These holes facilitate the flow of hot air, which is critical for high convection cookers such as this. The Purifry is a good product if you want to save some money on an air fryer and you only cook for one or two people. But if you want a bit of an upgrade, I suggest the $230 DeLonghi Multifry. It’s expensive, but it’s much sturdier and cooks in bigger batches than the Purifry.
The BLACK+DECKER® Purifry 2-Liter Air Fryer cuts out the oil to give you crispy food without the added fat. A pair of powerful convection fans surrounds black decker air fryer food with heated air to cook all of your favorite fried delights quickly and evenly. Choose the air fryer’s cooking temperature with this dial.
The egg-shaped Purifry is constructed from steel and plastic. Its black-and-silver color scheme (it also comes in white) easily blends in with contemporary kitchen decors. The black decker toaster oven entire apparatus is the size of a small coffee maker or standard electric juicer, and it’s taller than it is wide. As a result, it shouldn’t eat up that much counter space.
Its fry basket is small, and so are the portion sizes it cooks best. For instance, the manual recommends you make french fries in half-pound batches (226 grams), which is only two four-ounce servings. The Purifry took just under 15 minutes to prepare this amount of frozen, crinkle-cut fries. Once hot, you open the Purifry’s pan and drop in your items. Unlike the Multifry, this appliance doesn’t have a motorized stirring arm.
The Purifry will fire up its heating element and convection fan. Unlike other air fryers like the DeLonghi Multifry, you have to preheat the Purifry before you insert your food. It can take as many as four minutes for the Purifry to preheat to black decker air fryer 400 degrees Fahrenheit. A green preheat light on the front of the fryer glows when it’s actively heating up. The included air fry basket, bake/broil rack, bake pan and rotisserie spit fit perfectly, making it easy to insert and remove food.