Compare the Best FryersFebruary 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

The price range of fryers is from £14 to £799 and in total we found prices for 161 fryers. The average price of a new fryer is £104 and 80% of fryers are priced between £30 and £229. The Russell Hobbs 18238 is the cheapest fryer at only £15, and Miele CS1411F is the most expensive at £799.

Fryer Brands - Price Range

The average price of Miele fryers is £799 which is the highest average price of all fryer brands. Miele fryers start at £799 and their most expensive fryer costs £799.

Smeg fryers range in price from £599 to £599, and the second highest average fryer price out of all brands is Smeg fryers with an average price of £599.

Klarstein fryers range in price from £244 to £244, and the average price of Klarstein fryers is £244 which is the third highest average price of all fryer brands.

Fryer Brands - Average Ratings

We have evaluated 53 expert reviews and 5,086 user reviews for fryers and used this data to evaluate the average rating for each brand of fryer. The top three fryer brands are Tefal, Philips and DeLonghi. Tefal has an average rating of 92%, Philips has an average rating of 84% and DeLonghi has an average rating of 79%.

Biggest Fryer Retailers

The biggest fryer retailer by number of products currently for sale is eBay. We found 134 current fryer offers from eBay. The second biggest retailer is Amazon UK with 61 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 23 current offers.

When Are Most New Fryers Released?

Most new fryers tend to be released between November and January. That means that most of the latest fryer technology was released in within the last 3 months, and now is good time to buy. One new fryers were released in January 2019 making it the biggest month that year for new fryer releases. In 2018 most new fryers were released in June, with 14 new fryers released that month. The biggest month in 2017 for new fryer releases was November, with 18 new fryers released that month.

How Fast Do Fryer Prices Drop After Release?

On average, in the first 6 months after release, fryers drop in price by 12%.

That means a saving of £6 on a typical £44 new fryer if you wait 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 most fryers range from 1,400W to 1,700W. The fryer with the biggest power is the TriStar FR-6937, which is a 3,600W fryer and currently retails for £0.00. The Logik L30PFS12, which is available at £19.98, has the smallest power and is a 200W fryer.

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 1.5kg. The fryer with the biggest fryer food capacity is the Tower T14001HT, which is a 17kg fryer food capacity fryer and is available at £43.97. The Severin FR 2437, which is available at £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 fryers 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. 96 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. 71.6% of their fryer prices were the cheapest that could be found anywhere.