Ninja | Indoor Grill | Foodi | 5-in-1 (Grill, Air Fry, Roast, Bake, and Dehydrate | Fits up to 3lb Roast | Smoke Control System and Dishwasher Safe Parts| Black/Grey | AG301

This Ninja Foodi Smart XL is absolutely amazing. We cook with it almost every week, especially steaks, and the results are perfect every time. The steak comes out juicy, tender, and cooked exactly how we like it – just like a real steakhouse. Since buying this, we honestly don’t feel the need to go to steak restaurants anymore. It saves time and money, and the flavor is incredible. The grill function works great, heats evenly, and is very easy to use. Cleanup is also simple, which is a big plus. This appliance has become a must-have in our kitchen. If you love cooking at home and want restaurant-quality results, I highly recommend it.

This 6-in-1 works great. The heating element is easily accessible for cleaning. The removable screen covering the heating element is removable and you can easily clean it. This, by far, is the best feature this appliance has. I have had other air fryer and that is what destroys them over time is the smell and grease build up that you can't clean. The grill portion is easy and grills chicken and beef perfectly. This is definitely worth the extra money to get a higher quality product. I have not experienced any smoke issues, but I have been careful not to use any oils that would cause that problem.

I love this gadget! I can eat fried chicken again. It's not like real oil fried chicken but crispy and good. And healthier. It takes a little longer to cook than I expected but at least it does't heat up the house! So far I have just air fried and grilled chicken and both came out delicious and perfect. Grilled on the outside and tender on the inside. The thermometer in this unit works great! My next project will be pork chops and steak. I hod no problem with smoking and sprayed the grill with avocado oil. Cleaned up nicely!

tl;dr: Good device. Worth getting in place of a normal air fryer due to its greater flexibility. It is, however, still a convection device. Keep in mind when cooking things. This is a first impression so far only using it to cook a few things so far, but my experience has been great - if with a few caveats. For full disclosure, I bought this with my own money and while it was about $30 off. I received what appeared by all accounts to be a brand new unit with that new appliance smell, complete with burning off excess plastics on first use. First things first: this is a fancy convection oven. It's a convection oven that gets to very high temperatures and has very strong air circulation, but it is - ultimately - a convection oven. Unlike a proper grill, this has a fan that is constantly circulating air which means it will cook things faster. Keep this in mind when using it and make adjustments to prevent overcooking your food. As a general rule, the recommended times that come with the device are to make something Well Done. For this purpose, they're accurate, but you probably will want to cut a few minutes off of those times for anything less than that. The device itself is straight forward to use. It has fairly standard oven/air fryer controls, but arranged a little differently. There are different functions that effectively change whether the air circulates in the unit or not, and there are macro temperature controls (low, med, high, max) that can be fine tuned from there. Time is only in intervals of whole minutes, which is slightly inconvenient, but Fine. When initially starting up and preheating, this thing is fairly loud. It doesn't stay loud for long, but can probably wake up a light sleeper in a small apartment. Probably not a huge issue, but one to be mindful of when using for the first time. I've cooked london broil and salmon with this using the Grill option (regular circulation) with the recommended temperature settings (High and Max accordingly.) As I mentioned before, be mindful of how much you want to cook something. The recommended settings always err toward Well Done. As an example: in the case of salmon, I cooked it for eight minutes the first time and it was just a touch more cooked than preferred. At seven minutes, it was perfect. As for the steak, don't make the same mistake I did the first time and keep opening the grill if you have a standard meat thermometer. All of that hot air is just going to escape and it'll take some time to get back up to temperature again. In my case, I was too paranoid about the doneness of the steak that I ended up slightly overcooking it (medium-well instead of medium-rare) due to having to bring the unit back to temperature in order for it to cook the center properly. In short: get a quick read thermometer, or just follow the guide line of shaving a minute or two off of recommended cook time based on desired doneness. As for the results, they still tasted great. The grill surface does get hot enough to make a nice sear into the meat. Like any convection oven, the circulating air keeps the food from drying out and the cuts of meat were left very juicy and tasty. Cleaning is easy for as long as the ceramic coating lasts. This is the same caveat as literally anything with a Teflon (or similar) coating. If you're especially paranoid, let everything soak in soap+water before cleaning it off. The brush it comes with does the job, but any sort of dish scrubbing brush (NOT WIRE PADS) should be just as good. Overall, my first impressions of this appliance are great. It is far easier, quicker, tastier, and more convenient than frying off or sticking something in the oven to broil. My wife and I have replaced the air fryer in our kitchen with this since it serves both purposes. If anything changes, I'll update this review. Update: We’ve cooked a larger variety of things including turkey legs, hamburgers, smaller wings and so on. Everything remains great. It’s been very easy to clean as well with no signs of chipping on the finish. I will say I do hand clean everything, but it shouldn’t make much difference in the dishwasher.

This grill is so far one of the best purchases I've ever made for kitchen use. In the hands of a relatively experienced home cook (me) it's a super tool. First of all, it makes side dishes extremely easy and fast to prepare. Most frozen casual bagged finger foods such as french fries, egg rolls, pizza rolls, chicken nuggets, et al come out of the air fry function both much faster and much more crisp than you can achieve in the oven even using wire racks. Self made side dishes such as roasted vegetables and potatoes likewise cook faster than any other appliance and with better color and crisper results. Grilling is a mixed bag. Generally, proteins such as burgers or whitefish filets finish with great marking and color fast, but you need to check the doneness diligently. Hot dogs and sausages are easy and superb on this grill. I was skeptical of the Foodi considering it excessively over engineered, but the main benefit it has over other methods is that all cooking or grilling is enclosed, so spattering of even messy foods is non existent. It also grills consistently and cleanly so I can get better results of small tender items such as fish than I can with a gas grill outdoors. I love that the control panel pretty much lets you do anything. Bypass preheating and changing time or temperature on the fly are all standard. You open the cover anytime you like to check on doneness. I will ding the Foodi on easy of cleanup of the appliance itself. The screen pops out for cleaning, but you're on your own to clean the dried grease that builds up on the underside of the top lid. That's the downside of the shielding of the rest of the kitchen from spatters. I consult Youtube videos to find out best ways to clean this thing. Overall, if you know cooking already, this grill can pretty much do anything in terms of dry heat cooking.

Its amazing. I've had it for over a year now. And everything I've made in it turns out great. The only issue i have with it is the coating on grilling surface has been chipping off very little. Told ninja customer service about the problem and they did not care and told me to deal with it. That happened in the first month of use.

This product was ordered at the start of the summer and it has served us well. With living in an apartment it is hard to barbeque, but this is a great grill and air crisper in one. It was reasonably priced and small enough to take with you in the car to use anywhere there is electricity.

It does what an air fryer convection oven will do, but fast and doesn’t over cook.

Soy amante de la carne, y prender el asador, carbon etc. me da flojera, me anime a comprar esta maravilla, y mi vida cambio. Es impresionante la calidad de un corte de carne en mi caso fue RIBEYE, salió como lo indique con el termómetro indicado. Lo recomiendo ampliamente, y lo mas sorprendente compre la Ninja DG551 con un gran descuento

Excelente! Vale o investimento. Uma revolução na cozinha.

I bought this for my daughter She loves it