This product is fantastic! Easy to use, maneuver, and control. Good cooking capacity and easy to clean.
Price was excellent but has gone up considerably. Easy to use and clean. Very durable. Cooks well.
UPDATED AFTER 6 WEEKS OF USE:
This has become the most valued item in my kitchen. I've enjoyed immense benefit from using this to replace my use of the oven. In the past six weeks I've used my oven only twice, to cook a pizza. Everything that comes out of this Foodi is hands down better than it ever was in the oven. I use it on average about 4 times a week for meals. I use both baskets 80% of the time. When I use both baskets, I use the smart finish feature about 75% of the time. No preheat necessary. I found that I can mostly guess the right time for things that don't have air fryer instructions, it's that easy going of an appliance, and it's that hard to mess up! The crisper plates are great for letting grease fall and so things come out tastier and not soggy.
An added bonus for me is that it's super easy to clean! Both baskets fit into the top shelf of my dishwasher and the crisper plates go at the bottom. It's non stick and comes out very clean in dishwasher. (Note: I do not use the heated air dry, but it sounds like it would work with heated dry on.) As of yet, I have not had to clean the compartments the baskets go into, they seem to remain very clean to the touch. I use the top to place whatever utensil I am using to grab things out during cooking, and then I wipe down the top. The top does not get hot at all.
Even though it only goes up to 400 degrees (for everything except air broil, which goes up to 450, on one basket at a time, not both at a time), I find that I don't need higher than that for things that call for 425 or 450 degrees. 400 works for everything so far. I just add a few minutes.
My favorite thing to cook so far: air broil at 400 frozen burger patties, no need to thaw. basket 2: curly fries. Both are done at 14 minutes, flipping the patties over halfway through. Easiest 15 minute 2 burgers half basket of fries dinner ever!
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
This is my first air fryer. I am pleasantly surprised. It exceeded expectations. I'm a middle-aged perpetual bachelor who's culinary talents max out at backing chicken breasts and simultaneously using the stovetop to cook rice. Most things for me come in boxes with three instructions or less, and pictures.
This enhances that experience for me. In just the few days since I got it I made burgers, chicken, fries, cooked a half ham. It is much better than the oven for sure and the food comes out better. Less oily or soggy for sure.
BUT - I was shocked to learn that you can turn the unit on without the baskets inside. If you have kids, this may be a problem. The heating element is easy to reach inside and touch, it's just above the cooking baskets. I can see this as posing a serious problem if you have curious children who like to push buttons and reach inside of things. I mean, this device doesn't have a sense detector that says, hey there's no basket, let's not turn on. You can fully set up cooking time and temp and with no basket in, press start and it will start cooking. A bit shocking to me considering all of the safeguards I thought were in place for kids when products hit the market.
My favorite air fryer. Works great. Tons of room in the baskets. Two time/temp zones or run one or the other or match the two together. Tons of different functions other than just air fryer. I use it to reheat meat from the night before with the reheat function. Such a great air fryer that I’ve bought two more for friends, and they love theirs too. It’s super quiet. It’s all the high quality you’d expect out of a Ninja.
Excellent product, and great for making healthy meals. I had already used one owned by my son, so I was already familiarized with this unit. Only have has it for approximately 1 month, but very happy so far...
I have been reviewing air fryers for quite some time. Wanted a dual basket and always circled back to this foodi. Day of arrival I decided to give it a test run with a salmon filet. The directions were necessary as the foodi is not intuitive but once I understood how it works incredibly easy. Found it easy to clean as well. I hand wash it and have not yet put any part of it in the dishwasher. The match cook and smart finish features are brilliant features that I use all the time. I have cooked fish, steak, chicken, veggies, sweet potato fries and other recipes. Have used most of the cooking functions other than roast and dehydrate so far. The 4 stars are due to 1 basket not closing all the way allowing steam to escape and one little ding on that basket when unboxing so wondered if it was a returned item or was dinged at some point prior to shipping. The short cord is a 3 star. I have outlets that are convenient for the location of the fryer however the cord is about 3 inches too short for one of those outlets. I highly recommend this product.
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