Tefal ActiFry Genius XL 2in1 YV970840 Air Fryer – 1.7 kg / 8 Portions
Cutting Edge Air Frying
Trying to get all the parts of a meal ready at the same time so that nothing’s cold or overdone can be tricky. 2in1 technology takes care of it. Fancy crispy chips and juicy chicken? Easy, just select the chips program for the bottom then select the chicken program for the top tray. Set your chips and when it’s time the 2in1 program will beep tell you to add the tray with your chicken. Everything will be ready at the same time: total genius, which must be why we’re the UK’s No.1 air fryer brand.
Step 1
Prepare your ingredients
Step 2
Program the pan and tray
Step 3
When the pan has cooked, add your tray
Step 4
Enjoy a delicious meal!
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Free App with over 300 recipes
ACTIFRY APP
If you’re stuck for inspiration, don’t worry there’s a free app with tons of recipes that have been created just for the ActiFry. Plus, the app is updated regularly.
Available on IOS and Android
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The pan and the tray
2 cooking zones
- 9 programs for the pan
- 6 programs for the tray
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Make the most of your time!
EXPRESS TECHNOLOGY
30% faster than other none ActiFry Genius models
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Ultimate versatility
FROM BREAKFAST TO DINNER
Enjoy some tasty Granola with coconut for breakfast!
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Ultimate versatility
LUNCH BREAK
Thanks to the two cooking zones have a scrumptious burger with crispy sweet potato fries for lunch.
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Ultimate versatility
YOU CAN ALSO MAKE DESSERTS!
Bake a delicious marbled chocolate cake topped with caramel.
Compare Tefal’s Actifrys
1.7kg (8 people) | Capacity | 1.7kg (8 people) |
9 | No. of cooking prog | 9 |
2 | No. of cooking zones | 1 |
| | Genius technology | |
Over 300 | No of recipes on App | Over 300 |
| | Dishwasher safe part | |
| | Recipe book | |
1.7kg (8 people) | Capacity | 1.2kg (6 people) |
9 | No. of cooking prog | 9 |
2 | No. of cooking zones | 1 |
| | Genius technology | |
Over 300 | No of recipes on App | Over 300 |
| | Dishwasher safe part | |
| | Recipe book | |
- ActiFry Genius XL
- ActiFry Genius+
| Weight: | 1.7 kg |
| Dimensions: | 48.9 x 38 x 29.5 cm; 1.7 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Tefal |
| Model: | SERIE O40-A |
| Colour: | Black |
| Colour: | Black |
A must for any kitchen.
I had the original 2in1 actifry for five years and I loved it. Unfortunately the motor went to I bought this as a replacement. Its fantastic for cooking sausages, chios, stir-fry, lots of things and there’s a whole lot more programmes than the original. My only gripe about the actifry is that the material it is made with is really very flimsy. Considering how expensive it is to buy, it’s disappointing cheap looking and wouldn’t take much to break.
Best iv had
Very easy to use and make lovely food. Easy to clean. Perfect all round.
Not sure how we did without i
I bought this for my granny, she’d talked for a while about getting one after seeing her sister’s air fryer so I decided to go with this one.
Having the 2 trays is great and the paddle really saves the hassle of stirring or shaking the food while cooking.
So far we’ve tried chips, sausages, bacon, pork chops and baked potatoes in the air fryer and been happy with the results. I think my granny is trying to use it to replace the oven!
One thing to be wary of, ours was set to 220 degrees by default so if you follow the cooking instructions in the recipe book everything will get burnt. I’d recommend either turning it down to maybe 200 or keeping an eye on it so your food doesn’t cook too fast.
It’s nice to have the option of taking the paddle out for foods that don’t need to be stirred as well.
And just a note a few other people in the reviews weren’t aware of, because the hot air essentially blows on the food from one spot at the back of the fryer, if you do use both trays you have to have the food in the bottom pretty much cooked before you start the good on the top tray, the don’t cook at the same time. It’ll stay warm but it won’t really cook more as the hot air isn’t directly on it.
Life changing!
I had my doubts about air fryers but my god these things are amazing, quick & economical
So far done chips, roast pots, vegetables, pork, chicken and all were cooked perfectly.
Only 2 negative points about this model, 1st is the top/lid/glass gets super hot so would have been better if the lid had a larger handle.
2nd is the beep to alert to the end of cooking is so quiet that if you’re not in the kitchen you will never hear it.
Overall outstanding bit of kit.
Best For Chips
I’ve had a Tefal paddle air fryer for many years and always used it for chips. The old one eventually fell apart after 9 years or so and it was time for a new one. I bought a mid range Ninja and was highly disappointed with unevenly cooked chips despite regular shaking. Eventually decided to get back to the Tefal and bought the Genius+. It was a warm welcome back to decent chips. The Ninja hasn’t gone to waste though as we are now using the Ninja as an oven substitute at half the energy price of a full sized oven, when appropriate.
In summary, if it’s chips you want this is the best one to buy. Don’t forget to add a measure of vegetable oil for crispiness and a good colour.
Really glad I bought this
For an upgrade of the original absolute brilliant do most of my cooking in this would highly recommend
Great buy!!
This is one of the best buy’s this year. Ive been using this for a couple of months now and only used my main oven once. It takes no time to warm up, cooks evenly and quickly and cheap to run.
It’s brilliant! A lot better than an airfryer!
The actifryer is a brilliant appliance! It serves my purpose much better than an airfryer, especially for chips!
It’s very easy to clean too!
Happy
Arrived promptly and my husbands loves it with his collection app is great for recipes ideas. So simple and easy to use and just put in dishwasher for simple cleaning.
Bought this newer model to replace my first generation tefal air frye
Superb product, love the included mesh basket, just large enough to prepare food for 2 people. I have done vegetable crisps, thai curry, calamari, burgers and MANY portions of sweet potato fries in this over the last year. Second only to my rice cooker, this is the best cooking appliance I have bought for my kitchen.
A belter of an airfrye
I did a LOT of research before buying my first airfryer and settled on this one. It is brilliant. I really like the rotatory that ensures that the food is always evenly cooked. It comes apart very easily to clean and most times I just give it a quick rub round with Kitchen roll.
Cooking times in comparison to a conventional oven are far less and even cooking from frozen isn’t an issue. Roast Potatoes are amazingly crispy in i
It’s quick and good for frozen chips and scampi
This is the first air fryer I have purchased.
Contents as expected and in perfect condition.
It is basically a hairdryer with a temperature control and a timer and it is quite noisy to the point that volume on music playing in kitchen needs +2 to overcome the noise.
Cooking items is really easy, chips take less time, about 33% less time and there is no pre-heating of oven required so theoretically saving energy and some money which was invested upfront in buying the air fryer.
Frozen chips state 30mins on cooking instructions but they are easily done in 20-21minutes with the rotating paddle fitted for even cooking. There are nine preset cooking times and temperatures as well as manual settings.
Scampi and similar breaded items, onion rings, tend to be broken up by the paddle so I have found it has to be removed for those items which is disappointing, a manual stir at half way point is sufficient for even cooking. The scampi has to be placed opposite side of filter else uneven cooking occurs. The paddle simply clicks in or out of the centre of bowl and cleans easy. An alternative, less aggressive paddle for breaded food stuffs would make a great addition to this model. The bowl with an integrated fold down handle is very non-stick and can be quickly washed and dried. The unit is the larger model and takes up a fair bit of kitchen top, front to back. Hot air is exhausted from the sides around the lip of the lid. The lid can be easily removed/replaced for cleaning. I find the cooking temperature and times are easy to set and unit will automatically go into a keep warm mode post cooking if items not required for a little while.
The end of cooking is sounded by several beeps, which is unnecessary as the noticeable forced hot air noise goes away.
I find the unit is not as stable as I would like it to be and it was slightly unnerving to begin with. It seems to be designed as a three point contact to kitchen top and I can sometimes find I can easily tilt it off slightly to one side when interacting with the unit, although I do note that it never tips fully over.
There also appears to be an optional basket to purchase for ‘delicate’ food stuffs like scampi which rotates within the bowl but from what I have read nothing else can then go into the bowl.
Generally, I like it as it achieves the purpose it was intended for, which is cooking small quantities of chips and scampi and for the ease of cleaning. I would have bought the smaller unit but wife insisted on this larger model for when we have visitors and on that point I would make use of the larger gas oven!
Update March 2022:
Purchased the snack basket and you can continue to cook other food stuff in the space below, however, the stirring paddle has to be removed for the snack tray to fit.
Tefal Actifry Express XL Family 1.5Kg Frying Basket/Chip Tray Mesh Snacking Grid https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01672QUXK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_Q88Y3WNKWS513VXKA2NC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Very easy to use and clea
Let’s be honest the reason I bought this was I have never found an oven chip that was any good. Use a good chip making spud and about half the measure of olive oil. Chips are option 1. 30 mins later awesome chips.
Not a cheap but if kit but we’ll made and it will give me the incentive to try other things
Very good air fryer brilliant cook daily
Easy to use and to keep clean cooks food well value for money
Like the black colour.
Very easy to use manually but a bit complicated using the icon settings. Booklet could be more informative.
I owned the original Tefal which cooked chips perfectly, very crispy.
But find this new Genius with pan doesnt crisp chips enough. I do use both for chips + fish or meat and the pan cooks perfectly.
This is a smaller version but it’s still great!
This is my second one and we’ll worth the money. It’s ideal for two people but might be a bit small for a family of 4 plus. Or maybe we eat too big a portions? It saves putting the oven on every day & quick
Used most days since purchased.
Bought as a replacement for Actifry Family which had faulty power lead. This model is improved as the power lead in hard wired so the previous fault cannot happen. Very easy to use and much quicked than the older model.
Love i
We were lucky as we got this around Christmas time, before Christmas it was 284 and we got it for less than half price. Burgers are fine in no time, about 8 minutes chips in about 29. It doesn’t explain it very well in the instructions but when doing two things you have to let the first thing finish it’s time then it will bro at you to start the next thing, eg; chips 29 mins burger 8 let the chips do 29 then do the burger it keeps the chips warm underneath without burning them so it’s all ready to serve at the same time.
Amazing
Not a lot to say but I love this actifry, done chicken, steaks, chicken nuggets, fish cakes and obviously chips. Love the fact you can cook in the bottom and add the top tray to complete your meal
Love this
I bought this to replace my old air fryer. It is simple to use and easy to clean I love i
Actifry
Love my actifry so easy to use easy to clean quick and easy to use looks nice too
Great piece of equipme
This is an upgraded model to my previous actifry. Loved my old one and love this with the added Bonus of being able to cook the meat without using another way of cooking. I have not had it long so just getting used to my times . Would definitely recommend and wad on at a good price at the time so even happier.
Should have bought One earlie
It was only through friend recommendations that we decided to get one. The food tastes great and the grill and oven stay clean. Win win.
Good
This does excellent roast potatoes with a few sprays of sunflower oil, delicious
I have had several actifry’s over the years and decided to upgrade to this version due to the dual tray. The machine itself is defiantly the smartest one i have owned and i really like the new design. It’s tall but still fits on my worktop and slides under my kitchen cupboard fine. The food cooks well and is no different to any of the previous actifrys i have owned. Chips taste great in this, and with minimal oil you can indulge that little bit more often. The only thing i dont like about the machine is the controls. To start with it took me forever to work out how to only switch on the top cooking tray.. the instruction book is pretty useless and didn’t really explain it that well. The touch pad isn’t wonderfully responsive either. Whatever you do don’t loose the manual either as you will need it to work out your cooking programme as they are listed as numbers on the touchpad. There are icons like fish and chicken but not every food is described by an icon. The one thing i hate about this new design, and what i would describe as a major flaw is that you have to have the stirring paddle in the bottom section of the fryer if you wish to use the top section of the fryer. Therefore if you cook anything that may go slightly soft such as croquets in the bottom section they will be a mashed potato mush if you wish to use the top cooking plate also. I wish tefal had of included a separate stand for the upper plate without the need for the stirring paddle. Cleaning of the unit is ok… as always anything where you use oil requires additional elbow grease. Keep on top of the cleaning or else it will be a nightmare! A wipe down inside and out is a must after every use. Top Tip – press and hold the button that looks like a sombrero button if you wish to swap between the top and bottom cooking modes!
Easy to use
Great airfryer actifry is the best! The snacking tray is a good addition too we have the original actifry too and it always was annoying that certain things couldn’t go in and turn, there’s no temp control but you really don’t need it things cook evenly because of the rotation of the tray or the paddle, seriously the best chips come outta this thing, every time!