I have quite a compact kitchen. So I'm always delighted to find kitchen tech that can perform various functions without taking up too much space.
I've been testing an air fryer by Dreo, which slots nicely onto my counter but can do everything from baking and crisping, to dehydrating and even making yoghurt.
With a 3.8 litre capacity and a dishwasher-proof single chamber, it's big enough for a meal for a couple, depending on what you're creating, and it has a clear, easy-to-use digital panel on the top.
The marvellous thing about air fryers is the healthy way they cook food. For most meals, you can get away without using any oil. And I found this to be very much the case with the Dreo - chips without any oil was a doddle, and even crisping up chicken worked very well.
It comes with an array of presets. These are hit and miss, I've found, but there's plenty of adjustment options and a clever timer which means you can customise the way you cook to suit whatever it is you're wanting to produce.
The recipe book it comes with is excellent, and handy for working out timings and quantities for all the various culinary creations you can make with it.
And its trump card is in its temperature range, which is unique to Dreo, offering cooking temperatures from 40C to 200C. This means cakes and yoghurt can be whipped up in the same machine you crisp your chicken in.
It'll even reheat and defrost food, which is another added bonus.
Overall I found Dreo's air fryer very easy to get to grips with. It usually takes me a few botched meals to get the formula right, but the settings are very intuitive and easy to master. And I love the fact it's so compact. A great bit of kit.
