Cosori 4 7L Air Fryer - Does It Save Me Money?

In this video I have broken down for you the exact costs of cooking two dishes in the air fryer, as compared to the cost of cooking the same dishes in my main oven. See how much each costs me and find out if the Cosori 4.7L Air Fryer really can save me money.
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[@debbiechaney6607]

So wonderful to see your happy positive face again. This was a great video as I was thinking of a new purchase of an air fryer and this seals the deal. My sister simply raves about hers...she loves it. Thank you Tess! Lots of love from Debbie And Dexter-Dog in southern California. USA. 🙏🙏👍👍🏄🏡🚴💝

[@lemonteapot1061]

I love my air fryer - which I bought after seeing your previous post about it. My only issue with it is that if you wanted to cook lots in there for one meal, everything would have to be kept hot. So for me it depends what I’m cooking. Jacket potatoes are great in there after being initially microwaved, just pop them in the air fryer for about 5 mins 🥰. Last night I cooked salmon in there and it was lovely 🥰

[@rachelmontgomery3889]

Great cost breakdown. We don’t have an air fryer and our family is bigger, but I’m trying to be more careful about oven use and batching baking to use less overall, and using the instantpot to bulk cook some things, too.

[@kazlee9213]

I no longer use my hob or oven, i have a ninja 15:1 and a ninja 10:1 and i can cook everything in those, i also have a steamer with 3 levels which i fill every time and freeze the veg thats left over. We all have to do what ever we can to get by, another great video Tess, thank you.

[@pamgardiner2912]

Thank you for your time working out the costs. Enjoy a happy week.

[@janfoster9583]

I enjoy your clear presentation, Tess. I’ve been debating getting an air fryer. This helps. Thanks!

[@helenaurelius-haddock4695]

I think this is a HUGE help to help people to drive down their electrical usage. As ever, thanks for sharing.

[@elainebrown3887]

Really enjoyed watching you cook in the af Tess the saving you have made are incredible,I don't think I will ever go back using my oven xxxx

[@kirsty6712]

Not sure if you preheat for each meal but I never preheat with my air fryer and it always cooks fine so you might save some more electric use that way.

[@colinsmith7537]

Thanks for mentioning that the main ovens thermostat means that it does not consume the full amount of electricity per hour. But the same applies to the air frier if it did not then the temperature would carry on rising until you had a basket full of cinders. The only way of doing a comparison is by using a power consumption meter on each appliance whilst cooking the same ingredients in each.

[@jenniferholden9397]

I’m thinking Christmas diner, I’ve been unwell for a while so haven’t made Christmas lunch for a while, but this year Jen will make a comeback! My son will help me out as we get on well in the kitchen included. Everyone’s favourite was my duck with my secret blackberry sauce. Don’t have an air fryer yet, don’t know which one to get, I’ve seen one with two drawers.

[@lisagarrison25315]

Great video ! I received an air fryer for Christmas last year and I use it nearly every day. I love the convenience of it, and the fact that it's so easy to clean. I'm going to try baking in it...wish me luck !

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

Good luck! :-)

[@patrice1966]

Those brussel sprouts look delicious! I think I’m going to try making some of them. Did you use a little bit of oil to coat the brussel sprouts and bacon with before cooking them? I’m glad the air fryer is saving you that much money vs using your big oven. Utility costs have gone absolutely crazy, you are doing a great job saving your family money! I have a natural gas stove/oven but I rarely use that oven. I have an electric mini oven with a convection setting that I use almost daily. The convection setting is basically like using the air fryer. The difference is that food is not sitting elevated up on a rack like it does in the air fryer. The convection setting forces the hot air around the food cooking it more quickly. I suppose if I placed whatever I’m cooking on a rack it would cook both sides without having to turn things over half way through the cooking time and mimic cooking in an air fryer. I do have an air fryer that I was given by my neighbor. I have yet to use it only because I tend to just use my mini oven instead of making room to plug in the air fryer.

[@MayfairMagic]

Great video, many thanks. I use my air fryer microwave & halogen oven , which are all lower cost to run.

[@mchave71]

Thankyou for this video. I’ve just bought the same Cosori model and your video really helped. Me.Very informative and simply explained. Keep the content going.🙂

[@skyll4141]

how do you keep the side dish warm while the chickens cooking?

[@jenniferholden9397]

If I take the shelves out of the big oven I can store the airfryer in there. Not enough cupboard space other wise.

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

Good idea!

[@JD-hy2pg]

Thank you for sharing 🙂

[@DaveToneMusic]

Thank you so much for your video it's really great and really helpful. I've been deciding on which air fryer to buy and I had been leaning towards this model already and now after watching your really comprehensive analysis I'm sold on it. Thanks again, great video! Have a very happy 2023! :)

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mikebashford8198]

I make the same sprout dish, except I add breadcrumbs to give it a bit of extra crunch. I make the breadcrumbs by whizzing up left over bread and storing in the freezer.

[@robynclarke5274]

Thanks Tess, you've given me food for thought.

[@rough-hewnhomestead5737]

My birthday is coming up soon and my Mom let me pick out an air fryer (I have a small one --but that's the problem...too small for a family...). I chose a Cosori! I'm not sure if it's the same model (I was listening to your video while taking a shower..."Mom Life!' ), but I was glad to hear that your Cosori works well and is energy efficient. The one that I chose says it's large enough to roast a whole chicken...or two pans of something--and that's what I was looking for. Thanks for the cost break-down!

[@lindagiammarco2687]

I really like your corsori air fryer. I have an air fryer but a small one not a corsori. I love an air fryer. I am considering getting another one, the corsori like you have. I absolutely know I save money by not using my oven.

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

It is really good. We use ours a lot.

[@jackng9797]

There is more to the calculation though. When using a conventional oven, you're not constantly heating the whole time, when the heat reached your target temperature the heating element switches off and hold it there for a while. Whereas with an air fryer, the heating element and fan are going and drawing energy the whole time. Unless there're newer air fryers with a temperature sensor and work more like a conventional oven?

[@angelaholcroft4515]

Thanks Tess that was really informative. We purchased our airfryer a couple of weeks ago. Our daughter recommended it, she uses hers for absolutely everything. Andy is the cook in our house and he's been experimenting different recipes. Made a cake in it last weekend. X

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

They are really versatile appliances aren't they? How did the cake turn out?

[@angelaholcroft4515]

@@Tess-FrugalLiving cake was good. It was a simple sponge, really moist. Didn't take very long either.

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

@@angelaholcroft4515 That's good to know!

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

Ooooh, I bought some yarn from your shop and it has just arrived! I love it! And all of the little extras are so sweet. Thank you :-) :-) :-)

[@angelaholcroft4515]

@@Tess-FrugalLiving aww thankyou. Which yarn was it? Glad you like it, what are you going to make? Attic spin dye is Andy's baby. He does all the dying, marketing and admin. I just cheer from the sides really. He works part-time and runs Attic alongside. Hoping to retire a little early and then concentrate on the business. X

[@jenniferholden9397]

Thanks Tess, this has been really useful.

[@Lisa101-x9x]

Great video Tess, thank you for this xx

[@leighhammond8364]

Great post Tess! I love my airfryer and use it most days. Could you please show your Brussels sprout risotto? sounds wonderful. Thank you.💐💙

[@lynnhensley4326]

I bought an inexpensive one in the USA for $25.00. My husband loves it. Perfect size for 2 people. Using it in warm weather rather than the oven keeps my AC bills down, but in winter I try to cook at least 2 or 3 items in my oven for a meal. At least in cold weather the oven warms my house up a bit. I think our energy bills have been, at least in the past, cheaper than in the UK. But I think your food bill sounds cheaper than in the USA.

[@Jo-xw3ce]

How do you keep things warm whilst other things cook - wouldn’t it be easier to have more compartments ? I am undecided about air fryers as there are only 2 of us. I mostly use the gas hob and slow cooker but everyone is raving about air fryers. But they are so expensive - it’s a lot of meals before the cost of buying the air fryer is written off.

[@alisonbell3475]

Really interested in air fryer but this one is out of stock. Great video. 😊

[@rosemarycornwall5162]

I bought my son & his girlfriend a very similar digital Casori air fryer a couple of Christmas's ago - they've used it almost every day since without any problem. Bought on Amazon (via Quidco of course!).

[@laurasenior6447]

You calculate the cost as I do and like you I know it is cheaper, but the big caveat is, the initial cost of the air fryer which is quite expensive. Your savings are true savings from the start as you were gifted your air fryer. I have not yet calculated the savings inclusive of the initial cost 🙂

[@carolynhiscock9457]

I use the Ninja Foodi grill/air fryer.Very cost efficient as well.

[@Leelee...]

Those savings are fantastic.

[@nigel8499]

Great video. Have you done Ready meals/ TV dinners in the 4.7L Cosori?

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

I mostly cook from scratch so haven't. Have you? How are they?

[@lisa-we2so]

Hi 😊 you have cooked your veg and then your chicken, so your veg is cold so how are you then heating it all up and if you have other things to cook to x

[@jeanmorrison9509]

Could you start with the chicken then pause , add sprouts, then continue cooking to tackle keeping all warm?

[@adrianhall4373]

Yes. I only cook for myself mostly, so have room in the air fryer and often add veggies to the meat or fish etc, part way in and then carry on cooking. It works fine.

[@sophiawolthof1238]

👍👍👍

[@sdtancock]

So are you eating the brussels cold by the time the chicken cooks? We have an air fryer mainly for the boys making their snacks that they usually use the big oven for. Not worked out how to use it for big meals yet.

[@dianegribbin3582]

If you have a big oven, does the price you save warrant the price of buying an air fryer, how long before before it pays for itself? X

[@debbieframpton3857]

I don't have an air fryer and I don't feel it would be worth having one for one person. I use my Hamilton Beach large toaster oven it has a tray large enough to cook a frozen pizza I bake with it and right now I have a 7 lb chicken roasting in my Nesco 6 quart roaster oven I like that because I can set the temperature like my oven without heating up the house. My my daughter decided she wanted to bake something in the oven last month and she asked me the last time I used it and I said Christmas she said it has cobwebs in it I said clean it out. I use it to store cookie sheets that I don't use.

[@debbiesavage7107]

Too funny!

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

That's hilarious Debbie!

[@sarahees891]

Does the air fryer leave a smell of oil in the air? X

[@Tess-FrugalLiving]

Not that I notice, Sarah.

[@apollonia6656]

Sorry to say mine (same Cosori 4.7 l) does. I have only started using it yesterday because of the plastic smell. Yes ,followed instruction and even washed the tray etc), but the smell lingered. Yesterday I bought some frozen chips and thought I should try those with a springle of mixed seasoning.....The chips tastes OK, but the m then was very smelly. Did the same today with the same result. Bought mine from Amazon New, but wondering if it was Returned item because it didn't have the stick side tags or the carton cross inside the tray. Not sure what to do next ! Similar probs from Amaxon: Sharp microwave this time. It rains eVer because of steam.😥 I previously had a Panasonic +for over 20 years) and it finally have up the ghost, but I never had any problems with that one. I have the front door slightly open to rid the smell and this is hours ago ! Amazon PR has gone downhill. I am to complain to Cosori 😏 Why bother selling if you can't replace Amazon ?