The Ninja AF161 Max XL Air Fryer is a game-changer in the kitchen! With its 5.5-quart capacity, it’s large enough to cook meals for the whole family, and the versatility is incredible—it cooks, crisps, roasts, bakes, reheats, and even dehydrates! Whether I'm air frying fries, roasting veggies, or baking desserts, this air fryer handles it all with ease.

The Max Crisp technology ensures that food comes out perfectly crispy without the need for excessive oil, making it a healthier alternative to traditional frying. The high gloss finish in grey adds a modern touch to my kitchen, and the design is sleek and compact enough to fit on my countertop without taking up too much space.

Cleanup is a breeze with the nonstick, dishwasher-safe basket, and the controls are intuitive and easy to use. The reheat and dehydrate functions are a great bonus, making it more than just an air fryer—it’s an all-in-one kitchen tool.

Overall, this air fryer is a must-have for anyone who wants fast, convenient, and healthy cooking options. Highly recommend!

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We've had this for a year plus now and it works fine. The tray and insert are easy to clean and you can buy replacements cheap if you need them (we don't yet). We use it two-to-four times a week, mostly to make fries (excellent) or other fried-type frozen foods. (I threw our deep fryer out - super unhealthy.) We've made other stuff - chicken, even steak, that are ok but better on a grill. It saves having to heat (and clean) the oven and a pan or sheet. Do pre-heat it - cooks better. And don't try to cram too much in - the air needs to blow through/around the food. The AF101 makes plenty of fries for two-three big guys. And do wipe the top out every now and then - I wish the heating element was removable so it would be easier to clean.

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I wish this came in an XXL size. The design is sleek, simple, and modern, which fits my kitchen perfectly, but the size is too compact. You won’t be able to cook a whole chicken unless it’s very small. Aside from that, it’s definitely a great value for the price. I used to have a Philips XXL air fryer, which was easy to maintain and spacious enough to cook anything without any issues, like flipping beef or fish steaks. However, that one cost over $300. This one is less than half the price, and I don’t notice much difference in cooking results, except for the smaller basket size. It’s easy to clean, dishwasher safe, and comes with an attachable layer inside the basket that creates a small gap from the bottom, allowing food to cook evenly without needing to flip it too often. Just be careful with the extra crispy function—it definitely makes your food crispier, but you might want to reduce the cooking time from the recipe to avoid burning.

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Wow, this thing is great. So, we finally broke down and got an air fryer. I read the reviews and for the money this Ninja one looked like the best deal. Let me tell you something this thing is great. So, it cooks faster than an oven but probably slower than deep frying. It produces crisp, good tasting food that is almost as good as fried.
As a fatty I got to say I love my fried food. The air fryer tastes much better than baked and better for you than fried. I mean I can tell a difference now, don’t get me wrong. It is not going to taste like French fries deep fried in lard, but its close.
I decide I am going to make hot wings. Good idea, right? Well the first batch came out great. Even better than fried because they were a bit crispier. So, I decide I want to have a glass of wine while I cooked. This was my first mistake. God, I wished I had just went with whiskey. So, I insert the corkscrew into the cork and pop, it broke. Oh well, I thought let’s see what the internet has to offer on alternative methods of wine bottle opening.
The first option is to screw a screw into the cork then pry it out using the screw as a lever. Well, I can’t do that because the corkscrew is broken off into the cork. The second option said to use a lighter to heat but the air in the neck of the bottle and the cork will rise out. The third option was to place the bottle in a shoe to not break the glass. Then smack the shoe against a wall. I went with option two. Note this was my second mistake.
So, I break out the old lighter and start heating the glass up. Mind you I am also flipping my chicken wings in the air fryer while starting to heat up some hot sauce and other ingredients on the stove for my buffalo sauce. I decided I needed help so enlisted my 18-year child to hold the lighter up to the glass while I cooked. No good, this trick isn’t working.
I tell him he can stop we are going to go with option three, the shoe. Here comes the third mistake. I grabbed the bottle. Yep you read that right I bare handed the bottle that I had ben applying a direct flame to for over 5 minutes. To top it off I grabbed the neck. This resulted in the most pain I have ever felt in my entire life. This is the pain Atreyu felt when Artax sunk in the swamp of sadness. This was the pain worse than 10 kicks to the balls. This was real pain. Kidney stones have nothing on my hand at this moment. I was done. My hand felt like it had melted to the bottle.
Remember my son that I had help me? Well he is still there, and I must look like a man so I can’t cry, but boy did I want to cry. I haven’t wanted to cry this bad sense I watched “Ole yeller”. Despite the pain and fighting back tears. I managed to place the bottle in my shoe and set it on the table. I am still wanted to try that trick.
I then went into first aid mode, hand in the sink water running, ahhhh sweet relief. Unfortunately, that was not to last. The cool water only did so much. I decided burn creme would work. Nope don’t have any. Back to the water. Perhaps some ice. Ahhh flip the wings, run the water, check the sauce wait ….
The pot isn’t simmering. Why is the cutting board on the stove look funny? Yep mistake four here I come. I turned on the wrong burner and now my plastic cutting board has turned to liquid on my stove. Hand back in water again. I then retrieve my putty knife to scrape the stove clean. This causes wisps of plastic string to go from the stove to the sink. Hand goes back into the water.
At some point my son decides to wake the wife. Did I mention this was at about 1 am? She come into the kitchen and sees me. With one shoe one, a bottle of wine on the table inserted into my shoe. Note she mentions that is the shoe I walk into bathrooms in and its on her table. She then notices the burnt cutting board and an abundance of melted plastic in the sink. She then simply asks “hot wings hu?”
She is a god wife and wants me to go to the hospital for my possible 3rd degree burns on my hand but me, being a man, I decide I can tuff it out. She ends up getting me more ice and leaving my son in charge to go back to bed once she understands I am not budging on the whole doctor thing.
Anyway, in conclusion the hot wings were the best I have ever made. Although eating them one handed was a bit of a chore. I stayed up all night in pain and now I am out of ice. I never did open that bottle of wine. Also, that air fryer rocks.

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This gadget - so far - is the best cooking tool the industry has come up with. Easy to cook, easy to clean! Just take your time to understand your own way of using it. I usually don't follow recipes, yet, it was easy to figure out cooking time and temperature.

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My parent wanted an air fryer for the longest time and I finally caved and bough one for them as a gift. It's very convenient and is quick and easy to work with. I wish it was a little bigger, but the measurements listed in the details are accurate, so that is not a fault on their side. Is a little noisy but not at all obnoxious. Would definitely recommend if you want to warm something up or even crisp something. Fries and roasted potatoes crisp soooo good in this.

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This airfryer is so easy to use and exceeded my expectations with the quality of how it cooked. My fish and tater tots were beautiful and crispy. Everything so far has turned out so much better than oven baking. And the controls are very easy to understand and user-friendly. No noisier than a kitchen extractor fan and it doesn't heat up the kitchen the way oven cooking can do.
Buy one, you will not be disappointed.

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I got rid of the toaster oven and the microwave, they just aren't needed any more with this machine that does it all.

This fryer reheats sausages on " reheat" in 2 minutes , makes great fried potatoes in 7 minutes, a thick porkchop in 9 minutes, and all without grease. The meat stays very moist and tastes so good and cleanup is so easy with just that bucket to wash out. The stovetop stays clean.

I love this machine, I wish I had bought one a long time ago. I use it all the time now. I couldn't resist the sale price but even at regular price it is still a real good deal.

If you have been thinking about it, go ahead, jump into the healthy way to cook, you won't regret it.

The only difficult part is trial and error to learn times it takes for different foods. The booklet isn't much help for that. Be warned, everything cooks faster than you think it will, so always start with less time and go up if you have to. There is a learning curve of course. I've had it a week now and use it 2-3 times a day and I'm already much more at ease with it.

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 This air fryer is highly recommended and definitely worth the price.
Great for cooking frozen chicken nuggets, fries or spring rolls.
I have air fried fish and chicken too, the taste is perfectly fine.
It is also easy to use or operate.

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Just when we connected it to 220v plug , sparks and boom

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Bought this product along with an electronic 2 ring convection hob, we love both products so much we are getting rid of our gas cooker, why keep it?
The air fryer cooks beef, lamb, steaks, chicken in a third of the time the meat succulent and juicy, melts in your mouth.
Our gas oven takes much longer, saving money on gas bills, we have got rid of our deep fat fryer as well...win/win.
Highly recommend this product!!
I have written a review on Amazon about the hob hope my reviews are helpful to others who may be considering to purchase either product?