Expect to find racks for cooking different foods, skewers and skewer racks, cake, muffin, tart and doughnut tins. To unleash all this usefulness and to take your air-fryer to another level, you will need a collection of air-fryer accessories. Expect to now be cooking cakes, muffins, tarts and air-fryer doughnuts; dehydrating fruits, veggies and chillies; crispy food cooked from frozen, perfect pizza, and with some models, even spit roast whole chickens or duck. Black Friday arrives on 24 November – with Cyber Monday falling on 27 November – and we’ve seen the following deals on these tried-and-tested products. It slips easily into small spaces and holds comfortably, especially when testing small pieces of food, such as chicken bites and halloumi skewers.

We used it for flipping chips and chicken bites, and we scooped up sauté potatoes quickly and easily. Our only grouch with the mitts is they are pretty small, which is OK for small to medium hands, but large hands would be unlikely to be able to use them. Much has been said about air-fryers and their healthier approach to cooking some food ordinarily deep-fried. The magic of the machine, though, is the evenness of the cut, which is undoubtedly a help when using an air-fryer for even cooking and colour.We loved the Cole and Mason mister as its neat size looks lovely left on the worktop or will tuck neatly into a drawer. The sturdily built stainless steel chipper sits very securely onto the worktop thanks to the suction cups on the base so that even the largest of potatoes can be cut without too much effort. Thermapen is used by professional cooks and chefs but works well in home cooking because of its accuracy. We loved the Tower 17 -piece baking accessory as it is a comprehensive and impressive baking set that covers most bases.

Major air-fryer brands like Cosori and Tower produce their own accessories; plus, on the high street and online, you can find many accessories compatible with other major brands such as Ninja and many other air-fryers. We also liked this one for its striking colour and the long handles, which help to lift the liner from the drawer. The temperature can be read from every angle, and the fine probe we found to be excellent for checking food in the air-fryer. This is, in part, not least, for its highly desirable low-energy rating and an untapped versatility which has come to light.The quality and build of the accessory and its fitness to use in air frying, especially around the high heat of fryers. With the liner, the chips took a couple of minutes longer than without, but the result was the same for both, with golden, crisp chips with a deliciously soft middle.

A reusable liner for an air-fryer is a useful accessory as they help immensely make a fryer easier to clean and takes no longer to rinse under a hot tap than to screw up a paper one and throw it in the bin.There are two blades for skinny or fat fries and switching blades over is a little clumsy at first but becomes easier. Still, these silicone mitts from Ninja are remarkably heat resistant yet thick and flexible enough to lift out hot air-fryer pans, trays et al. We were delighted with our bakes of banana muffins with added raspberries, the pizza pan is great for reheating food, and our gluten-free apple cake came out perfect.