Best Multi-Function Air Fryers 2026

The Cosori is the one most people should buy. It covers the modes you actually reach for, air fry, bake, roast, reheat, dehydrate, and more, with the widest heat range on the list, so it handles gentle warming and high-heat crisping equally well. Its ceramic-style coating wipes clean easily and skips the older nonstick chemistry, and it carries the highest owner rating here, all in a footprint that stays reasonable. For a kitchen that wants real versatility without a giant appliance, this is the sweet spot.

It is a little less of a household name than the Ninja, and the spread of modes means a slightly longer learning curve at the start. Neither is a real obstacle. If you are choosing on capability and rating rather than the name on the front, the Cosori is the smart all-rounder.

Skip this if you only ever air fry, where a simpler basket fryer does the same job for less.

The Instant Pot is the high-capacity workhorse, and it is the most-reviewed machine in this group by a wide margin, which puts a deep track record behind it. Its large basket cooks a whole meal in one go, and its even-crisping design keeps results consistent across that bigger space. The brand built its reputation on reliable multicookers, and that engineering carries over here, which is part of why so many owners trust it for everyday batch cooking.

It brings a solid set of modes rather than the longest list, and its size is the trade-off, the largest single basket here, heavy to lift when full. For a household that cooks in volume or preps meals for the week, the capacity and the value per serving are the draw. For a small kitchen or a light cook, it is more machine than you need.

The two-zone Ninja ties for the top rating here, and its multi-function angle is unusual: instead of more modes, it gives you two independent baskets that run at different temperatures and finish together. That turns "multi-function" into something you feel every dinner, a main in one side and a side dish in the other, done at the same moment with no juggling. For households whose meals are always combinations, that is the most useful kind of versatility.

Each basket is smaller than a single large one, so you trade the ability to cook one big item across the whole machine. If you mostly cook a single food in bulk, a single-basket unit suits you better. If your plates are protein-plus-side most nights, this is the pick that earns its keep.

The oven-style Ninja is the consolidation pick, and its standout job is replacing your toaster as well as your air fryer. It has proper toast and bagel settings, a larger interior that takes a full sheet pan or a pizza, and a body that folds up against the wall when idle to free the counter. For a kitchen short on space that wants fewer gadgets, retiring two appliances into one that also stows away is a genuine win.

The costs are a longer warm-up than a basket fryer and slightly gentler crisping on small portions, owing to the roomier interior. For a household that toasts and bakes as much as it air fries and wants to clear an appliance off the counter, the math works. For maximum crispness on air-fried food specifically, a dedicated basket like the Cosori still leads.

The Emeril French-door oven is the maximalist choice. It packs by far the widest range of cooking methods on this list inside the largest interior, so it can stand in for a remarkable number of separate tools, if you actually use them. The French doors open one-handed, handy with a hot tray in the other hand, and it swallows a pizza, a full sheet of cookies, or a large roast with room to spare.

The honest caution is the one this whole guide is built around: most people use a handful of modes and ignore the rest, and this asks for the most counter space of anything here. For a committed cook who will genuinely reach for proofing, dehydrating, and specialty bakes, the depth is the value. For someone who mainly wants crisp food, it is more oven than they will ever use.