Air fryers ‘three times cheaper’

Air fryers can be up to three times cheaper to run than traditional ovens, according to research by consumer group Which?

New analysis suggests the fryers, as well as microwaves, pressure cookers and slow cookers, have cheaper running costs than conventional ovens.

But Which? said any saving would have to be weighed against the initial outlay, with air fryers costing up to £300.

The testers found that the cheapest and quickest method of cooking a roast chicken was with a pressure cooker, costing 11p and taking 32 minutes, compared with 39p and 76 minutes in an oven, but they pointed out the cheaper method did not produce the crispy skin from normal roasting.

They found that an air fry er would cost 18 p to cook a "perfect" roast chicken.

The air fryer was the cheapest appliance for cooking chips, at 10p for two portions of chips compared with 29p in the oven.