COSORI - Turbo Blaze 9-in-1 6QT

Don't buy the kind that looks and works like a toaster oven. These don't cook as well as the basket type and are hell to clean. Buy the type with a large basket and one that will heat up to 450°F. I have this one and love it. It's easy to use and clean and I get good results. https://a.co/d/bBn58e5

1) Big Boss Air Fryer 16QT - my first air fryer that I bought around 2016 or so. Still more versatile and reliable than all the other air fryers I have/had. The only downside is it's too large. Best for cooking for a family, not personal. 2) Cosori 9-in-1 6QT 3) the Ninja air fryer mentioned above

We bought a Turboblaze a year ago July. Under warranty we had the crisper plate replaced (non-stick failure) after about 6 months. Then the basket about a month after that. Then the entire unit in July. A large crack appeared in the top of the cooker and the touch screen stopped working. In each instance Cosori was amazing at getting the replacement to us in record time. Their customer service was excellent. After the final failure of the device itself we said screw it and went with a Typher Dome 2. I still have the replacement Turboblaze sealed in the box it was shipped in. Not sure what I will do with it. All that being said, we use the air fryer daily. So it sees a lot of use. We loved it. Other than the aforementioned issues it was an excellent air fryer. We also know a number of folks that have the Turboblaze and have had no issues whatsoever. Sometimes you just get a lemon or one that was built on a Monday or a Friday. It's an awesome looking air fryer as well. Feature wise I only wish it did not have a button to open the basket and I wish it had a flip reminder.

So far my Cosori 6qt is working out great

This is what I bought last year and I love it. Upgraded from an off brand air fryer I bought 7-8 years ago and it’s been much better. I put the rack and basket in the dish washer but only started doing so recently. Mainly I’m just lazy lol, it’s easy enough to wash by hand if you’re worried about it.

I have the Turboblaze too. I use the crisper tray for everything except browning ground beef. If I make something that generates a lot of dripping fat or has a marinade, I put a parchment liner under the tray, so I still have airflow, but maje cleaning a little easier.

I have the same one in a light mint-ish green! We love it!

The largest size you can affort and you can make room for on your counter top, is the one you should get. An airfryer cant get too large for use, but it really can get too small! If you can get a 6qt within that, you'll be golden for most things. Now consider what you think you will be cooking, because you can get taller ones or wider ones. The wider ones can have trouble fitting a whole chicken in the height, however, the taller ones can't cook as much at once - or at least it should be shaken more often - because it wil be in layers. There is also the question if you should a basket model or a toaster oven looking thing. Most people are happy with the basket, but they are different in what they can do. And then there is also the question if you think you will need an airfryer with two drawers or compartments, or just the one. No idea what to advice there. I have the Cosori 6qt, it's a wonderous beast, holds a lot and doesn't take up a whole lotta space, and in any case, easy to put away, as I do, because I have zero counter space for it. If you have no idea if you would like an airfryer or what you'd do with it, I'd say go large, at least 4.5qts, go drawer style, go for a brand with a name mentioned in these pages. You can't go wrong. If you ever will want to get rid of it, it is because you never use it, or because you use it constantly and now you know you will want to upgrade it. But don't skimp on a small no-name model, if you can avoid it. You will not have the full experience. A good airfryer can be used to cook real food of all sorts (except soups and curries, ofc) and you should do that.

Get the largest model you have room for on your counter top. Any airfryer, even the small ones, take up plenty counter space, and a big one won't be that much more than a small one anyway. However, a larger airfryer is simply better than a small one, and the size of the meal is secondary. I'd say a 6l as many others advice. And as others still I'll also recommend width over height, although you should know that a whole chicken in my cosori turbo blaster is sometimes just a little too big for the height. It's a very good airfryer and it works and turns out great still, but some are even lower than mine. In any case, get a bigger size of you have room. A small one is really just a fries or nugget bucket, it won't cook meals for you, even if it is just you. But maybe it's fine. Many people started with a small one and upgraded. So just be ready to upgrade. It's not silly to start somewhere small, just don't expect too much. Size really matters! And as with people, it's the inside that count, in this regard.

In this league it makes little sense to talk about what is ‘best’. The instant vortex often win over reviewers with ease of use and some of the features it has. However, many favors the ninja or the cosori because of other features. I like my cosori because it is very quiet. Both in the woosh and in the beep. Our kitchen is open and less noise is better. My cosori usually doesnt need preheating, so all features regarding this is moot. I like the most that is has a locked handle so I can carry it back and forth between the cupboard and the countertop, because the latter is limited. The instant vortex often wins by being easier and in some cases quicker or slightly more uniform in its heating. I have no experience with any of them other than my cosori turbo blaze, so I shaln’t say. All this is to say, you should consider your needs against the particular features of the airfryer, because none of the models in the forementioned league are decidedly bad or failed models. All are great and you will be happy with either. Each could be considered better by particular standards, so that’s what you need to look at. Cooking chicken often? My cosori just about holds a whole chicken, but only just, because the drawer is not as deep as some others. On the other hand it’s perhaps wider, which definitely has other advantages. I always cut up a whole chicken anyway, for convenience at the table. Cathy, the airfryer queen, over at the youtube channel EmpoweredCooks, has many videos where she compares the best airfryers and discusses their features. It’s very informative and thorough, even if you dont have the same needs or opinions as her. I recommend watching those to get a feeling of nuances in differences.

What I've gathered from every time this question comes up, is you should get as large an airfryer as you are ok with having on your countertop, and I absolutely agree with that! A large airfryer can never be too large, while in an increasing number of cases a small airfryer will be too small. I have a Cosori 6qt Turbo Blaze and it does everything extremely well, from a large roast followed by veggies in the meat resting time, to when my 11yo throw in a couple of cheeseballs or chicken wings from the freezer. The Cosori is very effective and does both small and large portions equally well, and it even takes an effort to overpack it, because it is so powerful. However, you should definitely speculate if you want a toster oven design or a drawer type design, and you should imagine if you will be needing two compartments. I am not sure how ovens with two compartments actually work (there are even several designs), but I can tell you that my ideal setup would actually be two airfryers, a large and a medium, because I could almost ditch my stove with that. So a double drawer (I am a totalt fan of the drawer design), would need to have differentiated temperature and time for the compartments, and/or perhaps the feature to compine the two into one large. In any case, you will ned a large airfryer if you plan on cooking entire meals in it, or cooking amounts for the entire family. Food doesn't get worse in any way in a large airfryer, rather the contrary, it is more effective. Furthermore, a standard large airfryer (like a 6qt) can have a drawer that is wide but not too deep, or deep, but not so wide. My Cosori takes an entire chicken just barely. It almost touches the heating element. It cooks it perfect still, but height wise I'm maxxed out there. On the other hand it's a wide drawer, that can take a lot of veggies and still circulate air just fine to crisp them up. I think a whole chicken is a fine guideline for appropriate height. You might's not cook a chicken every day, but you probably want to frequently, because an airfryer does that extremely well. We recently got a small airfryer at work, just 2 qt, for heating our lunches or whatever, and that is definitely a single serving appliance, unless you are cooking fries (and even still). I can recommend a good brand 6qt or more. Make sure you realize how big an airfryer is on the countertop, that you have room for it. Look at reviews for which features would be nice to have aswell, *The Empowered Cooks* on youtube talks a lot about that. My Cosori drawer locks when inserted and has a thumb release button and that is simply a wonderful feature for us because I put my airfryer away every day (my countertop is quite small), and since the drawer locks I can use its handle for carrying. That is golden!!

I really like my 6qt Cosori Turboblaze. It's quiet, and you can change the temp in all the presets.

Just got the cream color Cosori Turboblaze from Target a couple of weeks ago. Works great, is quiet, has a 2 year warranty and great customer service, so I'm happy with my purchase.

Cosori offers a two year warranty and in my experience they have good customer service. Not that you want to have to deal with that every 12-18 months, but at least you'd have a new one at no cost.

Oof, not fun having them fail you. I love my Cosori Turboblaze from Target, but it's my first and not even a year old yet, I'll be sad when it dies.

I found many size comparison videos on YouTube that were very helpful. I ended up with a Cosori Turboblaze, because for a 6 qt it has a slightly smaller footprint. I'm cooking just for two, the basket is around 9 inches across.

I have 2 instead. I have the cosori basket 6 qt and the ninja foodie (toaster oven style) and both are amazing.