Husband loving this and has taken over the cooking
cuts down on cooking time timer and temperature control almost guarantee perfection
Very versatile with multifunctions and can do a complete roast dinner to a seafood pasta with no problem
Cooker has not been turned on since we bought i

Brilliant once over initial nerves and fear of the beast!! Not as complicated as appears.

This makes cooking easy and quick. It is simple to use, with multi-functions that can cook multiple dishes at the same time. Save time and save energy! Highly recommended!

Very good product and price. still learning how to use it but up to now the food I have cooked as come out great. just need good recipes book that will give me more ideas how to get the most out of using my ninja 11in 1 multi

What a fantastic item ! Food it cooked perfectly within a few minutes and the Ninja Foodie is cleaned so easily you just blink and you are sitting down and everything is cleaned up. It’s very easy to use and the instructions are very easy to follow.

What can I say it’s a all rounder Best Buy so far for use and savings on our ever increasing electric.

Use this daily, easy to use fairly easy to clean, fan area. Cant stand the loud beeping, definitely a design fault, dont use it in the morning because of the beeping

Got rid of my InstantPot electric pressure cooker, which was ok, not saying it was not, but still restricted as far as the actifry element, so still needed anotherr appliance and replaced it with this 14 in 1 Ninja Foodi Smart lid, which does most of, well most of what I would physically use on the InstantPot, so it was the best decision made.

Although yet to work through my huge pile of cuisines recipes i have, what I have done and tasted to date, has been amazing.

It’s very quick, very easy, very simple once you get the gist of it with regards to cooking times and temperatures. It really cuts down on a lot of actual cooking time, when life gets busy at times, and makes feeding a growing family an absolute joy and not a chore.

I would however advise on cutting out the trawling through the manuals, apart from the intial setting up of course, and stick to the YouTube videos, as it is a lot quicker to get started, explains it clearer, and you can see what they are doing, the results and get tips and opinions you wouldn’t necessarily get from printed brochures.

My only niggles is, it is a lot larger than my previous InstantPot, so sucks up a bit of counter space if you have had a smaller product before and do not have a lot of counter.

It the soace internally is quite small, so if feeding a family of 5 then a couple of cycles / rounds required, unless doing one pot soups and stews, but its quick so it’s not an issue for me

Definitely would recommend, and have, and have only seen smiling faces and gratificatio

it looks smart and will be a great help as i am dissabled so it will be great help for one pot cooking

Food is made very quickly using this pot, It is also very healthy and delicious. It’s very easy to use this pot,also it’s extremely easy to clean i

I’ve used this so many times and it really reduces cooking times and great for roasting healthy roasties. I still need to learn more and my only wish is they explained more cooking instruction.

What can I say about this machine apart from WOW! It does everything in one machine and I’m just learning to use it’s functions and so far I’ve used it to pressure cook for baking and it has an amazing air frying capability still learning but so far I’m well pleased with my purchase and would highly recommend it to anyone.

I deliberated for ages before deciding to go for it and buy this item. I needn’t have worried, it is absolutely brilliant and I’m loving it!!! I did also buy the UK/European cook book at the same time, which I’m very glad I did as otherwise I might have taken a lot longer to try different things. I’ve only had it a short while and have achieved wonderful results at the first attempt, e.g. roast chicken, chips, beef, roast potatoes, a beef casserole, shepherd’s pie – to name but a few. I haven’t yet used all the functions, but look forward to trying them. I find it so easy to clean and it really saves me so much time, not to mention energy as I’m turning my main cooker on much less than I did. I’m lucky I have a large, deep cupboard that can house it and I combined buying it with disposing of 2 slow cookers and my air fryer. I was sad to see the slow cookers go as I was quite attached to them & a fan of this way of cooking, but the Ninja Foodi does just as good a job. If you’re debating this purchase, just do it & I’m sure you won’t regret it.

i recently upgraded from a 9 in 1 to 15 in 1 due to steam functions and one lid on the new ninja
its been used nearly everyday to make roast chicken in the steam roast function with potatoes at the bottom. Its the best chicken ever! however not so good on roast beef as rare comes out medium for me with the probe,
other functions such as air fry which i used on the 9 in 1 before is excellent on this model and I have done both jacket potatoes and , salt and pepper ribs and wings.

only gripe is it is a big machine and the normal steam function isn’t as good as steaming on the hob or slow cooker of a proper slow cooker

other than that its a brillant everyday gadget. I rarely use my oven.

Well I bought one for my wife for Christmas. She said’i didn’t want one what have you bought that for?’ A few weeks in and it’s a different story with comments like, versatile, I’ve never used a pressure cooker, does great chips and roasties and the roast chicken looks great. She is going to try yoghurt and dried fruit next. The keep warm facility is a nice touch. We also bought a cook book suited to the uk market.

Getting this has saved me from the same meals I was bored with. Get a cookbook too for inspiration – although it does come with a handy booklet. Being able to cook joints of meat and a whole chicken in half the time it would take in the oven is amazing. Picture shows air fry stir fry. Depending on how crispy you like your veg, it takes between five and ten minutes to do and the beef took six minutes on air fry. Absolutely love this gadget and use it every day!

This is one of the best things I’ve ever bought. Goodbye to the oven and hob. So economical especially with electric prices rising the other roof. It takes half the time to cook and is so versatile. I would definitely recommend. I use this everyday.

If you have already tried an electric multi-function pressure cooker, then you’ll have some idea of the size of this thing. If this is your first pressure cooker, then be warned, this unit is NOT small! The box states a gross weight of 15kg, which is seriously heavy, especially since the box is pretty large and the lack of handles makes it hard to transport it. You’ll be surprised that there’s a larger version of this! This version is around 6L and they state that it can serve up to 4 people. Hopefully from the photos, you’ll be able to get an idea of what the size is from the relative size of a water bottle.

I have some experience with the instant-pot pressure cookers, but I would say that there are some significant differences. With the instant pot, it is predominantly a pressure cooker. However, this Ninja is as they describe it, a multi-cooker. While the unit looks like a very beefy pressure cooker, inside, the main difference is the lid – you’ll see a filament attached to the top, much like what you would get in an oven. Not only does this make the lid heavier, but this makes it harder to clean and also means that you cannot fully take the lid off – there are hinges on the left-hand side.

So, as you can see, they’ve traded simplicity for more features. The three main modes are “pressure mode”, “combi-steam mode” and “air fry & hob mode”. Pressure mode is as expected, with only the pressure feature Combi-steam is also similar to what normal pressure cookers can do, with the added convection cooking aspect, which supposedly cooks food faster and leaves them crispier; the settings are “steam air fry” and “steam bake”. The air-fry functionality is pretty special in these multi-cookers, and is what contains most settings, including frying, grilling, dehydrating, steaming and slow-cooking. Yes, the steam-only function is in the hob-mode setting.

With the knob, the unit feels high-tech and the benefit with these electronically-controlled pressure cookers are that the pressures inside can be monitored and controlled digitally, allowing for more freedom when cooking. Changing the temperatures and times is easy to do since there are specific arrow buttons to do so. I also prefer digital timers to the manual twist ones as digital ones are much more accurate. As expected with a smart-ish system, when you turn it off, it says bye to you!

Probably the first thing you’ll come across with the unit is the slider at the front. The first setting is a mechanical lock for the pressure mode, and the other settings select the other available options, but allow you to open the lid when you need to. You can feel something mechanical between each setting, and you need to be placed specifically in one of the three locations (not between) for the unit to function (and open).

The kit is pretty comprehensive – not only do you get the pressure cooker and the main pan (which is covered in a non-stick coating), you also get a secondary tray, described as a “cook & crisp basket”. Essentially, it’s like the larger pan, but smaller and with holes in the bottom. I think you could use this as a rudimentary colander quite well if you needed to do so. Coming attached to it is a ‘diffuser’ but is essentially just feet/a stand to keep the small pan off the base. The other unit provided is the rack, with two height settings, simply changed by flipping it upside down. In the box, it does come folded, but unfortunately, it does not fit inside the cooking unit if you wanted to keep everything in the same place.

Before first use, it is important to clean all the parts, including pans and condensation collector. The manual also states that you will need to clean the anti-clog cap after use, which is a little frequent and a hassle to me, but it is what it is and I personally don’t feel the need to clean it that often… The manual also suggests testing the pressure function. I definitely insist on reading the manual, as it provides useful information, such as that to clean the filaments on the lid, you’ll need to use the steam function (mode 3).

The main idea of a pressure cooker is that due to cooking foods at high temperatures and pressures, the food gets cooked considerably quicker. You also get the air-frying modes, allowing you to cook an even wider range of foods. While this unit is very large, it is VERY versatile. If you were living minimally, for example, in a caravan and had a good supply of electricity, then I truly believe that this can do everything you need it to do, not to mention that you can cook two different types of food at the same time if needed. You can easily switch from pressure cooking to crisping simply by pouring the external juices/water out and changing the mode. The bake function can be used as an alternative to oven cooking by simply reducing the temperature by 10 degrees. (It is also worth mentioning that you need to add water to the pot when using Combi-steam, and at least 250ml for pressure cooking – taken from leaflet included.)

First of all, I completed the suggested 2 min high-pressure setting in the manual (after cleaning the parts). This worked as it should. Next, I tried pressure cooking some sliced potatoes. In the guidebook, they include a pretty comprehensive (IMO) table of cooking times for each of the settings, such as cubed potatoes should be pressure cooked on the high settings for 1 minute. The 1 minute does not include the time it takes to heat up (and that would also depend on how much is being cooked). Of course, you could leave it in for longer, but it would result in a very soft potato, which you can decide whether you would like or not. Upon completion of the cooking process, the cooker automatically enables the ‘keep-warm’ setting and does essentially what you’d expect – provides heating, but not enough to cook. The manual says that the pressure cooker will automatically relieve the pressure when completed, and there might be a little miscommunication, as the cooker will stop the heating, but the pressure won’t be released unless you leave it for a long period of time (to settle) or forcefully remove the pressure using the knob at the top. Releasing the pressure at the top is very loud, and although shoots out steam forcefully, also takes surprisingly long – I reckon one could get it lasting as long as 1 minute. This could be particularly annoying for those who don’t like loud noises. And of course, do not put any part above the vent otherwise you’ll burn yourself. Once all the pressure is released, the cooker will sense this and display a ‘ready to open’ message. I have found that if you are opening it after naturally letting the pressure settle, even if it says it’s ready to open, it still locks the lever in place, as some sensor still senses substantial pressure, so you’ll need to wait longer for the pressure to decrease further, or release the rest using the pressure at the top. The only opening settings are the 2 and 3rd settings, so you’ll need to switch them to those settings to open it.
Another thing that I think is worth mentioning is that the pressure release valve does not have a sensor, so you can start a pressure cooking cycle, but accidentally leave it in the ‘release’ setting, with the only thing the cooker is doing is evaporating the water without any build-up of pressure, so make sure that this is closed for pressure cooking (you leave it open for the other settings).

There is a water-collecting cup in the unit, with the main source of water dripping from the lid – when you open the lid, water drops normally drip onto the table. Since this can only open one way, the perimeter of the pan instead collects the water and it flows into the little cup on the outside.

I also tried the air-fry settings and the steaming settings. I am honestly pleasantly surprised/impressed about this. As expected, the noise for the air-frying setting is really loud, but that’s the case with all air-fryers in my experience. The cooking is done quite well and comparable to an original unit. However, being a combo-unit, they’ve sacrificed a little functionality for features, for example, there are no built-in settings for each food, like frying a chicken for example. Also, halfway through the cycle, it tells you to flip over the food. Normally in a dedicated air-fryer, you can just pull out the tray and flip it with the handle (similar to flipping a pancake). However, since this is a pan, you have to manually flip the food inside the pan. If you’re frying lots of small sausage rolls, for example, this could get tedious. Thankfully, opening the lid automatically pauses the cooking and closing resumes it. Opening the lid up, you’ll see that the source of air movement is from the top – you can catch the fan spinning still. I honestly think that this is a very smart lid design.

Trying the other settings in mode 3, I think that most of them utilise the fan, so you’ll definitely get considerably more noise compared to the pressure cooking, albeit at a lower pitch due to the lower speed spinning of the fan (I think). The steaming functionality works as expected. It’s also nice that there is a dehydrating function, but as you’d probably expect, it takes a very long time to dehydrate something like an apple, in fact, the guide states a few hours. Normally this wouldn’t be an issue, but you need to consider if you’re fine with this combi-cooker making a loud oven-esque noise in the background for a few hours.

Also, everything that you cook requires the large pan to be placed first.

Overall, the things that I have mentioned are justifiable and are perfectly fine. Nothing wrong really. However, I do have a really large annoyance, and is the main reason for dropping a star – there is a little cap which is described as an ‘anti-clog cap’, with the intention that this would decrease the amount of clogs in the valve and prevents splatters of food through it during de-pressurisation. They recommend removing and cleaning it and I think that’s fair, especially if doing something like a stew and don’t want pieces to get stuck through it. Although I recommend doing this, personally, I predict that you can get away with not doing it much at all, if what you are cooking is quite clean. Anyway, I tried to remove the cap, but couldn’t initially. The manual didn’t do much good either, making me think that it is removed by twisting. Looking at videos of previous versions, the cap just pulls off and this is the same in this unit. With the previous versions, where the whole lid came off and didn’t have that large heating filament, people already had issues taking it off (especially with a better grip), this one is even worse. Substantially worse. I have skinny fingers, and so I managed to take it off with by thumb and TWO fingers – I could not get it off with the directed single finger and thumb in the manual. I even had to take the whole unit to a lower level so that I could get a grip from a better position. I don’t have any disabilities, nor am particularly weak or have hand-eye coordination issues, nor wide fingers, so if I can’t, how will the majority be able to do this? Reading the comments on a YouTube video about this generation of multi-cookers, they say that they are very thankful that the separate lids are gone, and I would have to agree. Although the access problem mentioned above is an issue, I’m sure everyone will probably agree that this trade-off was worth it.

Other than the overly large size, which I’ve come to accept can’t be helped much, the hinge is on the left side of the unit, with the handle to open the lid at the front, so it’s not the most efficient way of opening. The main reason the opening handle at the front instead of opposite to the hinge is that you have a much lower chance of burning yourself opening it like that. Cleaning is considerably more of a hassle, especially since you have to add an additional steaming step to clean the filament at the top. And, more of a nit-pick, but the main 6L pan feels a little light, while it could be stainless steel, to me, it feels like some sort of aluminium alloy instead due to the lighter weight. Of course, this doesn’t matter much, especially with the non-stick coating, but I thought I’d mention this due to the price. Interestingly, there is a foot on the left side of the unit, but not on the right side. I was wondering why they only put it there on one side, since it looks quite odd, and doesn’t initially seem like it contributes much, but I think I’ve got the reason: the foot stabilises the unit when the lid is open to prevent it from tipping over.

So here, you can see that this essentially does all the basics which people will need. Not only do you get the quick-pressure cooking and slow cooking functionality, but you also get a baking/frying feature, which, if you’re living on your own, could replace a whole hob system! At this price, it’s definitely not cheap, but my understanding is that none of the Ninja products are, and you are getting a lot of functionality with this unit. There are recipes included and instructions are only in English and are easy to read, although could be more specific in the information provided. I initially expected the frying/oven modes to just be a side or emergency-use case, but it seems like it’s much better than just ‘useable’ which is a definite pleasant surprise. I can definitely see this being worth the price tag, and in turn recommend this, especially in a very small space such as a house on wheels or a caravan with a solid power supply. However, if you are someone who doesn’t plan on having a dedicated space for this and/or is someone who only uses equipment during the ‘honeymoon’ period, then this may be something a little too steep to try out. I am starting to like this unit more and more now.

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Great machine easy to use and if used correctly, cooks food perfectly. Downside is and I suppose it is the thing people forget, this is an oven and is very hot and remains hot for some time. It can be awkward removing some food items whilst trying to avoid burning yourself. Maybe that’s just me? Other than that I really like it.

Yet to really play around with the Ninja Foodi much but from the little I’ve made I’m very impressed. Purchased the OP350 6l version and it’s the perfect size, not too small not too big. Deliberated between this and the 7.5l but feel in hindsight that 7.5l would have been much too big for my kitchen counters. Super fast and efficient, thus far rendering my oven obsolete. Looking to purchase more accessories that go alongside it too.

If your worrying about the cost of this in comparison to how little you might use it. Don’t. I basically no longer use the cooker. I love this thing.

Owned this Ninja for several weeks now and i use it almost every day. Works great … Cooks brilliantly …. And is very easy to look after. The timer and temp settings are dead easy to use. It is quite large – but not too big for the kitchen top it sits on – and it does need somewhere to store the steamer lid. however, the cooking bowl and air fryer bowl both store inside when not in use. So far i’m mainly using the Steamer, Air Fryer and Bake / Roast functions. Now i need some more recipes to try out!

Having had this for a couple of weeks, I find the hardware is rather capable, but is let down by the controls.
For example.

I have around 3l of tomato puree with onions and all sorts of nice stuff in the tub, and after trying it with smaller quantities, I know it will very slightly burn at 150C in ‘air crisp’ mode.
So, I’d like to run it for perhaps 6 hours at 130C.
This is impossible.
It can run in bake mode just fine at 130C for 4 hours, or dehydrate mode for 6 hours and 90C.

You can’t get both, as there are arbitrary limits on the time/temperature in each mode to stick with the ‘proper’ uses of the mode name. (under 150C will never crisp, and over 90C risks cooking, not dehydrating food).

The Ninja multi cooker opens up a whole new world of cooking possibilities. Have been very pleased with the variety of foods I can cook whilst remaining healthy. Particularly like being able to pressure cook and then crisp in the same pot.
Can save a lot of time using the pressure cook whilst losing none of the flavour!
Quite a bulky unit so, you need space to store between cooks
Would highly recommend