Bosch's Air Fryer 'S' Costs 25 EUR for One Rack

Bosch sells its air fryers in pairs, and the price tag is the only thing that visibly divides them. Look at the Serie 4 pair: the MAF462B0 lists at 99.99 EUR, the MAFS2462B at 125 EUR, a 25.01 EUR gap, 25 percent more money. Every other spec on the sheet matches: the same 6.1 litre basket, the same 2050 W element, the same 200 degree ceiling, the same nine-program dial, even the same external dimensions. Bosch’s own product pages confirm what the 25 EUR buys: one extra wire rack, nothing else. Pay it only if you will actually use a second rack to cook two things at once without waiting for the first batch to finish. Everyone else should buy the cheaper model and keep the difference.

Key takeaways:

• The Serie 4 “S” model, MAFS2462B, costs 25.01 EUR more than the base MAF462B0 (125 EUR vs 99.99 EUR, a 25.0 percent gap) for an identical 6.1 litre basket, 2050 W element, 200°C ceiling and nine-program controller.
• The same split repeats one tier up: Serie 6’s MAFS2671B costs 6.00 EUR more than the MAF671B0 (135 EUR vs 129 EUR, a 4.7 percent gap), with an identical 7.2 litre basket and 1800 W element.
• Bosch’s own product pages list exactly one added feature on both “S” models: an extra rack (“Extra Gitter”), which also explains the 0.7 kg and 0.2 kg weight gain.
• Across 13 priced air fryers in the catalog, price per litre of basket capacity spans 12.31 EUR/L to 42.17 EUR/L, a 3.4x range, so basket size alone does not set the price.
• Air fryers carry no EU A-to-G energy label at all, which is exactly why a spec-by-spec check like this one is the only real comparison tool a shopper has.

What does the Bosch “S” actually add?

I pulled both product pages for each pair directly from Bosch’s own site and diffed every feature bullet. In both the Serie 4 pair and the Serie 6 pair, the “S” page carries exactly two bullets the base page does not: “Extra Gitter: Weiterkochen ohne Wartezeit,” an extra rack that lets you keep cooking without waiting, and “Integriertes Zubehör,” the accessory being counted as included. Nothing else changes. Not the chamber count (both models in each pair are single-basket, “1-Kammer” units), not the wattage, not the temperature range, not the control panel, not the dishwasher-safe claim on the parts.

That also explains a number that would otherwise look like a mystery: the “S” models are heavier. MAFS2462B weighs 6.6 kg against the base MAF462B0’s 5.9 kg, a 0.7 kg gain. MAFS2671B weighs 5.9 kg against MAF671B0’s 5.7 kg, a 0.2 kg gain. A metal rack weighs something. Once you know the only added part is a rack, the weight column stops being a puzzle and starts confirming the story.

How big is the gap in real numbers?

Model	Price (EUR)	Weight (kg)	Basket (L)	Power (W)	Extra rack included
Bosch Serie 4 MAF462B0	99.99	5.9	6.1	2050	No
Bosch Serie 4 MAFS2462B	125.00	6.6	6.1	2050	Yes
Bosch Serie 6 MAF671B0	129.00	5.7	7.2	1800	No
Bosch Serie 6 MAFS2671B	135.00	5.9	7.2	1800	Yes

The gap does not scale with the base price. Serie 4 sits lower on the shelf and the rack costs 25 percent more; Serie 6 sits higher and the same rack costs 4.7 percent more. Whatever Bosch is pricing here, it is not a fixed share of the machine.

Does the same pattern hold at Serie 6?

Yes, with a smaller number attached. The MAF671B0 lists at 129 EUR and the MAFS2671B at 135 EUR, a 6.00 EUR gap, 4.7 percent. Basket capacity holds at 7.2 litres on both, power holds at 1800 W on both, the viewing window and dishwasher-safe parts hold on both. The only feature-bullet difference on Bosch’s own Serie 6 pages, again, is the extra rack. At this tier the euro cost of the rack is small enough that most shoppers would not think twice about paying it. At the Serie 4 tier, a quarter of the base price for one accessory is a decision worth pausing on.

Does a bigger basket always cost more?

Not on its own. Across the 13 air fryers in the catalog that publish both a price and a basket capacity, price per litre ranges from 12.31 EUR/L (the Xiaomi Smart Air Fryer 6.5L at 79.99 EUR for 6.5 litres) to 42.17 EUR/L (the Philips Airfryer Combi XXL HD9876/90 at 349.99 EUR for 8.3 litres), a 3.4x spread on capacity alone. Even Bosch’s own four-model lineup spans 14.08 EUR/L, on the Serie 6 dual-basket MAFD661B0 with 12.0 combined litres, up to 20.49 EUR/L on the Serie 4 “S.” Litres explain some of the price difference between brands. They do not explain the 25 EUR gap between two Bosch models with the identical 6.1 litre basket, because there is no litre difference to explain it with. That gap is entirely the rack.

This is the same byte-identical-spec-different-price pattern that turned up in our blender comparison: two machines matched on every measurable spec but one, priced apart anyway. Once you know the pattern, checking for it is a five-minute habit that pays for itself the first time it catches a 25 EUR difference you were about to shrug at.

Why isn’t there an energy label to check instead?

Because none exists. A search of the European Commission’s own Ecodesign and energy-label product list for “fryer” returns nothing. Air fryers sit outside the mandatory A-to-G scheme entirely, the same gap already documented on this site for blenders, coffee machines and toasters. There is no letter grade to lean on here, which is exactly why a direct spec diff, basket for basket, watt for watt, bullet for bullet, is the only real comparison tool an air fryer shopper has.

So is the extra rack worth 25 EUR?

If you already cook two things at once, batching a second portion or keeping food warm while the first round finishes, a second rack is a real, usable feature and 25 EUR is a fair price for it. If you cook one basket at a time, the “S” name is doing all the work the extra 25 EUR is supposed to do. Nothing about the heating element, the basket, or the controls changes to justify the gap on its own. Compare the four models side by side yourself, alongside the rest of the catalog, in the comparison tool or back on the air fryers category page before you decide which letter after the model number you actually need.