The Best Stainless Steel Air Fryers of 2026

All 37 options with stainless steel in their construction in our air fryers database, graded Bad to Excellent and ranked lowest risk first. 8 earn a buy-worthy grade.

On many air fryers the stainless steel is the housing and the basket carries a coating, so open a product to see what its cooking surface is made of.

Why NutriChef 5.8 Qt Glass Air Fryer – 8-in-1 wins, and what it beats

Every grade on this page is one sum. A category starts from a baseline, each disclosed material or coating adds risk points, and each thing the brand or a third party has published takes them away. Below is that sum for the winner, then for 3 products it beats, so you can see exactly where the 60 points between the top and the bottom of this stainless steel air fryers ranking come from.

The winner

75Excellent

NutriChef 5.8 Qt Glass Air Fryer – 8-in-1 Digital Presets

Made of glass bowl, stainless steel exterior.

+30Category baseline. The starting point for this type of product, before anything specific to this product is counted.
+15No PFAS disclosure. No public statement from the brand about PFAS in this product.
-20Bare uncoated material. Recorded as a bare, uncoated material with no surface coating or treatment.

25risk points in total, which is a grade of 75

What the grade does not fix. It still carries one risk factor, No PFAS disclosure, and our graders recorded 2 other hazards on it. See the full breakdown.

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What it beats, and why

70Good5 points behind the winner

Our Place Wonder Oven 6-in-1 Air Fryer Toaster Oven

What puts it behind. Disclosed non-fluorinated coating, +10 points. Coating is named and the brand states it is made without PFAS. The winner carries no such factor.

Made of Stainless steel exterior, nonstick interior coating (unspecified type).

+30Category baseline
+10Disclosed non-fluorinated coating
-10Brand-stated PFAS-free. The brand states this product is PFAS-free. We have not verified the claim.

30risk points, a grade of 70

65Good10 points behind the winner

Russell Hobbs Air Fry Crisp N Bake Toaster Oven

What puts it behind. The winner earns -20 points for Bare uncoated material. We found nothing comparable published for this product.

Made of stainless steel cavity, glass window, plastic exterior.

+30Category baseline
+15No PFAS disclosure
-10Base material not linked to PFAS. The main material recorded for this product is not one associated with PFAS.

35risk points, a grade of 65

15Bad60 points behind the winner

Elexnux 1600 W 25.4 Qt. Toaster Oven with Air Fryer and 12 Preset

What puts it behind. Non-stick, chemistry undisclosed, +40 points. Marketed as non-stick without stating the coating chemistry. The winner carries no such factor.

Made of Stainless steel exterior, interior basket/tray material unspecified.

+40Non-stick, chemistry undisclosed
+30Category baseline
+15No PFAS disclosure

85risk points, a grade of 15

No product on this page was physically tested by us. Every number above comes from published materials, ingredient and coating disclosures, certifications and brand statements, scored on one public rubric. Formulations change without notice, so check the current product listing before buying.

All 30 stainless steel air fryers, best graded first

NutriChef

5.8 Qt Glass Air Fryer – 8-in-1 Digital Presets

75ExcellentPFAS grade

glass bowl, stainless steel exterior
We found no PFAS statement from the brand
Thermal stress and glass breakage

2 hazards checked on this product. See all of them.

The Best Stainless Steel Air Fryers of 2026

Why NutriChef 5.8 Qt Glass Air Fryer – 8-in-1 wins, and what it beats

What it beats, and why

All 30 stainless steel air fryers, best graded first

5.8 Qt Glass Air Fryer – 8-in-1 Digital Presets

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