Basket air fryer
Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill
Model EY501827 — United Kingdom, European Union
A basket machine with a separate grill mode that requires a FIFTEEN-MINUTE preheat, published in the table alongside the air-fry rows that require none.
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Where to get real advice for this machine
Almost everything that changes a cooking answer is a property of the architecture rather than the badge. This is a basket air fryer, and the Basket air fryer page carries the cooking guidance that actually applies to it.
This is the baseline every cooking page on AirfryerHQ is written for. Times and temperatures are stated for a single layer in a drawer of this kind, so no adjustment applies. The one thing worth knowing about it is that the usable area is much smaller than the advertised litres suggest — the depth is mostly headroom, and food still has to go in one layer.
Does it genuinely air-fry?
Genuine air frying
Genuine. A removable grid elevates food in the bowl so air reaches underneath and fat drains clear, the element and fan sit above, and the published air-fry table reaches 200°C. The grill mode is a different heat transfer and is recorded as its own capability rather than folded into the air-fry assessment.
- Air moves fast, not just around
- Air reaches every surface of the food
- Recovers temperature quickly after loading
- Fat and moisture drain away
- Reaches genuine browning temperatures
What we know about this machine
Read from Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill — Instruction Manual (PDF), retrieved on 2026-08-13.
It has a single cooking drawer, so everything in it cooks at one temperature for one time. On preheating: has a preheat programme. It is sold as 4.2 litres, which measures the whole drawer including the space above the food that you must not fill.
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.
Size and capacity
- Advertised capacity
- 4.2 litresA volume, not a cooking area.
Setup and cleaning
- Cooking zones
- 1
- Preheating
- Has a preheat programme
- Supplied with
- Removable grid, Cooking bowl
In the manual’s own words: Mode-dependent, and published as such. The grill table carries a fifteen-minute preheat on every row; the air-fry table carries none. The manual adds that the appliance can be preheated without food inside if the user wants to.
Retrieved from Argos's manual library for Argos product 945/0170.
10 figures we could not establish
Each of these says WHY it is missing. “Not recorded by the sources consulted” means the manufacturer does not publish it in the document we read — not that nobody looked, and not that the figure does not exist.
- Usable cooking area
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published.
- Chamber
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published.
- On the worktop
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published.
- Weight
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published.
- Power
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not printed in the text layer of the manual read.
- Power range as published
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published.
- Temperature range
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — No overall range is stated. The tables use 140-200°C, which is a set of used values.
- Adjusts in
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not stated.
- Standby power
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published by this manufacturer. Only one model in this catalogue publishes a standby figure at all.
- Dishwasher safe
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not stated in the copy read.
What each setting actually does
Read from the manual. The marketing name is what is printed on the panel; the canonical capability is what the mode is in generic terms, so a reader can find advice written for somebody else’s appliance.
| On the panel | Canonically | Starts at | Settable range | Preheat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grill | Grill | 200°C | Adjustable, range not published | Yes |
| Air Fry | Air fry | No temperature setting | Adjustable, range not published | No |
- Grill: Every row of the published grill table begins with a fifteen-minute preheat. It is the longest published preheat for a drawer machine in this catalogue by a factor of five.
- Air Fry: No preheat appears anywhere in the air-fry table, in the same document that requires fifteen minutes for the grill.
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.
AirfryerHQ does not hold this code for this manufacturer. That is a statement about this catalogue and not about your appliance: most manufacturers publish no code table at all, and a code's meaning is specific to the firmware that produced it. Do not read a meaning across from another brand — check your own manual, and contact the manufacturer if it is not in there.
Cleaning this model
The parts this architecture has, what collects on each, and what its own manual permits. Full methods and prohibitions are on the cleaning pages.
| Part | What is on it | How often | Dishwasher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basket | Ordinary residue after cooking | After every use | Dishwasher safe on the models we hold |
| Basket | Burnt-on residue | When it needs it | Depends on your model — check the manual |
| Basket | Ordinary residue after cooking | After every use | Depends on your model — check the manual |
| Basket | Stuck food | When it needs it | Depends on your model — check the manual |
| Crisper plate | Looking after the coating | When it needs it | Depends on your model — check the manual |
| Drawer | Greasy film | After every use | Dishwasher safe on the models we hold |
| Interior of the chamber | Greasy film | After every use | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
| Interior of the chamber | Greasy film | About weekly | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
| Interior of the chamber | Lingering smell | When it needs it | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
| Heating element area | Carbonised deposit | About monthly | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
| Fan and air intake | Greasy film | About monthly | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
| Exterior and body | Greasy film | About weekly | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
| Controls and display | Greasy film | About weekly | Not removable, so the question does not arise |
The bowl and grid have a non-stick coating and the manual prohibits metal kitchen utensils on them.
Replaceable parts
AirfryerHQ holds no part records for Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill. That is a statement about this catalogue rather than about the appliance: every air fryer has a basket and most have a crisper plate, and the manual read for this model does not enumerate them in a way we could record. What can be replaced, and what to ask for covers the general case, including where to find the model number a parts desk will ask you for.
Recall and safety status
No recall known to us at the review date
No entry for this model was found in the OPSS product safety register when it was searched for air fryers on 13 August 2026. That is a statement about that search and not a clearance.
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.
Finding the manual
Publishes the frozen chicken wings row — 300g, 200°C, 16-20 minutes — which was one of the highest-demand uncovered combinations in the catalogue before this manual was read.
About this model
A 4.2-litre drawer with two published tables: an air-fry table with no preheat anywhere in it, and a grill table where every single row begins with fifteen minutes of preheating. One appliance, two modes, two completely different answers to the question people ask most — which is the finding, not a quirk.
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.