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.
That is guidance for the type. On preheating, this machine’s own manual is quoted further down this page, and where the two differ the manual is the one to follow.
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. It runs from 80°C to 200°C, which covers ordinary air frying and is too warm at the bottom end to dehydrate with. 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.
Power and heat
- Temperature range
- 80–200°C
Setup and cleaning
- Cooking zones
- 1
- Preheating
- Has a preheat programme
- Dishwasher safe
- Bowl, GridEverything else is a hand-wash, and the main unit never goes in.
- 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.
8 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.
- Adjusts in
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not stated.
- Standby power
- Not recorded by the sources consulted — Not published by this manufacturer. Very few models in this catalogue publish a standby figure at all.
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.
| On the panel | In plain terms | Starts at | Settable range | Preheat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grill | Grill | 200°C | Adjustable, range not published | Yes |
| Air Fry | Air fry | Not printed in the manual | 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.
Questions owners ask about this machine
Answered from this model’s own manual (Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill — Instruction Manual) and nothing else. Where the manual does not address a question, it is not answered here from another machine’s.
What this manual calls the parts
- Removable grid
- The perforated plate the food sits on.
- Bowl
- The part that slides out and holds everything.
- Silicone pads
- The silicone stoppers or pads on the plate.The manual's instruction before first use is not to remove them.
Other manufacturers use different words for the same parts, and sometimes the same word for a different one. What each part is called, brand by brand.
- Before the first cookIs a smell on first use normal?
- The manual says that on first use the product may release an odour, which it describes as non-toxic, and that this does not affect use and disappears rapidly. Before that, remove the packaging and stickers and wash the bowl and grid; the manual says these can be cleaned in the dishwasher.In the manual: Safety instructions; Before First Use.
- The parts, and how they go inShould I take the silicone pads off the grid?
- No. Among the steps before first use the manual says not to remove the silicone pads of the grid. It also warns that when the bowl is tipped, the grid may fall out along with any oil collected underneath it, so food is lifted out with tongs.In the manual: Before First Use, step 3; Using the appliance, caution after step 11.
- Settings the panel does not explainHow do the two knobs work?
- One sets the temperature and the other is the timer, and turning the timer is what switches the appliance on. For a short time the manual says to turn the timer to 10 minutes and then back to the time wanted. The heating-up light goes on and off during a cook as the element holds the temperature, which is normal. To preheat empty, set more than 3 minutes and wait for the light to go out, which takes about three.In the manual: Hot air frying, steps 5 to 7 and notes.
- How much goes in at onceHow full can I fill the bowl?
- To the MAX level mark inside the bowl and no higher, and never more than the maximum amount the cooking guide gives for the food. The manual adds that exceeding the quantities it prints can damage the appliance.In the manual: Using the appliance, note; Tips.
- The non-stick coatingWhat does the manual say about the coating, and the dishwasher?
- The bowl and the grid have a non-stick coating, which the manual says metal utensils and abrasive cleaning materials may damage. It names no material. The cleaning section then says the bowl and grid are dishwasher-safe, while the safety pages say removable parts go in a dishwasher depending on model.In the manual: Cleaning; Safety instructions.What wears a coating, and when a part is finished
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.
Which parts go in the dishwasher
Stated as dishwasher safe for this model: Bowl, Grid. Anything not listed is washed by hand, and the main unit never goes in.
The cleaning section says the bowl and grid are dishwasher-safe. The same manual's safety pages say removable parts go in a dishwasher depending on model, so check the booklet that came with yours.
Source: Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill — Instruction Manual.
| Part | What is on it | How often |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl | Ordinary residue after cooking | After every use |
| Bowl | Burnt-on residue | When it needs it |
| Bowl | Stuck food | When it needs it |
| Removable grid | Looking after the coating | When it needs it |
| Bowl | Greasy film | After every use |
| Interior of the chamber | Greasy film | After every use |
| Interior of the chamber | Greasy film | About weekly |
| Interior of the chamber | Lingering smell | When it needs it |
| Heating element area | Carbonised deposit | About monthly |
| Fan and air intake | Greasy film | About monthly |
| Exterior and body | Greasy film | About weekly |
| Controls and display | Greasy film | About weekly |
The bowl and grid have a non-stick coating and the manual prohibits metal kitchen utensils on them.
Replaceable parts
AirfryerHQ holds no replacement-part details for Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill. That is a statement about this catalogue rather than about the appliance: its removable parts can wear or be lost like any other machine’s, and the manual read for this model does not list them with references 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
The document read for this page is Tefal Easy Fry Classic EY501827 4.2L Air Fryer & Grill — Instruction Manual (PDF), retrieved on 2026-08-13. A different revision, or a booklet for another market, may not match it.
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.