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What’s different about Ninja air fryers?

Unlike its rivals, Ninja doesn’t put presets for certain foods, such as chicken, on its models. Instead, it focuses on functions, such as frying or roasting. For example, the Ninja OP450UK can cook chicken breasts but it’s up to you to decide how you want to cook them, whether that’s pressure cooking them first or just using air fry mode. Some other fryers have a “Chicken” icon indicating a program that will do it all for you.

What are Ninjas good at?

Ninja air fryers are typically dependable, quick to heat up and easy to use.

There are a range of models at different prices, with the cheaper, smaller models (capacity and size-wise) having fewer functions. At the top of the range are the multicookers.

Other Ninja models excel in one function. The Foodi AG310UK is tailored to griddling meats, and also features at the top end of the price scale.

Where Ninja has missed a trick is the lack of a transparent front that some other brands’ fryers have. If you want to check on your food, you have to take the basket out or lift up a lid.

Ninja Foodis are large so make sure you have the space on your kitchen counter. Plus, you need to read the manual to use their functions properly.

What’s the best Ninja air fryer?

For the basics

• Ninja AF100UK. A small air fryer for small kitchens and portion sizes for couples. It’s relatively cheap and will do the basics very well. A neat reheat function is great for leftover pizza, and you can make healthy snacks using the dehydrate function.
• Ninja AF160UK. A step up from the AF100UK, it boasts a larger capacity and can bake a decent-sized cake. Max Crisp is a bonus function for extra crunchy chips. It fits well in most kitchens too.

For more advanced cooking

• Ninja Foodi Multi-Cooker OP450 UK. This versatile Foodi can cook a feast of different foods in one go. To make the most of its full functionality, you need to master its ways, but it will be worth it. You can air fry, bake, roast, slow cook, pressure cook and steam using 2 lids.
• Ninja Foodi Dual Zone Air Fryer AF300UK. An innovative concept from Ninja, the Dual Zone is for cooking 2 foods simultaneously, for a complete meal at the end. The Match function is for doubling portion sizes of similar foods, and Sync cooks foods at different times and temperatures. It roasts, bakes, dehydrates, reheats, air fries and crisps. Once you master both baskets, this machine should make dinners quicker and more convenient.

What’s the difference between a Ninja Foodi and a Ninja air fryer?

Ninja Foodis like the OP350UK and OP450UK are multipurpose cookers, as well as being air fryers. They can steam, pressure cook and slow cook whole chickens, larger joints of meat, and are suitable for knocking up liquid dishes like a stew or curry. Foodis come with baskets and pots, and tend to be larger in capacity, suited for bigger families. They also come with a crisping lid and pressure cooking lid.

The flipside of a large capacity is a bigger machine, much bigger than a regular Ninja air fryer like the AF100UK. A larger kitchen with ample space to open the lids is best for the Foodis.

Ninja air fryers without the multicooker functions can do more than just air fry chips. The AF160UK, for example, can roast, bake, dehydrate and reheat and has a good temperature range to perform these functions. It also sits well in a smaller kitchen and is easier to store, but doesn’t have the capacity or versatility of its Foodi sisters.

How long do Ninja air fryers last?

Ninja air fryers come with a 1-year warranty. This is relatively short; some brands, such as Tower, offer a 3-year warranty.

A Ninja machine should outlive its warranty and much longer if you take good care of it. This means cleaning the removable parts regularly and properly, as well as any filters.

Check the air fryer’s manual to find out how best to maintain it for a long life.

Ninja air fryer customer reviews

All models generally get great ratings from users on Amazon, Currys, Argos and John Lewis. Many praise how easy they are to use, their speeds compared with traditional ovens and how easy they are to clean.

But while some love the cooking results, others aren’t convinced.

Some criticised the Foodi’s size, or felt functions were complicated to understand. For single basket air fryers like the One Zone 3.8, some users complained its basket was too small.

Pros and cons of Ninja air fryers

Our verdict: Are Ninja air fryers any good?

The brand has made the realm of air fryers its own, and keeps bringing out newer, bigger and more versatile air fryers and multicookers to suit different households.

The cheaper, smaller versions are straightforward. The larger models with over 6 functions will inevitably take some getting used to, but the functions deliver, and there are plenty of online recipes and YouTube tutorials.

Other brands like Tower and Tefal have made their air fryers transparent at the front, and some rotate food for you; but what you miss out with a Ninja, you gain with its speed and versatility.