The Philips Airfryer 2000 Series 4.2L NA220/00 is a 4.5-quart air fryer with enough capacity to serve two to three people. It features a windowed basket and a light in the cooking chamber, so you can keep an eye on your food as it cooks. There's also a touch-sensitive control panel that lets you choose from preset options like Breakfast, Fresh Fries, and Fish Filet, or manually set the temperature and time.
Our Verdict
The Philips 2000 Series leaves frozen fries mostly crispy. There's enough space to spread out a small amount of frozen fries in a single layer, which improves airflow and helps them come out crispier. Each batch comes out decently fast and mostly crispy, with just a few pieces that undercook or burn. It's also a compact option, so you can make a side of fries while leaving the rest of your counter available for other tasks. That said, its performance drops for fresh-cut fries. When you make homemade fries or hash browns, you can't fit as many in the cooking chamber, and they take longer to cook, so you have to wait quite a while for a small portion. They don't cook as evenly, either, so while each batch still comes out at least somewhat crisp, they're not browned evenly throughout. Instead, you end up with some well-browned areas and some pale, undercooked areas on each piece.
Frozen fried foods come out mostly crispy.
Cooks small fried foods pretty quickly.
Sufficient surface area to arrange small batches in one layer.
Compact design fits in most kitchens.
Moist and thicker foods don't crisp up very evenly.
Cooks bulkier, moist foods slowly.
Large batches overlap, which hinders airflow from circulating properly.
The Philips 2000 Series is best suited to frozen, precooked wings. There's enough space in the cooking chamber to spread a small portion of frozen wings in a single layer. They come out decently fast and mostly crispy, with just a few pieces that don't crisp up enough or burn. Fresh wings don't fare as well. When you cook wings from scratch, they take a long time, and while most of the batch comes out crispy on at least one side, very few crisp evenly on both sides. They also end up fairly dry, since a lot of fat renders as they cook.
Frozen fried foods come out mostly crispy.
Cooks small fried foods pretty quickly.
Sufficient surface area to arrange small batches in one layer.
Moist and thicker foods don't crisp up very evenly.
Cooks bulkier, moist foods slowly.
Large batches overlap, which hinders airflow from circulating properly.
Leaves raw proteins a bit too dry.
The Philips 2000 Series delivers reasonable air frying performance. It works best for fried foods, like frozen French fries, spring rolls, and chicken nuggets, which come out mostly crispy, with only a few mushy or overdone pieces in the mix. However, it doesn't cook raw proteins as evenly. The temperature doesn't get hot enough to quickly brown fatty proteins and hearty vegetables, like wings, steak, or broccoli, so they come out passably crispy but not uniformly browned throughout the batch. Between the air fryer's significant temperature fluctuations and the excess fat that renders throughout the cooking process, leaner meats, like chicken breast, also come out a little too dry. Beyond air frying, this model offers little versatility. It has a limited range of both fan speed and temperature settings, so it's not ideal for alternate cooking methods like baking or dehydrating.
Frozen fried foods come out mostly crispy.
Moist and thicker foods don't crisp up very evenly.
Not particularly versatile for other cooking methods.
Leaves raw proteins a bit too dry.
The Philips 2000 Series has a 4.5-quart cooking capacity, which is on the smaller side, giving you enough room to cook about two portions at a time. There's enough surface area to spread a small portion of food in a single layer, but larger portions will overlap, which hinders airflow and keeps your food from crisping up as much.
Sufficient surface area to arrange small batches in one layer.
4.5-quart capacity can only make two portions at once.
Large batches overlap, which hinders airflow from circulating properly.
The Philips 2000 Series preheats very quickly and delivers decent cooking speed for frozen fried foods, such as fries or chicken nuggets. However, it takes a long time to cook raw proteins and fresh vegetables.
Preheats very quickly.
Cooks small fried foods pretty quickly.
Cooks bulkier, moist foods slowly.
The Philips 2000 Series is a compact air fryer. It's not overly tall and won't take up too much space on your counter or in a cupboard.
Compact design fits in most kitchens.
Performance Usages
Changelog
- Updated Oct 15, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 1.1, which adds a new test for Meat and Poultry and renames the Frying Quality box to Fried Foods. We also separated the Cooking Chamber box into Cooking Chamber and Cooking Surface boxes, and changed the components of the Cooking Speed box to reflect cook times for both fried foods and meat and poultry. Finally, we updated the usages to account for the new tests. To read more about the updates, see the Changelog.
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Updated Apr 17, 2026:
We mentioned the COSORI Iconic in the Cooking Versatility box for users who want to dehydrate, bake, and roast with an air fryer.
- Updated Feb 20, 2026: We converted this review to Test Bench 1.0.2. We've added a 'Glass Cooking Chamber' result in the Cooking Chamber section to indicate if the cooking chamber is made of glass or not.
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Updated Jan 12, 2026:
We mentioned the Ninja Crispi Pro AS101 in the Frying Quality box for users looking for even better performance in this regard.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This air fryer comes in Black and you can see the label for our unit.
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Popular Air Fryer Comparisons
The Philips 2000 Series is a 4.5-quart air fryer with a viewing window and light in its cooking chamber, so you can keep an eye on your recipe as it progresses. Compared to other windowed air fryers we've tested, this one falls firmly in the middle of the pack. It's best suited to fried foods, like frozen fries, chicken nuggets, and mozzarella sticks, cooking each batch pretty quickly and more evenly than the NutriChef 5.8 Quart NCAF539TB. However, it struggles with anything more substantial, such as a side of hearty veg or thicker cuts of meat. It cooks a batch of wings less evenly than the Chefman Crispinator 8 Qt., for example, and leaves them drier after cooking.
This air fryer is also quite small, with only enough capacity to serve two people at a time. If you're looking for a similar model with more capacity, consider the dual-basket Philips 3000 Series Dual Basket NA350/00. It doesn't include a viewing window, but it cooks a little faster and more evenly. Plus, it lets you cook two recipes simultaneously using different settings.
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The Ninja Max XL AF161 is a better air fryer for most people than the Philips 2000 series 4.2L NA220/00. Both models produce good-quality fried foods, so air fryer classics like fries, nuggets, and veggies come out mostly golden brown. However, the Ninja works faster and is much more versatile. It has a wider range of temperature and fan speed settings, so you can use it for baking, dehydrating, and making extra-crispy food. The Philips is a bit smaller, though, so if you're really tight on space, you may prefer it.
The Ninja AF141 is a better air fryer than the Philips 2000 series 4.2L NA220/00. The Ninja cooks frozen fried foods more evenly, leaving each batch of fries, chicken nuggets, or spring rolls more uniformly crispy and golden brown. When it comes to fresh proteins, the Ninja also comes out ahead, since it leaves wings, pork chops, and steak juicier after cooking. The Ninja also cooks more quickly, regardless of what you're making, and it offers more versatility for other cooking methods, like dehydrating or roasting.
The Cuisinart 6-qt AIR-200 and Philips 2000 series 4.2L NA220/00 are pretty evenly matched overall, but they have different strengths. The Philips produces better-quality air-fried food, so more of each batch turns out crispy and well-cooked. The Cuisinart, on the other hand, is more versatile, with a wider range of temperatures, fan speeds, and preset cooking modes. Both models feature a viewing window, so you can keep an eye on your food as it cooks. If you plan to mainly cook air fryer classics, like fries, wings, and veggies, the Philips is a better bet, but if you plan to experiment with alternate cooking methods, like roasting or baking, go with the Cuisinart.
The Philips 2000 series 4.2L NA220/00 is a better option for most people than the thinkkitchen Luminate, which is available on the Canadian market. Both models feature a viewing window so you can monitor your food as it cooks, and each offers enough capacity to serve about two to three people. However, the Philips model produces better-quality fried food, and it does so faster. Neither option is particularly versatile, though, so you're better off sticking to classic air fryer meals and snacks, like yam fries, wings, or veggies. The thinkkitchen is a bit smaller, so if your counter space is really limited, you may still prefer it for that reason.
Test Results
It has a passable amount of surface area, so it's relatively easy to spread out a small batch of food in a single layer, but larger batches will overlap, limiting airflow. The crisper plate has a PTFE non-stick coating, which makes it easy to clean, unless you avoid traditional non-stick coatings.
This air fryer's 4.5-quart basket is large enough to serve approximately two people at a time. Just like the crisper plate, the chamber has a PTFE non-stick coating.
This air fryer provides mediocre versatility. It can reach a fairly high temperature, though some models can get hotter, and it doesn't drop low enough for applications like dehydrating. It also has a very narrow range of fan speeds, which can't be adjusted manually.
There's one cooking mode available, with a fixed temperature setting:
- Keep Warm: 170°F, 30 minutes
There are also preset functions for a variety of foods:
- Frozen Potato-Based Snacks: 360°F, 28 minutes
- Fresh Fries: 360°F, 35 minutes
- Chicken Drumsticks: 360°F, 20 minutes
- Fish Filet: 400°F, 20 minutes
- Muffin: 325°F, 20 minutes
- Meat Chops: 400°F, 20 minutes
- Mixed Vegetables: 360°F, 18 minutes
- Breakfast: 325°F, 12 minutes
If you're looking for a more versatile option, consider the COSORI Iconic, which offers a wider range of temperature and fan speed settings for other cooking methods, such as baking, dehydrating, and roasting.
It cooks fried foods, like frozen onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and precooked wings, evenly. When you pull a batch of fried food out, it's mostly crispy and well-browned, with just a small portion either over- or undercooked.
This air fryer isn't an ideal choice for cooking meat and poultry. At 400 °F, its maximum heat setting isn't hot enough to sear fatty proteins like wings or lamb chops quickly. While most of the batch comes out somewhat crispy, the crispiness is inconsistent: some areas are well browned, while others are pale and rubbery. The temperature also fluctuates significantly during cooking, and too much fat renders throughout the process, so even leaner meats that need a lower temperature for best results come out fairly dry.
