Is the Cosori CP267-FD Premium 6-Tray hot enough for jerky?

Last reviewed July 2026.

The dial reaches the line — and USDA says the dial was never the whole question. Cosori publishes a 95–165°F range and puts "Temperature Compliant" in the product's own Amazon listing title — the clearest example in the category of the max-temp number being sold as the safety story. The number is real and manufacturer-published. What the marketing omits is USDA's point: within a dehydrator, evaporating moisture keeps the meat below air temperature until most of the drying is done, so a 165°F setting does not mean 160°F meat. "Compliant" is a marketing word here — USDA publishes guidance, and no authority certifies dehydrators for jerky.

The facts on file

Sources — read them yourself

• Cosori — CP267-FD product page (95–165°F, 600W, price)
• Cosori — Amazon listing (title: "165°F … Temperature Compliant", 6.5 ft²)
• Ask USDA — why temperature matters when drying meat (the evaporation mechanism)

How to read this

USDA's jerky guidance sets the numbers — 160°F for meat, 165°F for poultry — and explains why the dehydrator can't be trusted to hit them on its own: evaporating moisture absorbs the heat, so the meat stays cooler than the air until most of the drying is done. Independent dial testing routinely finds units running 5–15°F below their setting. The answer on every row is the same and costs nothing: the oven step, before or after drying. And remember the dial is not the food's temperature.

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Dehydrator Score indexes manufacturer-published temperature specs and marketing claims against the USDA jerky record, with attribution — we test nothing and give no safety advice. No dial setting substitutes for USDA's instruction: heat meat to 160°F (poultry 165°F) in an oven before dehydrating, or bake the finished jerky after — inside a dehydrator, evaporating moisture holds the meat below air temperature until it is already dry. If a maker publishes a spec or manual that changes a row, the page changes — the record wins.