Air fryer shortlist by basket size: three sheets

Start with the basket, not the wattage. Our pick for the largest documented basket is the Philips 3000 Series Airfryer 7.6 Qt. It prints 7.6 Qt, a 104F to 392F range, a 0 to 24 hour timer, 12 presets, 16 named functions, 1800 W and two years of warranty - and no price. For the middle size with the hottest setting, the Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL at 6.5 QT is the pick: 450F, 1,750 W, a printed 14.6 amps and $179.99 in stock. For the smallest footprint and the lowest price, the Cosori Pro LE 5.0-Quart at 5 qt and $89.99 is the pick, and the only one of the three with any published noise figure. This shortlist is a documentation review: every number comes from ninjakitchen.com, cosori.com and usa.philips.com, read October 21, 2026. Nothing was cooked. The method is under How we shortlisted.

The shortlist at a glance

Three sheets, three basket sizes, three jobs. The Philips 3000 Series Airfryer 7.6 Qt is the pick for the largest documented basket and the fullest table.

The Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL is the pick for 450F, a printed 14.6 amps and a price you can actually read.

The Cosori Pro LE 5.0-Quart is the pick for the smallest counter footprint, the lowest price and the only published noise figure in the category.

Capacity ladder: 5 qt, 6.5 QT, 7.6 Qt. Power ladder: 1500 W, 1,750 W, 1800 W. Those two ladders run in the same order, which is the one genuinely predictable thing in this category.

Price ladder: $89.99, $179.99, not published. All figures as displayed on each maker's own US page on October 21, 2026. Versuni publishes no price for the Philips, and that gap is recorded rather than filled from a retailer.

How we shortlisted

No cooking tests were run. Grades come from manufacturer pages, specification tables and warranty policies read on October 21, 2026, plus the Philips product specification API behind its page. Five rows set the order; two headline rows set nothing.

Basket capacity decides first. It is the only row that tells a household whether the appliance is the right tool at all. 7.6 Qt, 6.5 QT, 5 qt as published.

None of the three makers dimensions the basket interior, so shape is unknown on all three sheets.

Documentation completeness decides second. We count twelve standard rows: capacity, rated power, voltage, amperage, temperature floor, temperature ceiling, timer range, preset or function count, dimensions, weight, noise, warranty. Philips fills eleven, Cosori nine, Ninja eight.

The dial span decides third. Philips prints 104F to 392F and a 0 to 24 hour timer. Cosori prints 90F to 450F and 1 to 60 minutes. Ninja prints a 450F ceiling and nothing else, no floor and no timer.

Warranty decides fourth, as published by the maker. Philips two years in its specification table. Cosori a two-year badge with a policy page that heads the term California Residents Only. Ninja one year, plus the only stated return window in the group, 60 days.

Displayed price decides fifth, with stock noted. $89.99 Cosori in stock, $179.99 Ninja in stock, and nothing at all from Versuni. A missing price is a missing row, not a cheap product.

The less-fat claims are not ranked. Up to 75% less fat from Ninja, tested against hand-cut deep-fried fries; up to 85% less oil from Cosori against a traditional deep fryer; up to 90% less fat from Philips with no method printed.

Three in-house comparisons against deep frying, not against each other.

Owner scores are not ranked either. One Ninja page publishes two different averages. Cosori publishes 3.0 from eight reviews. Philips publishes 4.81 from 129 through its product API. Three incompatible samples.

Largest basket and fullest sheet: Philips 3000 Series Airfryer 7.6 Qt

The Philips sits first because its specification table answers the questions the other two leave open. Capacity 7.6 Qt and 7.2 L. Power 1800 W at 120 V. Temperature 104F to 392F. Timer 0 to 24 HR. Presets 12. All 16 functions named.

Those four function names nobody else prints are worth reading: ferment, confit, one-pot cooking and defrost. Combined with a 104F floor and a 24 hour timer, that is a proving-and-dehydrating window neither rival documents.

Physically it is the biggest and the shortest: 17.9 by 13.1 by 12.0 inches, about 235 square inches of counter by our multiplication, but 2.17 inches lower than the Ninja. Under a wall cabinet, the big one is the one that fits.

The warranty row reads 2 years. Dishwasher safe is a specification row rather than marketing copy. The owner score is 4.81 from 129 reviews, the highest average here.

Why it sits at #1 despite the blank price: it wins four of our five ranking rows outright. The caveat is in the price section below. Full table in the Philips 3000 Series Airfryer spec sheet.

Hottest setting and the only printed amp draw: Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL

The Ninja sits second because it wins the two rows the Philips cannot touch: 450F and a published 14.6 amps. The basket is 6.5 QT with a crisper plate, and the food claim is up to 5 lbs of fries or 9 lbs of wings.

The electrical block is the most complete in the category. 1,750 watts, wattage peak 1,750 watts, 120 volts, 14.6 amps. Dividing 1,750 by 120 gives 14.58, our arithmetic, which lands on the printed figure.

392F against 450F is the practical split between these two sheets. Most published air fryer timings assume 400F, which the Philips cannot reach and the Ninja exceeds by 50F.

Then the blanks. No minimum temperature, no temperature range, no timer range, no noise, no preheat time, no basket interior dimensions. The warranty is one year, offset by a 60-day United States money-back return window.

Why it sits at #2: it has the highest ceiling, the only amp figure and the only listing with a real price and stock, but it fills eight of twelve rows and carries half the Philips warranty term.

Full table in the Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL spec sheet, and row by row against the Philips in the AF181 against NA340 duel.

Smallest footprint and lowest price: Cosori Pro LE 5.0-Quart

The Cosori sits third on capacity and first on everything that depends on size and cost. 10.7 by 10.8 by 11.9 inches, about 116 square inches, roughly half the Philips footprint. 10 lb. $89.99 from a struck $99.99.

It is also the only sheet in this category with a noise claim: as low as 55dB in the feature block, under 55dB during operation in the FAQ. No method, no distance, no mode. Reported, not ranked, but it is the only figure on offer.

The dial is better documented than the Ninja's: 90F to 450F and a 1 to 60 minute timer. The 60 minute ceiling rules out overnight dehydrating, which at least a buyer can discover before paying.

Cosori is also the only maker here that prints a clearance requirement, 5 inches behind and above, and the only one carrying a California Proposition 65 lead warning on the product page.

Why it sits at #3: capacity is our first ranking row and 5 qt is the floor. The paperwork problems weigh too: the Temperature Range cell is labelled with two other product types, and the warranty policy page heads its two-year term California Residents Only.

Full table in the Cosori Pro LE spec sheet.

Pick the basket size from the household, then read the footprint

Cosori's own FAQ says the 5-quart basket suits 3 to 5 people and is sized for individuals, couples or small families. Ninja converts 6.5 QT into 5 lbs of fries or 9 lbs of wings. Versuni makes no food claim for 7.6 Qt at all.

So two of three makers will tell you roughly who the basket feeds, and none will tell you its interior dimensions. A wide shallow basket and a deep narrow one of the same volume do not cook the same tray of food.

Footprint is the row to read second, because it is the one a tape measure settles. 116 square inches Cosori, 205 Ninja, 235 Philips, all three our multiplication of the published length and width.

Then height, because wall cabinets are usually 18 inches above the counter. 11.9 in Cosori, 12.0 in Philips, 14.17 in Ninja. The tallest machine here is not the biggest one.

Then cord length, which decides which outlet. 31.2 in Ninja, 2.63 ft Philips, and Cosori does not publish one at all.

The electrical row nobody puts on the box

These are the highest-draw small appliances most kitchens own. 1500 W, 1,750 W and 1800 W at 120 V. Only Ninja prints the amps: 14.6.

Our arithmetic for the other two: 1500 divided by 120 is 12.5 amps for the Cosori; 1800 divided by 120 is 15 amps for the Philips. Fifteen amps is the full nameplate rating of a standard US branch circuit.

That is the practical reason the amperage row matters. An air fryer sharing a circuit with a kettle or a toaster is the common way a kitchen breaker trips, and two of three makers leave the buyer to work the figure out.

For scale at the other end of the appliance range, the Levoit Core 300S sheet prints 23 W at AC 120 V 60 Hz. Moving air costs almost nothing; heating it costs about seventy-five times as much.

One row to read as printed rather than as corrected: the Philips US specification table says Frequency 50 Hz. United States mains is nominally 60 Hz. We print the published figure and flag it.

What none of the three publishes

Four rows are blank on all three sheets, and they are the rows buyers ask about most. Preheat time. Basket interior dimensions. Basket coating material. Any PFAS or PTFE position for these specific models.

Ninja does make a PFAS and PTFE claim on the AF181 page, but for the Crispi glass system in its upsell carousel, not for the air fryer being sold. We do not carry a claim across from a neighbouring product.

Noise is almost blank: Cosori gives a number with no method, Ninja and Philips give nothing. In a category where a fan runs at full speed for twenty minutes, that is a conspicuous silence.

Energy consumption per cook is published by none of the three, and we will not calculate one, because that needs a run time and a duty cycle nobody prints.

For how we handle a category where every maker prints a different self-measured headline figure, read the mid-range robot vacuum shortlist.

Read the warranty page, not the badge

Three makers, three ways of publishing the same kind of promise. Philips puts 2 years in a Service row of the specification table and says nothing else on the page.

Ninja prints One (1) Year Limited Warranty beside the cart and Warranty (years): 1 in the table, which at least agrees with itself, and adds a 60-day money-back return window in the SharkNinja United States policy.

Cosori shows a 2-year limited warranty badge with no qualifier, while the warranty policy page effective September 9, 2026 heads its only stated duration Two (2) Year Limited Consumer Product Warranty, California Residents Only, and publishes no separate term for other states.

Cosori also excludes water or dishwasher damage unless the user manual expressly says the product is dishwasher safe, and the Pro LE product page makes no dishwasher claim. Those two clauses have to be read together.

For the same failure mode in another category, the Blueair Blue Pure 311i Max sheet prints three years on the product page and two on the warranty page, and the air purifier shortlist by room size ranks accordingly.

The missing Philips price, and why we did not fill it in

A blank price row is the kind of gap that invites an estimate, so here is exactly what was tried on October 21, 2026 before we wrote not published.

The product page, fetched and read: a Where to Buy label, no figure. The page source downloaded directly, 1.06 MB: no dollar string, no price field. A headless browser render, twice: connection timeouts from this machine.

Two other Philips URLs for the same family, including the NA341/00 variant: no price. The Philips product summary API, which returns the title, category, owner rating, production dates and status: no price field exists in it.

So the row stays blank and the reason is printed. It does not mean the appliance has no street price.

It means we will not put a retailer's number in a column headed by the maker's name, in the same way we would not put a retailer's spec in a maker's spec row.

For a price that exists and cannot be paid, which is a different failure, read the Roborock Q7 Max sheet, where a $159.99 sale figure sat on an out-of-stock listing.

Bottom line

Buy the Philips 3000 Series Airfryer 7.6 Qt if the basket and the documented dial decide it, and accept that you will find the price somewhere other than Versuni.

Eleven of twelve rows filled and two years of warranty is the best sheet in this category.

Buy the Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL if 450F and a known electrical load decide it, and accept one year of cover. It was $179.99 and in stock on October 21, 2026, and it is the only unit here that tells you its amp draw.

Buy the Cosori Pro LE 5.0-Quart if the counter is the constraint and $89.99 is the budget. Read the warranty page before the badge.

Row by row between the top two, read the AF181 against NA340 duel. Every number above is from a maker's own US page, specification table or policy, read October 21, 2026. Where a maker printed nothing, the cell says not published and earns nothing.

Largest basket and fullest sheet: Philips 3000 Series Airfryer 7.6 Qt: Philips 3000 Series Airfryer 7.6 Qt (NA340/00)

The Philips NA340/00 prints more rows than either rival: 7.6 Qt basket, 7.2 L capacity, 1800 W, 120 V, a 104F to 392F temperature range, a 0 to 24 hour timer, and 12 presets.

It also prints all 16 cooking functions by name, RapidAir Plus, a digital interface with an LED screen, and dishwasher-safe parts.

The physical rows read 17.9 by 13.1 by 12.0 inches, 453 by 333 by 303.5 mm, 13 lbs, a 2.63 ft cord, a 16 inch cube shipping box at 17 lbs, made in China, and two years of warranty in the Service section.

The published owner score is 4.81 from 129 reviews.

The gaps and oddities are real: no price anywhere on the US page or product API, no amperage, and no noise.

There is also a Frequency row reading 50 Hz on a 120 V United States appliance, a weight printed twice as 5.9 and 13 with no unit on the first, and a Capacity basket row reading 243 with no unit at all.

First because it wins basket size, documentation completeness, dial span and warranty, four of our five ranking rows, and loses only the fifth outright.

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Hottest setting and the only printed amp draw: Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL: Ninja Air Fryer Pro XL (AF181)

The Ninja AF181 is sold on the page as the Ninja 6.5-QT Air Fryer Pro.

It prints 1,750 watts, wattage peak also 1,750 watts, 120 volts, 14.6 amps, a 6.5 QT nonstick basket with crisper plate, up to 450F in Max Crisp mode, and six functions.

It also prints 16.3 by 12.6 by 14.17 inches, 12.57 lbs, a 31.2 inch cord, a plastic housing and a one-year limited warranty.

Price was $179.99 with schema.org/InStock in its own product structured data. The SharkNinja United States policy adds a 60-day money-back return window.

The gaps are at the slow and quiet end: no minimum temperature, no temperature range, no timer range, no noise figure, no preheat time and no basket interior dimensions.

The page also displays two owner scores at once, 4.7 from 581 reviews in the body and 4.405 from 121 in its structured data.

Second because it has the highest ceiling and the only published amperage, and because it is the only sheet here with both a real price and stock, but it fills eight of twelve rows and carries the shortest warranty.

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Smallest footprint, lowest price, only published noise figure: Cosori Pro LE 5.0-Quart: Cosori Pro LE 5.0-Quart Air Fryer (CAF-L501-KUS)

The Cosori Pro LE, model CAF-L501-KUS, prints AC 120V 60Hz, 1500W rated power, 5 qt capacity, a 90F to 450F range, and a 1 to 60 minute timer.

It also prints 10.7 by 10.8 by 11.9 inches, 10 lb, a required 5 inch clearance behind and above, and a 2-year limited warranty badge with a 30-Day Money Back Guarantee.

It is the only sheet in this category with a noise claim: Air Whisper Technology, noise levels as low as 55dB, and under 55dB during operation in the page FAQ. Price was $89.99 against a struck $99.99, matching the figure in its product structured data.

The problems are in the paperwork: the Temperature Range cell is labelled Turbo Blaze Air Fryer and Pressure Cooker rather than Pro LE, and the warranty policy page heads its two-year section California Residents Only.

The page also carries a California Proposition 65 lead warning, and the displayed owner score is 3.0 from 8 reviews.

Third on capacity, which is our first ranking row, but first on price and footprint and the only one with a noise figure. It is the pick when the kitchen, not the household, is the constraint.

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How we chose

We ran no cooking tests. Grades come from manufacturer product pages, specification tables, warranty policies and, for Philips, the product specification API that feeds its page, all read on October 21, 2026. Five rows set the order.

First, basket capacity as published, because that is the row that decides whether the appliance is useful to a given household. Second, documentation completeness: how many of twelve standard rows the maker prints, since a buyer cannot check what is not published.

Third, the temperature and timer span, both ends, because a ceiling without a floor is half a dial. Fourth, warranty term as published by the maker, with any stated return window noted separately.

Fifth, price as displayed on the maker's own US page on the check date, with stock status noted and a missing price recorded as missing.

Two rows that makers shout about are reported and not ranked: the less-fat percentages, which come from three different in-house comparisons against deep frying, and the owner star averages, which are published inconsistently.

Noise is ranked only as published or not, because one maker gives a figure with no method and two give nothing.

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