Tefal Easy Fry 9in1 11L Air Fryer & Mini Oven

Where to get real advice for this machine

Does it genuinely air-fry?

Partly — see the assessment

Assessed as partial rather than genuine, and the reasoning is the preheat figure. A stated 13-minute preheat for the grill mode indicates a cavity with substantial thermal mass and slow recovery, which fails the rapid-thermal-recovery criterion outright. Air does reach all surfaces on the rack and basket accessories. Whether air velocity at the food reaches the threshold the first criterion describes cannot be established from the manual, so it is not recorded as met — and without it the verdict cannot be `genuine`. A reader should treat this appliance as a small fan oven that air-fries well rather than as an air fryer.

• Air reaches every surface of the food
• Reaches genuine browning temperatures

What we know about this machine

Read from Tefal Easy Fry 9in1 11L Air Fryer & Mini Oven — Instruction Manual (PDF), retrieved on 2026-08-13.

It is rated at 2050 W, which is toward the top of the domestic range and means it recovers temperature quickly after cold food goes in. It has a single cooking cavity, so everything in it cooks at one temperature for one time. On preheating: slow to come up to temperature — preheating matters. It is sold as 11 litres, which measures the whole cavity and not the area of a shelf or tray.

The figures above are the manufacturer’s. What they mean for cooking is AirfryerHQ’s reading of them, not a measurement — nobody here has run this machine.

The manufacturer’s documents give different temperature ranges: the product page says 45–200°C and the instruction manual says 65–200°C. The manual says the thermostat varies from 65°C to 200°C. The one place it prints 45°C is its cooking guide, against the Dehydration programme, which is a programme you select and not a temperature you set. That may be what the product page's lower figure refers to; neither document says so.

In the manual’s own words: Optional and deliberately started by the user for most modes; automatic and stated to last 13 minutes for Grill mode. It is the longest published preheat in this catalogue by a wide margin and the clearest single piece of evidence that preheating is an architecture question rather than a technique question.

Retrieved from Argos's manual library for Argos product 201/0524.

What each setting actually does

Read from the manual. The first column is the name printed on the panel; the second is what that setting is in plain terms, so you can use advice written for somebody else’s appliance.

• Fries: The manual's own optimum is 700g of frozen fries. Its cooking guide gives 700-750g of 10mm frozen chips 25-30 minutes at 200°C.
• Chicken: The cooking guide gives a whole chicken 60 minutes at 200°C and wings 40 minutes at the same temperature.
• Meat: 250g, 13-minute preheat, then 4 to 6 minutes at 200°C, turning halfway.
• Fish: 200g of fish fillet, 13-minute preheat, then 3 to 5 minutes. The guide separately gives salmon 8-15 minutes at 170°C.
• Pizza: 400g at 190°C for 8 minutes.
• Cake: 300g for 30 minutes at 160°C, in a baking tin or oven dish placed in the bowl. Muffins are given 15-18 minutes at 180°C.
• Dehydration: 45°C for 4 to 12 hours; the worked example is 6 or 7 apple pieces. The only mode reaching below the 65°C manual thermostat floor, and the only one the 24-hour timer applies to.
• Grill: The one mode whose 13-minute preheat is automatic rather than optional: confirming it starts the preheat before anything else happens.

Questions owners ask about this machine

Answered from this model’s own manual (Tefal Easy Fry 9in1 11L Air Fryer & Mini Oven — Instruction Manual) and nothing else. Where the manual does not address a question, it is not answered here from another machine’s.

Before the first cookWhat do I do before using it for the first time?

Remove all packaging and any stickers or labels, then wash the basket, racks, tray and grill plate in hot water with washing-up liquid and a non-abrasive sponge. The manual says the cooking accessories and the appliance's door are dishwasher safe. Wipe the inside and outside with a damp cloth. No empty run is described.In the manual: Before first use.

Where it stands, and the space it needsHow far from the wall should it stand?

At least 20 cm, which the manual's safeguards give as the distance for safe and better ventilation. It gives no separate figure for the sides or the top.In the manual: Important safeguards, item 16.Why the clearance matters, and where not to stand one

The parts, and how they go inHow does the grill plate go in?

With its handle. Press the handle to fix it into the holes on the plate, put the plate on the upper level, then press the handle again to take it off before closing the door. In Grill mode the plate is preheated empty first, which the manual gives as 13 minutes; the food goes on afterwards, with the handle refitted to lift the hot plate out.In the manual: Using the grill plate, steps 1 to 8.

Opening it while it cooksDoes it carry on by itself after I shake the food?

No. After pulling the basket or rack out to shake or turn the food, put it back and press Start again to restart the cook. The manual says to use a pot holder for the basket or rack and tongs for the food.In the manual: Using the appliance, step 7.

Settings the panel does not explainHow do I set it by hand, and is preheating required?

Preheating is offered and not required: Start flashes as soon as it is plugged in, and pressing it, setting a temperature and pressing it again preheats until a beep. For a manual cook, set the temperature, press the timer button and set the time, which runs up to 60 minutes, then press Start. The thermostat runs from 65°C to 200°C. For Fahrenheit the manual has two buttons pressed at once, shown as symbols at the head of its cooking guide.In the manual: Using the appliance, steps 2 and 5; Cooking guide, note on °F mode.

How much goes in at onceHow full can I fill the basket or a rack?

Never beyond the MAX level mark, and never beyond the maximum amount the cooking guide gives for the food. For mixtures that rise, such as cake, quiche or muffins, the manual says the oven dish should be no more than half full. It also says not to tip a bowl of oiled potatoes straight into the basket, so the excess oil stays behind in the bowl.In the manual: Using the appliance, note at step 3; Tips.

The non-stick coatingWhich parts are coated?

The manual describes one: the drip tray has a non-stick coating, and metal utensils and abrasive cleaning materials may damage it. It names no material, and says nothing of a coating on the basket or the racks. The heating element is cleaned with a dry brush only.In the manual: Cleaning.What wears a coating, and when a part is finished

Regional versions and mains supply

Sold as

FW501827, also listed as FW501, FW5018, FW501815, Easy Fry 9in1 11L

Markets

United Kingdom, European Union

Mains supply

220-240V, 50-60Hz

That figure is from this model’s own rating plate or documentation. A model sold under the same marketing name in another market may be different hardware — different code, capacity, wattage or supply — so check the plate on the machine in front of you rather than the name on the box.

A travel plug adapter changes the shape of the pins and nothing else. It does not convert voltage. Whether an appliance built for one mains standard can be used safely on another is a question about a two-kilowatt heating load, and it is one for a qualified electrician rather than for this page.

Error codes and display states

Only what this manufacturer publishes, and only for this manufacturer. A code means whatever the firmware author decided it means, and reading one across from another brand is the commonest way to misdiagnose a fault.

Cleaning this model

The parts this machine has, what collects on each and how often it needs doing. Full methods and prohibitions are on the cleaning pages.

The manual states that all included accessories and the appliance's door are dishwasher safe, and separately that the basket must not be filled more than halfway.

Replaceable parts

Recall and safety status

Recall status not checked

No verified recall or safety notice is currently recorded in AirfryerHQ for this appliance. That is a statement about this catalogue and not about the product: AirfryerHQ holds a small number of checked alerts and is not a copy of the UK register. Check the authority's own register before concluding that an appliance is unaffected.

The Office for Product Safety and Standards publishes the UK register of product safety alerts, reports and recalls on GOV.UK, and Electrical Safety First operates a recall checker for electrical appliances. Registering an appliance with its manufacturer is what makes a direct notification possible.

AirfryerHQ has no recall data feed and has not checked. That is not a clean bill of health — it is an absence of checking, and it is recorded as one. Check the manufacturer’s own recall page and your national product-safety register.

Finding the manual

The document read for this page is Tefal Easy Fry 9in1 11L Air Fryer & Mini Oven — Instruction Manual (PDF), retrieved on 2026-08-13. A different revision, or a booklet for another market, may not match it.

The cooking guide qualifies each food by a maximum quantity in grams. Its chicken breast row — 500g of boneless fillets in 6 to 9 minutes at 200°C — is irreconcilable with the 15 to 20 minutes three other manufacturers publish, and is recorded exactly as printed. Two documents were read: a seven-page copy from a retailer's manual library, and the twenty-page manufacturer copy Tefal's own support page links, which is where the control panel is described. The manual copy also carries the reheat instruction the panel has no button for — 160°C for up to 10 minutes.

About this model

A mini oven with an air-fry capability, a grill plate and a rotating basket. It is in the catalogue for the architecture and it stayed in it for the disagreement: its cooking guide gives 6 to 9 minutes for 500g of boneless chicken breast fillets at 200°C, where three other manufacturers give 15 to 30 minutes. AirfryerHQ publishes both and explains the problem rather than picking one.

Owning this machine

The questions that come after the cooking.

• Looking after itFive minutes a week and one check a month, nearly all of it about grease.
• What to clean it withIncluding which tool every manufacturer in this catalogue prohibits.
• The coating, and when a basket is finishedThe part that decides how long this appliance lasts.
• Replacing a part, and what to ask forWhere the model and serial numbers are, and why no order code appears here.
• Accessories, and whether you need themWith the verdicts first and no affiliate links anywhere.
• Repair, replace, or stop using itThe symptoms that mean stop now, and the ones that mean a part.