I bought a new one and returned it 3 days later. It doesn’t come close to a normal air fryer. This thing takes twice as long and doesn’t airfry like a real airfyer does. I was very disappointed. Ended up buying a $40 air fryer at Costco which performs 10 times better.
@eduardfigueroa seemingly had a negative experience with this, I have purchased 2 of these as I love them. If your only purpose is air fry, you are probably going with another option (I’ve never used a dedicated air fryer so I can say with certainty).
However, if you want an appliance you will likely use any time you cook and could replace firing up the full-size stove (in SUMMER!!), improve texture and flavor over microwaving and reheating pizza like it came from the delivery driver, then this appliance is for you!!! Oh, and it air fries all those french fries without clumping.
If you are in need of a new toaster oven and want to try air fry OR if you want an air fryer and think you might need the other functions, I would highly recommend this. It does take up some countertop space but as I said above, it is a small sacrifice compared to the time/energy/heat from your oven.
My only complaint no documentation comes with it and recommend you get online and print out some from the Ninja website. I really find the function list page handy (tells you what burners are on and whether convection is used per function). There is also a conversion page (oven vs. air fryer). I keep these in my microwave cubby and want to laminate them.
Either way you go, this or a dedicated air fryer, you will love adding air fry to your kitchen. Some devices seem great (I’m looking at you Blendtec) but you might not use very often. I personally find this more useful as it does so many things well and thus, gets used at least every other day at my house.
-cheers-
better deal than last time. I got it primarily as a toaster oven, which it is amazing for. the air fry is kinda weak, but it’s still better than baking fries.
I also got a HDPE cut to fit oven liner sheet rated to 500F and cut to size as both a pan liner and rack liner, I put pizza on the liner on the rack and it’s so much better than over pizza, and with about 30 second preheat time it’s more convenient too. I usually don’t even preheat, just put it and turn it on.
Betty Crocker is rolling in her grave.
it’s like 30 seconds, meh.