If you’re looking to improve your culinary skills (or simply want to whip up delicious meals with ease), investing in an air fryer is a game changer: The Ninja air fryers allow you to explore a variety of cooking techniques while preparing healthy meals for you and your loved ones.

Breville’s Smart Oven Air Fryer has a long list of cooking functions: toast, bagel, broil, bake, roast, warm, pizza, air fry, reheat, cookies and slow cook. The oven uses five quartz heating elements known for quick and consistent heating. It uses algorithms to direct heat to where it’s needed most for each mode.

Even if the extent of your culinary ability starts and ends at the microwave, the ubiquity of the air fryer cannot be refuted.The unassuming machines have taken over, from endless online memes and genius recipes to excited whispers between owners.

As a 14-in-1 air fryer, the Philips 5000 Series Air Fryer XL can be used to air fry, bake, roast, grill, reheat, dehydrate and much more. It also has pre-set controls for chips, meat, fish and vegetables, so it’s a great air fryer for both beginners and experts alike.

If you don't have an air fryer you might think their rise in popularity recently is marketing hype and feel no need to take advantage of any air fryer Black Friday deals. But we'll let you in on a secret: Air fryers are basically miniature convection ovens,

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That's why we went in search of the best air fryers, and the Cuisinart 6-Quart Air Fryer — currently on sale at Amazon for only $80 — was the one that wowed us the most. (Psst: For even more savings,