Cosori Turbo Tower Pro 10.8L Dual Air Fryer Review

Introduction

The Cosori Turbo Tower Pro 10.8L Dual Air Fryer is the brand’s first vertically stacked dual drawer air fryer and it has a couple of neat tricks up its sleeve.

Designed to rival the Ninja Double Stack XL 9.5 Air Fryer SL400UK, the Turbo Tower Pro option has a large cooking capacity, a bottom drawer with two elements, plus a vast array of cooking functions.

I’ve seen Cosori impress in the past with the likes of the Dual Blaze Smart Air Fryer and Turbo Blaze Air Fryer models, and on first impressions at least, I’ve got high hopes for the Turbo Tower Pro. Although with its £299.99 price, it is quite expensive.

I’ve been testing this Cosori air fryer for the last few weeks to see if it can make a lasting impression as one of the best air fryers.

Design and features

• More space-saving than you may think
• Large capacity baskets
• Decently intuitive controls

The Turbo Tower Pro sits well within Cosori’s air fryer portfolio in terms of looks, carrying a similarly modern feel to the likes of the Turbo Blaze. In fact, it actually looks like a pair of Turbo Blaze models stacked on top of each other.

The thing with a stacking air fryer is that by placing the baskets atop one another, it gives you more countertop space back; for instance, this Cosori model is just 300mm wide and 413mm deep, giving it roughly the same dimensions as the Turbo Blaze. 

It is slightly taller at 405mm (vs the Turbo Blaze’s 301mm), although it isn’t as towering as you may think. It strikes a very pleasant middle ground between a single drawer option and larger side-by-side dual basket choice

The Turbo Tower’s two baskets add up to give it 10.8 litres of total cooking capacity, making it positively huge for its footprint; there’s more than a litre of extra space here against Ninja’s Double Stack. The capacity is split asymmetrically between them, with the bottom one being larger at 6.5L and the top one sitting at 4.3L.

The baskets feel well-made and have the same sturdy crisper plates inside as other Cosori models, and the bottom one also has a rack inside to potentially give you three levels of cooking. I’m also grateful for the handles on the crisper plates to make them easier to lift out, as well as the fully ceramic coating of the baskets for wonderfully fuss-free maintenance. The only drawback is that the baskets don’t have buttons on to open to prevent any unwanted opening, which the Turbo Blaze has.

The curved top section of the Turbo Tower Pro is where you’ll find the control panel, which is laid out in a sensible manner. The functions sit along the bottom, and there is a good array to choose from – Air Fry, Roast, Bake, Grill, Reheat, Dry, Proof – plus a convenient means of adjusting time and temperature on either side of the digital readout that is full minutes and seconds for time by tapping your fingers.

I am a little less enthusiastic about the touch controls for choosing which basket to pick, plus the smaller Match and Sync buttons. The controls and interface on the Ninja Double Stack with its tactile buttons and dials, plus separate readouts for both baskets, is a little easier to use at a glance, but I am perhaps being a little nitpicky.

Once you’re done with the fryer baskets and crisper plates, they can both be put in the dishwasher. I avoided this in my testing and instead chose to handwash them. Doing so is easy, and they were clean, dry and put back in a matter of minutes.

Inside, the Turbo Tower Pro takes a different approach to its heating element arrangement from Ninja’s Double Stack, too. Where the Ninja option puts the element and such at the back, Cosori’s is more conventional, and arguably cleverer. 

The bottom basket has elements top and bottom for even cooking, plus a fan at the top, while the smaller top basket has an element and fan at the top; Ninja’s option leaves the fan and element both at the rear of the basket.

Depending on the model you choose, it is possible to get a smart version of the Turbo Tower Pro that provides access to Cosori’s VeSync app, which gives you recipes to follow and remote monitoring of cooking times and temperatures. It’s a useful addition, although the app control isn’t as advanced as with the Dreo ChefMaker or Typhur Dome 2.

Performance

• Fast, even cooking
• Large capacity allows for easy bulk cooking
• Versatile with double element in bottom basket

During my time with the Turbo Tower Pro, I cooked a wide range of food over the course of a few weeks to gauge how well it performed across its functions. I cooked everything from meat to fish, plus potatoes, bread and even a dessert. Across the board, it performed as you’d expect for the price – that is, nothing short of sublime.

My first test involved cooking three pieces of sirloin steak on the bottom using the Roast function. I set the air fryer to 200°C for the first eight minutes of cooking, and then turned down to 180°C for the final five minutes without any need to turn the steak thanks to the dual elements. The sirloin came out with an internal temperature of 65°C right where I usually like steak to be, and was left to rest. The meat was juicy and tender, and wasn’t short of flavour.

While the steak cooked on the bottom, I used the top to cook some store-bought onion rings and chips on Air Fry, which took just 12 minutes at 200°C. They came out golden brown and crispy.

The same could also be said of some fishcakes done in the bottom basket the following day, which were done for the same time and temperature.

I also elected to see how well the top basket performed with a larger cooking load, doing some crinkle cut chips and arancini on Air Fry at the seemingly requisite 200°C. The chips took 12 minutes, while the arancini came out after just eight, tasting great.

The bottom basket also performed well using the rack for two lots of breaded chicken, with the amount on the rack cooking in just eight minutes at 200°C, with the bottom lot only adding another four minutes. It resulted in a larger portion of chicken cooking evenly in just 12 minutes.

I tried some homemade chips using Jersey Royal potatoes in the bottom for double element action on Air Fry, which took just eight minutes at 190°C, and arrived with even browning.

The top played host to some crispy chicken cordon bleu at 180°C for 12 minutes.

In testing the Grill function on the bottom, I tried some bacon for a morning sandwich, which was set to the air fryer’s highest temperature of 230°C for eight minutes. It admittedly took a bit of time to get going, but it resulted in bacon that got decently crispy by the end.

For the Bake function, I tried a store-bought apple crumble dessert in the bottom, which took just 15 minutes at 175°C with timings adjusted from the oven ones on the box. It browned well on top, with piping hot fruit underneath.

A final customary salmon test was perhaps the biggest surprise of all, with it done in the top basket on Air Fry in just ten minutes at 190°C with salmon that ended up very crispy on the underside with the skin and full of flavour.

Should you buy it?

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