Best air fryer cleaning products that will make your life easier (2024)

HG

HG is one of the best cleaning brands around; what it lacks in snazzy packaging, it makes up for in hard-hitting formulas. This powerful solution will erase tough, dried-on grease from air fryer baskets and can be used regularly without risking damaging the machine.

Simply add 50ml to a washing-up bowl with water and slip into your cooled-down basket. Leave it to soak for an hour, then rinse off with warm water.

Elbow Grease

This degreaser from home cleaning brand Elbow Grease is made to see off stubborn stains that are blighting your air fryer experience. The 500ml bottle carries a fresh lemon scent, making your machine look and smell amazing. To use, spritz onto the offending parts, leave for a few minutes and wipe off, rinsing the areas you can with water.

Lakeland

Designed for air fryer cleaning but also suitable for ovens, hobs and grills, this 500ml solution comes in a spray bottle for fast and effective application. Spray onto the inner pan or basket and leave for up to a minute before wiping clean. The solution may be powerful but will leave the surface coatings intact, ensuring your machine works as it should for longer.

Scrub Daddy

The smiling face of Scrub Daddy is ready to help clean your air fryer when you’ve tried everything else. The natural cleaner comes in paste form with a signature sponge to apply it with, and can be used on all sorts of kitchen appliances besides your air fryer machine. Dampen the Scrub Mommy sponge and use it with the paste on the most stubborn spots to ease dirt and grease away.

GLEAN

If you’re someone who cooks across multiple appliances, it’s useful to have a cleaner that can see to them all. Enter GLEAN’s solution, which can be used across ovens, grills, BBQs and air fryers too. The cleaner foams on application, slicing through grease, grime and other nasty stuff so you can simply wipe clean and rinse - no rigorous scrubbing for you.

Astonish

Watch the remnants of endless meals lift off with Astonish’s degreaser. The extra-strength formula includes baking soda in the ingredients which adds to its strength. Spritz on and allow it to work its magic for a few minutes before wiping off the excess with a damp microfibre cloth. If you’re dealing with heavy stains, you may need to repeat a few times. Always apply it to a cold air fryer basket.

Easy Off

There are better things to do than spend hours trying to scrub your air fryer clean. This lemon-scented formula is made to cut through grease and stains in seconds. Aside from the air fryer basket, you can use it across the kitchen from the backsplash, stove top, kitchen counter and cabinets, oven, sink, and microwave.

Spritz on and wipe off before cleaning your baskets with the usual dishwashing soap and water. Don’t let the formula dry and do not use on aluminium surfaces.

Ecover

Best for: eco-conscious cleaning

The Ecover brand hails from Belgium in a bid to provide an alternative to cleaning products that were harming the environment. That was over 40 years ago and it has been making plant-based cleaning products ever since.

Phosphate-free and kind to the earth, the bottle is made entirely from recycled plastic, the trigger from 30 per cent recycled plastic and the whole shebang can be recycled again. It is also manufactured in a zero-waste factory and is even vegan-friendly.

We didn’t find it was the toughest weapon against baked-on debris, but for regular use, before things go too far, it’s great. Plus, you can use it on the hob too. Bonus: it smells good - all sweet and flowery - and there’s nothing fumey about this stuff.

Dirtbusters

Best for: if you want to use your oven right after cleaning

Since this is a non-toxic oven cleaner with no nasty fumes or strong chemicals, you can use your oven right away after you’ve cleaned it. It has a nice lemony smell and wipes off easily with a damp cloth or sponge.

Its clever components are tough on carbon, so you can use it to clean burnt dishes, pots and pans, as well as the top of your stove, BBQs, grills, racks and oven fans. The packaging can be recycled and the actual product is biodegradable, so you won’t be doing any harm to the environment no matter how often you use it.

Price for 5L.

Miele

Best for: Miele oven-owners

A bit of a niche one, but if you own a Miele oven, then you’ll know you’re only meant to clean it with soapy water – or Miele’s own oven cleaning product, OvenClean. However, we tested it out on a non-Miele oven and it worked just fine.

The product is completely odourless, which is actually pleasant. It can be used on a cold oven and worked after just 10 minutes, taking away the unidentifiable brown stuff at the bottom. Just a wipe away with a damp cloth, followed by a rinse with a wet cloth and it was gone. Like magic.