- Salter Verticook is a two-layer airfrior that looks like ninja double stack
- It has a slightly smaller capacity, but the two otherwise have similar specifications
- Verticook is much cheaper than the double stack that costs only £ 119.99
The British company Salter (best known for its kitchen scales) has released a new two-layer airfront that takes up significantly less space in your table space than traditional double-drawer models. 9L Salter Verticook is very similar to the award -winning Ninja Double Stack XL, but with a much more modest price tag.
Ninja Double Stack XL has long had a place in our Roundup of the best Air Fryers, and took the award for Best Air Fryer in 2024 Techradar Choice Awards thanks to its smart design and consistent results, whether you whip up a batch of fries or prepare a whole meal.
However, it is not cheap. In fact, with a list price of £ 269.99, Ninja Double Stack XL is one of the most expensive models we’ve ever tested. It fell as low as £ 198 during Amazon’s Spring Deal Days sale, but even it is against the top end of the scale of a double-drawer exemptions.
This is where the new salt Verticook comes in. This airfrity has a slightly smaller capacity than Double Stack XL (it’s half a liter smaller inside), but its design is otherwise extremely ninjas and to £ 119.99, when purchased directly from salts, it’s less than half the price.
Looking double
As my colleagues on T3.com noticed, one of the biggest differences between salts and Ninja’s two-layer fryers is that the salter model has a clear window in each drawer so you can control progress in your food without opening it.
However, this also means that salt fryer does not look as smart as the slim ninja double stack XL – an effect that is amplified by Salter’s use of plastic rather than metal for the drawer handles.
The Ninja double stack has six cooking modes (air fry, max crispy, roast, rear, dehydrate and reheated), while salts verticook have 12 presets that are optimized for different dishes. Both Air Fryers allow you to sync curve so that different foods will finish cooking at the same time, and lets you use racks to cook two items in each drawer at the same time.
Of course, we can’t really be able to tell if Verticook can match the double stack of cooking performance before testing the two side by side. I hope to do exactly that and bring you a full comparison very soon.
