Making fried chicken the old-fashioned way is a messy affair resulting in a decidedly unhealthy meal. I tried a cleaner, healthier method made in the air fryer to see how it compares.

Air fryers might be one of the most convenient and easy to use kitchen gadgets ever, especially with so many models now packed with versatile functions like grill, steam, dehydrated, bake, proof, ferment and stew.

There's a huge £80 off this bundle in Ninja's Black Friday sale, which includes a set of cooking tongs and an apron, and has a colour scheme exclusive to Ninja's online store. Our reviewer Carrie-Ann Skinner gave this air fryer four stars out of five, saying "When it comes to making crisp foods, the Ninja Foodi Max excels."

Don't worry — you haven't overslept. Black Friday doesn't technically arrive until November 29, but that hasn't stopped Ninja unleashing its feverishly-anticipated deals ahead of schedule. Yes, the Ninja Black Friday sale is here now.

Instead, you want your gadgets to work harder and smarter for you - like the Ninja Foodi 8-in-1 PossibleCooker Slow Cooker & Multi-Cooker.As the name suggests, this appliance packs eight cooking methods into one handy package - and right now,

Our consumer writers are constantly updating our definitive list of the best bargains online day by day during the Black Friday seasonIt's shaping up to be another bumper year for kitchen tech, and the product everyone will want to cash in on when the sales land is going to be the air fryer.