# The Fryer Guide

> UK air fryer cooking times and temperatures, checked side by side against manufacturer instruction manuals, quick start guides and brand charts (Ninja, Tower, Salter, Cosori and Instant), with the Food Standards Agency's safe core temperatures shown for meat, poultry and fish. Written and maintained by Sunny Patel, a UK SEO consultant. Figures last checked 27 September 2026.

## Cooking times

- [Bacon](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/bacon/): 160-220°C, 5-12 MIN, 6 sources
- [Burgers](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/burgers/): 180-205°C, 10-18 MIN, 5 sources
- [Chicken breast](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/chicken-breast/): 180-200°C, 10-22 MIN, 8 sources
- [Chicken thighs](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/chicken-thighs/): 200°C, 12-22 MIN, 3 sources
- [Chicken wings](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/chicken-wings/): 200°C, 10-30 MIN, 3 sources
- [Chips](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/chips/): 170-200°C, 15-26 MIN, 5 sources
- [Fish fingers](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/fish-fingers/): 180-200°C, 6-20 MIN, 5 sources
- [Jacket potato](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/jacket-potato/): 200°C, 30-60 MIN, 5 sources
- [Pork chops](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/pork-chops/): 180-200°C, 10-20 MIN, 5 sources
- [Roast potatoes](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/roast-potatoes/): 200°C, 15-30 MIN, 4 sources
- [Salmon](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/salmon/): 180-200°C, 8-14 MIN, 4 sources
- [Sausages](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/sausages/): 180-200°C, 8-20 MIN, 4 sources
- [Steak](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/steak/): 180-205°C, 5-20 MIN, 6 sources
- [Whole chicken](https://thefryerguide.com/cooking-times/whole-chicken/): 170-180°C, 40-60 MIN, 3 sources

## Tools

- [Oven to air fryer converter](https://thefryerguide.com/oven-to-air-fryer-converter/): converts an oven temperature and time to an air fryer setting using Instant's and Ninja's own published conversion rules side by side, plus a sourced UK gas mark table.

## Data

- [UK air fryer cooking times dataset](https://thefryerguide.com/data/): every sourced row shown on this site in one table, with brand, model, temperature, time, amount, source and retrieval date.
- [CSV download](https://thefryerguide.com/data/fryer-times.csv)
- [JSON download](https://thefryerguide.com/data/fryer-times.json)

## About

- [About and methodology](https://thefryerguide.com/about/): who writes this site, how figures are gathered and checked, and which sources were excluded and why.