COSORI Pro Air Fryer Oven Combo, Max Xl Large Cooker with 100 Recipes, One-Touch Screen with 11 Presets and Shake Reminder, Nonstick and Dishwasher-Safe Detachable Square Basket, (Black, 5.8 QT)

First off, I absolutely hate cooking. I don't like the mess. It takes too much time. My recipes never turn out like they show in the cookbooks...and my cooking is pretty awful. I got the Cosori Air Fryer a couple of weeks ago, and I've been happily cooking every day, multiple times a day since.You just pull it out of the box, and it's ready to go. The detachable basket and pan are all that needed cleaning in soapy water before adding food. The buttons are self-explanatory. You've got a snowflake for frozen foods, fries for fries, bacon for bacon, and also Preheat and Keep Warm.When I first turned it on, I wasn't sure what to expect. I wondered if it was going to get hot and scorch my counter (or me). I thought it would be noisy. It was none of those things. It does get a little warm on the outside but not hot like an oven. You do need to be careful when you're pulling the basket out or any food from inside the fryer because it's deceiving that it works so quickly and gets food that hot that fast. As for noise, you can hear the air moving, but I wouldn't call it noisy. My Alexa is near the air fryer, and the Alexa hears me just fine when I'm talking while the air fryer is running. Also, since my Alexa is near the air fryer, you can tell that the air fryer doesn't get too hot or spit things at you or I wouldn't have the Alexa there.The air fryer looks great on my counter too. It's already become a conversation piece in my kitchen. I had family over this weekend, and they wanted to know what it was. I put on a kitchen demo of sorts, and everyone stood around and watched, then ate all of the food (not a crumb left on the plates!), and then they said they needed to get an air fryer too.So far, I've tried recipes in the included recipe book as well as a recipe for chicken fried steak in an air fryer cookbook I purchased separately. What's great about the cookbook included in the Cosori air fryer is that each recipe has a picture with it, and the ingredients aren't intimidating to those of you like me who don't care for cooking. Most recipes call for ingredients you've actually heard of and probably have in your pantry -- a real plus for me because I also hate wandering around in a grocery store searching for a random ingredient I'll only use once.The very first recipe I tried was sweet potato fries in the included Cosori cookbook. I like my fries a little crunchy, so I probably could have left them in the air fryer a few minutes longer than the recipe called for, but they were still delicious. Definitely the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.For fun, I then threw in some frozen okra I had bought in the freezer section. I bought a water bottle and filled it with olive oil, so all I did was lightly squirt the olive oil on the okra while in the air fryer basket and then just pushed the snowflake button. The okra came out so crunchy, just the way I like it. And I couldn't believe it had gone from frozen to crispy crunchy in just a matter of minutes. Most of them were golden brown, but I could tell the ones that I had missed when I sprayed the okra with the olive oil. Those were white -- still crunchy and tasted fine, but a weird-looking white. I've since bought a pressurized oil sprayer can that's specifically for spraying olive oil, and it works much better at spraying everything evenly than my plastic water bottle.Same night and onto my third recipe: chicken fried steak. Now, this recipe wasn't in the incuded Cosori cookbook. This particular cookbook didn't have a picture, so I wasn't at all sure how it would turn out. It's so good, I've cooked it twice in three nights.That night's entire meal was cooked in the air fryer: sweet potato fries, frozen-turned-air fried okra, and chicken fried steak. It felt like an elaborate meal with hardly any time invested, and my kitchen wasn't a disaster after cooking all of that. I only had a few plates and a couple of bowls that I'd used instead of pots and pans and baking dishes all piled up on my counter with a greasy stove to clean.The next day, I tried the mozzarella cheese sticks in the included Cosori cookbook. I totally botched this recipe, using baking soda instead of cornstarch. Did I mention how bad I am at cooking? Even so, the mozzarella sticks worked out okay (but not great, which was likely my own fault). They crisped up nicely and quickly. They just didn't look a thing like the picture in the recipe book. I would have also liked the cheese to be more melted on the inside. It seemed like the outside was really crispy and the inside wasn't really melted. This could all be because of my using the wrong ingredient, so I'll give it another shot because, even with the wrong ingredient, they weren't bad. They didn't taste like mozzarella cheese sticks, but they were still good.For dinner, I cooked the kids grilled cheese sandwiches also using the included cookbook. These didn't turn out as expected. At least I used the right ingredients this time. But the cheese wasn't gooey like it would be if you cooked it on the stove. If I had doubled the amount of cheese the recipe called for it would probably be perfect. The bread was golden brown, though. It was a bit of a pain to have to melt butter on the stove, then brush it onto the bread, then grate cheese before putting it into the air fryer. I can get a grilled cheese sandwich in a pan quicker than that, but it was still fun to try. I'll try the recipe again with more cheese. I think it's a recipe I can tinker with to make perfect.I then tried the pizza from the Cosori recipe book. I didn't use pizza dough. I prefer pita bread. I followed the instructions as if it was pizza dough, which means you preheat the air fryer, brush your crust with olive oil, and then put it in the air fryer at 320 for five minutes. Then you take it out to add toppings. On mine, I put pizza sauce, pepperoni, mozzarella, and parmesan. Pop it back into the air fryer for another five minutes at 320, and it's done. It was so good. I'll be making another for lunch. The only downside was having to cook one at a time because I couldn't fit two pieces of pita bread in the basket together.My most-recent recipe to try is the coconut shrimp, which is also in the cookbook that comes with the air fryer. What would normally be a giant mess of the kitchen was only three bowls to dredge the coconut shrimp and then a plate to put them on. You preheat the air fryer while you're getting everything ready, and then pop the shrimp in for eight minutes. They were very tasty, but I'll add more coconut in my dredge next time than the recipe calls for. The recipe was good, but I couldn't really taste the coconut.I keep picking out new recipes to try in the cookbook, which is a first for me with my loathe of cooking. I've included pictures of the country fried steak, pizza, grilled cheese, mozzarella sticks, and coconut shrimp that I've made so far.Even owning the 5.8 quart, you have to get used to cooking in batches. I wanted to make four chicken fried steaks that first night, but there was only room for two. Not a big deal. You just have to cook in batches. Making three pita bread pizzas, I just had to make each one separately since I could only fit one round piece of pita in at a time. For the grilled cheese sandwiches, two actually fit into the air fryer at the same time.Like I said before, the cookbook that comes with the air fryer is full of pictures. It also has more than 100 pages of recipes. For example, you'll find recipes for strawberry cream scones, stuffed french toast, BBQ bacon, ribeye, meatballs, fried chicken, crab cakes, wings, pigs in a blanket, french fries, onion rings, roasted corn, cheddar buttermilk biscuits, cinnamon rolls, pound cake, and orange cranberry muffins. I would be lost without the cookbook. It also tells you exactly which button to push on the air fryer too, so you're learning about how to use your air fryer while you're actually cooking instead of having to read an instruction manual cover to cover before you even have enough confidence to cook something.I mentioned not having many dishes to clean after using the air fryer. What I love most about cleanup is how easy the air fryer itself is to clean. Everything just slides off of it. I'm barely scrubbing it, and it's clean. I know the description says it's dishwasher safe, but I just wash it in the sink because there's nothing ever dried on and stuck to it. I love how I can put a little soap on it, and it's clean and ready for my next recipe. The water beads on it, so it dries really fast.The only negative about the air fryer is probably my own impatience with one of the controls. The temp/time is shared by one button. If you have a recipe that calls for you to adjust the temp and/or time, you have to toggle the button. It starts with temp, so if you need to change how long to keep something in, you hit the temp/time button again. Somehow, I keep managing to hit time when I mean temp and vice versa.Also, the air fryer cuts off when you pull the basket out, just as it should so it's not running while there's nothing in the bottom. When you pop the basket back in, it defaults back to the original temp and time settings when you turn it on, not what you last had on there. It would be nice if it remembered what your setting was 5 minutes before. For example, the other night when I had to make the pizzas in batches, I had to run the air fryer 5 minutes for one crust, then five minutes for the next, and so on. Every time, I had to reset the time and temp when I pulled a crust out. That's when I began noticing how bad I was at toggling the temp/time button I mentioned above.Both the time/temp button being shared and the air fryer not remembering your last time/temp are extremely minor downsides. But they're the only negatives I could think of because this air fryer has quickly become my favorite kitchen appliance.I have never had any experience with an air fryer, so I have nothing to compare the Cosori air fryer against. But I did my research. read the reviews, watched videos, and crossed my fingers that I was buying the right one. I couldn't have made a better choice. I'm actually excited to cook for the first time ever. Tomorrow on the breakfast menu: french toast sticks!

The quick review: I love this AF. I’m glad I trusted the 10,000 people who gave this Corsori 5.8 QT AF high reviews. I can’t imagine anyone regretting purchasing this item.Detailed review: This is my first AF and I read a lot of reviews and watched quite a few videos giving AF reviews. I have a family of 5 and my youngest is a 6’ tall teenage boy so I basically cook for 5 adults so AF cooking capacity was a factor. Other factors I considered where ease of cleaning, ease of use, how much I thought I’d actually use an AF, and cost.I only have had this AF for 5 days as of 7/24/20. I will update this post in a few weeks. I have used this AF every day since using it.**UPDATE 8/5/2020**: I have used this air fryer every single day since I purchased it. I am amazed at how easy it makes cooking chicken breasts, chicken tenders, and pork chops. I especially like how the meat is fully cooked (I test using a meat thermometer) but still so tender and juicy. On my list of foods to try are a whole chicken and steaks. My teens use it to toast their sandwiches for lunch. It's awesome at reheating leftovers (especially pizza!!!). Oh, yes, it makes awesome fries and onion rings. I am so happy I finally purchased an air fryer, and this Corsori is still easy to clean (even after I made pork chops with a lot of sauce the other night), easy to use, and has made cooking so much easier. I continue to highly recommend the Corsori 5.8 QT Air Fryer.What I have made so far:*French fries (frozen) - yes, excellent!! Easily handled entire bag and the fries were crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, just how I like them.*Fried zucchini: the traditional flour, egg wash, breading. Instead of frying in a skillet of oil I simply misted the slices with olive oil. They were wonderful. Next time, I will try to make a keto version of these.*chicken breakfast sausage links - also very good*frozen salmon patties that I purchase at Costco - very good! What I like about this is that the salmon patties are usually my lunch. I practice 16:8 intermittent fasting. I don’t have the patience to do a lot of cooking for my first meal of the day and I want protein. This AF quickly cooks my salmon patty, it is delicious, and clean-up is a breeze!*Italian hot sausage sandwiches - oh my! ❤️ I purchased the accessories for this AF. I used the cake pan in the AF to cook the onions and peppers. Then, I removed the veggies and cooked the sausages. My entire family and I loved how the AF cooked the sausages - crisp on the outside but juicy on the inside. Once the sausages were cooked, I made the sandwiches (sliced the sausage roll, put a sausage link in the roll, topped the sausage with the already cooked veggies. I put the sandwiches in the AF at 380° for 2 minutes. Oh my! I wish I had better words to describe just how good these sandwiches were! Disclaimer: I could have squeezed 3 sandwiches in at once but everything I’ve read says airflow is important, so I only did 2 at a time.** update 8/5/20: I have also made boneless chicken breasts, bone-in chicken pieces (breasts, wings, drumsticks), and pork chops. Everything has turned out great!Size: the square basket (vs a round basket) seems to make the cooking capacity of the 5.8 QT Corsori greater than similarly sized AF’s. I considered an oven style AF but I didn’t want to lose that much counter space. I am quite happy with the size of this AF.Ease of cleaning: Every time I use this AF and then clean it, I am AMAZED at how easy it is to clean! 👍👍Ease of use: As I stated earlier, this is my first air fryer. I find it very easy to use. It’s fairly self-explanatory with the preset buttons.How much I thought I’d use an AF: This point was very important to me. I have been the proud owner for 5 years, at least, of a bread machine that I’ve only used less than 10 times. Please don’t judge me, I hear about it all the time from my family. I have used this AF everyday since I received it, some days twice. I see this AF becoming an essential tool in my kitchen.Cost: I am a big believer in “you get what you pay for”. That said, I have 2 kids in college and another one that will be headed to college in a few years, so I can’t unwisely throw money around. I don’t have any experience with any other air fryers, so I can’t comment on whether I think more expensive brands are worth the extra expense or not. What I can say is that I think I definitely got my money’s worth with the Corsori 5.8 QT air fryer.Final words: if you are lost in the sea of various air fryer brands, in my opinion you will be very happy if you decide to purchase the Corsori 5.8 QT air fryer.I purchased the AF with my own money and I am not reimbursed in any way for this review. I seldom write reviews but I am so impressed with this AF and I want to help anyone who is as befuddled as I was when I was trying to chose which AF to purchase.Other recommendations: I did purchase the accessories that are available from Corsori for this AF. I am glad I did, they make the AF even more versatile. I recommend having tongs that are safe for scratch resistant surfaces. Lastly, I did put an insulated counter protector under my AF. It doesn’t seem to get that hot under my AF but I have new counters, so I am using a protector just in case.

So far everything has been working well. The only thing I saw no mention of before buying is the issue with the loud beep upon the press of any button. It’s not the biggest deal though, in fact I didn’t think about this aspect at all when shopping for a new air fryer at all but the first thing I heard when I plugged in this air fryer is the abnoxious beep sound. It beeps once when plugging it in, and then once every time you hit any button. There is no volume option so unfortunately there is no other solution other than taking the thing apart and putting something over the speaker to muffle it. I just put up with the loud beeps but it’s just something to note before buying. Efficient air fryer for the price though.The only other thing is that when you remove the food tray, it isn’t lined on a track, so it doesn’t slide out so smoothly. That is something I had been used to with my old Phillips air fryer. When you put the tray in and take it out you have to apply a little bit of force to make it click into the fryer.So overall it does the job well but I’m picky and those are my small issues with the fryer. It is good for its price from my experience and I use this thing almost daily.

Definitivamente es un gran producto. La he utilizado para hacer pollo, coulants de chocolate, muffins, papas fritas, huevos y verduras al horno. El sabor queda espectacular y los programas preestablecidos son muy útiles para calcular la temperatura. A veces las cosas se cocinan en menos tiempo que el que indica, hay que ir checando para no pasarse. Recomiendo comprar el paquete de accesorios de la misma marca (que también caben en la Instant Pot). Otro consejo: es mejor usar aceite en aerosol. En general, muy buena compra.ACTUALIZACIÓN:Después de algunos meses con la freidora, empezaron a fallar los botones digitales de la pantalla. Algunos de plano no reaccionan cuando los presiono (entre más cerca de la pantalla negra donde se muestra la temperatura y el tiempo, peor fallan). Uno de los que a veces sí y a veces no reaccionan es el de precalentado, así que tengo que ocupar otra función con tiempos y temperatura parecidos para suplirlo. Aunque estoy contento con el funcionamiento en sí (las cosas sí quedan bien, y también es fantástica para recalentar cosas y no tener que encender el horno), creo que la falla de la pantalla es muy molesta y le quita puntos al electrodoméstico.

La ame!! No debí pensar tanto para comprarla, es una gran ayuda en la cocina para las que no nos gusta estar friendo y desperdiciando tanto aceite, me llego todo bien, trae recetario en inglés. Yo pensé que iba a ser mas estorbosa pero no, es tamaño perfecto y la canasta a comparación de otras es mas grande y el que sea cuadrada es mas práctico. Lo primero que cocine fueron papas pero como puse muy pocas se me pasaron tantito ya que el tiempo indicado era mucho para la porción, pero quedaron muy crujientes asi como me gustan. Ya hice tacos dorados y tortitas de papa y quedaron perfectos! Hice carne y chistorra y chorizo y depende como te gusten de termino se ajusta y puedes pausar para ir checando y voltear los alimentos para un mejor cocimiento, pero para la carne/chistorra/chorizo recomiendo poner aluminio en la cesta externa por que la carne suelta mucha grasa y luego es mas dificil lavarla y para darle un mejor cuidado. Se puede poner aceite o no a los alimentos recomiendo utilizar aceite spray o una brochita de cocina. Algunos programas tienen la funcion de Shake (agitar/mover) por ejemplo para las papas. Tiene la opcion de precalentar y mantener caliente. La verdad es una muy buena inversión sobre todo si tu intención es cocinar con menos aceite y ahorrar tiempo en la cocina y si regularmente cocinas alimentos fritos. Aunque esta es mas cara recomendaría comprarla ya que las otras son mas pequeñas y es mas incómodo o menos práctico para acomodar los alimentos. Apenas llevo una semana utilizandola pero estoy emcantada!

Llegó en la fecha acordada, bien empaquetado. Con todos sus artículos.Excelente freidora y fácil de utilizar, cumple con lo que promete.

No me arrepiento en haber comprado esta freidora de aire a pesar de que tiene alto consumo de energía eléctrica (1600 Watts). La he recomendado con mis familiares y amistades para el consumo de alimentos sin utilizar aceite adicional, el flujo de aire caliente ayuda mucho a que todo el alimento se caliente rápido y la resistencia eléctrica que está localizado en la parte superior hace que los alimentos tengan una apariencia y textura crujiente, es muy practica y sencilla de manejar. El recetario que incluye en la compra del equipo es bastante bueno, con muchas recetas sencillas invirtiendo poco tiempo. Muy recomendable

We loved this fryer so much that we bought a second one for our daughter.However, the control pannel is defective and we've requested for a replacement.And since its a replacement, it'll take 36 days to deliver even for a Prime member (Yes, 36 freaking DAYS, not hours).The moral of this story is Don't ask for replacement, Ask for a refund and buy a second one instead...