Philips Just Made the Air Fryer You’d Actually Want on Your Counter

Dual basket air fryers fix a simple problem. With one basket, I’m stuck cooking just one thing at a time. Philips joined this category after Ninja, and I spotted that in a few interface quirks. But once it landed on my counter, only the cooking mattered. Here, Philips nails it.

I treated the NA154/00 like any air fryer I use at home. I roasted a chicken on a busy weeknight, made fries, and threw together snacks before guests arrived. When I looked for a printed manual, I found the box empty.

Philips NA154/00 Pros and Cons

Philips NA154/00 Specifications

Philips NA154/00 is a 7.1-liter Review: Design and Build

The NA154/00 doesn’t look like an air fryer. That’s on purpose. Most big dual basket models are bulky black boxes I want to shove out of sight. This one comes with a matte black finish and rose gold handles. It feels like someone at Philips finally cared about making it look good.

It measures about 42cm wide, 31cm tall, and 38cm deep, and weighs close to 8kg. The casing stays slim, so almost all that space goes to cooking, not wasted plastic. The touch panel lights up just the power button when idle. It’s a small detail, but it shows someone actually thought about the design.

Build quality holds up day to day. The baskets slide out smoothly. The handles feel solid in my hand. The rear wall spacer and exhaust vents keep heat away from my cabinets. The only weak spot is the glossy control panel. It picks up scratches and smudges fast, and I spot them under bright kitchen lights.

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Philips NA154/00 is a 7.1-liter Review:Performance

No preheating needed, and that matters more than it sounds. Most nights, I use my air fryer around 7 pm, when I already know what I want to eat and don’t want to wait ten extra minutes for a machine to heat up. With the NA154/00, I put the food in and the timer starts right away. After a few weeks, that convenience felt less like a feature and more like the baseline every air fryer should have hit years ago.

The whole chicken test is where this machine won me over. I cooked a 1.2kg bird at 160°C for about an hour in the larger basket. It came out evenly golden on the outside, and when I cut in, the meat stayed juicy instead of turning dry and overcooked like I half expected from an air fryer this size. Cleanup surprised me even more. There was barely any splatter, and the basket caught the fat and juices instead of spreading them across the chamber, which is usually the most annoying part of cooking a whole bird at home.

Fries are the other test that separates good air fryers from the rest, and the Fresh Fries preset handled them well. I did the usual soak, pat dry, and light oil toss. The fries came out crisp outside and soft inside, much closer to a proper fry than the leathery results I’ve seen from cheaper single-basket machines. Drumsticks needed a few extra minutes beyond the default preset for thicker pieces. That’s a minor annoyance, but easy to fix once you know to expect it.

I kept coming back to the dual-zone system. It’s one thing to have two baskets, but it’s another for them to work like two separate appliances in one. Each basket has its own heating element and fan. Running one basket doesn’t pull power or airflow from the other, and I saw that on my electricity bill since a single basket uses about half the rated 2,450W. The Sync feature delays the start of one basket so two different dishes finish together. That sounds minor until you’ve tried timing two dishes by hand on a cheaper machine and ended up with cold fries next to hot fish.

The missing viewing window is the real frustration. I kept reaching to check on food like I would with any oven, only to remember I had to pull the whole basket out. That pauses both the fan and the heating element until I put it back in. It’s not a dealbreaker, but after using air fryers with a window, going back to this felt like a step backward in a machine that otherwise moves forward. The interface has a similar learning curve. A few icons are hard to figure out at a glance, and without a printed manual in the box, I ended up on Philips’s website more than once in the first week to check what a button did.

Philips Dual Basket Air fryer Review: Cleaning and Maintenance

Nobody talks about cleaning an air fryer, but it matters more than half the features. Here, the dual-basket design pays off again. Two smaller baskets are just easier to handle than one big drawer. Neither feels heavy or awkward to wash by hand. Most nights, I just rinse them under the tap and move on, instead of waiting for a full dishwasher load.

Both baskets are dishwasher safe if you don’t want to wash them by hand, but they’ll probably take up the whole bottom rack. If you’re running a full load, that’s something to plan for, not a surprise you want mid-cycle. For daily use, I just use soap, warm water, and a soft sponge. Both baskets come clean in a couple of minutes.

Build one habit early: skip the parchment paper, butter paper, or foil, even if it looks like it’ll make cleanup easier. All of them block the airflow this machine needs to cook evenly. I learned that the hard way when a batch of vegetable tikkis cooked unevenly after I lined the basket out of habit. Once I stopped, my results got much more consistent.

Long term, the only thing I watch is the control panel, not the baskets. The glossy finish looks great on day one, but even a rough towel can leave faint scratches that catch the light. I stick to a microfiber cloth and a light touch to keep it looking new.

Philips Dual Basket Air fryer Review: Service and Warranty

Philips backs the NA154/00 with its standard appliance warranty through authorized service centers across India. Philips has a longer track record with air fryers than several of its dual basket competitors, and that established service network is worth weighing alongside the spec sheet, not just the price tag.

Review Verdict: Should You Buy the Philips Dual Basket Air fryer?

Smartprix ⭐ Rating: 8.2/10

The Philips NA154/00 proves an air fryer doesn’t have to be something you hide before guests arrive. It cooks a whole chicken better than most ovens, saves power when you’re not using both baskets, and looks good doing it. The trade-offs are real but narrow: no viewing window, a panel that scratches easily, and a feature set that sticks to the basics. For most Indian kitchens built for two to four people, that trade-off is worth it.

First reviewed in November 2026.

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