About a year ago I upgraded my Ninja round basket air fryer to a 5.8 qt Cosori. The Cosori is my 3rd air fryer and by far the best. The square basket is a huge improvement over a round one for the same reason that boxes are square instead of round. Recent reviews place the Cosori at the top of the list being favored over some models that cost 2X more. The more I cook with it the better I like it and the more adventurous I have become with it. I recently tried frozen shrimp in it thinking they would probably come out rubbery and ruined. Instead they were cooked uniformly perfect. Last night I made a single batch of buttermilk biscuits that were among the very best I have ever made-and I make a lot of biscuits! Eight minutes at 380 degrees for a perfect melt in your mouth/crisp outside biscuit. I bake potatoes in it when I sous vide steaks and use them for hash browns later. It does bacon flawlessly and the bacon grease collects in the basket below. Chicken comes out juicy inside and crisp outside. Cabbage steaks are a natural in an air fryer.
So I am obviously hooked on air fryers but what is the downside? For the most part the Cosori presets are fairly accurate but would lean more to overcooking than undercooking. I use a probe thermometer to monitor temps and once I get the time and temp just right make a note of it. It is the perfect tool to reheat pizza as it comes out crisp instead of soggy like a microwave. I have probably just begun to realize the capabilities of the machine but it has become an indispensable tool in my kitchen.
New models of the Cosori are called smart as they can be voice activated and an app used to operate them from a cell phone. These might be preferable to the techie geeks but I am grateful that mine lacks that complexity. Somehow using 2 appliances to operate 1 makes little sense to me, I have to put the food in manually, why not just push a button while I'm standing there?
Like Chromebooks that have evolved tremendously since their humble beginnings, air fryers have vastly improved in just a few short years. I'm starting to see air fryer instructions on some packaged foods along with the usual conventional oven and microwave directions. They have become mainstream.
So I am obviously hooked on air fryers but what is the downside? For the most part the Cosori presets are fairly accurate but would lean more to overcooking than undercooking. I use a probe thermometer to monitor temps and once I get the time and temp just right make a note of it. It is the perfect tool to reheat pizza as it comes out crisp instead of soggy like a microwave. I have probably just begun to realize the capabilities of the machine but it has become an indispensable tool in my kitchen.
New models of the Cosori are called smart as they can be voice activated and an app used to operate them from a cell phone. These might be preferable to the techie geeks but I am grateful that mine lacks that complexity. Somehow using 2 appliances to operate 1 makes little sense to me, I have to put the food in manually, why not just push a button while I'm standing there?
Like Chromebooks that have evolved tremendously since their humble beginnings, air fryers have vastly improved in just a few short years. I'm starting to see air fryer instructions on some packaged foods along with the usual conventional oven and microwave directions. They have become mainstream.
