Do you, too, suffer from the familiar problem of having half of dinner ready to go—but the other half still totally uncooked? The Ultima Cosa 8L Dual Digital Air Fryer might be your solution. With two baskets instead of one, you can get dinner or snacks on the table twice as fast and at the same time. No more waiting for the next basket or leaving food in the warming drawer.
What’s in the box of the Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer 8L?
In the box of the Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer, you’ll find an 8 litre digital air fryer with a touchscreen and two removable 4 litre baskets. In each basket, you’ll find crisping trays, which are removable, and feature silicone guards on the edges to prevent them from scratching the non-stick baskets.
The Dual Digital Air Fryer also comes with a physical instruction manual, a quick start guide, and a recipe book.
What are the features of this Dual Digital Air Fryer?
The Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer has an 8 litre (8.5 quart) capacity stretched across two removable baskets (so, 4 litres each). Its baskets and crisping trays are dishwasher-safe and non-stick for easy cleanup. This design features eight preset cooking programs (which follow) on a touchscreen display and it’s advertised as being able to cook up to 6.5 pounds of food at a time.
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- Preheat
- Fries
- Steak
- Chicken
- Fish
- Vegetables
- Bacon
- Shrimp
On the top of this air fryer is something that I haven’t seen before: A temperature and time guide for each preset. It’s super simple and probably cost the company next to nothing to include, but it’s really handy. I don’t know why more brands don’t include cooking guides on their appliances!
This Ultima Cosa air fryer also allows you to cook separately, dual cook, sync the finish time for both baskets, and set your time and temperature independently for each basket. It’ll chime when it’s time to shake or remove your food.
How do I choose the right air fryer for me?
I get asked a lot how to choose the right air fryer for a family or household. It happens both with readers and real-life friends. Given that writing reviews is a big part of my job, I’m kind of my family’s appliance guy. Whenever someone’s about to make a purchase, I get that little text that says, “Hi Rae, what do you think of this product?” And honestly, I don’t mind it! It’s a great reason to catch up, and it lets me tell them about everything I’d look for in a small appliance. (It’s also way better than being the family’s printer guy, which is basically my nightmare. Thanks, but no thanks—I’ll leave that territory to my mom.)
For air fryers, I recommend looking at two things: price point and design. All of the air fryers I’ve tried at Best Buy have performed really well, even the budget-friendly ones, so basic performance isn’t something you need to worry about.
Instead, focus on finding a model that fits your budget. Then, narrow down your choices based on design. If you prefer an oven door style, choose that kind. They’re great for making baked goods and rotisserie poultry. (Ultima Cosa’s version of this is their 10L.) If you want a basket design, select one based on size and countertop real estate. And, if you want to be able to cook multiple dishes at once, opt for a dual-basket design like this one.
What I made in my Ultima Cosa Digital Air Fryer
For this review, I wanted to make dishes that would take different amounts of time to heat up—you know; really test the air fryer’s “sync finish” function. I ended up going with Cavendish fries (something I make time and time again in different air fryers for consistency), fresh asparagus, and re-heated ribs. The three items are all very different: fries need hot temperatures and really good air flow to achieve a crisp outside that isn’t tough, while asparagus and leftovers dry out quickly if they’re heated too high or for too long.
With this air fryer’s pre-set functions in mind, here are some other two-dish air fryer meal combinations that I think this air fryer would be perfect for making:
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- Chicken wings and fries (an air fryer classic!)
- Steak with air fried potatoes & herbs
- Chicken parmesan with air fried eggplant or zucchini
- Lemon garlic shrimp and baked oysters. Serve with fresh pasta, which you can make while your air fryer sorts out your seafood for you.
- Air fryer salmon with spinach
- Tandoori chicken breast with warm naan
- Stuffed mushrooms with garlic toast
- Chocolate lava cake and apple pie (okay, this isn’t a meal, but air fryers are great for quickly re-heating deserts and having two baskets means you can double your dessert options after dinner!)
My experience with the Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer 8L
I love an air fryer, and this one was no exception. The 8L Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer has a 5 minute preheat function, should you choose to use it, and its other presets are very customized to the types of foods they’re handling. Veggies cook for a shorter timeframe and at a much lower temperature than other settings, while dishes like fish and steak broil on high.
My food heats up really quickly in this air fryer. It took about 20 minutes to cook my fries, 15 minutes for asparagus, and 5 minutes to re-heat leftovers, which makes it so easy to get dinner on the table quickly. The five minute preheat time is just long enough to wash and prep your veggies, plus grab any oil or seasoning that you may need. (I know frozen fries come pre-seasoned, but I love them with a little steak seasoning on top!) I used the meat setting on the ribs featured in the review video, but they came out a little dry; in the future, I think the vegetable setting would be better for leftovers.
Speaking of: The veggies I made in here? Divine. My asparagus, which I usually make in the oven, was crisp, juicy, and so much sweeter than usual. The dual baskets definitely came in handy, especially with this air fryer’s ability to digitally tweak each setting (time and temperature).
Two things to remember when using this air fryer
One thing to note about the Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer is that its crisping trays have removable silicone guards to prevent scratching. This is great, because it means you can get them really clean in the wash—but it’s also something to watch out for. The guards come off easily with friction, so take extra care while placing them in each basket.
In addition to that, this air fryer comes with handles on the bottom. They’re very discreet, tucked right in at the centre on each side, but are so good! This is a feature that I rarely see included in small appliances. It makes this air fryer significantly easier to store and move than most, which is awesome for small spaces. From creating healthy, delicious meals to storing and cleaning with ease, this air fryer performs well and is really nice to have on hand.
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Table of Contents
- What’s in the box of the Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer 8L?
- What are the features of this Dual Digital Air Fryer?
- How do I choose the right air fryer for me?
- What I made in my Ultima Cosa Digital Air Fryer
- My experience with the Ultima Cosa Dual Digital Air Fryer 8L
- Two things to remember when using this air fryer
love my sweets, so I would make Chocolate Chip Cookies and for Savory, nothing like Chicken Wings in an air fryer!
Savoury – chicken parm
Sweet – honey garlic chicken wings.
Savory dish would be steak bites
Sweet one would be brownies
I would cook chicken wings and home made donuts
savoury Steak with air fried potatoes & herbs
sweet Chocolate lava cake
Savoury fish and chips and sweet donuts.
1-One sweet dish I would make would be Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies
2-On one savoury dish would be Air fryer cauliflower cheese bites
Savory would be fries and sweet would be brownies
We would love to try chicken wings and some brownies for dessert.
Savoury – chicken wings (suicide).
Sweet – glazed donuts.
Savory would be tandoori chicken and sweet would be brownies
My savoury dish is garlic pork ribs and my sweet dish is apple oatmeal cookies.
For savory, chicken wings and for sweet, apple fritters.
I’ve seen a recipe on Instagram for a mochi chocolate cake that looks amazing made in an air fryer. It uses rice flour for that mochi consistency. I’m dying to try it. I would also use it regularly for fries and chicken nuggets (because I have kids!)
Savoury – potato wedges
Sweet – Brownies
I’d love making Chicken Wings, fries, Brussel sprouts, etc. for savory.
And for Sweet I’d make brownies, cinnamon rolls, and banana breads.
Chicken wings of course for the savoury and chocolate cake for the sweet.
For savoury it would be chicken fingers and fries and for sweet a cheesecake.
Savoury – Chicken Parmesan
Sweet – Apple Fritters
Savoury – Chicken wings
Sweet – cheesecake
Savoury – would have to be chicken wings.
Sweet – Brownies
Savoury – hot chicken wings.
Sweet – Brownies
Savoury: Parmesan crusted fries!
Sweet: Banana bread with walnuts and chocolate chips.
Savoury: Jerk chicken
Sweet – brownies
Savoury – potato wedges
Sweet – s’mores!
Savoury: Sweet Potato Chili with Turkey
Sweet: Brownie Bottom Cheesecake
Honey garlic chicken wings and churros!
Savoury: Salt & Pepper chicken wings
Sweet: S’mores
Savoury: Spicy Jerk chicken
Sweet: Chocolate brownies
Savoury: Buffalo spicy chicken wings
Sweet: donuts
The sweet food U’d try making is chocolate chip cookies and the savoury would be the spiced shrimp
Savory would be thick cut onion rings prepared with dad’s beer batter.
Sweet would be caramel apple crisp
Savoury would be chicken wings
Sweet would be brownies
Savoury – Salmon with veggies on the side
Sweet – Lava cake
What I would make?
Savoury – Would make cajun chicken wings
Sweet – Would make brownies
Savoury – Air Fryer Steak Fajitas
Sweet – Air Fryer Strawberry Thumbprint Cookies
Savoury – Fried Dumplings
Sweet – Brownies
Bread puddings and fried okra
chocolate lava cakes and onion rings
Hello. I would love to win this for my mom٫ Lindsey to give to her for a Christ Mad present٫ I know that she would love to cook so many things with it. Everything from fried chicken to crispy fries to crispy vegetables to salmon. I know that she would absolutely be delighted with this!
Dry salt an pepper wings / chocolate chip oatmeal cookies
Savoury – would have to be BBQ chicken wings.
Sweet – I would love to try making churros
Savoury – would have to be chicken wings.
Sweet – I would love to try making donuts in an air fyer
Savoury, Apple Cider Pork Chops and sweet, Mochi
If I had this Ultima Cosa air fryer I would use it to make bacon and doughnuts!
Curry chicken
Cinnamon buns
fish fingers, chocolate lava cake
onion rings, cinnamon buns
Chicken wings, apple pie
I would have my steak and perhaps a mini cake for desert.
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