Compare the Best FryersAugust 2020

Fryers use very hot oil to cook food quickly and thoroughly - the food is quickly cooked by the hot oil, often resulting in a crispy outside, but a tender inside. Most people connect home fryers with chips - allowing you to easily recreate the crispy, fluffy chips found in restaurants and cafes. However they can be used for many other different types of food, including fish, vegetables, samosas or chicken. Due to the high temperatures involved in the cooking procedure, modern fryers have significant safety features to minimise the chance of accidents, and contain pre-set modes for the most commonly-cooked foods.

Fryer Prices

In total we found 118 fryers ranging from £11 to £689. A new fryer costs on average £110 and 80% of fryers are priced between £38 and £223. The cheapest fryer that we found is the Oster CKSTDF102SS at only £12, and the most expensive is the Smeg PGF30F at £689.

Fryer Brands - Price Range

Smeg fryers start at £689 and their most expensive fryer costs £689. The highest average fryer price out of all brands is Smeg fryers with an average price of £689.

The second highest average fryer price out of all brands is Taurus fryers with an average price of £229. Taurus fryers start at £229 and their most expensive fryer costs £229.

The average price of Zelmer fryers is £180 which is the third highest average price of all fryer brands. Zelmer fryers start at £180 and their most expensive fryer costs £180.

Fryer Brands - Average Ratings

We have evaluated 52 expert reviews and 6,413 user reviews for fryers and used this data to calculate the average rating for each brand of fryer. Tefal is the top rated fryer brand with an average rating of 92%. Philips is the second best brand with 83% and DeLonghi is the third best brand with 79%.

Biggest Fryer Retailers

The biggest fryer retailer by number of products currently for sale is eBay. We found 95 current fryer offers from eBay. The second biggest retailer is Amazon UK with 46 offers. That means eBay is more than twice as big as Amazon UK when it comes to fryers. Currys is the third biggest retailer with 28 current offers.

When Are Most New Fryers Released?

November to January is the most common period for new fryers to be released in. For the latest fryer features you may be best waiting until November 2020. It's also worth keeping in mind that the price of the current fryers tend to drop off when the next models are released. January was the biggest month in 2019 for new fryers, with two new fryers released that month. 13 new fryers were released in June 2018 making it the biggest month that year for new fryer releases. In November 2017, 18 new fryers were released making it the biggest month that year for new fryer releases.

How Fast Do Fryer Prices Drop After Release?

In the first 6 months after release, fryers drop in price by 14% on average.

That means that on a typical fryer costing £34 you could save on average £5 by waiting 6 months before buying.

Powers

'Power' is the power level of the fryer, measured in watts.

The powers of fryers range from 140W to 10,000W. The powers of the majority of fryers range from 1,400W to 1,700W. The fryer with the biggest power is the Bartscher SNACK II, which is a 4,000W fryer and can be purchased for £0.00. The fryer with the smallest power is the Logik L30PFS12, which is a 200W fryer and is on sale for £19.98.

Fryer Food Capacities

'Capacity' denotes how much food the fryer can hold at once, measured in kilograms.

Across the range of fryers, the fryer food capacities range from 0.3kg to 20kg. The fryer food capacities of most fryers range from 1kg to 1.4kg. The Tower T14001HT, which is priced at £49.49, has the biggest fryer food capacity and is a 17kg fryer food capacity fryer. The Severin FR 2437, which sells for £0.00, has the smallest fryer food capacity and is a 0.3kg fryer food capacity fryer.

Low Fat Frying Functions

A low-fat frying function serves to fry food using only a fraction of the oil normally used.

The number of new fryers that do and are fryers without a low fat frying function is roughly the same. 203 out of 389 do are fryers with a low fat frying function.

Which Are the Cheapest Retailers for Fryers?

The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying fryers. For each retailer it shows the total number of fryers where they currently have a market leading price. The chart below helps you decide which retailer is normally cheapest for buying fryers. For each retailer we took all of their prices and looked at what proportion of those prices where the cheapest on the market. The cheapest retailer that we found was eBay. 67 of their fryer prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.

Proportion of Fryers for Which Each Retailer is Cheapest?

Assessing how cheap each retailer is for fryers by counting the number of cheapest prices for that retailer, makes the retailers that offer the greatest number of fryer prices more likely to offer the greatest number of cheapest prices. The chart below considers the proportion of each retailer's fryer prices that are the cheapest compared to other retailers. The cheapest retailer that we found using this approach was eBay. 70.5% of their fryer prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.