Cosori CO130-AO Toaster Oven Review

Pros

• Variety of presets to help take the guesswork out
• Includes accessories, like trays, wire racks, and rotisserie equipment
• Even cooking and faster preheat, compared to traditional ovens

Cons

• Some of the presets feel a little gimmicky
• Cooking times may be longer than expected for bagel / toast mode (compared to standard toaster)

Cosori Design

The Cosori toaster oven has a wide rectangular body with a stainless steel shell and a double-layer glass door with a wide bar handle for easy access into the oven.

A digital screen on the left of the oven makes it easy to see current settings or change settings as needed.

Inside the oven, there are four heating elements that use conventional heat to evenly distribute the hot air around the food, for more even cooking.

There are also three removable and repositionable metal cooking racks. If you have a large item, like a bone-in rotisserie chicken, you will likely need to take two of the racks out and only cook on one rack.

The Controls

The controls of the Cosori toaster oven can be broken down into six main parts.

• LED digital display
• Time / Temperature (radial dial)
• Function (radial dial)
• Light on / off (push button)
• Fan on / off (push button)
• Start / cancel (push button)

What can the Cosori do?

There are 12 basic presets that come included with the Cosori toaster oven, giving it a wide range of functions. The available presets include:

• Toast
• Bagel
• Broil
• Bake
• Roast
• Airfry
• Keep Warm
• Pizza
• Cookies
• Rotisserie
• Ferment
• Dehydrate

When you select a preset, Corosi will adjust the settings, making some assumptions about what type of cooking you’ll be doing and which settings will suit you best.

The “bagel mode” shown above shows how Cosori picks the appropriate settings for:

• Time
• Toast factor
• Temperature

While the initial list of presets looks impressive and robust (and it is), some of the settings did feel a little duplicative.

For instance, “toast” and “bagel” are essentially the same, since Cosori does not have the ability to toast only one side of a bagel (the one factor that may have otherwise distinguished between these two modes).

Also, the “bake”, “pizza” and “cookies” modes all feel similar. The difference between the “pizza” and “cookies” modes is simply the temperature and time settings.

But these two factors can be manually adjusted when the unit is in “bake” mode, so again.. it feels a little unnecessary.

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Size & Dimensions

The Cosori toaster oven is not small by any stretch of the word, but in comparison, it is designed to replace a traditional oven and it’s much smaller than that.

The exact dimensions of the Cosori toaster oven are

• 20″ wide
• 13″ deep
• 11.5″ high

A little on the hefty side, the Cosori toaster oven weighs 20.6 pounds, but this feels like a really quality appliance. You don’t move a toaster over around in the same way you may move a compact toaster so the heavier weight really isn’t a huge factor, in my opinion.

Accessories & Parts

The Cosori toaster oven comes with a nice selection of accessories to help customize your cooking experience, as needed.

Accessories (from left to right) include:

• Original Cosori cookbook: includes a variety of recipes and ideas for how to use your Cosori
• Crumb tray: installs at the bottom of the oven and has a pull-out, non-stick design making it easy to remove and wipe down as needed
• Food tray: use it to roast, broil, or bake; you can put food directly on it
• Wire rack: use it for baking pizza, pies, or any other food that you want the bottom to have the same exposure of heat as the top
• Fry basket: use it on air fry mode
• Rotisserie attachments: includes a shaft / fork as well as a turning handle (as shown below) for cooking homemade rotisserie chicken

The rotisserie attachments is certainly something that sets the Cosori apart from a traditional oven. This attachment makes it easy to cook a rotisserie chicken and is able to crisp up all sides of the bird as it suspends it in the air.

Cosori Toaster Oven Performance

To test the performance of the Cosori toaster oven, we ran a series of cooking rounds in our at-home kitchen to see how it would perform.

We tested the following items:

• Toasted bagel (bagel mode)
• Open-face grilled cheese (toast mode)
• Baked chicken (bake mode)

Here’s how the Cosori toaster oven performed at each job.

Test #1: Bagel

On the bagel test, we put the Cosori on “Bagel” mode. Presets were as follows:

• Mode: Bagel
• Level: 3 (light toasting)
• Cook Time: 8 minutes
• Toast level: Mid-range
• Preheat Required? No.

The result of this test was as you would expect, a toasted bagel. Overall I was happy with this mode. It worked quickly without needing to be preheated, but I will add that it took longer than it would have had I put it in a traditional toaster.

Test #2: Open-Face Grilled Cheese

We also ran a quick melt test to see how evenly it could melt the cheese on an open-faced grilled cheese. For this test, I put the toaster oven on “Toast” mode with the following presets:

• Mode: Toast
• Level: 3
• Cook Time: 7 mins
• Preheat Required? No.

After the time was up, the cheese was well melted and ready to eat.

Test #3: Baked Chicken

Lastly, we cooked up some boneless, skinless chicken breasts. We opted to use our own baking dish instead of the provided “food tray” to have easier cleanup.

For this test, we used the “Bake” mode and adjusted it to be the following settings:

• Mode: Bake
• Temperature: 400°
• Cook Time: 38 minutes
• Preheat Required? Yes.

This chicken breast cooked in about 38 minutes in the Cosori toaster oven at around 350°.

When I cook this same chicken in our traditional oven it takes about 50-60 minutes so in this case, the Cosori cooked the meat faster. It was also quite moist. I think the convection fan distributing the air really helped to cook the chicken evenly.

Setup & Usability

Getting started with the Cosori toaster oven was quick and easy. Upon unboxing, we washed up the trays and racks, installed the appropriate accessories, and plugged it in.

When it is time to cook, you can follow the steps below:

1. Select a preset.
2. Review the settings.
3. If they look right, press start, which will start preheating the oven.
4. If they need some tweaking, you can adjust them manually until you have what you’re looking for.
5. Press start, which preheats the oven.
6. Once the oven is hot (if it requires pre-heating), insert the food and press start.

Maintenance

The maintenance of the Cosori really comes down to just keeping it clean. This job may be simple or difficult depending on the types of food you cook as well as how long you wait before cleaning after each use.

Most all parts of the parts can easily be cleaned with a damp spong or cloth.

• Turn off and unplug your oven.
• Allow it to cool.
• Wipe with a damp non-abrasive sponge.
• Use mild spray solution to avoid stains and buildup.
• Wipe the display with a soft, damp cloth.

As a general note, remember to apply spray solutions to the cloth directly and not directly to the digital screen. In addition, do not wipe down with a dry cloth, which may be prone to scratches.

• Clean the glass door with a glass cleaner; spray on and wipe away with a damp cloth.
• Let all surfaces try before using.

Is the Cosori toaster oven a good value?

Overall, I would say that the Cosori toaster over is an excellent value. It preheats quickly and has a wide range of functions and presets. For making quick lunches or dinners for a small family, this toaster oven should be more that sufficient.

Some features that add to the overall value of this toaster oven, include:

• 12 presets with the option to customize presets for manual cooking
• Accessories, wire racks, and cooking trays
• Easy to use with minimal controls
• Easy to clean, using the crumb tray or just a quick wipe down

If you’re looking to replace your toaster and be able to cook small meals without heating up your larger oven, the Cosori toaster oven would be a fantastic value.

Cosori Specifications

Should you buy the Cosori toaster oven?

I would recommend the Cosori if you’re looking for a toaster oven with the following features:

• Many presents: The Cosori toaster oven has 12 different presets which makes it easy to which cooking method is right each time.
• Easy to clean: The non-stick oven interior is easy to wipe down and the crumb tray below slides out.
• Accommodates larger meals: The Cosori toaster oven has three wire cooking racks in the toaster, but you can remove two of those racks to cook large meals, like a bone-in chicken or rack of ribs. There is even a mode for cooking large rotisserie chicken. At capacity, this toaster oven can fit approximately 25 quarts of

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