COSORI Pro Smart Air Fryer 5.8QT 11-in-1 Cooking Presets (800+ Online Recipes) , APP and Touch Screen Control, Works with Alexa & Google Assistant, Dishwasher-Safe Square Basket

[UPDATED AT SEVEN MONTHS - SEE END]Okay, I'm a convert: air fryers are a great kitchen accessory. But to tell the truth, I would have tried or bought one long ago had they been more accurately marketed. Since their appearance, they've been pushed as "fryers," specifically some kind of magical deep-fat fryer that doesn't need any (dangerous, unhealthy, messy) fat or oil. Great, and that's sold ten million of them to make french fries, but a big market (like me) is probably being missed, because while we've never really wanted any kind of "fryer," we sure do adore our convection ovens.And that's what "air fryers" really are: compact, convenient convection ovens. Anyone who's used a real convection oven knows the magic they can do; having a small one for the very specific job of turning out perfect chops, chicken breasts, fish, roast veggies and, yes, french fries without the long preheat times and energy waste of a full-size oven is a real asset. An asset to good cooks, not just someone turning out corn dogs and baskets of french fries.So: idea of air fryer/compact convection oven: a winner. And this midsized Cosori excels at its tasks. In two weeks and ten meals, the only fault I can find with its abilities is that it sometimes takes one attempt to learn the precise time and temp needed for a particular time... but the second time is perfect.However.As someone with some design engineering background, I have a few less than sterling comments about the design and function of this make and model "mini convection oven." None completely dampen my enthusiasm or approval of the thing, but I will certainly shop carefully, and hands-on, should I ever buy a replacement. Let's go from least to worst faults.PRESETS — most air fryers make a big deal of how many modes and presets they have. My judgment is that they are absolutely worthless, never turning out the best possible result, and good only for rushed or indifferent family members who want to do three other things while whipping up some fries for a snack. A chart of foods and settings, a time and temp function, a preheat button... nothing more is needed and I doubt I will use anything but these controls for the rest of this device's life.TOUCH PANEL — it's 2022. Touch panels are a perfected technology. So why does this device have one that appears to be from the dawn of the tech and/or seem as if it's old and worn out as well, right out of the box? The buttons are impossibly — pardon the pun — touchy and erratic. They need exactly the right light, on-center touch to work. Not a press; that won't work. Not a tap; that won't work. It has to be a precise, well-aimed, downright loving touch in exactly the right spot... and even then, it fails about one time out of five. The many taps needed to set time and temp can turn into a frustrating game of Whac-A-Mole as the buttons respond like a badly-trained puppy... when they want to, and how they want to. Really, this panel should work perfectly for every user and every touch style, but instead it's an aggravating finger-puzzle every time. I have no idea if this is universal among either Cosoris or other air fryers.BASKET (part 1) — once again, it's 2022. Air fryers have been around a while. So why is the basket assembly on this one like using something an inventor cobbled together in his garage? To start with, the release button is dangerously placed, right under the natural thumb-grip position, and too easy to press at the wrong time. I strongly recommend all new users practice handling the basket for a good long time, until the urge to press the button, on purpose or not, goes away. Because if you press it at any time except when the base pan is on a counter, said pan will fall. Hopefully not full of scalding-hot drippings. The button should be positioned and work only with a more deliberate action, not one all too easy to do by reflex.BASKET (part 2) — not only is the basket unbelievably slippery on the bottom (from its teflon coating) but the heavy front lip of the faceplate makes it awkward to set down and keep in one place. If you pull it mostly out, such as to check the temp of cooking meet, don't let your grip on the handle weaken, or it will slide out of the fryer towards you like an attack dog. And don't take it all the way out and set it on the counter, because if you pull or tug or bump it even a little, it will slide towards you (slick as teflon, remember) and if the front lip gets near the edge, it will pull itself into a fall in the blink of an eye. You have to use maximum caution in opening, removing, and doing anything in the basket while it's hot. Yes, you should be careful, but this is like a coiled rattlesnake waiting to get you. And unless you develop a practice of removing it and setting it well back on the counter, it will. (Simply making the front lip flush with the pan, so that it doesn't have this tendency to slip-drop-fall over an edge, or not coating the bottom of the pan with teflon, would help a lot.)And TOUCH PANEL (part 2) — if you remove the basket from the unit, whether the unit is turned on or not, the display goes into the "standby" mode, brightly lit up with dashes all across. It stays that way until you put the basket back in. You can't turn it off. The basket may be soaking in the sink, or too dirty to put back (and forget about), or in the dishwasher... the display stays on. All day, all night. Very annoying.And TOUCH PANEL (part 3) while I'm at it. The POWER button and the GO buttons should not be side by side. Whoever designed this layout did it from a graphics perspective, not a usability perspective. Even after two weeks and much use, I keep hitting POWER — turning the unit off and erasing any settings — instead of GO... and I doubt I'm the only one. Very poor interface design.But it cooks wonderful food, every time, once you get past these design flaws.-- UPDATE 7 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE --I'll stand by all of my above (unedited) comments. The basket is still sometimes awkward to handle. The touch panel has gotten a little better, or I've adapted my technique to its quirks, but I still have to stop and wet a fingertip sometimes to get five more taps on a time or temp setting.But I'll add the following points:1) I have used the hell out of this gizmo and probably do 90% of my cooking with it. Every kind of meat, toasting buns, fries (of course!), roasted veggies, even 1/4 frozen pizzas and pierogi. The only thing I cook in the oven any more are long-simmer stews and meats that really have to be broiled (steaks and burgers).2) Don't use any kind of cooking spray (an ingredient in it is what causes that gunky, nearly unremovable buildup.) Use an olive oil spritzer instead. And hand-wash the baskets after every non-dry item, and run them through the dishwasher occasionally, especially after a goopy/fatty cook like sauced chicken legs. And NEVER RUN WATER OVER A HOT BASKET — that's why your teflon coating starts to peel. Too hot to touch is too hot to run water on.3) Buy a good probe thermometer so you can reliably check doneness. Recipe times are only a starting point.4) The zillion presets are useless. Maybe if you have kids who are old enough to use this but not old enough to have judgment about times and temps, but not a one has cooked to my satisfaction. When and if I replace this unit, it will be with one that simply has a quick-set time and temp dial. The time/temp set feature is the only one I used after the first two weeks. and all those touch panel issues make that operation more tedious than it should be.5) The WiFi feature is ridiculously useless AND requires you to sign up with a Chinese-based internet service that demands to access your location information. No, thanks. It's quick cooking; just how far away do you get and still need control, fachrissakes?6) Wishing again I'd bought one of these years ago. As I said above, it's so so so much more than a "fryer" or just for french fries.Thanks for reading. I'm here all week. Try the veal!

PROBLEMS FIXED!!! PLEASE SEE END OF REVIEW FOR UPDATE.I want to love my Cosori air fryer. I saw it used on a Youtube cooking channel, and so I figured, this must be a pretty mainstream product. I got it seven months ago and it has become a mainstay in the kitchen, and all but replaced the toaster oven, the frying pan, and even the grill.The one problem I have is that the buttons, or whatever you call those little circles on the front panel, are very difficult to press, especially with damp fingers. It just doesn't work. What's more, when I press them, they don't activate the function immediately; they seem to work only after my finger is lifted. A kind of delayed reaction, in other words. I can't understand why they couldn't have used an old fashioned set of push buttons, or even a mechanical dial switch. These technologies have been around for at least 100 years and are pretty well understood.I have tried and tried to figure out how to use the buttons but they are just persnickety and only work part of the time. Extremely frustrating and that's why I knocked the rating down from 5 stars to 2. I'm planning to finally contact them and ask whether I have a defective unit, and if they can somehow fix the problem, I'll be happy to alter this rating.Apart from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?As a cooking appliance, if you can get past the awful user interface, it's a great cooker. It can cook 6-8 chicken drumsticks in 24 minutes and they come out absolutely delicious, juicy and tender, not raw in the middle, not burned on the outside.It makes toast reasonably well (though we don't make a lot of toast in this house). It is great for reheating things. It is wonderful for vegetables; one of our favorites is broccoli florets sprinkled with hoisin sauce and garlic -- just don't over cook or you get these nasty black bitter bits that are quite unappetizing.There are hundreds of videos out there demonstrating how to make just about anything in these gizmos. I was an air fryer skeptic until I watched a few, then decided to take the plunge and get one, and now I'm sold... albeit, I wish I'd gotten one that was easier to use.They do make an app that allows you to control the air fryer from your phone. It's what I would call a work in progress. The name of the app is "VeSync". You run the app and it detects the Cosori as one of the appliances it can control. That's fine for them, I suppose, but from the user's perspective, it would be so much better to have an app called "Cosori". I have so many apps and it's impossible to remember that vesync means cosori. Come on, who decided this was a great idea?Anyway, more on the app: it sort of works well. I say "sort of", because it promises more than it delivers. There's a "cooking history" section (but no search function). You can tap on a history item and it will start the Cosori for you, remotely; you can also alter the temp and cooking time. Right now I can see last night's chicken, but it doesn't list this morning's pop tart from 15 minutes ago. WHY??? Maybe it takes a while to retrieve the data... I have no idea. Just another annoyance. The app does send you notifications when the cooker is done, if you choose to use that feature.I do like that you can add your own recipes to the app. The thing is, it's not rocket science to use this fryer; just set time and temperature and go. The saved recipe thing is mainly to help you not overcook or undercook, and that's a matter of trial and error.As far as cleaning and maintenance, it's pretty simple. You pull out the basket and wash in warm soapy water. If you're doing dry stuff like toast or reheating a bowl of soup, there's little or no cleaning. If you're doing meat or wet veggies, you may need to do some cleaning. I use a soft scratch sponge, but a brush also works well. It helps to soak the whole basket in warm soapy water for 20 minutes, and my wife has run the inner basket through the dishwasher a couple of times; that makes me nervous that it could damage the teflon coating, but so far it seems okay.The inner/outer basket design has plusses and minuses; you can lift the inner basket out, but if you're doing it one-handed (as one tends to do in kitchens) you need a surface under the outer basket or it will fall to the floor. Not ideal; it would be nice if the outer basket could be retained in the machine somehow, maybe with a hook, so you don't have to position the air fryer 12" in from the edge of the counter.Liquid seems to accumulate sometimes in the space under the outer basket, maybe just condensation. It's probably not a bad idea to wipe that up from time to time, just to prevent rusting or messing up the heat cycle.In my opinion, this appliance is still a work-in-progress. They have some issues to solve regarding the buttons and basket design. Air fryers in general are still a new thing, but they've become very popular for good reason; they work very well for what they do. With a few tweaks, this can be an excellent product worthy of 5 stars.UPDATE June 25 2020After I wrote to Cosori, they generously shipped me a new unit. I'm happy to report that the buttons work much better. As a test, I wet my finger and it still works. I will say, the buttons still have a kind of delayed reaction -- they don't really engage until you lift your finger, which is odd, but I have gotten used to it. Most importantly, the buttons all respond immediately now, and I don't need to repeatedly press the time/temp button to activate it. Thanks to Cosori for properly handling this issue and I've boosted my rating accordingly.

1st: The 'smart' version electrical system was improved as the prior model functioned ok but the cord was exceedingly hot. The 'smart' version cord is not hot.2nd: I always put the outer and inner basket in the dishwasher on the bottom rack (my dishwasher has two rows that fold down..it works perfectly.3rd: I use the Cosori Air Fry Accesssories(stainless steel trays), that fit the fry, improve the convection flow, so only if I was using a full basket would any food ever touch the non-stick

Air fryer is a great alternative for getting the crispy texture without having to deep fry your food. User friendly with already preset temps and times for common foods and it has the option to use it by WiFi which I’ve never tried.I am not a big fan of cleaning it, I clean it after each use, but overall easy to clean especially if soaked in the sink.I’ve bought it in 2020 to make it easy on myself since not many restaurants were opened at the time. I use it if I see it on the counter, but forget to use it when stored. It’s quite big so it takes a lot of space on my counter so I store it often.It worked great until yesterday when the handle broke, the handle just melted which makes no sense and it’s disappointing. I’ve contacted the manufacturer and waiting to hear back from them. I’ll update the post once I hear back from them.I recommend this product for its versatility and easiness of using.

This things is great and works great. It easy to use and clean and you can remotely use it so that is cool and it app will alert you when your done. They only issue is that you can't pick the temp. It only does increments of 10. So if it calls for 375 you can't select that temp you only have 370 or 380. Other than that this air fryer is awesome!!!

¿Sabe igual que freido con aceite?No, pero su sabor es similar y si agregas un poco de aceite puede llegar a acercar aun más a lo tradicional¿Gasta mucha luz?Depende su uso, pero mi recibo subió apenas $150.00 y lo usamos 1 o 2 veces por día¿Los botones touch no sirven?Aveces hay que picarle 2 o 3 veces pero si funcionan aunque la aplicación del celular es súper sencilla y todo se puede hacer desde ahi¿Es difícil de lavar?No es sencillo pero 100 preferible a lavar un sartén con cochambre pegadoEn pocas palabras es un buen aliado en la dieta y un paso más en bienestar, pero si se sacrifica un poco de sabor. El gasto es enteramente el mismo pues lo que inviertes en luz lo ahorras en gas.

The good: it is incredibly easy to use and adjust settings. I love the app, I can control the air fryer from the shower if I want to! Very cool! Super easy to clean, it looks good as well. I was super pleased with this air fryer until today (about 1 month after it was delivered, used it a handful of times) when I noticed the black teflon coating on the bottom of the tray is peeling off in pretty big layers. I freaked out at first thinking it got stuck to our food and we ate it but then I realized it’s not actually directly touching the food because of the additional tray. But I still don’t feel comfortable about it and so I asked for a return label today. It’s surprising really, because the machine behaved great on those first uses. Here’s hoping it was just a one off, I haven’t seen any other comments on this particular issue. We always washed it by hand in warm water, no chemicals.

Fácil de usar, segura, saludable. Le caben 4 hamburguesas grandes sin encimar. El WiFi da problemas para conectar ocasionalmente, lo cuál me molesta porque la app resulta ser muy práctica: en ella encuentras todas las recetas del libro, puedes guardar las tuyas y guardar tu historial, lo que te facilita mucho la existencia cuando no recuerdas cuánto tiempo o temperatura le pusiste a la receta que tanto te gustó, y puedes controlarla desde ahí solamente pulsando "empezar".Al principio, volteaba la comida a la mitad del tiempo como sugieren por ahí pero la realidad es que no hace falta: el dorado es igual por ambos lados aún sin hacerlo.El lavado es súper fácil.Combínala con un pulverizador de aceite y unas pinzas de silicón, es buenísima. Hamburguesas congeladas quedan perfectas en 13 minutos (sin ensuciar!!!), chicken fingers en 6 minutos... Todo con un mínimo o nada de aceite.La recomiendo mucho

El tablero presenta fallas en algunos botones, lamentablemente cuando hice la prueba de uso, ya había terminado el periodo para devolverlo. El resultado de cocinar me parece adecuado, sin embargo algo que nadie comenta, es el incremento exponencial de la Luz eléctrica, en mi caso se me triplicó el consumo. Pagar cada mes el 50% del costo del producto en energía eléctrica no parece ser un buen negocio.

I purchased this product on December 2 2019 to replace my frying pan. It seemed like a great idea. Little or no smoke compared to frying, no grease splashing and no slaving around a hot stove anymore. Just plug in, preheat, add food into the basket, press one of the handy preset buttons and thats it! This air fryer has a lot of presets and does include a cookbook with a lot of recipes.PROS:- does a good job cooking food with some adjustments.- fairly easy to clean up- large capacity basketCONS:- poor build quality- Teflon coating on cooking surfaces almost completely worn off to bare metal after only a few months.- cooking basket is very thin metal and can bend very easily.- all screws holding the basket assembly together come loose after a short time and require retightening.- basket handle made of cheap plastic and broke completely off the metal basket.- keypad buttons don't always work on first touch and sometimes require me to press multiple times.This product, in my opinion, is not worth buying at any price. I use this product every day instead of my stove and expected it to last. Instead I bought what sounded like a good idea, but ended up being poor quality. It's very frustrating because it wasn't even the cheapest air fryer but it feels like it. 😔