The new generation of air fryers all have one feature in common – it's good news for pizza lovers
If you haven't been able to ditch your oven for your air fryer due to this one food, this innovation is great news


I've tested air fryers in my role as Ideal Home's Kitchen Appliances Editor for many a year now and while I've wholeheartedly ditched my built-in oven in favour of my smaller, faster appliance, there's one problem food that has prevented many others from doing the same.
While many of the best air fryers are pretty spacious, there are hardly any on the market that can fit an entire pizza, whether homemade or store-bought. As most medium pizzas are usually about 12 inches in diameter, the drawer sizes of air fryers have always been a limiting factor. Until now.
I've spotted that the newest generation of pizza ovens have been designed with everyone's favourite Italian food in mind. I'm not just talking about an obligatory pizza mode but rather, designs that allow you to fit a full-sized pizza in for perfect baking. Here's our lowdown of all of the brand-new air fryers out there designed to rival the best pizza ovens on the market.
The newest trend in air fryers
We're always o the hunt for the next big thing at Ideal Home, and when we recently tested Smeg's new countertop oven (which you can read all about in our Smeg Countertop Oven Air Fryer review), we found that one thing is for sure: the latest trend in the air fryer world is to make everything bigger.
The Smeg oven is not only cavernous, but it also has a pizza setting, which utilises steam to inject moisture into your chosen slice. It's big enough to replace your built-in oven entirely, and features a window, so that you can check on the progress of your pepperoni or vegetable pizza to prevent it from going from perfectly cooked to too-charred.
Smeg isn't the only brand that has spotted a gap in the market when it comes to pizza-ready air fryers. ProCook recently announced their new Electric Pizza Oven air fryer, which can reach temperatures of up to 400°C in order to give you that coveted crispy base on your Margherita.
Unlike the huge Smeg air fryer, you'll struggle to cook everything you need for your family in the ProCook oven, which is very compact. Given its small price-tag however, we're intrigued as to how it'll shape up against other indoor pizza ovens, such as the Ooni Volt, which we recently reviewed.
Get the Ideal Home Newsletter
Sign up to our newsletter for style and decor inspiration, house makeovers, project advice and more.
Testing the Ooni Volt
If it does prove to be a top performer, it looks like it might be one of the most affordable new appliances to help you make restaurant grade pizza at home.
In our tests so far, the best air fryer with a pizza setting that we’ve found is the Sage Smart Oven Air Fryer, which has a whopping 10 functions in total. The countertop oven style and efficient performance of that air fryer led to us giving it 5 stars in our review. We’ll be intrigued to see if any of these shiny new air fryers with pizza capabilities can give it a run for its money!
ProCook's newest small appliance is sure to impress pizza fans, with 20 functions in total.
If you want the best of the best, look no further than the Ooni Volt 12, which brings all of the flavour of outdoor cooking into apartments and kitchens.
If you want an appliance that's really going to do it all, then this Sage air fryer will blow you away. If it's good enough for Stanley Tucci...

Molly is Ideal Home’s Kitchen Appliances Editor, the Ideal Home Certified Expert on Appliances. An all-around cooking and baking enthusiast, she loves finding the next must-have product for readers that will their kitchen a better place. She joined the team in September 2022 after working on the editorial teams of Real Homes, Homes & Gardens and Livingetc.
For the last 4 years, she's been reviewing hundreds of small appliances; conducting tests at home or in the Ideal Home test kitchen. She would be hard-pressed to pick a Mastermind specialist subject but air fryers are her ultimate area of expertise, after testing just about every single one released since 2022.
To keep ahead of trends and new releases, Molly has visited the testing and development spaces of multiple kitchen brands including Ninja Kitchen and Le Creuset as well as attended consumer shows such as IFA, hosted in Berlin to see the cooking innovations of the future.
-
A strict colour palette and vintage finds have turned this semi-detached Edwardian house into an elegant family home
Sticking to a three-colour palette of green, pink and yellow and mixing in plenty of vintage furniture and art has created an authentic period feel
By Stephanie Smith
-
A top-to-bottom renovation has turned this Edwardian house into a lovely family home
With a few considered structural changes, this period house has been turned into a family home and has created a sanctuary for years to come
By Maxine Brady
-
How to heat a conservatory
7 practical options to consider for year-round comfort
By Amy Reeves
-
Dunelm has given its cult snuggle chair a new look - it's swapped classic stripes for another emerging pattern trend
I'm obsessed with this fresh new style
By Kezia Reynolds
-
I tried Joseph Joseph's pan set with foldable handles – the space-saving design is just one of the many highlights
Small kitchen? I tested this innovative Joseph Joseph space-savvy set which has foldable handles — and I loved it
By Annie Collyer
-
As a stylist, I spend hours looking for bedding for photoshoots, and I just spotted these 6 expensive-looking sets at M&S
Get a little luxury at a high-street price
By Laurie Davidson
-
I've been waiting to try out the Ninja Slushi for months – this is what happened the first time I tried it
The Ninja Slushi is the stuff of dreams for summer entertaining
By Molly Cleary
-
IKEA has drenched its BILLY bookcase in this year’s ‘it’ colour - but you’ll have to act fast if you want to get your hands on one
I'm obsessed with this gorgeous limited-edition colourway
By Kezia Reynolds
-
My go-to Ninja coffee machine just had a major price drop. It's more affordable than I've seen it before
It makes coffee shop quality achievable at home
By Molly Cleary
-
I'm a kitchen decor editor and didn't like this tableware trend - until I saw H&M Home's designer-look plates
They made it easy to justify a new crockery set
By Holly Cockburn
-
Have we just had a sneak peek at Ninja's plans for pastel air fryers? These new US-exclusive Crispi colours are giving us hope for the same in the UK
Ninja's spring colours collection i the US has sparked some serious appliance envy
By Molly Cleary