Top 10 Best Yogurt Makers for 2026 – Expert Tested

Customer Review: This Suteck Stainless Steel Yogurt Maker is amazing! Love the price and quality—half the cost of big-name brands. Makes the best yogurt with adjustable time and temperature controls, perfect for trending recipes like SIBO and L. reuteri yogurt. Comes with bowls, and I plan to get the jars next. Easy to use, durable, and ideal for fitness and health enthusiasts. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a reliable yogurt maker for homemade probiotic-rich yogurt!

Customer Review: I recently purchased this yogurt maker. I wanted to make L. Reuteri yogurt and I didn’t want an appliance that was a Mono Tasker. So I tried using a small cooler with hot pack inside to keep everything warm with so so results. My crockpot was next, it required almost constant monitoring for 7 hours to stay at 108 degrees. My Insta Pot is one of the few that doesn’t have a yogurt setting and the temperature cannot be adjusted. So I gave up and took the leap, passing on the one everyone uses in Videos and bought the one that looks very much like the YouTube version. I bought the 2 quart option. I followed the directions for cleaning the appliance and making the yogurt. Both were well written and easy to follow. The default setting is just what I needed. The yogurt came out beautifully. I love my Mono Tasker. It is small enough for me to tuck away and does a great job. If you are new to making yogurt, whey is going to seep into the scooped out space in the yogurt. It doesn’t mean is gone bad. It is full of probiotic goodness. Pour the whey on your dog’s food, mine love it. Drink it down, or stir it back into the yogurt. The Suteck yogurt maker is quality tool on your way creating food the way you want it.

Customer Review: I’m really happy with this yogurt maker! The digital controls are straightforward and easy to set, and it consistently makes yogurt that’s thick, creamy, and delicious. I love that it comes with both smaller jars and a larger container, which makes it easy to prepare different batch sizes.

Customer Review: The media could not be loaded. I’ve been really enjoying the Elite Gourmet ProBioticPRO Digital Yogurt Maker. It makes homemade yogurt way easier than I expected. I love being able to control the temperature and time — just set it and let it do its thing. The yogurt comes out thick and consistent every time. The 8 little glass jars are perfect for grab-and-go servings, and the two big 1-quart bowls are great when I want to make a larger batch for the week. It feels sturdy with the stainless steel design, and the auto shut-off is a nice bonus so I don’t have to keep checking on it. Super simple, reliable, and totally worth it if you want fresh homemade yogurt without the hassle

Customer Review: I bought this yogurt maker over a year ago, and it’s still going strong. In terms of product durability, the only thing that has “broken” are the little rubber foot pads at the bottom have fallen off, but a dab of superglue fixed that quickly. I’ve been making batches of yogurt back-to-back in this baby, and I love how quick the setup is. I usually start a new batch late in the evening, so that it can incubate overnight and be done by the time I’m up in the morning. I take one little jar of yogurt from my last batch and scoop it into a pot, then use the emptied jar to measure out six more jarfuls of milk into the pot. Stir the pot well with a ladle, then ladle into all seven jars, stick the jars in the yogurt maker and put the big plastic cover on, set timer, press the red button and go. In the morning, I lift off the plastic cover (you’ll need to be a little careful here, there will be lots of water condensed on the inside of the cover, and you don’t want that dripping into your yogurt), cap all of the bottles with the provided lids, and stick them in the fridge to cool. Yogurt is done! The yogurt I get is never as thick as the store-bought kind that you can stand a spoon in, but I’m ok with that. My yogurt is a little viscous but still liquidy, kind of like cake batter. You’ll need to play around with the incubation time to see how long you’ll need to get the tartness and viscosity you want. For me (California Bay Area weather), if I use whole milk straight from the fridge, I incubate for 11 hours for a slightly tart, slightly viscous yogurt. You can go as low as 9 hours if you don’t want it very tart but still viscous. For 2% milk (again straight from the fridge), 10 hours for a tart, viscous yogurt. I’ve tried 12 hours with 2% milk before, and it came out completely watery. So again, keep trying different times. If you want your yogurt thicker, you can try heating the milk first. Measure out six jarfuls of milk into a pot (don’t put in the yogurt starter just yet), and heat it for half an hour. Don’t boil it, you want just under simmering. Then cool the milk to room temperature, and warm the yogurt to room temperature. Once both are ready, scoop the yogurt starter into the milk, mix, and ladle into the jars, etc. The heating denatures the fat proteins and spreads them out into longer strands, so that your yogurt has the fat more evenly distributed for a more even network that binds better for thick yogurt. Higher fat content in the milk will make thick yogurt easier to get. Don’t expect store-bought thickness if you don’t plan to add gelatin, like they do. I’ve only made plain yogurt, since I’m not interested in sweetening mine, so please keep that in mind. My roommate likes stirring in spoonfuls of jam right before eating, though. I also never bother with pre-heating the milk (too much trouble, and I’m lazy). There are lips in the jars that are hard to clean out with a dish sponge, so I let the jars soak for about 15 minutes to get the extra yogurt to dissolve, then rinse them out and wash. The provided lids are definitely not leak-tight, but the jar opening is a standard size and I’ve found that lids from spaghetti sauce jars fit perfectly, and are much more leak-tight. Want more bottles than just 7? Like other reviewers have said, the larger baby food bottles are the perfect size. Also note that when the yogurt maker is done, the beep is very subdued. You can hear it if you’re listening for it and you’re not far away, and it beeps several times, but it’s not loud enough or high-pitched enough to be attention-grabbing and bring you out of that game that you’re getting really into. It’s more of a reminder than an alarm, and it’s about half as loud as my microwave’s beep. Great product, and I highly recommend it if you’re willing to play around with it a bit. The routine I’ve settled into is quick, easy, and requires very little cleanup. I’m very pleased with my yogurt maker!

Customer Review: First the problem. The timer did not, does not work! It didn’t move! I set it for twelve hours and it never worked. Now when the time was up, (I have clocks), I checked it. It was perfect. Firm, creamy and delicious. As good or better than any yogurt I’ve bought in the stores and I’ve been eating yogurt for over seventy years. I’ve also owned and used a very expensive yogurt maker before. This is the simplest and the best. I am very pleased. Definitely recommend this. I read all of the reviews and all of the comments and directions. Then putting it all together I made the first batch. I used the seven cup Pyrex bowl with a cover that so many suggested. So, here’s the formula: heat 6 jars of cold whole milk in a 7-cup Pyrex bowl in the microwave for no more than 1 minute. Take it out of the microwave (test to be sure it’s only very lukewarm, add ½ cup powdered milk, and 1/2 cup of the very best unflavored Greek yogurt I could buy, after that it’s a jar that you have saved from the last batch). Put it in the machine on two layers of folded paper towels. Gently blend, place the cover on. I placed a small folded dish towel on top of the machine. Turn the machine on for 13 hours. Check it after 12 hours by slightly tipping the bowl to see if it is thick. If you think you need an hour more, OK, but no more than that. Put the snap cover on the pyrex bowel and put it in the fridge. (Before you eat any of it, be sure to fill one of the jars to use as a starter for the next time.) This was very thick, there was no liquid until I removed a bowl full. I ate it with honey and berries. Absolutely delicious. When I used it the next day I gently drained off any liquid in the bottom of the bowl. There was no need to strain. This could have been sliced to serve with berries for company. I’m updating my review. I have continued using this little yogurt maker and I am more pleased with the results every time I use it. It is extremely reliable. Producing the creamiest best flavored Greek yogurt you can imagine. I have recommended it to several friends. After seeing the machine and enjoying the Greek yogurt made in it they are impressed and one ordered one right away. Sometimes a product is as good or even better than advertised.

Customer Review: his Suteck Stainless Steel Yogurt Maker is amazing! Love the price and quality—half the cost of big-name brands. Makes the best yogurt with adjustable time and temperature controls, perfect for trending recipes like SIBO and L. reuteri yogurt. Comes with bowls, and I plan to get the jars next. Easy to use, durable, and ideal for fitness and health enthusiasts. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a reliable yogurt maker for homemade probiotic-rich yogurt!

Customer Review: I recently purchased this yogurt maker. I wanted to make L. Reuteri yogurt and I didn’t want an appliance that was a Mono Tasker. So I tried using a small cooler with hot pack inside to keep everything warm with so so results. My crockpot was next, it required almost constant monitoring for 7 hours to stay at 108 degrees. My Insta Pot is one of the few that doesn’t have a yogurt setting and the temperature cannot be adjusted. So I gave up and took the leap, passing on the one everyone uses in Videos and bought the one that looks very much like the YouTube version. I bought the 2 quart option. I followed the directions for cleaning the appliance and making the yogurt. Both were well written and easy to follow. The default setting is just what I needed. The yogurt came out beautifully. I love my Mono Tasker. It is small enough for me to tuck away and does a great job. If you are new to making yogurt, whey is going to seep into the scooped out space in the yogurt. It doesn’t mean is gone bad. It is full of probiotic goodness. Pour the whey on your dog’s food, mine love it. Drink it down, or stir it back into the yogurt. The Suteck yogurt maker is quality tool on your way creating food the way you want it.

Customer Review: his Suteck Stainless Steel Yogurt Maker is amazing! Love the price and quality—half the cost of big-name brands. Makes the best yogurt with adjustable time and temperature controls, perfect for trending recipes like SIBO and L. reuteri yogurt. Comes with bowls, and I plan to get the jars next. Easy to use, durable, and ideal for fitness and health enthusiasts. Highly recommend for anyone looking for a reliable yogurt maker for homemade probiotic-rich yogurt!

Customer Review: I recently purchased this yogurt maker. I wanted to make L. Reuteri yogurt and I didn’t want an appliance that was a Mono Tasker. So I tried using a small cooler with hot pack inside to keep everything warm with so so results. My crockpot was next, it required almost constant monitoring for 7 hours to stay at 108 degrees. My Insta Pot is one of the few that doesn’t have a yogurt setting and the temperature cannot be adjusted. So I gave up and took the leap, passing on the one everyone uses in Videos and bought the one that looks very much like the YouTube version. I bought the 2 quart option. I followed the directions for cleaning the appliance and making the yogurt. Both were well written and easy to follow. The default setting is just what I needed. The yogurt came out beautifully. I love my Mono Tasker. It is small enough for me to tuck away and does a great job. If you are new to making yogurt, whey is going to seep into the scooped out space in the yogurt. It doesn’t mean is gone bad. It is full of probiotic goodness. Pour the whey on your dog’s food, mine love it. Drink it down, or stir it back into the yogurt. The Suteck yogurt maker is quality tool on your way creating food the way you want it.

Customer Review: The appliance works very well. I love making my own yogurt and with a separate jars it’s wonderful. Very easy to use.

Customer Review: This is an awesome machine and the customer service is stellar. I thought it wouldn’t go past eight hours just like one of the posts in here says, but I found that I was not hitting the function button before hitting the temperature setting! Before I realized it was my fault, I emailed the customer service email supplied in the paperwork and they got right back to me! They asked me to make a video of the problem. This is when I realized it was all my fault not the machine’s and that I wasn’t hitting the function button before the temperature button!! it actually works great I love it and I’m so happy to have it. I would highly recommend buying it.

Customer Review: Most people know the substantial health benefits of yogurt. It has probiotics to support gut health, contains protein, is an excellent source of calcium, and may even have benefits to immune function and heart health. And as long as you resist the urge to load it up with sugar, it’s one of the best foods to eat if you need to keep your blood sugar low. What I didn’t realize until recently was how very simple it is to make at home. People will tell you that you need to buy powdered yogurt starter, but actually, all you really need are three tablespoons of plain yogurt you buy from a store (plain, Greek, whole milk, or lowfat will all work, as long as they contain active culture). I used a small container of Fage for my starter. Here’s how it works. You take 6 cups of milk (a half gallon works perfectly—you use 6 cups and have 2 left over) and heat it up to exactly 180 degrees Fahrenheit, letting it simmer at 180 degrees for about 1-2 minutes, and then cooling it down to 110 degrees (either by waiting or by putting the pot in ice water). When the temperature reaches 110, you take a half cup of the warm milk, mix it with the three tablespoons of yogurt, and then once it’s all dissolved, stir it back into the milk. From there, just dish the milk into each of the eight 6oz jars. The machine is extremely simple to use. Just put the jars (uncovered) into the unit, cover the unit, and set the temperature and timer. The default temperature will be set to 108 degrees, and you’ll typically want to set the timer to 8 hours (or normal yogurt) or 9 hours (slightly tangier) or more than 10 hours (noticeably thicker and tangier). Contrary to what a lot of people think, you’re not “cooking” the yogurt but incubating the microbes so they multiply. Once the timer goes off, you put a cap on the jars and put them in the fridge. Once cooled, you can open a jar and start eating. The consistency will have turned from milk to thicker yogurt. The result is yogurt that’s fresher (with a large population of cultures), natural (some commercial yogurt plants add stabilizers and thickeners or apply heat treatment for longer shelf life), and in most cases much more affordable (a $4 gallon of milk can produce about $10 worth of yogurt). Another plus is that you can control the flavor—lower incubation time yields milk flavor, while you can let it incubate longer for a tangier flavor and yogurt that’s easier to digest. This set gives you everything you need: the yogurt maker with a cover and right 6oz glass yogurt jars. One important thing to note is that the jars are not dishwasher safe—I tried putting one in the dishwasher and it developed a hairline crack. You’ll want to hand-wash these. Overall, this is one of the better kitchen appliances I’ve owned which I go back to over and over. If you’re an avid yogurt eater, this is a game changer that produces yogurt that’s healthier, tastier, and cheaper than what you can buy in a store.

Customer Review: I’ve been making homemade yogurt in a multi-cooker for years, so I was intrigued by the idea of using a compact countertop appliance that makes individual jars. The yogurt maker itself works very well, and I’m extremely happy with the finished product. However, getting there required a bit more effort than it should have. The main issue is the documentation. In addition to the User Manual, there are separate pages about activating the two-year warranty, troubleshooting, and notes about fermentation time. While the company name and URL appear on those inserts, there is no mention of the manufacturer or support information in the actual User Manual. The “How to Use” section outlines three mixing methods based on the type of milk used (fresh milk, aseptic milk, or powdered milk). All require either one packet of yogurt starter or 5% plain yogurt. The manual does not clearly explain how much plain yogurt to use as a starter, and the wording makes it seem like a specific brand is required. In reality, any plain Greek yogurt with no added sugars works fine. There is also some confusion regarding fermentation time. The written instructions say 6–8 hours (not exceeding 14 hours), while the graphic directly below suggests setting the timer for 8–12 hours. As with most yogurt, longer fermentation produces a more tart flavor, so some experimentation is helpful. Although the product is marketed as a “Digital Greek Yogurt Machine,” neither the manual nor the product page explains how to make Greek yogurt. For clarity, Greek yogurt is simply regular yogurt that has been strained to remove whey. The manual does not include straining time recommendations, so I had to do a search of the product page to find them. You’ll need to transfer the yogurt out of the jars to do this. It’s not difficult, just an extra step. Once I worked through these documentation gaps, operation was straightforward and the results were excellent. The yogurt sets beautifully, and I appreciate the convenience of the individual jars. I also like freezing a few tablespoons in ice cube trays (of Greek yogurt I’ve made – this doesn’t work with regular yogurt) to use as starter for future batches. Overall, this is a very good yogurt maker that produces great results. I highly recommend it. However, until the User Manual and product page are clarified and updated, I’m awarding four stars instead of five.

Customer Review: I’ve been using the Culinary Chef Series yogurt maker for a while now, and it has truly made homemade yogurt simple and enjoyable. The adjustable time and temperature control is a big highlight for me because it lets me customize the texture and tanginess exactly how I like it. Whether I want a mild, creamy yogurt or a thicker Greek-style batch, this machine handles it perfectly. The set comes with 8 glass jars, which are a great size for portion control and storing different flavors. I like that they’re reusable, easy to clean, and feel much healthier than using plastic containers. The process is straightforward, just add your ingredients, set the time and temperature, and let the machine do the work. The yogurt turns out fresh, smooth, and delicious every time, and I love knowing it’s packed with live probiotics and no unnecessary additives. It’s also surprisingly quiet while running, which is a nice bonus. The design looks clean and modern on my kitchen counter, and it doesn’t take up too much space. Overall, this yogurt maker is a fantastic addition to my kitchen. It’s perfect for anyone who wants healthier, homemade yogurt with full control over ingredients and consistency.

Customer Review: I’ve been using the Culinary Chef Series yogurt maker for a while now, and it has truly made homemade yogurt simple and enjoyable. The adjustable time and temperature control is a big highlight for me because it lets me customize the texture and tanginess exactly how I like it. Whether I want a mild, creamy yogurt or a thicker Greek-style batch, this machine handles it perfectly. The set comes with 8 glass jars, which are a great size for portion control and storing different flavors. I like that they’re reusable, easy to clean, and feel much healthier than using plastic containers. The process is straightforward, just add your ingredients, set the time and temperature, and let the machine do the work. The yogurt turns out fresh, smooth, and delicious every time, and I love knowing it’s packed with live probiotics and no unnecessary additives. It’s also surprisingly quiet while running, which is a nice bonus. The design looks clean and modern on my kitchen counter, and it doesn’t take up too much space. Overall, this yogurt maker is a fantastic addition to my kitchen. It’s perfect for anyone who wants healthier, homemade yogurt with full control over ingredients and consistency. Read more

Customer Review: I used this yogurt maker from Country Trading Company for the first time today, and I love it! ( Previously I had only made yogurt in my InstantPot, so this is what I used for comparison.) First, the yogurt maker was a much better size for my purposes – it is compact and so does not take up much space on the counter. That being said, it only makes one quart at a time, which may be an issue for some. Second, it is very easy to use. Third, I love the simplistic functionality of the design- it’s back to basics, no need for electricity to run for hours. Sure it’s a glass jar in a stainless steel thermal container, but it works perfectly! Fourth, no repeated purchasing of yogurt in plastic containers. Lastly, it made delicious tasting yogurt! You do need a reliable thermometer to make yogurt, which is not included in the kit. I used Euro Cuisine Yogurt Thermometer-analog dial type. The overall process was faster and less cumbersome than when I used my InstantPot, so it really is a great little yogurt maker!

Customer Review: Excellent quality, no fuss, straightforward to use. Compact and attractive enough to have on your counter. Good value

Customer Review: This yogurt maker is fantastic for making fresh, healthy yogurt at home. The timer and precise temperature control take all the guesswork out of the process, and the fully automatic operation makes it incredibly easy to use—even for beginners. I’ve used it for Greek yogurt and probiotic yogurt, and the results are consistently thick, creamy, and flavorful. The automatic shut-off feature is a great safety and convenience addition, especially when fermenting overnight. Cleanup is simple, and the unit feels well-built and reliable. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to save money, control ingredients, and enjoy healthier yogurt without additives.

Customer Review: This yogurt maker is easy to use and works exactly as expected. The timer and temperature control make the process simple, and the automatic shut-off is helpful. It makes good-quality yogurt at home, including Greek and probiotic yogurt. Overall, it’s convenient and reliable.