The accessory that doubles what an air fryer can cook is usually under twenty dollars.
The short version
Best overall
Reusable silicone liner set
Best for capacity
Stackable wire rack
Best for safety
Instant-read thermometer
How long we tested
Four months, daily use
8.6/ 10★★★★★Editor score
Our verdict
Buy liners, a wire rack and a thermometer. Skip the twelve-piece accessory bundles.
Best forAnyone who owns an air fryer and uses it twice a week
Budget$10-90
The air fryer accessory market is mostly bundles of things you will use once. But there are four or five add-ons that genuinely expand what the appliance can do, and they cost less than a takeaway.
We cooked with twelve accessories over four months in a two-person household that uses an air fryer most days.
How we chose
Frequency of use and whether the accessory changed what we could cook.
Used at least twice a week.
Fits the basket without blocking airflow.
Dishwasher safe.
Actually improves the result, not just the cleanup.
What earns its space
Reusable liners
Silicone liners cut cleaning time to seconds and stop small items falling through the grate. Buy two so one is always clean.
A stackable rack
Doubles the usable capacity for things that need to be spread out. This is the accessory that turns a small basket into a real oven.
A thermometer
Air fryers run hot and unevenly. An instant-read thermometer removes the guesswork from chicken and fish, which is where most air fryer meals go wrong.
The bottom line
Buy two silicone liners, a stackable rack and an instant-read thermometer. Ignore the bundles; most of what is in them blocks airflow.
Tested picks
What we would actually buy
01Best overall
Reusable silicone liner set
$12-20
★★★★★9.1/10
Cuts cleanup to a rinse and stops small pieces falling through. Buy two.
