10 best dual air fryers for family meals, tested by an expert in 2025

This dual air fryer was the best-performing model on test. Slot the divider in place, and the generous 10l basket becomes two 5l baskets with space for enough food to feed our family of four. It has the second-largest capacity of any oven on test. The two heating elements (top and bottom) made for the crispiest food of all the models that we tested. It cooks quickly and even, and it’s hands-off, too. We found you don’t even need to shake the basket.

This is the only air fryer on our list that has a horizontal handle, which makes no real difference to usability but adds to this machine’s streamlined, professional appearance. It also has the highest temperature capacity (240C), plus handy sync and match functions. It’s wifi connected, and we found lots of helpful info on the app, but we didn’t feel that controlling it remotely was entirely necessary. Our one and only issue is the small holes in the air fryer’s handle, which fill with water when you hand-wash the basket, and then take a while to drain. It’s not an issue that’s unique to this model – but, it didn’t stop it from clinching the top spot.

The smallest-capacity model on our list, this air fryer has one 7l drawer and a divider that can be used to create two 3.5l compartments. That means you need to open the whole thing when you want to fiddle with the food in either section. However, while “dual view” is a rather grand term for window, it makes it easy to check the progress of your food, so you shouldn’t have to open the oven too often.

Although it has a slightly boxy look and feel, this model’s compact size means the appliance would work well if you’re tight on space and don’t need to feed a huge crowd. While it may be small, it still offers six cooking presets – it crisped up a portion of frozen chips just as well as the bigger, more powerful models we tested. Most importantly, it’s by far the cheapest model on our list.

As air fryers go, this dual basket model from Russell Hobbs is one of the best-looking machines we’ve tested. Its curved profile looks great on the countertop, and we like the champagne trim, which stands out from the predominant - and tedious - all-black options on the market.

The digital touch screen is intuitive: we found it fairly easy to set each drawer to different temperatures, and you can use the sync function to ensure everything finished cooking at the same time. Both baskets on this appliance are 4.5l, which is a good capacity when cooking things like chicken and chips. It was fast and all the food came out perfectly crispy. Realistically, we’d say four to five people is the upper limit of the capacity (but we do like fairly large portions). We even managed to cook a whole small chicken in one drawer – though it was a bit of a squeeze.

The biggest air fryer made by Tefal and the largest dual air fryer we’ve tested, this XXL design has one 6.5l drawer and one 4.5l drawer. To put that into perspective, the largest drawer measures around 21cm by 23cm. The extra space allowed our frozen chips and shawarma chicken to cook quickly and evenly. There was room for around six good-sized portions. The extra large drawer was especially helpful for our whole chicken test. When we tried an entire bird, there was even space left over for a few trimmings.

The extra capacity does make this the tallest of all the air fryers we tested, which is worth factoring in when you consider storage. Bear in mind all air fryers must be able to vent fully from the top and back when in use, so whichever model you opt for will need to be positioned in a suitable spot. We liked the easy-to-use controls, the dishwasher-safe baskets and trays, and the family-sized proportions. Unlike most competitors, Tefal’s products also come with a 15-year repairability promise.

Ninja’s clever stacked design moves away from the standard side-by-side baskets and instead layers one on top of the other. This means that it takes up less space on the counter than a typical double air fryer. Inside, each basket also has a removable metal rack raised above the crisper plate – which effectively means there are four shelves to cook on, maximising the internal space.

This configuration makes it possible to cook a surprising amount of food in such a relatively slim machine. There are a few things to bear in mind for best results – such as layering proteins on the top stack, with vegetables and starches on the bottom, and keeping fresh and frozen ingredients in separate drawers. We found it easy to navigate settings, including the syncing cooking times and using the control panel on the side, and our food was pleasingly crispy, though we had to shake the contents to ensure even cooking. This one also came with the most comprehensive quick-start guide of all the models we tested – don’t miss the peanut butter brownie recipe at the back.

However, don’t think that this is a particularly compact machine. While it’s certainly neater than other dual air fryers, it still takes up a decent amount of space, so don’t expect to tuck it onto your counter next to the cereal boxes.

This dual air fryer is good-looking enough to leave on your countertop. This single-drawer model has one 8.5l basket and a divider to create two separate zones. It fits an entire chicken, and the good-sized viewing window came in handy when cooking with the divider. Meanwhile, the sync function made sure food in both sections finished cooking at the same time. Best of all, we found the controls easy to navigate.

Our only real issue is cleaning. There’s a dial on the otherwise touch-screen display which makes wiping it clean a bit fiddly. This one draws the lowest wattage of all the air fryers in our line-up, though, so, it scored points for energy saving.

This air fryer has two separate baskets – one a roomy 5.1l, the other 3.2l. However, there’s a little design flaw here. The larger basket has a viewing window, so you can check on your food without having to open the drawer and stop the cooking process. However, there’s no window on the second basket, so it’s a little frustrating to check the food by hand.

We found the controls and instruction manual a little tricky to decipher when using features such as the synchronisation button, which activates when you start cooking with the two drawers set to different temperatures. We like the built-in memory function, which remembers your settings when you reselect the same drawer after the cooking cycle. We used this a couple of times when batch-cooking chips in the smaller compartment, which can crisp up a couple of portions at a time.

Featuring one 8l drawer, this dual air fryer is another model that comes with a divider, so you can create two 4l compartments. The sections are independent of each other – so you can cook at two different temperatures and timings – and use the sync function to have everything ready at the same time. You can also choose the match function to cook both sides with the same settings and avoid having to key in everything twice.

This is a little too bulky for our liking but the performance and price outweighed any quibbles with aesthetics. We also like the fact there’s no pre-heating needed – even a couple of minutes can feel like a painful wait when you’ve got hungry kids eyeing up their dinner. It’s just a shame the baskets aren’t dishwasher-safe.

This model has a surprising amount of bonus features for the price. The two 4l baskets each have a viewing window and light, with independent temperature and time controls and eight pre-set programs. It has a sync-finish function too, but we couldn’t find an option to automatically match the basket settings.

Our dinner was cooked evenly, and the non-stick baskets cleaned up well in the sink, but we were disappointed not to be able to pop them in the dishwasher. That said, Lakeland sells a range of trays, liners and silicone baskets that will come in handy if you really can’t face the thought of a messy clean-up. Try the reusable air fryer liner (£9.99, Lakeland.co.uk), which can be cut to size.

As its name suggests, this dual air fryer stands out thanks to its extra-large viewing windows. These make it easy to see how your food is cooking inside each of the two 4l baskets. It’s a simple improvement but makes this air fryer much easier to use than models with smaller windows.

We also liked the simple layout of the digital touchscreen. As well as setting the dual temperature controls, it’s easy to switch between the air fryer’s other functions – which include defrost, dehydrate and bake settings. Just bear in mind some of the names for common functions are a little vague. Instead of “sync” you’ll want to use the “meal” function to synchronise the finish times, and the typical “match” feature is called “dual” on this machine.