product pages and matched against the exact model number and finish shown on the Amazon listing.
It depends on what you're cooking. The Philips 3000 Series' two separate baskets (6L main + 3L side) with Auto-Sync let you finish two different foods at the same time, which a single-basket model like the Ninja Air Fryer Pro can't do. A single basket is simpler and takes up less counter space, but you cook one food at a time.
It's a full-size convection oven with an air-fry setting among its 13 functions, not a compact basket fryer. That gives it about 1 cubic foot of interior capacity and included accessories like a pizza pan and roasting rack, but it also takes up significantly more counter space than any basket-style model in this comparison.
It affects what you can cook well. COSORI's 90-450F range and Instant's 95F low end support low-temperature uses like dehydrating or proofing dough, which a fryer limited to a narrower range, such as the Ninja Air Fryer Pro's ceiling of 400F, is not built for.