The 4 Best Air Fryer Brands - Spring 2025

BELLA is a kitchenware brand owned by 'Made by Gather,' which is also the parent company of Drew Barrymore's kitchenware brand, 'Beautiful by Drew.' The brand focuses on budget-friendly products, including blenders and air fryers. While the BELLA products we test don't always offer the absolute best performance, if you want to try this new-fangled appliance without spending too much, BELLA air fryers provide reasonable performance at a lower price. However, they don't always have a wide range of fan speeds and may not be as well-suited for those who want to experiment with different cooking methods in their air fryer, like baking and dehydrating. That being said, they tend to work well for classic air fryer meals like chicken wings or drumsticks and crispy sides like Brussels sprouts or cauliflower bites.

The BELLA 6qt Pro 90165 is the best option from the brand we've tested, and it's featured as the budget pick in our recommendations for the best small air fryers. This model's basket has less space for arranging food in a single layer than other 6-quart options like the Beautiful 6qt Digital. And with only one fan speed, it also lacks versatility, so it's not a great choice for proofing dough, baking, or dehydrating. Still, it delivers solid air frying performance and works pretty quickly, making it a great entry-level option.

COSORI makes air fryers and other small appliances, like air fryer ovens and multi-cookers. Their products are generally more expensive than Ninja's but have a sleek, modern look. Some models also offer app connectivity, so you can look up recipes and monitor your food as it cooks. Like Ninja, most of COSORI's air fryers have square baskets, which gives you more surface area to spread food out in a single layer versus round baskets. They have digital controls that allow for more precise adjustments, and most models have a slanted control panel, which is easy to read when standing above the appliance on your counter.

The COSORI TurboBlaze is an excellent medium-sized air fryer. It features on our list of the best air fryers overall. This model produces good-quality air-fried food and has a bigger cooking surface area than other options with the same capacity. Unlike most manufacturers, this brand provides the fan speed for each setting in the manual. This is helpful if you want to use your air fryer for alternate cooking methods, since you can use a medium fan speed for baking and a lower fan speed for dehydrating. However, while it cooks quickly, it preheats somewhat slowly and maintains a less stable temperature throughout than the Ninja DZ550, making it more difficult to follow recipes accurately.

Gourmia has a huge lineup of air fryers, including tiny 2-quart options for snacks and dual-basket models suitable for preparing full meals. Most models include convenience features like a 'Turn Reminder' and preheat mode, and have square baskets, which help maximize cooking surface area. Some Gourmia models come in several colors, like pink or green, which isn't overly common for air fryers and might be a plus if aesthetics are a priority. However, while most models have a variety of presets for different foods like 'Fries,' they don't always have modes for other cooking methods that actually vary the fan speed.

The Gourmia GAF798 can be difficult to find available currently, but if you can find it in stock, this 7-quart air fryer produces good-quality air-fried food. The 'Turn Reminder' feature will indicate when to flip or shake your food partway through cooking, and the dedicated preheat mode lets you know when it's fully heated. However, while it has modes like 'Broil' and 'Bake,' they don't correspond with different fan speeds and instead act as suggested time and temperature presets. The 'Dehydrate' mode lowers the fan speed, but only slightly, so it's not the best option if you want a versatile air fryer.

Ninja is a U.S.-based manufacturer that makes a wide variety of small kitchen appliances, including blenders and air fryers. This brand is a good starting point if you're looking for a mid-range option. They make air fryers in various shapes and sizes, but Ninja's lineup of dual-basket models really shines. Air fryers perform better when you arrange your food in a single layer, and as a result, it's worth considering a large-capacity model if you have space for it, even if you usually only prepare food for yourself or one other person. The brand's products occupy every spot on our list of the best large-capacity air fryers, and all feature fairly shallow, square baskets, which help maximize usable capacity. Ninja's dual-basket models allow you to use a single basket for smaller snacks or both baskets to cook different foods with separate settings. Most models offer a variety of presets that vary the fan speed for various cooking methods, such as dehydrating.

The 10-quart Ninja Foodi DZ550 has a big cooking surface area and produces great-quality air-fried food. Your snacks and meals come out mostly evenly browned and crispy, with just a small proportion under- or overcooked. Like other dual-basket Ninja air fryers, you can use the 'Smart Finish' setting when cooking with different settings in each basket so that each side is done at the same time. This high-end model features a built-in thermometer that allows the air fryer to cook meat to a specific temperature.