Air fryers that cook crispy

Gourmia Digital Window Air Fryer has the best record for crispy food: 27 of 27 shoppers said it came out crispy. The Gourmia Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer is the best pick sold on Amazon, at 33 of 34. Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer comes third at 32 of 35, and more reviewers weighed in on it than on either Gourmia (35).

  • 132 store reviews counted
  • Target shoppers
  • Dec 2020 to Jun 2026

Updated . How we count

Did food come out crispy? What shoppers said
  1. Gourmia Digital Window Air Fryer 27 said either way
  2. Gourmia Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer 34 said either way
  3. Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer 35 said either way

Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for crispiness. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.

Best record Gourmia Digital Window Air Fryer 27 of 27 say food came out crispy
Best pick on Amazon Gourmia Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer 33 of 34 say food came out crispy See price & reviews on Amazon
What stands out

The complaints worth noting are on the Ninja: 8% of its reviews mention soggy results and 8% mention uneven cooking. Speed comes up often too, with 32% of Gourmia Digital Window Air Fryer reviews calling it fast.

The ranking, product by product

Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.

1

Gourmia

Digital Window Air Fryer

Best for fast, crispy results

27/27 say food came out crispy

27 of 27 said food came out crispy, and none reported soggy results. 32% call it fast, 26% say it's easy to clean and 16% like the size. Its 100% share is the highest here, though fewer reviewers weighed in on it than on the other two (27).

What shoppers praise

  • Fast 32%
  • Easy to clean 26%
  • Good size 16%
  • Good value 10%
  • Quiet 6%

What shoppers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where shoppers said it
  • Target 27 of 27

Share of 31 store reviews that mention each point. A full bar is 50%.

2

Gourmia

Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer

Best for good size, crispy results

33/34 say food came out crispy

A toaster oven that also air fries, and 33 of 34 said food came out crispy. 28% say the size is right and 25% call it fast, while 1 of 34 reviewers said food came out soggy.

What shoppers praise

  • Good size 28%
  • Fast 25%
  • Good value 10%
  • Easy to clean 8%
  • Cooks evenly 5%

What shoppers complain about

No repeated complaints yet.

Where shoppers said it
  • Target 33 of 34
3 Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer

Ninja

Foodi DualZone Air Fryer

Best for easy cleanup

32/35 say food came out crispy

More reviewers weighed in on this two-basket model than on either Gourmia (35), and 32 of 35 said food came out crispy. 28% call it easy to clean, but 8% mention soggy results, 8% uneven cooking and 5% a plastic or burning smell. Ninja's own site shows 8 of 8, which we show but don't count.

What shoppers praise

  • Easy to clean 28%
  • Fast 21%
  • Good size 8%
  • Cooks evenly 5%
  • Good value 5%

What shoppers complain about

  • Uneven cooking 8%
  • Plastic or burning smell 5%
Where shoppers said it
  • Target 32 of 35
  • Brand site 8 of 8 shown, not counted

Where these numbers come from

The 3 products ranked here carry 2,467 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about crispiness, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Dec 2020 and Jun 2026.

A review counts only when the reviewer used the product themselves. We drop reviews written in exchange for a free product or a sweepstakes entry (0 on this page), and products that are no longer sold.

Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.

Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.

We count what shoppers report. Nothing here is safety advice: use heaters, fans and other appliances as the maker's manual says.

Amazon buttons appear only on products that most shoppers here say fix the problem (at least 60%, with enough reviews to trust it). Everything else gets no buy link.

An AI model labels each review against a fixed list of points, and we spot-check the labels before publishing. We publish counts, never the reviews themselves.

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Product pages we read

  1. Gourmia Digital Window Air Fryer Target (31 reviews counted)
  2. Gourmia Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer Target (40 reviews counted)
  3. Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer Target (39 reviews counted)

Questions buyers ask

Which air fryer cooks food crispy?

Gourmia Digital Window Air Fryer has the best record (27 of 27), followed by Gourmia Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer (33 of 34) and Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer (32 of 35). All three have strong records, so size, price and cleanup may decide it.

Does the Ninja Foodi DualZone Air Fryer cook crispy?

Mostly. 32 of 35 said food came out crispy. The complaints are soggy results (8%) and uneven cooking (8%). Ninja's own site shows 8 of 8, which we show but don't count.

Do toaster oven air fryers cook crispy too?

Reviewers of the Gourmia Digital Toaster Oven Air Fryer say so: 33 of 34 said food came out crispy, and 28% like the size. That is one model, so treat it as a sign and not a rule.

How do I get crispier food from an air fryer?

Pat food dry, cook it in a single layer, shake or flip it partway through and add a light spray of oil. Cook times differ by model, so follow your manual.

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