Breville Halo 5.5L Digital Air Fryer
Model VDF126
The Breville Halo 5.5L Digital Air Fryer (VDF126) is a 1700 W, 5.5 L single basket air fryer. Right Cook Time lists 7 foods for it, cooked between ~356 °F–~392 °F, every value taken from Breville's own manual rather than averaged from other models — see the sources at the bottom of this page.
- Wattage
- 1700 W
- Capacity
- 5.5 L
- Basket
- Single basket
- Max temperature
- ~392 °F·200 °C
- Preheat
- No
Measured cook times
| Food | Weight | Temperature | Time | Safety (USDA) | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baked Potato | 1000–1000 g | ~356 °F·180 °C | 60 min | — | Manufacturer data |
| Chicken Nuggets (Frozen) | 400–400 g | ~356 °F·180 °C | 12–15 min | 165 °F internal | Manufacturer data |
| Chicken Wings | 1000–1000 g | ~356 °F·180 °C | 30–35 min | 165 °F internal | Manufacturer data |
| Frozen Fries — Thin Cut | 500–700 g | ~392 °F·200 °C | 18–20 min | — | Manufacturer data |
| Pork Chops | 600–600 g | ~356 °F·180 °C | 15–20 min | 145 °F internal | Manufacturer data |
| Salmon Fillet | 480–480 g | ~356 °F·180 °C | 12–15 min | 145 °F internal | Manufacturer data |
| Steak | 250–250 g | ~392 °F·200 °C | 10–15 min | 145 °F internal | Manufacturer data |
11 foods on this site have no figure for the VDF126
The table stops where its sources stop: nothing on file says anything about bacon, burgers or chicken breast in this machine. If you've cooked one of them in yours and know what works, that measurement exists nowhere else — it can't be looked up, derived or generated, only cooked.
Takes about a minute — this appliance arrives already selected, and only the temperature and the time are required. Nothing publishes straight away: every submission is moderated first.
What these specs mean against the other 37 models on file
Power and size. At 1700 W, the VDF126 ranks 19 of 38 for power on this site, where the median is 1700 W and the corpus runs from 900 W to 3040 W. Its 5.5 L sits below the 6.8 L median, and 23 other models here share its single basket layout. Those two figures are how the calculator narrows down a machine for someone who doesn't know their model code. Neither is a cook time on its own, and nothing on this site converts one wattage into another.
What the dial reaches. ~392 °F is this model's ceiling — 25 of 38 on this site, where the lowest ceiling on file is ~392 °F and the highest ~480 °F. 3 foods on this site carry a reference temperature above it — fish sticks (frozen, breaded) at ~399 °F, mozzarella sticks (frozen, breaded) at ~399 °F, onion rings (frozen, battered) at ~399 °F — so those figures were written for machines that can be set higher than this one goes. Nothing here rescales one temperature into another, so they do not simply transfer.
How much it is documented to hold. The heaviest single batch Breville's own chart describes for this model is 1000 g of chicken wings (30–35 min at ~356 °F); the lightest is 250 g of steak. Every row in the table above states a weight. A time without a portion size can't honestly be scaled to what you are actually cooking, so the column is left empty rather than filled with a plausible figure.
Long or short against everyone else. Most foods in the table above also appear in other manufacturers' manuals. Lined up against them, this model's published times land 5 inside the band the other charts cover, 0 shorter than anything else published, and 2 longer.
- Baked Potato — 60 min at ~356 °F here, against 34–40 min across 11 other charts from 4 brands. This one is the longest of them.
- Chicken Wings — 30–35 min at ~356 °F here, against 14–31 min across 23 other charts from 9 brands. This one is the longest of them.
None of those is wrong, and none is corrected here. Each is what that manufacturer prints for its own machine; how far apart they get is the subject of the register of disagreements, and what the single basket format contributes to it is set out separately.
Compare Breville with another brand
Same foods, same temperatures, side by side — see all comparisons. For the comparison that changes the cooking more, read what a single basket design does to the times, or the register of where the manuals disagree.
Guides that use this model
Sources
- Breville Halo 5.5L Digital Air Fryer (VDF126) — official product page: "Variable temperature up to 200 degrees C.", single basket with a removable divider ("Basket divider so two foods can be cooked at once" — not a true dual basket), "Powerful 1700W for fast heat-up" — retrieved August 23, 2026
- Breville VDF126 — official instruction manual, preset table p.4 (Fries/Chicken/Meat at 200°C, Vegetable/Fish at 180°C, Manual at 160°C — 200°C is the observed ceiling); no distinct Preheat function mentioned anywhere in the document — retrieved August 23, 2026