Ninja Foodi 8qt 9-in-1 Deluxe XL Digital Multi Cooker with Air Fryer - Stainless Steel/Black

We have had a few Ninja products for several years now and decided to give this pressure cooker/air fryer combo a try. I'm very glad we did. We've been using another brand for "instant" pot cooking for a year or so now and have really enjoyed it; particularly the speed with which we can prepare meals since we have two young kids and don't have a ton of time to cook. Despite that, we wanted to give this a try because of the air frying option. I can say it delivers in every way. Given that we didn't have an air fryer before this product, we decided to give that a try and used our kids for guinea pigs. We tried some frozen chicken nuggets and hash browns that they typically like and asked them to tell us what they thought. They both instantly recognized the difference and both said they liked them more than how we traditionally prepare them in the oven. Winner. In almost every other way, this combo cooker is top-notch. The quality of the pot and the accessories are great, though I'm sure some will find the fryer basket plastic "feet" a bit cheap. Every other cooking accessory is metal and certainly sturdy enough. Instructions are easy to follow and you can get to cooking really quickly. I love the digital display and the controls are very simple to use. For some, the size of this particular cooker may be a drawback depending on your preferences. It is quite large, which, for us hasn't been an issue but if you're hurting for space in your kitchen, this certainly won't just hide in a corner somewhere. Of course, the upside is that you can cook quite a lot at once. Also, some might find the fact that the air fryer lid doesn't detach a bit goofy but we like the fact that we don't have to remove it and have it taking up counter space. Instead, it just swings up and out of the way to allow you to put on the pressure cooker lid. If I had to knock it for anything, I would prefer that the power cord detached from the unit so that it can be stored inside the cooker when not in use. No big deal. So far, we are really enjoying the air frying option on the cooker. "Instant" pot cooking is old hat for us and this certainly has chops to match anything else out there. I would definitely recommend this if you're looking for a combo cooker of this type. It is well worth it

The foodi is our new kitchen go to gadget. I litterally use it for every meal of the day. There are plenty of great YouTube recipe tutorials. You'll never get bored. I'm not sure if I need my stove anymore at this point its just a night light we always forget to turn off.

Love my new addition to the kitchen!! Bought an Instant pot last year and returned it unopened a few months later because I had no idea what to do with it and was intimidated. Welcome home Ninja Foodi Deluxe – glad to have you! This is one heavy cooker but so worth it to have so many options within one pot. It was also packaged really well, and many accessories included. It comes with an owner’s guide, a small cookbook, little heat resistance gloves, 2 racks, 2 lids, and 2 pots. Now where to start with this… Read the owner’s guide (yep I did) and found that I don’t have a “red” float valve on my lid – went crazy looking for this “red” valve that is mentioned in a few steps - whatever.... Tried the water test to practice using the pressure cooker part – have never used one so I thought I better practice! Ok, moved on to what to cook in my new friend… looked thru the small cook book for some easy (beginner) ideas. Decided on chicken breasts and steamed broccoli. Used about 1.5lbs of frozen chicken breasts that I cut so they would fit nicely in the crisper basket, seasoned them, added water for pressure cooker part and cooked for about 10 mins. Turned them over and seasoned other side, emptied most of the water and moved on to air crisp. Cooked at 390 for 10 mins, checked after 5 and flipped and continued cooking. Smelled amazing but a little dry (note: lessen the cook time here). Tasted great though – see pictures! Cleaned out the pot and steamed broccoli about 3 cups for 10 mins – that too turned out great! Meal 1 down and approved by hubby. Next meal – should have thought about it longer…. Burgers and potato wedges (page 25 of cookbook) Did the burgers first thinking they would reheat easily while I cooked the wedges…. Well it messed up the cooking of the potatoes and I received an error message when pressure cooking them for 3 minutes, it needed more water. (NOTE: do potatoes first) I’m thinking that the machine was still too hot from cooking the burgers (that came out awesome) first. So added more water, pressured for 3 minutes and they were really soft – probably good for mashing! I dumped them out into a bowl and seasoned them per recipe and put back into crisping bowl and cooked for 16 minutes – checking after 9 and shaking. Dumped into bowl with more seasoning and they actually turned out good. Lessons to be learned as I go LOL So, my opinion of this big bertha pressure cooker pot – absolutely a thumbs up!! I have more to learn and experiment with but am up to the task and looking forward to using the racks for layered meal cooking. Also am looking at more cookbooks and YouTube ideas and tips.

This thing is HUGE. That’s a good and bad thing though. It takes a lot of counter space. And if you store it out on the counter, you will need to find a separate place to store the pressure cooker lid. It’s super heavy but very well built. I use mine at least twice a week and with some practice, it works perfectly.

I have used the Ninja Air Fryer pressure cookers a few times. I have made wings a couple of times and they were the best wings ever. Steak and mash potatoes came out the best

When the Ninja Pressure Cooker and Air Fryer arrived was surprised at the size and weight. Have been looking at similar cookers the last year or so with my wife but none were as big or offered all the options. First thoughts were there is plentiful cooking area, and like the heftiness of the unit as it feels quite solid sitting on the counter when cooking at high temps. When I first set the cooker up, I thought it was going to be a bit of a learning curve getting the cooker going but was pleased to find a quick start guide that had me feeling right at home with the appliance in literally minutes. With the long hot summer where I live, we found right away that the Ninja does not heat up the kitchen like the oven and stove while cooking and obviously uses far less electricity. A win win. This is a cooker that you can prepare a complete meal for the family, from rice, potatoes and vegies to the main course at the same time. The Ninja has quickly found a place in our kitchen and it is used most days of the week when cooking quick meals like fish and chips to dinners. We have cooked whole chicken which came out completely cooked while maintaining moisture and was blown away with how lovely and crisp the skin was from air crisping. Lovely and delicious. Have steamed fresh fish as well as air crisping fish fillets for fish and chips, it is almost too easy. Prepared meals on three layers from meat on top rack with vegies on center rack and rice in the bottom of the ceramic pot. One great benefit of cooking this method was sauces and meat flavors dripped to vegies and rice below, good stuff. The rice cooked on bottom of pot that was flavored from foods cooking above which added a bit of a crisp edge to the texture. There are so many uses for the cooker from simply crisping up fries or other finger food snacks to simply popping in side-dishes for dinner. It has become our go to appliance for so many items that it has in many ways replaced the micro-wave (never a big fan of microwave). Cooking is so simple, foods taste delightful and easy to operate and manage. Two family favorites have become fries and tater tots, crisp up lovely with excellent texture and great taste without the oil. Love it. Likes: - Super easy cleanup, seriously easy. - Ceramic Cooking Pot. - Cookbook. - Two layer reversible cooking rack - Pressure Cooking is amazingly fast. Pressure cooking has taken me a bit of time to familiarize myself with the techniques as I have never used a pressure cooker previously. It has been well worth the time and effort and rewarding with happy family at the dinner table. A cooking system with many talents/functions that delivers big on the YUM factor.

The Ninja Foodi is highly versatile and can cook delicious food in a fraction of the time it would take in a conventional oven or fryer. Nine different functions mean that you can use this product in some capacity with probably every meal. Crispy chicken wings take around 20 minutes and come out tasting great. That said, it’s not the kind of thing you can just plop the wings into and leave it. You need to tend to the wings during that time, pressurizing, depressurizing, etc. Still, using the Foodi is a huge overall time saver. The Foodi is fairly complicated to use. But on the bright side, the included instructions are clear and easy to follow. Still, it can be a little overwhelming for a novice. The Foodi comes with a lot of pieces right out of the box, including a pretty big recipe booklet. Unfortunately, some of those recipes require you to purchase additional accessories because they aren’t included in the box which for me was a bit of a downer. The Foodi washes pretty easily, which is an important part of the time/effort value that it brings to the table. One negative is that the Foodi is big and heavy, and you can’t store all of its parts inside it, so it takes up a lot of storage/counter space. Also, the Foodi says that at this size, it can cook for up to ten people. That seems a bit overstated to me. I feel like it is pretty full when cooking for four people. Although you could cook in several batches and still finish before using a regular oven (but then you have to worry about keeping the first batch warm). While I’m on the subject of keeping the food warm after cooking, the Foodi has a nice warmer function that keeps the food warm without drying it out too much. Overall I’d say that the Foodi is a nice addition to any kitchen. Is it a necessity? No. But it is convenient when you need to cook something fast. Just be sure you have the space to store it.

I absolutely LOVE the Ninja Foodie! Prior to getting it I owned both an air fryer and a pressure cooker. Both items together were large and took up vast amounts of space. Both had their separate functions which meant that if I wanted to use them both, I had to clean them both. In came the Ninja Foodie, which changed my entire kitchen dynamic! Not only is this thing an air fryer, but it is also a pressure cooker. One tool, many uses! First of all, where I used to have two different kitchen tools, now only one sits in their place. The Ninja Foodie is pretty large, but not as large as two separate appliances. The overall build feels nice and sturdy, as it appears to be made of premium materials. The first time I used it I tried the "air crisp" function, which is basically the air fryer lid. This specific lid is permanently attached to the unit and folds open on a hinge. I followed the recommendations for cooking that came in the book included with the Ninja Foodie. My food was delicious, healthy, and cooked perfectly. The foodie is even MORE quiet than my old air fryer! Next, I tried a combination of both the pressure cooker and the air fryer. I put completely frozen chicken wings in it and used the pressure cooker lid. Once the foodie built up pressure it took 5 minutes and the wings were completely thawed. After I relieved the pressure, I removed the pressure cooker lid, seasoned the wings, and then folded down the air fryer lid. 15 minutes later I had crispy, delicious, fully cooked chicken wings. They were great! I was very impressed. The foodie comes with a fry basket and a two tier rack. You can cook an entire meal at once, placing meat, veggies, and other items in the foodie all together. I really like the recipe/instruction book that comes with it. It specifically names different foods and how to cook them with your Ninja Foodie. This is more than I can say about my old pressure cooker, because I felt like I was on an island by myself due to the lack of instructions with my old pressure cooker. The Ninja foodie is easy to clean, as the fryer basket is non stick. If you were on the fence about buying either a pressure cooker or an air fryer, get the Ninja Foodie! You get the best of both worlds all in one easy to use package! You won't regret it!