- Programmes: rooster, bacon, fries, steak, greens, preheat and maintain heat
- Price per use: estimated 41p per hour
- Meals capability: 3.8l
- Dishwasher protected basket and crisper plate
Reviewed by Emily Peck
The aluminium and plastic Cosori Lite comes ‘truffle gray’ and a ‘milk white’, each with a trendy orange trim. The general really feel is premium. It has rounded corners and its basket opens and closes easily, with out sliding out too quick like some air fryers can. With an influence of 1,500 Watts, it sits in the course of the desk for output and price per use.
The crisper plate has silicone corners, so it slots into place properly too, whereas the pull-out basket has a deal with that remained cool to the touch in use, whereas the edges didn’t get too scorching for consolation both. Contemplating the sub-£100 worth, I feel it’s nice worth for cash.
The Cosori comes with good variable controls, from 75℃ as much as a toasty 230℃ for that crispy, fried end – a temperature you gained’t discover all air fryers attain. They have a tendency to cease at 200℃. Unusually, it has pre-set cooking modes for rooster, fries, steak and veggies and, randomly, bacon. The timings are a bit of random, nevertheless. Rooster suggests 13 minutes at 210℃, for instance. Whereas that cooks rooster tenders via, it isn’t fairly lengthy sufficient to get that basically crispy fried end. Nevertheless it’s simple to regulate the timings and add or subtract minutes as you get used to the air fryer.
The controls are spelt out on the show, so that you gained’t have to confer with the directions an excessive amount of and there’s additionally a useful ‘maintain heat’ mode. I just like the handy pre-set mode that makes it simple to blast the air fryer with warmth for a couple of minutes earlier than loading meals. (Pre-heating is one thing all seasoned air fryer followers swear by for greatest outcomes.)
If, like me, multi-tasking isn’t your robust level, you’ll additionally discover the Shake mode useful too. I used this when cooking chips on the Fries mode for quarter-hour at 200°C and it jogged my memory with a beep to shake them mid-way via the cooking cycle. Very useful.
This air fryer – just like the Philips Important Air Fryer with Speedy Air Know-how that we’ve additionally included on this spherical up – is sensible, which suggests you possibly can pair it to an app for distant management. For security causes you possibly can’t begin or cease the air fryer utilizing the app, but it surely did imply that I may set it and go atone for a bit of TV whereas monitoring my sausages and chips from the opposite room. After an extended, busy day I can think about that’s a characteristic I’m going to understand and use typically.