Vortex Plus 13L Air Fryer Oven

I really like my ninja flexdrawer I got a few months ago (I got the smaller version - 6.6Litre because the big one was HUGE and I didn't have the bench space for that monstrosity!). It's been great for us (family of three) and I like the versatility of being able to just use half the drawer for eg a handful of chicken nuggets for my kid or both sides for eg a big slab of pork belly. What I love the most though is the easy clean up - the entire drawer can just go in the dishwasher and you're done. We previously had an oven style (instapot brand I think). That maybe had a bit more versatility for our circumstances at the time (temporary kitchen with no actual oven) but cleaning it well was impossible so that alone would put me off recommending it. Edited to add the 6.6l flexdrawer would probably be big enough to cook a mostly complete meal for 2 people - eg a 2 person roast dinner in the full drawer or a protein in one side and a veg in the other side (maybe add some rice or something cooked with another method). Depends really on how you cook and eat - for dinners I tend to mostly use it for sides (eg roast potatoes and roasted broccoli etc) and cook my protein on the stove top or cook the protein in the full drawer and serve a salad on the side. I like the flexibility that you can have different cooking times and methods for each side so you can cook salmon fillets and roast potatoes all set at once but they each come out perfectly cooked.

My baseline is that I didn't have any kind of toaster at all, and then bought a Instant Vortex toaster oven. Why that model specifically? Let's just say it was on sale at the right time, and it's a brand I trust (from owning their pressure cookers before). I bought it mainly to be a toster - I make a lot of hot sandwiches and firing up the big oven every time seemed silly and wasteful. And it's absolutely fantastic for that. But since I've also just used it as an air fryer for things like frozen chicken/fries and it's good at that. I baked in it from scratch. Proofed dough. Apparently it can rotisserie a whole chicken (came with a spit in the box and is just large enough for an average size bird) - but haven't tried that, yet. Basically I use it any time I need to bake something (not necessarily air fry) now - except for those larger items (ex: whole pizza) that physically require the space of the standard oven. If I already had a standard non-airfryer toaster oven, I probably wouldn't rush to upgrade. But If I was moving up from a slot toaster (or nothing at all), especially if you don't already have a basket style air fryer (nothing at all, nothing at all nothing at all). - all day.

Well, first, restaurants are deep frying their fries in a large professional deep fryer. Personally, I feel the best air fryer for fries is a toaster oven style air fryer that has a rotisserie basket. Not a toaster oven with a air fryer setting but an air fryer with a oven setting. There is a difference. Fries in that rotisserie basket constantly tumbling just gets super crispy. But If you are using frozen fries. Any air fryer works great DO NOT OVER FILL. Max temp for 15+ min and toss several times during cooking. If using fresh potatoes. Don't. Not till you can successfully cook frozen fries

Yes. That's the one I own.

the oven style like these are 🗑️ they don’t air fry as well as a basket style one. i started with this one, then the instant pot vortex ovens, then the cosori turbo blaze and its so much better at air frying than the others

First edition InstantPot big air fryer has worked well but broke the tray. 2nd gen with the stainless face is a little beefier so I’m hoping it continues. Zero issues so far.