Ninja SP101 Digital Air Fry Countertop Oven with 8-in-1 Functionality – Silver
$149.99
The Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fry Oven packs a lot of features and cooking capacity in a small countertop footprint. Air Fry, Air Roast, Air Broil, Bake, Bagel, Toast, Dehydrate, and Keep Warm—all in one appliance—and when you’re done cooking, reclaim your counter space by simply flipping the oven up and away to clean and store.
55 reviews for Ninja SP101 Digital Air Fry Countertop Oven with 8-in-1 Functionality – Silver
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- DIGITAL CRISP CONTROL TECHNOLOGY: Precision-controlled temperature, heat source, and airflow for ultimate versatility and optimum cooking performance.
- 8-IN-1 VERSATILITY: The ultimate meal-making machine with 8-in-1 functionality: Air Fry, Air Roast, Air Broil, Bake, Bagel, Toast, Dehydrate, and Keep Warm all in one powerful, 1800-watt appliance. The height of the interior of this machine is approximately 3″.
- LESS FAT: Eat all of your air fried favorites guilt-free with up to 75% less fat when using the Air Fry function vs. traditional deep frying. Tested against hand-cut, deep fried French Fries.
- FASTER COOKING: Cooks up to 60% faster than a traditional oven on Air Roast; 60-second preheat; full meals in as little as 20 minutes.
- LARGE CAPACITY: 45% larger usable pan cooking area vs. the flat surface area of the Cuisinart toa-60 and toa-65 pan. Fits a 13″ Pizza, up to 9 slices of toast, or 6 chicken breasts (6–8 oz. each).
- RECLAIM YOUR COUNTER SPACE: Takes up 50% less space when you flip it up and away to store against your kitchen backsplash.
- SELECT TOAST DONENESS: Toast and bagels done the way you like with a toast darkness selector to get it just right.
- EASY CLEANING: Includes a removable crumb tray and an easily accessible back panel for deep cleaning.
- WHAT’S INCLUDED: Countertop Oven, Air Fry Basket, Sheet Pan, Wire Rack & Removable Crumb Tray.
- Amperage: 15 amps
If your bottom line is the end result, this unit cooks very well, heats and cooks quickly.
But... there is a learning curve before you understand the various settings (mostly via two buttons and a dial), to control temperature, time, darkness, slices, and other decisions required to complete your task. You will NEED to keep the manual handy until you acquire this required learning!
There is a banner-like piece of paper that states not to use olive oil, butter, or margarine. It suggests canola, grapeseed or avocado oil. This is NOT mentioned in the manual or the quick start guide. Mot recipes I read online used olive oil. My assumption is that olive oil, butter, and margarine have low smoke points so they are not good choices for this type of cooking. I do not plan to determine if I am correct.
Before you "flip" the unit, you will need to wait for it to tell you it has cooled down. Then you will want (need?) to clean out the unit enough so that you do not get any crumbs or other debris into the back of the unit. You are likely to just leave it laying down and unplugging it instead of the wait time and cleaning needed before you can flip it. You can clean the unit via the "easily accessible back panel" on the bottom. Much easier than cleaning through the front of the unit. I wouldn't refer to this unit as "easy cleaning". They do not tell you that you HAVE to spray oil on the basket or broil/roast/bake pan. Anything that can stick to the basket and/or pan will leave you with a royal pain to clean! I have yet to try putting the basket or pan in the dishwasher. I will likely have to scrape off most of the debris before doing so.
I don't think "large capacity" is accurate. It is a good length/width but not very tall. You have about 4 inches above the broil/roast pan. Even less for the air fryer basket. Barely tall enough for a chicken breast.
I don't regret this purchase. Yet.
Update: I used the air fryer with the grill pan below and cooked breaded fish and shrimp. I brushed the fryer basket and grill pan with grapeseed oil. Some of the food stuck to the fryer basket. The drippings in the broil pan were impossible to clean! They state that you should not use scouring products like steel wool. I did my best to clean the basket and pan. I shredded a scour sponge trying to get them clean. I will have to live with the fact that it will not be spotless. "Easy cleaning" basically implies easy ACCESS to clean the unit. Since you can remove all of the tray, pan, rack, etc and then open the bottom of the unit, THAT is what provides the access to all areas. You will still have a job on your hands to clean this unit.
Perhaps a different type of oil will reduce or eliminate the sticking and reduce the elbow grease required to keep this thing clean.