Ninja Foodi 9-in-1 Multi Cooker, Brushed Steel & Black, OP350UK | 6L with 9 Cooking Functions, Pressure Cook, Air Fry, Slow Cook, Grill and more, Brushed Steel & Black, OP350UK

Bought the Ninja 9 in 1 to replace my small air fryer & cracked slow cooker. Best move! I’ve used it tons in 4 weeks of having it: everything from soups, quickly reheating quiches or cooking pasta in minutes to cooking a meal like perfect lamb chops with mashed potatoes! It’s a great time saver too. I rate it highly because: - simple to use - saves time esp pressure cooking for the first part of the recipe and finishing off with crisping by the air fryer (chef’s kiss for this!) - great functionality so it’s a space saver - no need for lots of kitchen gadgets on your worktops - easy to clean parts - solid & well made - instructions & recipe book are well written & easy to follow. One minor point: the recipe book doesn’t cover how to cook one everyday staple, pasta (except as part of a recipe where penne is cooked in the sauce, so not useful to cook pasta on its own/different types of pasta). However, I found plenty of guides from Internet chefs which cover this!

This unit has many useful features. Having looked on you tube for ideas you are better just using common sense. The big advantage once you establish the mode of cooking as well as the temperature and time, a repeat of the operation is so easy, be it chips and things for kiddies to a roast chicken. Absolutely brilliant. The only minor negative is the handbook of recipes and guidance is in micro print a improved size of print would be very helpful. The internet has many sites which are helpful up to a point as they are mainly American and temperature guides are in Fahrenheit! The recipe principles are still the same. Bacon looped over the inverted rack is great after 9 mins on 200C and crisp and dry. A good cleaning tip for when cooking is completed, put the wire rack upside down in the bowl add drop or two washing up liquid then add 1 litre or so of water to cover the wire rack and shut the lid with the machine off. The residual heat will get the soapy water very hot and clean both the bowl and the wire rack while you eat. After 20 mins or so remove bowl and rinse out the residues. Two other issues to consider is the size of the machine it is not small and the separate pressure cooking lid has to be stored as does the crisper or wire rack. The other major consideration is where to use it, do not use it close to over bench cupboards etc, it generates steam and heat which exits from the top and could over time damage the cupboard facing etc. In use it needs to be ideally in clear open space not under cupboards. The setting of operations is very simple with a rotating knob to select and then push in centre to start. A very clever and useful addition to any kitchen which has the space to accommodate it. I have had this two weeks now and have made many bacon sandwiches, toasties, roast chicken, jacket potatoes garlic bread etc. They say if you can do it in a conventional oven you can do it in this Ninja. I am beginning to believe it.

I'm writing this having used it for a couple of weeks, so early days yet, but it has been put to good use. Having used Tefal Actifryer's for many years, I thought this time I'd take a plunge on something different. A major attraction of this unit is the versatility through multiple cooking modes. Advantages: +Works extremely well +Can replace several gadgets in one (pressure cooker, air fryer, slow cooker, dehydrator etc.) +Build quality seems very good - looks built to last +Has been easy to keep clean thus far - internal pots etc. easy to remove and clean. +Accessories readily available - spare cooking pots, replacement parts etc. Disadvantages: -Need somewhere separate to store the accessories like the pressure cooking lid and rack -Quite large and heavy, about 10 kg, so not easy for some to move around -Air fryer usually needs some manual shaking/moving around of food during cooking when using it with larger amounts, to get evenly cooked food -Can't be used under kitchen units, at least if you don't want to ruin them! -Rather expensive and complicated if you don't need the multi-functions (you could get a much cheaper air fryer for example, if that was all you wanted to use). -Far from silent (but much quieter than a Tefal Actifryer) The air fryer element of it is probably what I've used most. For oven chips and things like chicken nuggets, it works great - the powerful fan moves the air around to create evenly browned food with a nice crispy fried-like outside. I've tried chips from raw potatoes and these worked less well (still OK) but there is plenty of room for experimentation with cooking time, temperature, potato variety etc. As mentioned, it benefits from the occasional shake up to move things around in this mode, particularly when cooking larger quantities. A definite advantage of not having a "stirrer" like the Actifry models is that more delicate foods can be cooked in it without breaking up. The pressure cooker is good too. You can knock up a nice tender beef stew in about an hour and it tastes like its been slow cooked. A chilli or bolognese can be done from scratch in about 20 minutes. The built in saute/sear function allows you to do it all in one pot - brown the meat, and anything like garlic, onions and spices in the pot on the saute mode, then add liquid and fit the pressure lid to do the remainder of the cooking. You can quickly depressurise by opening the steam valve, which allows you to add ingredients that need less cooking later in the process. Cooking like this really seems to lock in the flavour. It features an oven type mode and you can cook for example, a whole chicken in it, although I have not put this to the test yet. It heats up fast so I'm sure is more efficient than using a full sized oven. Overall I'm very happy with the item and would recommend it.

What can i say, she is great. I waited for a long time before i was ready for a Multi Cooker or let alone a separate air fryer until this multi-cooking gadget came along when the prices had come down a lot more. Despite having many cooking functions, I only ever use it for Air Frying (not bothered with roast, bake, grill for which i prefer air fryer for better results or use the oven) and Pressure Cooker as I already own a separate Rice Cooker and Slow Cooker which with a good hindsight of not getting rid of them as they use much lower energy (= lower energy bills) and they can be used when the Ninja is busy cooking something else. I hardly use the saute function either as it's easier to do any initial frying on a conventional stove first. It is robust & well made from a Ninja brand. Be aware that it is big and heavy so takes up a lot of space on your kitchen worktop. I avoid air frying anything with a heavy marinade as they splutter all over the grill attached under the cover of the cooker....if you want to keep it mostly clean. Sure you can clean it but not right under. Overall I love the pressure cooking and air frying best of all which the Ninja does beautifully and with such great ease.

Best kitchen equipment I have ever bought. That and my Kenwood chef. I am 80 and use the Ninja every day. Brilliant for one , or more people. I am on my own and can cook a roast dinner for me in 30 too 40 mins. Economical sure is. I don't have enough words to express what a boon this has been for me. Buy one.

Have to say that I am really pleased with the Ninja Foodi. I have had a Philips Air Fryer for a couple of years and found that really useful though, despite what the makers say, it was a little difficult to clean. I have seen adverts for the Ninja Foodi and decided to splash out on one. I have yet to explore all the features but I have used the pressure cooker option to make soup and the steam option to cook some vegetables and they worked really well. I have also used the air crisper to cook hand made potato wedges as well as frozen chops and fish fillets. All the things cooked using the crisper were excellent and so much quicker than using my oven - because the Foodi is that much smaller it warms up quicker and also cooks quicker. It is also very easy to clean - the man bowl is non stick and cleaning is a doddle. The air fryer basket is also non stick and is again easy to clean. I really like the fact that the device that ensures that the hot fat laden air circulates around the cooking food is actually a plastic four bladed widget that clips onto the bottom of the basket. It unclips quickly and so cleaning it and the basket separately is a doddle and there are no traps for the grease to linger and then burn on when you use the crisper the next time. The summary of my experience so far - this was an excellent purchase and I look forward to exploring its features and cooking more and more things in it. It goes without saying that I have sold the Philips Air Fryer as it was totally redundant - very useful but now surplus to requirements :-)

Does everything and gets used most days now.

Great tool for creating a multitude of new dishes.

Best thing I bought this year and making meals now is more enjoyable Also comes with recipes 😊

This doesn't suit UAE as some of functionalities were not working and supplier is not cooperative too