REASONS TO BUY
Accurate temperature controls
Easy clean-up
Nice looking
REASONS TO AVOID
Food sticks to trays
Poor dried meat outcomes
Cosori Food Dehydrator Machine Review
This high performance, middle capacity dehydrator is the best-looking machine of the lot
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
By Nick Miley ⋅ Senior Review Editor ⋅ August 11, 2021
Contributions From: Michelle Powell
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Our Verdict
The Cosori Food Dehydrator Machine has accurate time and temperature settings in an average capacity machine. The interior cleaning is relatively easy, and the exterior has a nice, modern-industrial look. Our only gripe is the trays are made of tightly woven metal wire, and food likes to stick to them. If aesthetics are a key factor in your kitchen appliance purchase decisions, then this machine has your name on it.
Our Analysis and Test Results
Performance Comparison
Sleek and chic. This machine is a worthy countertop appliance.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Quality and Consistency
We define quality by the texture, evenness, and flavor of the final dehydrated product. With the exception of beef jerky, the Cosori produced high-quality dehydrated food in our testing. While our beef jerky issues would likely be resolved by tweaking the recipe, the fruit and veggies came out tasty, evenly dehydrated, and had an appealing mouthfeel. This was the result time and again in our testing iterations.
Trays big enough to accommodate large food items.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Easy and Accurate
The Cosori has an intuitive three-button temperature and timing set-up with a numeric readout. Our tests indicate that, across a wide range, the internal temperature almost exactly matches the setting values. This contributes significantly to the quality and consistency discussed above.
Clean-Up
Generally speaking, dehydrators are a bit of a pain to clean. The food has time to drip and congeal, and it's all happening in a contained space that can be challenging to remove depending on the internal shape of the dehydrator. Not so with this machine. Our tester was delighted with how easy it is to guide food bits and juices out of the stainless steel interior. The one catch is that the wire racks have some food adherence issues. Fortunately, the racks can be removed, soaked, and scrubbed.
Cleaning is a necessary and often difficult part of owning a food dehydrator.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Value
The Cosori is not an inexpensive machine. However, it is easy to use, easy to clean, delivers quality foods, and looks nice. As such, we would describe this product as being worth the money spent.
Temperature accuracy and consistency are critical for high-quality outcomes.
Credit: Jenna Ammerman
Conclusion
Many of the dehydrators in this review have a plain look, but not the Cosori. This machine sports brushed steel with black plastic trim. Offering more than just an attractive exterior, this model produces quality dehydrated food. As such, it may earn a permanent place on your kitchen countertop. Despite some of the recipe issues and the difficulty of cleaning the metal trays, the Cosori is a solid product. If the average tray square footage and external dimensions meet your needs, you can't do much better.
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—Nick Miley and Michelle Powell
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