Considering a Ninja Air Fryer? Here’s What You Should Know (Honest Review)

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Hi! I'm Cathy Yoder - "The REAL Air Fryer Queen" 👑 👩‍🍳

As a busy mom of 8 kids who doesn't LOVE to cook, I needed a more inspiring way to feed my family--several times a day. That's when I had an "aha moment" and discovered I could use an AIR FRYER to cook real food, using real recipes, REAL FAST.

Now, I'm on a mission to EMPOWER everyday cooks (like me) to feel more confident in the kitchen. With simple ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions, every air fryer recipe here will help you make delicious (and mostly nutritious) air fryer meals in minutes.

So, if you're ready to unleash the power of your air fryer, join me here at Empowered Cooks. We'll make recipes ranging from amazing air fryer chicken to salmon, steak, veggies, baked goods, and desserts in a fraction of the time it normally takes. Are you ready? Let's go! 🚀

[Philipk]

Before you make a decision viewers, it is best to watch multipul comparison videos and not base a decision on one video.

[MelindaWaldrop]

I’ve got the Ninja Crispi and it works amazing. I believe the one you had, had a defect. Mine has never smoked and it cooks frozen fries in 12 mins on Max Crisp.

[Maisie]

You should work with someone to design and develop your own Air Fryer. You know what many of us, as well as yourself, want and need from an Air Fryer. I would definitely try an Air Fryer you put out.

[davcuts]

My ceramic coated Ninja air fryer has been great. I've had it for 5 years, and the coating is fine. When you have a pet bird like I do ceramic coating is a must.

[InDaSun]

I don’t have a regular air fryer but I have the Ninja Tendercrisp. We absolutely love it, I use it on a regular basis. It has so many features like air crisp, bake, sear/saute, slow cook, steam, pressure cook and I can even dehydrate.

Thanks for showing all of these reviews

[cajunjenny]

I have been using the Ninja foodie smart grill/air fryer for several years. It is excellent. Has the thermometer included so you can set the temp you want you meat to be cooked to. It opens like a clam shell so I find it easy to access my food. I also have cosori which I like, but the Ninja model I have is my go to air fryer and gets used daily.

[alaskansourdough]

I have a Ninja Foodi 8-qt. 2-Basket Air Fryer and I do like it for the most part. I do use your cheat sheets for a cooking guide with one exception, I add 10 degrees to the cooking temp and cook it for the max time. For example your cheat sheet for pork chops says 380 for 10-15 min, so I cook them at 390 for 15 min and they come out perfect. Mine is 1690 watts and you have said yours was 1700 watts so is why I up the temp. Mine has the heating element on the top not on the back like the one you tested so it does cook evenly. For a single guy or a family of 2 or 3 it works great. What I like about it is being able to cook food at different temps and time and have them finish at the same time.

What I don't like about it is the size of the baskets. The 4qt baskets are deep like the one you tested but are hard to find dishes that fit in them to use for some of your cookbook recipes. I did find a loaf pan that fits but that is about it and it fills the basket up so the air circulation is poor but you can make it work. If your cooking for more than 3 you have to split it up in both baskets. The presets are hard to use on it too. It has Broil, AirFry, Roast, and Bake and if you use them it changes the speed of the fan so it makes it hard to figure out how long to cook something so I just use the AirFry setting. If your trying to cook meals for a family I wouldn't recommend it because of the size. If your cooking for one or 2 or in a college dorm I would say yeah try it out.

[deborahnavarrete]

My ceramic Ninja air fryer is awesome. I just got mine and I love it. I don't follow the cooking times in the manuals I follow the instructions on the products.

[waymor]

I’m considering buying my first air fryer so I’ve watched a ton of reviews. I’m struck by how much some reviewers rely on the suggested cook time instead of just checking the food and pulling it out when it’s done. I’ve never set a timer on my oven, I just cook to my desired doneness and pull it out when it’s ready. If you overcooked the pork chops that’s on you because you didn’t check the temperature during the process. If the middle chop is cooking slower then rotate the chops during the cook. If I decide to buy an air fryer I’ll probably just set everything to cook for an hour and pull the food when it’s done to my liking. Just like an oven or grill or smoker.

[lesleywatkins]

I have a ninja dual airfryer and I have great success with mine!

[maggie-qm]

I have a Ninja AF 101, and I love it. I’ve never had another brand, so I have nothing to compare it to. But I do enjoy it. I’ve had it almost two years.

[primalvegan]

Though it may seem so, a glass bowl air fryer is the first style developed. I have one I bought in the 90s with a giant glass bowl and a glass lid with the heat source. Having to remove and move the big lid is clunky and not nearly as convenient as pulling out a bucket or tray.

[SingleRacerSVR]

Thankyou Cathy - cos in a round-a-bout way, you've made me even happier that you convinced me to buy the Cosori Air Fryer - which I am so happy with to this very day. ; )

[eileentaylor]

Thank goodness for people like yourself testing these appliances, which makes us avoid the not so good one's, ive got a ninja 7 in 1 and the small 4 quart, in Scotland, however i bought a silvercrest Lidl air fryer oven and apart from big batch cooking i prefer the Lidl one ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[cecilianilsson]

Bought a bargain basement airfryer during the pandemic thinking that if I like it I'll buy a "proper" one... guess what, 2+ years later I still have the original one and I still love it, I can only set time and temperature, no programs but it works, best of all, I only paid 40 EUR...!

[Captain-Max]

I just bought my first air fryer a couple of days ago... Let's go to the internet and see what I can do with it! I found your extended bunches of videos and started watching. Right off the bat, I got a mixture of recent and early clips. Beyond watching great recipes, I got a kick out of your taste testers. First one, then another, and more. Combine younger, then they mysteriously grew, then they just kept coming, more and more. Such a lovely crew, and as they grew, you surprisingly seemed to stand still in time. Finally, one video seemed to have the whole bunch in it. I won't swear to it, I didn't keep count. Yours is a great channel. Sign me up. These beginners' eyes are wide open! At 74, this will make cooking good meals for one a snap. Thanks! 😋

[robertstewart]

I have found the times on the Ninja side by side are accurate if you have a full basket. If there are just a single (normal person) serving it takes considerable less.

[ParchCraftAustralia]

Im using a Ninja AF500 XXXL Flexdrawer ...its got 10.4litres space...or add in the divider and use as 1 or 2 drawers and im loving it! I bought and LOVE your cookbook ... the E book version as im in Australia...would recommend it to anyone ! Working my way through your videos...love you and your fabulous kids! Have a great day Cathy...hugs Lindy

[chaddavis]

Ninja "glass" air fryer uses crisping trays on the inside. So it does use nonstick unless they've changed and removed the two crisping trays, one for each glass.

[markl]

Cooking speed is determined by a combination of power going in to generate the heat, insulation to keep the heat in, and, in the case of an air fryer, keeping the hot air moving to get that convection cooking effect. You can achieve 400-450F with less than 1500 watts of power if you have enough insulation to prevent a lot of heat loss. My Gourmia air fryers only draw up to 1500W (although they only go up to 400F), perform spot on with the cook times in your recipes, and I can hear them cycling on and off during operation, so they're clearly maintaining the set temperature. They also don't get hot to the touch on the outside, so I know they aren't losing heat where they aren't supposed to. You did note that the Ninja Double Stack gets noticeably warm on the outside, which is probably a sign of insufficient insulation, resulting in too much heat loss to maintain the set temperature. I concur with your observation that having the fan in the back is causing uneven cooking. More accurately, heat loss through the top (because heat rises) is causing the back of the baskets, where the hot air is being blown in by the fan, to be significantly hotter than the front of the baskets. All in all, it seems to me that the design was rushed into production before all the wrinkles were ironed out, and from the cook times in Ninja's cookbook, I think they knew it. Thank heavens you're here to give these things some common sense, real world testing!