Best basket-style air fryers

Top pick: Cosori TurboBlaze 6-Quart — the easiest everyday basket fryer here. A single 6-quart basket holds a family portion, the DC motor and five fan speeds cook fast and evenly, and nine presets mean you rarely think about settings. It's the one I'd buy for daily dinners.

Who the others suit:

• Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL 6-in-1 — same big-basket idea with a 6.5-quart drawer; pick it if you want Ninja's dehydrate/roast extras.
• Ninja 4-in-1 Air Fryer Pro — smaller footprint and simpler controls; good for one or two people.
• Chefman Dual Basket — two zones with a window, so you can run a main and a side at once.
• Compact 2-quart / Tasti-Crisp 2.6-quart — counter-space savers for solo cooking; too small for a family.
• Tastee Sensor Magic — ceramic-coated basket and a wide temperature range if nonstick coating is your worry.

Skip the glass Crispi and the Cosori Iconic unless you want to spend a lot more for the same job.