Best Silicone Air Fryer Liners of 2026

Parchment paper is the quiet failure of air frying. A corner catches the fan, the round lifts, and the next thing you smell is scorched paper pressed against the heating element — I've watched it happen to a batch of frozen fries I was sure I was minding. A silicone liner sits down in the basket instead, catches the grease, and lifts out with one hand. It also spares the basket itself a scrub every single night.

We've put 16 liners through three months of weeknight dinners, and what separated them had less to do with what's printed on the box than with fit and stiffness. Measure the inside bottom of your basket, not the top: a liner that's too wide folds up the sides, chokes the airflow, and steams your food instead of crisping it.

The picks below are the ones that stayed flat, held their shape when loaded, and came out of the dishwasher still looking new. Some are round, some are rectangular for dual baskets — all of them beat another sheet of parchment.

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The 8 Best Silicone Air Fryer Liners of 2026

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PINTAUR Round Liners 3-Pack Best Overall

PINTAUR Round Liners 3-Pack – Round Silicone Air Fryer Liners 3 Pack 4-5.3QT for Ninja AF101/161

Mid-size round baskets

Our Score 95/100
Top Width
8.07 inches
Pack Count
3 liners
Wall Height
1.96 inches
Bottom Width
6.89 inches
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Two measurements decide whether a round liner is worth buying: 8.07 inches across the top and 6.89 inches across the base. Those are the PINTAUR's numbers, and they're why it settles into most of the 4- to 5.3-quart round baskets in this guide — the Ninja AF101 and AF161, plus a long list of COSORI, Chefman, and Tefal models. Walls just under two inches tall give a sauce somewhere to go without pushing the food up toward the heating element.

Three liners in the pack is the part we ended up valuing most. One is in the basket, one is in the dishwasher, one is in the drawer, and dinner never waits on cleanup. The silicone also has enough body to lift out with food still in it, which is not a small thing once you've watched a flimsier liner fold in the middle and slide its contents back into the basket.

Cleanup is a rinse under hot water for anything saucy, or the top rack if you've cooked something sticky. The textured base keeps food from sitting flat in its own oil, which helps with fish and anything breaded. You are trading a little crisping for a lot less scrubbing, though: the liner covers the basket's perforated floor, so frozen fries come out better with it left in the drawer.

One thing to think through before you order: the shape is round, so a square basket gets four bare corners where crumbs collect. If your basket is square, one of the square picks below covers more of the floor, and that's the only reason we'd steer you away from this set.

Worth Noting

  • Not compatible with the Ninja AF141
Our Verdict

We recommend the PINTAUR set for round 4- to 5.3-quart baskets: three liners, a measured fit rather than a guess, and the simplest cleanup in this group.

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Masgarlan Dual-Basket Liners 2-Pack Best for Dual-Basket Air Fryers

Masgarlan Dual-Basket Liners 2-Pack – Air Fryer Silicone Liners 2 Pack for Ninja Dual Air Fryers 8QT 9QT 10QT

Two-drawer air fryers

Our Score 94/100
Shape
Rectangular
Dimensions
8.67 x 5.9 x 2.68 inches
Pack Count
2 liners
Heat Resistance
450°F
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Two drawers need two liners, and they need to be rectangles: a round liner in a Ninja Foodi drawer wastes the corners and shifts when you shake the basket. Masgarlan's pair measures 8.67 by 5.9 inches and 2.68 inches deep, snug enough for the DZ201, DZ401, DZ550, and DZ302, along with 8- to 10-quart COSORI and Instant dual baskets. If your fryer has two drawers, we think this is the pair to buy.

The base is what separates it from a plain silicone mat. Raised strips hold food up out of the drippings, so the underside of a pork chop browns instead of stewing, and the grooves give rendered fat somewhere to collect. The 450°F rating covers anything an air fryer will realistically do.

Two per pack, dishwasher safe, and firm enough that the liner doesn't slide when you shake a loaded drawer. There's no learning curve here, which is the nicest thing we can say about a liner. It is built for exactly one kind of appliance, though, and it doesn't pretend otherwise.

Worth Noting

  • Sized only for 8- to 10-quart dual baskets
Our Verdict

We recommend the Masgarlan pair for anyone with two drawers: the rectangles fill each basket properly, and the raised base keeps food out of the drippings.

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Vangerute Collapsible Liners 2-Pack Best for Small Kitchens

Vangerute Collapsible Liners 2-Pack – Collapsible Silicone Air Fryer Liners 8QT 10QT Ninja Dual (Gray)

Tight drawer space

Our Score 93/100
Shape
Rectangular, collapsible
Dimensions
8.38 x 5.9 inches
Pack Count
2 liners
Basket Size
8 to 10 quarts
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Where does a silicone pot live when it isn't in the basket? Vangerute answers that with a collapsible body: press the sides down and it flattens into a drawer instead of holding a slot in the cabinet. The two side ears work as handles when it's open, and the footprint — 8.38 by 5.9 inches — is cut for 8- and 10-quart Ninja dual baskets, so each drawer gets close to wall-to-wall coverage.

We like it most in a kitchen where the air fryer lives on the counter and every drawer is already spoken for. The drainage ridges push grease out toward the rim so food isn't sitting in it, and the whole thing goes in the dishwasher. What you're paying for is the folding mechanism and the snug dual-drawer fit rather than better cooking — this is the priciest pick in the group and it earns that on storage, not performance.

The weak points are where it folds. The ears and collapsed corners take the stress of lifting a loaded liner, and those are the spots that have torn or let go with heavier food. Two per pack means a spare is always in the drawer, but plan to lift this one with both hands. That's a small price for a liner that disappears when you're done.

Worth Noting

  • Priciest pick here for the same basic job
Our Verdict

We recommend the Vangerute set when counter and drawer space are the constraint — it folds flat, fits a dual basket snugly, and drains grease to the edge.

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Golden Associate Square Liners 2-Pack Best for Large Square Baskets

Golden Associate Square Liners 2-Pack – Silicone Liners Square for Air Fryer

Large square baskets

Our Score 92/100
Top Width
9 inches
Pack Count
2 liners
Bottom Width
8 inches
Heat Resistance
428°F
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Golden Associate prints the warning most listings leave out: don't leave this liner in the basket while the fryer preheats. An empty liner sitting under a heating element scorches and smokes — true of every liner here, and this one is honest enough to say so. Preheat first, then set the liner and the food in together.

What you get for the trouble is the biggest square in this group: 9 inches across the top and 8 inches at the base, with handles molded into the rim. In a large square basket that's close to full coverage, corners included. It's rated to 428°F and it's dishwasher safe.

The handles are why this one stays in the rotation. A hot liner full of roasted vegetables is awkward to lift by the rim, and the molded grips let you get both hands under it with a mitt on. Two per pack means one can be in the sink while the other works, and the square sides sit flat against the basket walls instead of curling inward.

Worth Noting

  • 428°F ceiling is the lowest of these picks
Our Verdict

We recommend the Golden Associate pair for large square baskets where full coverage and molded handles matter more than a high heat ceiling.

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Linda's Essentials Square Liners 3-Pack Best Three-Pack

Linda's Essentials Square Liners 3-Pack – Reusable Square Silicone Air Fryer Liners (8.5 Inch

Square 8.5-inch baskets

Our Score 91/100
Size
8.5 x 8.5 inches
Extras
Cheat sheet and recipe book
Pack Count
3 liners
Heat Resistance
446°F
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Every set comes with a cheat sheet and a small recipe book, the kind of extra that usually ends up in a drawer. These are more useful than most for the first week, when you're converting sheet-pan times to basket times, but they aren't the reason to buy the set.

The liners are 8.5-inch squares in light gray, rated to 446°F, and non-stick enough that hot soapy water handles most meals. Three come in the pack, which is the number that keeps a clean one in the drawer at all times.

Square is the right call if your basket is square: the liner covers corners a round one leaves bare, and its flat sides sit against the basket walls instead of curling away from them. Linda's lists it for the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 4-quart, and the silicone is soft enough to trim with scissors if your basket runs a little smaller.

Three liners for roughly what several sets here charge for two is the real argument, and it's why this is the square set we point most people to. The recipe book is a first-week crutch; the third liner is the part you'll notice every week.

Our Verdict

We recommend Linda's Essentials for square baskets up to about 8.5 inches: three liners, a 446°F rating, and the best value per liner in a square shape.

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ZIP STANDING Square Liners 2-Pack Best with Handles

ZIP STANDING Square Liners 2-Pack – Silicone Air Fryer Liners Set OF 2

Tray-style ovens

Our Score 90/100
Base
Drainage grooves
Size
8.5 x 8.5 inches
Handling
Grip handles and hanger holes
Pack Count
2 liners
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Two details on the rim of this liner do more than they look like they do: a pair of grip handles and a hole punched through each corner. The holes let you hang it on a hook to dry instead of leaving it flat and wet on the counter, and the handles let you lift a full liner without pinching the sides together. Small things, and they're the reason this one stayed in rotation.

The body is an 8.5-inch square with a grooved base. The grooves give rendered fat somewhere to run instead of pooling under the food, and the texture helps heat move under whatever you're cooking. ZIP lists it for 5- to 8-quart tray-style ovens and toaster ovens as well as baskets, and it's dishwasher safe and BPA-free.

Two come in the pack, and the silicone is on the firm side, so it holds its shape when you carry it to the sink rather than folding over your hand. Top-rack dishwasher safe, though the grooves are worth a pass with a brush after anything sticky. Among the least expensive sets here, it's also one of the better behaved.

Our Verdict

We recommend the ZIP STANDING pair for anyone who wants a liner that dries on a hook and lifts without pinching — firm silicone at a budget price.

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AKSDTH Round Liners 2-Pack Best for Budget Round Baskets

AKSDTH Round Liners 2-Pack – 2 Pack Air Fryer Silicone Liners Pot for 3 to 5 QT

Budget round baskets

Our Score 89/100
Top Width
8 inches
Pack Count
2 liners
Basket Size
3 to 5 quarts
Bottom Width
6.75 inches
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Same round shape, same roughly eight-inch top, same job as our top pick — with two liners instead of three and a base that's a fraction narrower at 6.75 inches. The AKSDTH pair fits 3- to 5-quart round baskets and comes in red and blue, which is a genuinely useful touch: keep one for fish and one for everything else.

Raised lines across the base lift food clear of the drippings, both liners are dishwasher safe, and the non-stick surface releases a stuck-on cheese edge after a short soak. Nothing about the silicone feels flimsy in the hand.

Sizing is the thing to check before you order. The liner runs small against some 5-quart baskets, so if yours sits at the top of the stated 3- to 5-quart range, measure the inside first. For a 3- or 4-quart basket and a hand-wash-and-reuse routine, it's a good pair at a fair price.

Worth Noting

  • No stated heat resistance on the listing
Our Verdict

We recommend the AKSDTH pair as a budget round option for 3- and 4-quart baskets, as long as you don't need a stated heat ceiling.

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BOMSI Round Liners 2-Pack

BOMSI Round Liners 2-Pack – Air Fryer Silicone Liners Pot

Compact 3–4 qt

Our Score 88/100
Diameter
8 inches
Pack Count
2 liners
Basket Size
3 to 5 quarts
Heat Resistance
450°F
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If your air fryer is a 3- or 4-quart model, a lot of the liners on this page are simply too big. BOMSI's 8-inch rounds are sized for the smaller basket, and the red and black pair lets you keep one for meat and one for everything else.

The stated ceiling is 450°F, as high as anything here, and raised lines across the base keep food up out of the grease. Both liners are dishwasher safe and BPA-free, and the shape is a simple round pot that drops in and lifts out by the rim.

Cleaning is the usual story: a rinse under hot water for most meals, a cycle in the dishwasher for anything sticky, and a quick pass over the ridges if you've cooked something with sugar in it.

Where this set earns its place is the small-basket kitchen. Two liners that fit a 3-quart fryer properly beat three that ride too high in it, and the color pairing means you're never guessing which one held the chicken. Just measure first: the same 8-inch liner that sits snugly in a 4-quart basket leaves a gap in a 5-quart one.

Worth Noting

  • Thin silicone flexes under a full load
Our Verdict

We recommend the BOMSI pair for 3- and 4-quart baskets where a bigger liner would ride above the rim: two colors and a 450°F rating.

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How We Tested Silicone Air Fryer Liners

We started with the liners that come up again and again in air fryer owner threads, then narrowed to the ones that state an actual top and bottom measurement and name the basket sizes they're meant for, round single baskets versus rectangular dual baskets. Anything that only promised a universal fit got cut. That left 16 liners, which we rotated through three months of real cooking: frozen fries and nuggets on weeknights, marinated chicken thighs and salmon, reheated leftovers, and weekend batches where we deliberately let cheese melt and scorch.

Fit was the first thing we checked, because it's the first thing that goes wrong. We set each liner in the basket, closed the drawer, and looked to see whether the walls collapsed inward or the corners rode up toward the heating element. Then we filled each one with a pound and a half of potatoes and lifted it out by the rim to see whether it sagged or dumped dinner on the counter.

For cleaning, we went both ways: hand-washed in a sink of soapy water once the grease cooled, then run through the dishwasher on the bottom rack week after week, watching for cloudiness, white stress marks at the folds, and tears along the rim. To judge whether a liner hurt the cooking, we made the same weight of frozen fries with and without one and compared how the bottoms came out; vented and ridged designs beat solid walls. Value came down to cost per liner inside the pack, not the sticker price of the set.

How to Choose Silicone Air Fryer Liners

Start With the Basket, Not the Quart Rating

A 5.8-quart fryer from one brand can have a wider floor than a 6-quart model from another, so the number on the box tells you very little about which liner will drop in. Measure the inside of the basket across the top and again at the base, then choose a liner that sits a little inside those numbers so you can still get a grip on the rim. The picks here list both widths for exactly that reason — 8.07 and 6.89 inches on the PINTAUR, 9 and 8 on the Golden Associate.

Match the Shape to the Basket

Round baskets take round liners; square baskets take squares, which cover the corners a circle leaves bare. Two-drawer fryers want narrow rectangles, one per drawer, or you waste half of each basket on empty silicone. A square liner forced into a round basket is worse than no liner at all: it rides up the sides, sits the food higher than it should, and leaves a gap where drips run straight down onto the rack you were trying to protect.

What a Liner Does to Crisping

Every liner covers the perforated floor of the basket, and that floor does real work: air comes up through it and fat drips down through it. Put a solid silicone pot in the way and food sits in its own steam. Use a liner for saucy, sticky, wet, or messy food — fish, marinated chicken, anything with cheese — and leave it out for frozen fries and wings you want crunchy. Raised ridges and drainage grooves help, but they don't fully solve it.

Thickness Is What Decides Whether You Keep Using It

Thin silicone is cheap to make and annoying to live with: it folds in the middle when you lift it, tears at the rim after a while, and needs two hands to carry to the sink. Thicker liners hold their shape, double as a serving dish, and come out of the dishwasher without curling at the edges. Judge it the moment it arrives — a liner that flops when you pick it up empty will flop worse when it's full of chicken and fat.

Heat Limits and Handling

Stated limits across these picks run from 428°F to 450°F, which covers ordinary air frying but not a broiler or the very top of a roast setting. Two rules keep a liner usable. Never preheat with the liner sitting empty in the basket — it's directly under the element and it will scorch and smoke. And lift a hot liner with tongs or mitts rather than your fingers, because silicone holds heat and a liner full of fat is heavier than it looks.

Frequently Asked Questions

Final Verdict

If you own a round 4- to 5.3-quart air fryer, buy the PINTAUR three-pack and stop thinking about it: the fit is measured rather than guessed, and three liners mean cleanup never blocks dinner. Own a two-drawer Ninja Foodi or another 8- to 10-quart dual basket and the Masgarlan rectangles fit the drawers properly, drippings and all.

For a 9-inch square basket, the Golden Associate's molded handles and full coverage are worth the step up in price; if drawer space is the thing you're short of, the Vangerute set folds flat and still fits a dual basket snugly.