Cosori Dual Blaze Twinfry review: Smarter than a Ninja

Price When Reviewed

Not yet available in the US

We’ve tested a number of air fryers from Cosori (including its single-drawer and dual-zone model) and they tend to be reliable and well-made – if clearly modelled on existing appliances from bigger brands. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing for the buyer, as long as they’re competitively priced.

The Cosori model we’re reviewing here, the 10-litre Dual Blaze Twinfry, is obviously heavily inspired by Ninja’s innovative 10.4-litre Foodi FlexDrawer. Read our FlexDrawer review to compare the two.

The hook of the appliance is that it can be used like a regular dual-drawer air fryer with two 5-litre cooking zones, but if you remove the central divider, you can use the entire cooking space (Ninja’s “Megazone” or Cosori’s “Grandzone”) which will fit a whole roast or loaf cake.

The Foodi FlexDrawer is my favourite air fryer. It’s as flexible as the name suggests: you can cook just about anything in it, except a full-size pizza (it just won’t fit).

But does the Twinfry measure up to its more famous rival?

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Design and Build

• 10-litre capacity
• 7 cooking modes
• Touchscreen and digital display

Slotting the Twinfry into the space the FlexDrawer previously occupied, there’s an immediate problem. It’s just a little larger. In my tiny kitchen, this means that I need to angle it away from the hob when it’s in use, or I risk melting the side of the air fryer.

Its dimensions (including the huge, wraparound handle) are 33.8 x 51.8 x 31.3cm, while the FlexDrawer is a slightly more compact 32.7 x 49.6 x 31.6cm. The difference is on paper is minor – but not in life, if my experience is anything to go by.

The Twinfry has sleeker lines, with an angled digital display and no physical buttons or dials

However, I do think the Cosori beats it where aesthetic appeal is concerned. There’s something very tub-like about the FlexDrawer and the large dial on its front presents an extra cleaning challenge.

Meanwhile, the Twinfry has sleeker lines, with an angled digital display and no physical buttons or dials. I’m testing the black and copper model, which I think has extra appeal.

The touchscreen controls are simple to use. There are six cooking modes: air fry, roast, bake, grill, reheat and dry. The only thing missing from the Ninja is the “Max Crisp” setting, but I found I didn’t lament it.

You can also easily adjust the time and temperature up and down.

Finally, Cosori has shamelessly nicked Ninja’s handy Match and Sync functions. The former lets you instantly copy the cooking instructions from one drawer to another. The even more useful Sync function lets you programme two different cooking times and methods – but ensures that both drawers finish cooking at the same time, for stress-free meals.

The cooking time ranges from 1 minute to 48 hours, so you won’t have to resort to several cooking resets if you’re making dried fruit, for example.

It has a good temperature range as well, from 35-240°C/95-465°F, so it can do everything from proving dough to roasting.

In the box, you’ll also get a set of silicone-tipped tongs, which are an incredibly useful air fryer accessory.

Performance and Features

• Smart features
• No shake function
• Easy to clean

The Cosori Dual Blaze Twinfry is a breeze to use – and just as quick to clean up afterwards. I cooked almost everything in it for over a month. Its advantage over a standard dual-drawer model is that it can replace almost all your oven cooking. I’d already got in the habit of doing this thanks to the FlexDrawer, and the transition from one air fryer to the other was seamless.

The Dual Blaze Twinfry is an even, consistent cooker that produces reliably well-browned food

The only noticeable difference was that the Twinfry lacked the FlexDrawer’s Max Crisp setting, which can be used to give frozen food more of a crunch, and which I tended to use on the FlexDrawer. But I found that the ordinary air fry setting gave better results in any case.

There’s also a grill setting, which was handy for breakfast foods like sausages, but which – as it’s not a setting I expect on an air fryer – I tended to forget about.

The Dual Blaze Twinfry is an even, consistent cooker that produces reliably well-browned food. However, fries, roast potatoes and other vegetables will need a shake-up during cooking and, as there’s no shake alert, you’ll need to remember to do that yourself.

There’s one key feature that the Twinfry has that the FlexDrawer doesn’t – and that’s smart capabilities, via the nicely laid out VeSync app. But I really don’t think any of that should be a factor in whether you buy. Brands are keen to shoehorn smart features into every tech product they can, but they’re of limited use when it comes to cooking.

You can’t schedule your air frying to be done when you’re out, like you can your robot vacuum. But there are a couple of features that some may like.

The first is remote monitoring. Although you can’t start a cooking programme in-app, for safety reasons, you can monitor it remotely, and you’ll get an alert to your phone when your food is ready – handy if you’re busy in another part of the house.

There’s also a cooking chart that’ll give you timings and temperature for all types of common meats, fish, vegetables, bread and desserts and let you send the correct cooking programme straight to the air fryer. In the box, you’ll also get a recipe card, with a selection of recipes you can access via a QR code.

Price and Availability

In the UK, the Cosori Dual Blaze Twinfry has an RRP of £249.99, and that’s what you’ll pay if you buy it directly from Cosori. But it’s available for less elsewhere. It’s currently £229 from Currys and just £199.99 from Amazon – with Prime.

However, the Ninja Foodi FlexDrawer is currently at the same price. It’s £199.99 on Amazon and Ninja Kitchen, so there’s no saving if you go for the lesser-known brand – but its smart features and grill function may sway you.

The Dual Blaze Twinfry is not currently available in the US – but if it were to go on sale there, it would be unique. The equivalent Ninja model, the FlexBasket, is a smaller 7QT model.

Should you buy the Cosori Dual Blaze Twinfry?

There’s no doubt that this is a high-quality air fryer. It has the unusual selling point of a flexible cooking zone and it offers features that the equivalent Ninja doesn’t, such as a grill function and smart capabilities. But the original FlexDrawer is such a solid model from the number one name in the market, and if the prices are the same, that may well feel like the safer buy.