Flex-drawer air fryer (one drawer, removable divider)

Flex-drawer air fryer

One large drawer with a removable divider. Two zones when you want them, one big one when you do not — and a single temperature either way.

What changes in this appliance

Undivided, treat it as a basket machine with more room: times and temperatures transfer unchanged and the extra area means a portion that would have been heaped in a smaller drawer can go in one layer, which is worth more than any time adjustment. Divided, the critical difference from a dual-basket machine is that BOTH SIDES SHARE ONE TEMPERATURE and one fan — you can set two timers, not two temperatures. Pair foods that want the same heat and different times, not foods that want different heat.

Every cooking page on AirfryerHQ is written for a single-drawer basket machine. This is how to read those figures if yours is different.

How it is built

A single deep drawer, larger than a conventional basket, with a divider that drops in to create two compartments. It answers the dual-basket machine's real weakness — that neither drawer is big enough for a whole chicken — while giving up the thing people buy a dual-basket machine for, which is two temperatures at once.

Chamber: One drawer with a removable divider
Independent zones: 1
Element and fan: Element and fan both above the food
Preheating: Has a preheat programme

Typical specifications

Ranges for this architecture, not a claim about any particular machine. Your own manual is the authority for yours.

Advertised capacity: 7–10 litres
Usable single-layer area: 700–1000 cm²The number that actually decides how much food you can cook well. Manufacturers do not publish it.
Power: 1500–1900 W
Temperature range: 80–205°C
Adjusts in: 5°C steps
Usually offers: Air fry, Roast, Bake, Grill, Reheat, Dehydrate

Does it genuinely air-fry?

No standards body defines air frying, so these are AirfryerHQ’s own assessment criteria. They are published rather than applied silently, so you can disagree with the reasoning instead of taking a verdict on trust.

Air moves fast, not just around — met
Air reaches every surface of the food — met
Recovers temperature quickly after loading — met
Fat and moisture drain away — met
Reaches genuine browning temperatures — met

Good at

One large space when you need it, which no dual-basket machine offers
Real usable area rather than depth, because the drawer is wide rather than deep
Fewer parts to wash than two drawers and two crisper plates

Not good at

One temperature for both zones — this is the difference from a dual-basket machine and it is the one people are surprised by
The divider is a separate part that has to be stored somewhere
Airflow around the divider is not perfectly symmetrical, so the two halves are not identical

Models of this kind

Instant Vortex Plus VersaZone 8.5L — One 8.5-litre drawer that a removable divider turns into two 4.2-litre zones. 1700W. The model the flex-drawer architecture was added for.
Cosori Dual Blaze TwinFry 10L Air Fryer — One 10-litre drawer with a removable divider, and — unusually for that geometry — a separate element and fan on each side.