Salter Dual Air Pro Air Fryer Review

The Dual Air Pro Air Fryer is designed to create ‘healthier air-fried meals for any occasion’. We’ve tried quite a selection of air fryers here at Exceptional so know what makes for a good design.

With this in mind, we’ve rated this air fryer on design, performance, usability and, using the Decibel Meter App, we measured its noise levels. No one wants to be surrounded with noisy appliances when they’re trying to have a kitchen disco, after all. 

To give this air fryer a fair try, we tried making a range of foods inside. As well as preparing a batch of frozen chips using no oil, we also attempted to cook chicken tenders coated in a teaspoon of oil.

The air fryer comes with a bake setting, so we also used this to create air fryer banana bread, to see whether the results were as tasty as you’d expect from a standard oven. 

The Salter Dual Air Pro Air Fryer is very similar in size to the Ninja Foodi Dual Zone Air Fryer AF300UK. Both are 7.6 litres (13.4 pint) with two cooking baskets, stylish finishes, a quality design and pre-set modes.

They both also offer the ability to sync and match cooking cycles, which makes cooking and serving up food convenient. However, they are both very bulky so you’ll need to set aside a fair amount of space on your worktop.

The dual designs are also something that you won’t easily be able to lift and store in the cupboard due to the size. That said, as the Salter Dual Air Pro Air Fryer looks so good and doesn’t get easily marked with fingerprints, it’s a design you’ll probably be happy to show off. 

While the Dual Air Pro Air Fryer has a total capacity of 7.6 litres, this is split over the two baskets, so fitting larger cuts of meat or a small, whole chicken in one will be quite a squeeze.

Each basket is roomy enough to fit at least four portions, however, and has a non-stick coated cooking tray at the base of each that allows any grease to drain away.

The baskets pull out smoothly and the handles stay cool to touch. After reading the instructions and having a play, we found the digital control panel relatively easy to function and aesthetically pleasing.

When you’re in a hurry to get food on the table, an air fryer is very useful. While it initially took us a while for us to work out how to use the air fryer and sync the baskets and stop and pause the cooking cycles, overall we found the layout of the digital control panel easy to read.

It comes loaded with seven pre-set cooking modes that you can identify by an icon for chips, shellfish, steak, pork, chicken and vegetables, plus a bake mode. There’s also a recipe booklet and cooking chart included in the box. Here you’ll find suggested timings for certain dishes and recipes such as salt and pepper spareribs, honey pork chops, peri peri fries and stir fry vegetables with soy sauce. 

The way the main functions are displayed as icons on the control panel differs from the Ninja Foodi Dual Zone, which spells out the functions instead. While they are very similar, it’s worth noting that unlike the Ninja Foodi model, the Salter Dual Air Pro doesn’t have a reheat setting. 

The Salter can also be used in manual mode with the adjustable cooking timer and temperature controls – that range from 60 to 200°C (140 to 392°F). This gives you flexibility to cook, bake or dehydrate a variety of food.

To see how well it performed at cooking chips that taste just as good as those cooked in a deep fat fryer, we placed 450g (16oz) of frozen chips into the basket and pressed the ‘Chips’ icon. This suggested 20 minutes at 200°C (392°F). We also loaded the second basket with chicken tenders and matched the cooking time. 

As there is no beeper to nudge you to shake or turn the food halfway through, you will have to remember to do this yourself. The machine stops conveniently when you pull out the drawer and beeps once the food is ready. At the end of the cycle, both the chips and chicken came out looking nicely browned. 

Getting your preferred level of crispiness in an air fryer takes some trial and error and while we thought the chips probably could have done with a few minutes less, they tasted good. The chicken was also nicely crispy on the outside yet still tender inside. 

Next, we attempted making air fryer banana bread in one of the drawers and think it probably produced the best results we’ve found when baking in an air fryer.

We pressed the bake mode that suggested 18 minutes at 160°C (320°F), and this worked well to produce a banana bread that was nicely browned and cooked inside.

This air fryer is not only bulky but quite heavy to lift so you’ll need to make sure you’re feeling strong or have help getting it out of the box. Once in place on the worktop, it’s probably a design you’ll want to keep there as opposed to moving it around.

Pulling the drawers out to clean, however, is simple and the interior of each drawer and the non-stick coated cooking trays can be washed with warm, soapy water.

The exterior of the stainless-steel drawers add to the air fryer’s luxury feel and it is easy to keep clean – unlike some small appliances that are easily marked with fingerprints.

While the device isn’t the quietest we’ve tested, measuring 65.2 decibels while cooking chicken and chips, it isn’t too noisy either.

At sale price – currently £129.99, down from £229 – we think this air fryer is excellent value for money. We think it’s great value at full price too and it comes with all the basics and more that you need from an air fryer.

With good variable temperature and timing controls, large capacity, two cooking drawers and a user-friendly control panel, we think it’s definitely worth adding to your wish list.

Finding a dual air fryer with such a premium finish at an excellent sale price is rare, which is why we think this Salter Dual Air Pro Air Fryer is great value for money. 

If you do want to take a look at alternatives, you may also like to try the Ninja Foodi Dual Zone Air Fryer AF300UK, which costs £219 (Amazon) and includes an extra reheat button. 

It also comes with two “crisper” plates, with instructions and a recipe booklet to get you started.

Another well-respected brand you can try is from Instant Vortex, which sells the Plus Dual Drawer Air Fryer with Clearcook. This is currently on offer at £169.99 at Lakeland.

The see-through cooking windows on the front really makes this air fryer stand out from the crowd. It comes with a light you can activate as and when you need to, which means you can easily see how your food is doing without having to disrupt the cooking cycle.

The Salter Dual Air Pro Air Fryer has two good-capacity cooking drawers and lots of useful pre-sets that will make preparing your favourite meals easy.

We think this design is perfect for anyone wanting to prepare more than one dish at the same time. The ‘Match’ and ‘Sync’ features add an extra layer of convenience to the design, which ensures cooking cycles end at the same time so your meals can be served together piping hot.

While it is quite a bulky air fryer and you will need to have space on the countertop to house it, its attractive finish and design make it easy to live with.