Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Electric Grill with Air Fry, Black/Silver – AG301
$179.99
Grill, air fry, dehydrate, roast, and bake with this Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 indoor grill. The aluminum grill features a unique Cyclone grilling technology that circulates air for temperatures up to 500-degrees F, allowing you to perfectly char grill or air crisp your food. The grill includes a variety of PTFE/PFOA-free, dishwasher-safe removable parts so you can prepare your favorite dishes.
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- THE ORIGINAL NINJA FOODI GRILL: The grill that sears, sizzles, and air fry crisps. Indoor grill and air fryer.
- CYCLONIC GRILLING TECHNOLOGY: Uses 500°F cyclonic air to perfectly cook or char grill your food to your desired doneness on the grill grate for delicious, char-grilled marks and flavors.
- OUTDOOR GRILLING POWER ON YOUR COUNTERTOP: With the BTU cooking power of an outdoor grill, it brings outdoor grill flavors conveniently to your countertop any day of the year.
- FORGET ABOUT DEFROSTING: Transform foods from frozen to perfectly char grilled in under 25 minutes.
- UP TO 75% LESS FAT: Air fry crisp with up to 75% less fat than deep frying (tested against hand-cut, deep-fried French fries), using the included 4-qt crisper basket.
- EASY TO CLEAN: PTFE/PFOA-free, nonstick ceramic-coated grill grate, crisper basket, and cooking pot are dishwasher safe.
- WHAT’S INCLUDED: Ninja Foodi Grill, 10″ x 10″ Grill Grate, 4-qt. Crisper Basket, 6-qt. Cooking Pot, Chef-Created 15-Recipe Book & Cleaning brush. Unplug the unit from the wall outlet before cleaning. Keep the hood open after removing your food so the unit will cool down more quickly
The Ninja DG551 Foodi Smart XL 6-in-1 is absolutely a game-changer in my kitchen! It's become my favorite cooking toy, perfect for whipping up just about anything. Whether it's grilling, steaming, or air frying, this appliance does it all with ease! ????
Clean-up is a breeze! I've been amazed at how nothing sticks to the grill plates. I recently made cheese burgers, and the melted cheese slid off effortlessly—no scrubbing required! ????????
My only small complaint is that the grilling plates in the center aren’t the same as those on the outer edges, so you miss out on those gorgeous grill marks in the middle. However, the food still comes out perfectly cooked, and that's what really matters!
Overall, I'd say the Ninja DG551 is a must-have for anyone who loves cooking. It makes meal prep efficient and enjoyable. Highly recommend! ????❤️
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1. Box was damaged but the product packaging was not open. There's one small dent and if I didn't tell anyone they wouldn't ever find it.
2. Very high quality piece of cookware, very solid.
3. So easy to clean we used it 2-3 times ish a week and several times a day on the weekends. We haven't used our grill in over a month now and we grilled a lot.
4. Smoke level varies depending on what your cooking and how long. When I say smoke varies it's not even close to what a outdoor grill is. The temperature settings are adjustable and the airfryer option selection are great but you need to watch it and you'll learn the amount of time you need to cook to your taste.
5. Easy to setup and instructions are very clear and precise
6. Stickiness is not a factor, depending on if you overcook you may spend a little more time cleaning
7. Set it and go do something else after you've learned what settings you prefer. The overall functionality is the best for a Ninja airfryer.
I’m vegetarian so I make a lot of roasted vegetables and I bake a lot of tofu. No more trays of food in the oven for 45 minutes that need to be stirred around every 15 minutes. Now I use the grill feature for the veggies and they are cooked perfectly crisp in under 10 minutes. I just air fried tofu for the first time tonight and it came out crispier than I get it in the oven in less than half the time. I may never use my oven again!
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.