The grill feature is something we really think ‘sells’ the air fryer. The food cooked on the grill was tender, succulent and easily as good as outdoor BBQ food if not better!

You can also search recipes by your specific Chefree model (Chefree makes more than one air fryer, as you can imagine), so the app will tell you exactly which buttons to press. It's the ultimate idiot's guide to air frying, but genuinely useful to get you up and running. Once you get the hang of things, new ideas and ingredients should start to pop into your head unbidden, as the potential of the device gradually dawns on you. I placed fresh chipped potato in the basket that had been peeled, rinsed and tossed in a drizzle of oil before adding this to the preheated cooking pot. The fries programme has a preset of 200°C for 18 minutes, which I suspected was too short for making chips from scratch. Step by step instructions – we share the cooking steps clearly, therefore, you can follow and create tasting meals with ease.The post-pandemic parallel stresses of a cost-of-living crisis compounded by soaring energy bills has been a positive boon for the air fryer industry. People have still got to eat, so the idea of being able to prepare hot meals in half the time has proved a deliciously attractive proposition.

Cooking steak was so easy and you even get gorgeous grill marks on your steaks 🙂 What’s more, most of the fat drains from the food into the basket below allowing for healthier cooking. While not especially heavy (5.7kg), the Chefree Air Fryer Grill AFG01 is chunky, taking up a sizable portion of worktop space. It’s styled in a similar way to other indoor grills, such as Ninja’s Foodi Max – with a chunky handle to lift the lid, like a barbecue, and carry handles on each side. I cooked proper family meals on my Chefree and found the large basket an absolute joy to use and to clean.Rather than shaking a drawer to toss the chips, as you would in a conventional air fryer, here it’s necessary to lift the basket out to shake while wearing oven gloves, meaning that it’s more involved. I found this quite awkward, especially as the handles on the wire basket aren't very big and so difficult to grip while wearing gloves. Grill Plate: this heavy-duty grill grate turns the Chefree into an indoor grill. A huge plus if you love grilling but have no outside space, or rainy days to contend with!

Welcome to the official CHEFREE app - we are happy to have you join our journey for a healthier and more convenient cooking way. With over 100 recipes for CHEFREE Air Fryers and Air Fryer Grills, finding your next delicious meal can be much easier. With eight cooking modes available, there’s practically an option for whatever you need, down to rather specific modes like Broil that’ll deliver top-down heating only to melt the cheese on your toast perfectly. The controls are at the front in a touchscreen panel: there are presets for roasting, air frying, air broiling (similar to grilling), baking, beef and fries, as well as a four-temperature air grill setting, and manual controls for both time and temperature. Beyond the presets, there’s very little guidance on which settings each food requires, so for veggies and poultry, for example, it’ll be a case of trying different programmes out to find the best one. Being an air fryer enthusiast, I welcomed the opportunity to review this Air Fryer & Grill Combo. Let’s take a look!

The inner bowl, crisper basket and grill plate all remove from the air fryer, so are super easy to wash in hot soapy water in the kitchen sink. Grilling food using your oven can deliver mixed results, as anyone who’s ever burnt meat or veggies while using one can attest to. Overall we found the air fryer performed well, we definitely used it more as a grill than a typical air fryer, because the grilled food was just delicious and we loved the little seared food lines! It also includes the ability to air fry – suitable for those who aren’t sure how often they’ll make chips and other air-fried goodies, but would like the option from time to time. Design and features Still, if your kitchen countertops are big enough, it’s doable – and there’s a good reason why it’s so large.