Ninja - Ninja® Foodi™ 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with 4-qt Air Fryer, Roast, Bake, & Dehydrate - Stainless Steel/Black

I've owned a lot of "indoor, smoke free, nonstick" grills over my lifetime. Most were much more hype than result, often falling well short of expectations. This grill is another story. Right out of the box, I went right at it. Grilled lamb, chicken breasts, burgers, and pork chops. I do a lot of meal prepping, so it's very helpful to be able to cook in batches. This grill has cut my time prepping in half. The grill does indeed sear, and all the drippings fall directly into the pan below. The grill plate can be tricky to completely clean because of the grooves, but the included brush helps. As for the other features, I have only tried the air crisping feature. It works great. I would even say it crisps better than my Cuisinart air fryer, in terms of texture. The only downside is the time can be daunting at first glance. There is a pre-heat timer, and then actual cooking time. Luckily, all of my tests on the crisper cooked a bit faster than the directions noted, so we were snacking in no time. This included crinkle cut fries, sweet potato fries, tater tots and chicken nuggets. All turned out fantastic. Mentioned before, but I want to reiterate, cleaning is relatively simple and easy. the drippings pan rinsing out with little effort. Also, as claimed, I have yet to notice any smoke which is unbelievable when you see how much "mileage" I've been putting on it. My next challenge will be corn on the cob. Can't wait. I also will be purchasing the other accessories to try dehydrating and the griddle. The only negative I have is that if you are doing batches, and allow the grill to turn off for even just 2 minutes, you may have to go through another pre-heating cycle. Not detrimental, but can be irritating at times. Also, to add on to timer, I wish it had a midway alarm. Some meats require you to flip during cooking. So far, I haven't noticed a setting where I can be warned halfway during time, so I just set an alarm through Google. There may be a setting, but I haven't discovered it yet. Other than that, what a great grill! Definitely recommend to those who ove grilled foods without all the setup/breakdown hassle.

I seen this product on a informercial and when googled it and found out it was at best buy, I had to go get it. I am very satisfied with this purchase. I havent used any other function but the grill so far, but i love how my food turned out. I have been buying meats that i have never bought before just to try on the indoor grill. I LOVE IT. MY FAMILY MAY NOT LOVE IT, BECAUSE I TAKE PICTURES OF THE FOOD ALL THE TIME and send it to them. This was a great buy! If I had one thing to say negative...it would be to have to brush bristles a little longer to get in the tighter grooves for cleaning. Thanks ninja

I'm the worst cook ever. Seriously. I mistook a small beet for a red potato. I burned ramen so much so that I had to throw the pan away. But since my mom got me this as an early Christmas gift, I've only managed to mess one dish up (bacon i left on crisp for too long because i think i know better than the instructions). Seriously, this air fryer roaster grill combo is awesome. I accidentally smoked out my house with the grill function but again, I'm terrible with instructions and used an oil with a low smoking point. Or high smoking point. I don't know. I used olive oil and i was later olive oil gets smokey and isn't the best to use in this thing. I love how fast it warms up, how easy it is to clean. It's like a microwave for grownups. Love love love my new kitchen buddy! He's a big boy so expect to lose some counter space.

I’m temporarily living in an apartment while we look for a new home. Rules restrict us from having an outdoor grill so I was looking for a good way to cook steak and get a similar result. This Ninja Foodi works great for that effort and produced a delicious result!

I use this thing literally every day. I have made all kinds of things with it. It grills well and it air frys better than my dedicated air fryer.

Either frozen or thawed... cook food fast and easy. I no longer have to wait a long time for my food to finish cooking with this item. You can have a whole meal completed in less than 20 minutes!!!

One thing I can always say, well okay , maybe two. Ninja products are always well made, but they are always big and heavy. This is true of the Grill. This is meant to replace a tabletop grill/griddle that I have enjoyed. My plan was to move the old grill out of my cabinet and put the Ninja in it’s place. Nope, the Ninja will not fit. Too big, and more importantly, too heavy to lift. Okay, so the Ninja is an air fryer, as well as a grill. So it will take the place of the Ninja Foodi that sits on my counter. I rarely use the pressure cooker function and I have slow cookers that I can use in its place. The Foodi moved to a lower cabinet. The first thing we cooked were French fries in the air fryer. They browned beautifully and cooked perfectly. The book recommends shaking the basket to get the fries evenly browned. No don’t do that. The basket sits firmly inside the griller and I found it difficult to get to. I burned the back of my fingers, so I will opt to use a wooden fork. Be sure to read the directions to fit the pieces in the griller. There is a “pot” that fits inside the griller and to air fry another pot fits inside that pot. After my fries were cooked, we grilled a beautiful ribeye steak. I removed the air fry “pot” and inserted the extremely heavy grill plate, used the touch pad to select the grill function, temp and time. They recommend that you turn the steak a few time to ensure even cooking and of course you have to flip it to cook both sides. My old grill cooked both sides at once, albeit not as evenly. The steak turned out perfectly. The grill marks were much better than my old grill. I should also mention that each time you open the grill to flip a steak or stir fries, the timer stops and restarts when you close the lid. I found that I had to reduce the recommended cook times since I like my steak rare and the French fries browned quickly. Also I forgot to mention that the grill preheats after you program your cook time/temp/method. It seemed to take a while and you aren’t supposed to put your food in till it shows “food” on the touch panel menu. Our food cooked perfectly. I did have a hard time keeping the fries warm while we waited for the steak to preheat and cook. Cleanup is cumbersome. You have to wash that inner pot, the air fryer basket and the grill plate. My dishwasher is tiny, so the only thing I could put in it was the grill plate and it took up a lot of space. Hand washing the grill plate didn’t work because I couldn’t get between the grill ridges. The good news is that all of the pieces are nonstick. This thing cooked two great meals, pork chops were the next day. It was easy to use and grill cooks better than my other grill by a good bit. Clean up was a bit annoying because of the inner pot that is required no matter what method of cooking you use. All in all, if you have counter space this is a great grill and the air fryer worked great as well. Have not tried the dehydrator but might think about trying some of the fruit recipes in the cookbook.

This is very well built, and does a great job for a smaller group of people. The only draw back is the amount of space for large amounts of food. Everything we have tried from brats and fries to bbq chicken breast has turned out awesome.