Ninja Foodi MAX Dual Zone Air Fryer in Black

The Foodi MAX's real party trick isn't the dual zones themselves — it's the Smart Finish function, which calculates cooking times so that chips and chicken, or roast veg and salmon, land on the table simultaneously. That sounds minor until you've stood waiting for one half of dinner to cool while the other half finishes, and you realise most single-basket air fryers simply can't solve that problem without a timer, luck, and a bit of guesswork.

Who Is This For?

This is the right buy for households of three or more where cooking in batches has become a nightly frustration — families, sharers, or couples who genuinely cook from scratch rather than reheating portions. The 9.6-litre split capacity handles a full Sunday dinner's worth of sides without compromise. If you live alone or cook for two, the capacity will feel excessive and the footprint — this is a large machine — will dominate a modest kitchen worktop; a smaller dual-zone model would serve you better.

What Buyers Say

Owners consistently praise the even cooking results across both zones and the speed advantage over a conventional oven, with many noting it's become their primary cooking appliance rather than a supplement. The MAX-size drawer in particular gets credit for handling whole chicken pieces without stacking. The most common gripe is the noise level, which is noticeably louder than smaller Ninja models, and a handful of owners flag that the basket coating requires more careful hand-washing than the "dishwasher safe" labelling implies if you want it to last.

The Deal

At £179.99 against a previous price of £229.99, you're saving £50 — and the price history here is genuinely useful context: £179.99 is the lowest this model has ever been tracked, against an average of £184.16, meaning this isn't a manufactured discount off an inflated figure. For further context on where this sits against the competition, our best air fryer deals guide and best Ninja deals page track live pricing across the range. If you've been waiting for a meaningful drop on this specific model, the data says now is the moment.