The Ninja Crispi is heavily aimed at the portable market, so it definitely has limitations. Still compelling to you or hard pass? If you liked this video, you might like the review for the Ninja Double Stack XL: th-cam.com/video/JtbZaY8rcX4/w-d-xo.html
This is great for on the spot cooking! You no longer need to lug a hot glass bowl from the oven to the dinner table, just let it cook on the dinner table!
Hi Joe, for 1 - 2 people with a small kitchen its a great device to have and easy to use ... Its not like your air frying every day and leftovers can go straight into the fridge away from the Chew Crew 😁
Great review! Maybe at some point in the future Ninja might want to have the handles become removable from the glass containers. It would make sense for several reasons.
Thanks for your honest review of this product, it’s clear to me that Ninja needs to address all of these issues especially, cleaning the top plate, durability issues, and temperature control etc., I will probably skip this version and wait for your review of the next generation if Nina decides to make one, I hope Ninja is listening and will take action. One YT reviewer didn’t go anywhere near the depth of your review so I appreciate your in-depth review. I’m also concerned about the material that the grill plate is made of or its coating.
Thanks for the comments! That grill plate is most likely Teflon.... just because it doesn't say what it is. If it were ceramic or their neverstick coating you would think they would just highlight that.
I have one and absolutely love it. It's quick easy wnd very accurate. I have cooked wings and steak as was very pleased with the results. You can cook both of those without putting the metal tray insert. I found you can cook most things without adding the inserts.
I have an air fryer on my Cuisinart combo oven that you can set exact timing and temperature for. I got this one as a convenient addition to this. This is much easier for cooking certain things, and it works really well if you don’t need to be that precise.
The Ninja Portable Air Fryer seems to be the perfect size 4 someone who lives in a Studio Apartment. Can u do something simple like Toast in this thing??? I was thiking if you put a paper towel under the Crisper Plate that might help with keeping the bottom clean.
A great and thorough demo! But I would say it's unnecessary if you have other Ninja air frying machines, just as I do. It's cute, but I don't have anymore room in my tiny apartment for another appliance. 😆 But for someone with the space to spare, I say it's a good add on to your Ninja products.
Baking in this is a little rough. The heat source is really close to the top of the food, so in a bake, it tends to overcook the top and undercook the bottom.
Definitely not the product for baking (cookies, cakes, etc), you would be better with a regular air fryer with more controls. I think its aim is for premium lunches at the office. vacations and business trip to a hotel without a stove top. I've lived in hotels for work for up to ~2 months at a time and this would be heaven when I'm too remote to get a residence inn or other hotel with stove top and full fridge.
Reheating something in your oven that you just made in the air fryer doesn't actually make much sense anyway, so I don't think the fact that the handles aren't oven safe is really an issue. No one's going to be reheating anything in the oven; they're going to just put the air fryer top back on and warm it up that way.
I finally got to order green after Thanksgiving because always was sold out so when I saw they restocked all of them I jumped on that green and then it sold out the next day. Came Friday and not opening until I move January 1st🤣
On a larger oven, it doesn't hurt. It isn't a must-do though. Basically, all air fryers are really doing is a convenction bake with the fan going a lot faster.
Excellent review. I still haven't a need for an air fryer; I think I'm the only household in America to not have one. I just started tightwad budgeting, the cost of living is taking its toll on everyone. Watching the steak cook was a bit frightening. 👻
@@signs9587 I bought a Ninja air fryer. Not this one but a 100 dollar model that I got for 50, on Amazon, it was a beat up box. I'm doing the carnivore diet and didn't want all of the fat splatters. It was hard enough convincing hubs to get it.
you're one of the lucky ones, Joe. I can't find the 4-in-1 crispi to save my life. Ended up going to your link at walmart and getting the 3-in-1. Ahhhh well. At least I'm getting it. I wonder why everything for this is old out EVERYWHERE!!! Update: Now I see why they may have eliminated the 4-in-1 Crispi options because that bake setting looked TERRIBLE for those cookies.
Yep... was just gonna mention that about the cookies.. lol. It's not so much the bake setting, per se, but the heating element is way too close to the cookies to avoid burning them on the top.
Great video, thx for making it One thing nobody ever discusses is the cost of operating all these air fryers, and do they flip the circuit breakers if you've got an inststapot or something else going at the same time?
Excellent question. Tripping the breaker will depend on how your kitchen was designed. Typically, every other outlet is toggled between 2 circuits to minimize that. Each one can pull 20a (2400w @ 120v), so if you have a 1500w appliance, 2 on the same circuit will do that if they both run at full power. I can usually run 2, but a 3rd one will pop the breaker every time. If you're have multiple circuits like I mentioned, plugging into both with double up the amount you can run at once.
I've been eyeballing one of these since it's portable and relatively compact so I can make chicken wings for supper while I work night shift instead of paying out the wazoo on delivery. Starting to question if it's a good idea.
The air frying on it is pretty nice. Baking is a little lackluster though.... especially things like cakes and cookies... The heating element is a little too close for that.
@JoesPhenomenal I'm not much for baking as it is. I'd rather eat the cookie dough raw. Steaks and the like I still prefer the sous-vide and pan sear in the winter at -40°C here in Canada. But for pub foods, I'm really wanting an air fryer. And something I can throw in my go-bag and use at the office is a bonus.
Got my Crispi 2 days ago and just made my first grub in it but I have a relevant prelude... I've been using the original Nuwave oven since a year after they were introduced. I used it almost every day and became a master at making pretty much anything in it, from animal proteins to roasted veggies to desserts. Since they stopped making them years ago, I've chased down every one I could find from people selling them online, used or not and I'm finally down to my last one. The domes are junk and crack within the first few months. You end up with a perfectly functioning, but useless, motor and base. Fagor makes one similar to the Crispi except with a very small, wide-gapped rack and what Nuwave makes now is nothing like the original. It's more like a toaster/convection oven. Not the same! I saw the Crispi on either a Roku or TH-cam ad and it looked almost exactly like with what I'm accustomed to cooking so I went for it! My maiden voyage with the Crispi went great! I made bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs on air fry, just as I would in the Nuwave and they came out awesome! Just as good, maybe even a little better than made in the Nuwave. However, after having eaten, washed the bowl and prepped some short ribs for tonight, the cap is still pretty warm. It's been more than a half hour. I guess we'll see what happens as I put it through its paces during my Amazon return window. Ill update there, accordingly under Lexi498.
Hmm... If it's any consolation, mine take quite a while to cool down if I use thr mad crisp setting.... I don't recall the top getting all that hot though. Hope it's not a short or something.
The crisper plate is not ceramic. If it was you better believe it would be easy to find information on the Ninja website saying so. With so many people trying to use low to non toxic cookware, Ninja would be proud to make it known that the crisper plate was ceramic.
They messed up by not making the glass bowl separate from the base. Generally the weakness on a lot of these air fryers is the terrible nonstick surface. The crisp and great on this one doesn’t look like anything special. If the ball had been removable you could spray it with oven cleanerand put it in the dishwasher. Not sure if the baseball hold up going through the dishwasher over and over
They already make air fryers from very small to xxl, to dual basket. It literally saves no space when assembled to a comparable capacity standard designed air fryer. Just because the top is not a squared off, full hood, you still essentially have the same height and the width, length and depth or very, very close since the shell of an air fryer is very thin. If you tried to place either in the same size square box, the only space savings would be little the air space on the 4 sides of the motor.
Yeah... I see that.. 6 of one, half-dozen of another.... My wall oven does air frying, and that's probably the best solution that I have for it over here.... Massive amount of capacity that way.
@@JoesPhenomenal Gordon Ramsey has an air fry steak recipe that looks pretty darn good. 2 good tips he had were to use a dry rub on the steak to encourage browning and preheating. th-cam.com/video/KmjWKRJZtQQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Z5Lmnz2OmCSzPTH_
@@la1930 And...how hard would it be to make the dish removeable.. geesh....it's putting the consumer in unnecessary place with keeping item clean....:( and yet...I bought it & it arrives the 22nd...:) * I bought for size and convenience for one person. Ninja XL Afryer Crisp will still be kept out in case I get frustrated. Thanks much for the review. I ord mine last week... * They do have one more offering for dish and top...diff't size...out of stock at this time, however, they'll notify when back in stock for anyone that gives their email. This is on the Ninja site.
Hello, Joe's Phenomenal! I'm an Amazon seller and I think the videos you create are great. I want to give you a little gift, it’s about Ninja Crispi’s silicone bakeware. And I hope you can record it with a video when using this silicone baking tray and share it with me. Are you interested in my request? Looking forward to your reply, thank you!
This thing has burn hazard written all over it. I can just see all the melted plastic cutting boards now....nevermind what happens when someone drops this unit while hot on their foot
This thing is $160? I can’t endorse any ninja product. Not even their blenders after I began using a Vitamix for blending sweet potato smoothies for my newborn. I also used their version of the Instantpot. What a joke. For air frying, I would save the money and go with the Cosori Dual Blaze 6.8qt. I can handle four or five lbs of fries at once and all you have to do is shake the drawer. And it’s like 80 bucks. You’ll find the room.
I agree about Ninja blenders and the Instant Pot. You can't match the Vitamix or Instant Pot with anything else in it's category. Those two stand out from the rest for sure.
Vitamix blenders are definitely the industry standard in power. Expecially the home market. Those Cosori's are nice too, although I haven't done a lot with those. In Ninja's defense though, their market is more the budget end of it. I think part of Ninja's problem is that they are pumping stuff out way too fast and they are overlooking obvious stuff... Like this thing not being able to set a temp is just weird.
The Ninja Crispi is heavily aimed at the portable market, so it definitely has limitations. Still compelling to you or hard pass? If you liked this video, you might like the review for the Ninja Double Stack XL: th-cam.com/video/JtbZaY8rcX4/w-d-xo.html
I was curious about this product and you convinced to to not waste my money. Thanks!
I'm glad I could help you avoid that!
I absolutely love mine. Thinking of getting a 2nd one so I can cook 2 items at the same time like a burger and fries.
I don’t need to watch other reviews! You’re the only one that has the best reviews!
Awww... Love ya, Missy
Get a silicone mat to set the unit on after use to protect your counter top
This is great for on the spot cooking! You no longer need to lug a hot glass bowl from the oven to the dinner table, just let it cook on the dinner table!
For small meals and convenience, definitely. Was never meant to really REPLACE anything, but more of a suppliment. It did that salmon really nice.
Hi Joe, for 1 - 2 people with a small kitchen its a great device to have and easy to use ... Its not like your air frying every day and leftovers can go straight into the fridge away from the Chew Crew 😁
LOL... Yeah.... It's defintely aimed right at that market. Could be awesome to keep in an RV.
Your puppy is stealing the show! So Cute!
Haha... She's definitely a ham!
Thanks for the review. I’ll just stick with my Ninja Combi. Fantastic air fryer with a glass door.
Great review! Maybe at some point in the future Ninja might want to have the handles become removable from the glass containers. It would make sense for several reasons.
That's a great idea, I agree.
Thanks for your honest review of this product, it’s clear to me that Ninja needs to address all of these issues especially, cleaning the top plate, durability issues, and temperature control etc., I will probably skip this version and wait for your review of the next generation if Nina decides to make one, I hope Ninja is listening and will take action. One YT reviewer didn’t go anywhere near the depth of your review so I appreciate your in-depth review. I’m also concerned about the material that the grill plate is made of or its coating.
Thanks for the comments! That grill plate is most likely Teflon.... just because it doesn't say what it is. If it were ceramic or their neverstick coating you would think they would just highlight that.
Agreed ✅
I have one and absolutely love it. It's quick easy wnd very accurate. I have cooked wings and steak as was very pleased with the results. You can cook both of those without putting the metal tray insert. I found you can cook most things without adding the inserts.
I just did some little air fried shrimp skewers in there for a video and they came out really nice.
The visibility seems pretty compelling to me. Being able to look closely at the food from any angle is neat.
Yeah... Look neat on timelaspe too!
Wait did they rebrand the newave oven lol
Suspiciously close.
They sure did!!!
Nu wave plus other ones too.
Great review!👍🏾
Really thorough review. Thank you !!👍🏽
You got it! Thanks for watching!
I have an air fryer on my Cuisinart combo oven that you can set exact timing and temperature for. I got this one as a convenient addition to this. This is much easier for cooking certain things, and it works really well if you don’t need to be that precise.
Yep.. Agree with ya... It's definitely quick to use... Minimal cleanup too.
Hello fellow vault dweller 🫡 love the nuka cola poster!!
Ha haa! Thanks! I have another one that was a little too over over top.
The Ninja Portable Air Fryer seems to be the perfect size 4 someone who lives in a Studio Apartment. Can u do something simple like Toast in this thing??? I was thiking if you put a paper towel under the Crisper Plate that might help with keeping the bottom clean.
That should do it... or maybe some parchment paper.
I plan to pick one of these up for 6 dollars at Goodwill in a year.
That could be genius strategy.
Probably will take longer than a year, this air fryer rocks.....love it! 😊
where do you get those salmon filets from? also did you use air fry for 13minutes for salmon?
A great and thorough demo! But I would say it's unnecessary if you have other Ninja air frying machines, just as I do. It's cute, but I don't have anymore room in my tiny apartment for another appliance. 😆 But for someone with the space to spare, I say it's a good add on to your Ninja products.
I'd say it would make a neat RV cooker... or for lazy days maybe? Coming from the guy that built a studio to store all his kitchen crap. haha.
@@JoesPhenomenal 😂
@@JoesPhenomenal my kind of guy! r u married?!?
@TereBrown-n1e lol... Yep. 😊
I thought the best review should obtain the size guide of the 4-QT and 6 cup container, the inner length and the outter length, can you measure them?
Sure... The larger one is 9x9x4 outer and 8.75x8.75x3.75 inner. The smaller is 7x7x3 and 6.5x6.5x2.75 respectively.
Does a cake get done on the bottom using this machine? Hopefully I don’t have to turn the cake upside down to cook the other side
Baking in this is a little rough. The heat source is really close to the top of the food, so in a bake, it tends to overcook the top and undercook the bottom.
Definitely not the product for baking (cookies, cakes, etc), you would be better with a regular air fryer with more controls. I think its aim is for premium lunches at the office. vacations and business trip to a hotel without a stove top. I've lived in hotels for work for up to ~2 months at a time and this would be heaven when I'm too remote to get a residence inn or other hotel with stove top and full fridge.
👍
Thanks for the review. 😀
Glad you enjoyed it!
Will a straw brush get under that bottom that’s hard to clean?
It could.... Gonna have to work that around alot though.
For those that have a sprayer on their k8tchen faucet, it cleans it pretty well. The remaining water dries pretty quick.
Reheating something in your oven that you just made in the air fryer doesn't actually make much sense anyway, so I don't think the fact that the handles aren't oven safe is really an issue. No one's going to be reheating anything in the oven; they're going to just put the air fryer top back on and warm it up that way.
Very true... Only mentioned that because someone asked.. Also, they made note of that in booklet, so I figured I better bring it up just in case.
I finally got to order green after Thanksgiving because always was sold out so when I saw they restocked all of them I jumped on that green and then it sold out the next day. Came Friday and not opening until I move January 1st🤣
FINALLY! Good on you! ha ha
@@JoesPhenomenal Yeah, it will be perfect for my needs plus easier cleaning 🤞🏿
so i don’t know anything about air frying. do you need to preheat it at all?
On a larger oven, it doesn't hurt. It isn't a must-do though. Basically, all air fryers are really doing is a convenction bake with the fan going a lot faster.
Excellent review. I still haven't a need for an air fryer; I think I'm the only household in America to not have one. I just started tightwad budgeting, the cost of living is taking its toll on everyone. Watching the steak cook was a bit frightening. 👻
Yeah... my bill at the grocery store the other day made me do a double-take. It's rediculous.
I haven't gotten one yet either! However I am very tempted by this one. I like that it stores away easily!
@@signs9587 I bought a Ninja air fryer. Not this one but a 100 dollar model that I got for 50, on Amazon, it was a beat up box. I'm doing the carnivore diet and didn't want all of the fat splatters. It was hard enough convincing hubs to get it.
@NessaRossini... But you prevailed!
@@JoesPhenomenal 😄I did.
you're one of the lucky ones, Joe. I can't find the 4-in-1 crispi to save my life. Ended up going to your link at walmart and getting the 3-in-1. Ahhhh well. At least I'm getting it. I wonder why everything for this is old out EVERYWHERE!!!
Update: Now I see why they may have eliminated the 4-in-1 Crispi options because that bake setting looked TERRIBLE for those cookies.
Yep... was just gonna mention that about the cookies.. lol. It's not so much the bake setting, per se, but the heating element is way too close to the cookies to avoid burning them on the top.
I see a puppy! ❤
Great video, thx for making it
One thing nobody ever discusses is the cost of operating all these air fryers, and do they flip the circuit breakers if you've got an inststapot or something else going at the same time?
Excellent question. Tripping the breaker will depend on how your kitchen was designed. Typically, every other outlet is toggled between 2 circuits to minimize that. Each one can pull 20a (2400w @ 120v), so if you have a 1500w appliance, 2 on the same circuit will do that if they both run at full power. I can usually run 2, but a 3rd one will pop the breaker every time. If you're have multiple circuits like I mentioned, plugging into both with double up the amount you can run at once.
@@JoesPhenomenal thx
Put lid on silicone heat pad. I look for solutions not problems. Thanks
Maybe use a pipe cleaner in the bottom opening
Hmm.. Good call
I've been eyeballing one of these since it's portable and relatively compact so I can make chicken wings for supper while I work night shift instead of paying out the wazoo on delivery. Starting to question if it's a good idea.
The air frying on it is pretty nice. Baking is a little lackluster though.... especially things like cakes and cookies... The heating element is a little too close for that.
@JoesPhenomenal I'm not much for baking as it is. I'd rather eat the cookie dough raw. Steaks and the like I still prefer the sous-vide and pan sear in the winter at -40°C here in Canada. But for pub foods, I'm really wanting an air fryer. And something I can throw in my go-bag and use at the office is a bonus.
It should be able to handle all that stuff pretty easily. That's kind of right in it's target audience.
I want to see someone try cooking shrimp in it
Sure... I can do that.
Got my Crispi 2 days ago and just made my first grub in it but I have a relevant prelude... I've been using the original Nuwave oven since a year after they were introduced. I used it almost every day and became a master at making pretty much anything in it, from animal proteins to roasted veggies to desserts. Since they stopped making them years ago, I've chased down every one I could find from people selling them online, used or not and I'm finally down to my last one. The domes are junk and crack within the first few months. You end up with a perfectly functioning, but useless, motor and base. Fagor makes one similar to the Crispi except with a very small, wide-gapped rack and what Nuwave makes now is nothing like the original. It's more like a toaster/convection oven. Not the same! I saw the Crispi on either a Roku or TH-cam ad and it looked almost exactly like with what I'm accustomed to cooking so I went for it! My maiden voyage with the Crispi went great! I made bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs on air fry, just as I would in the Nuwave and they came out awesome! Just as good, maybe even a little better than made in the Nuwave. However, after having eaten, washed the bowl and prepped some short ribs for tonight, the cap is still pretty warm. It's been more than a half hour. I guess we'll see what happens as I put it through its paces during my Amazon return window. Ill update there, accordingly under Lexi498.
Hmm... If it's any consolation, mine take quite a while to cool down if I use thr mad crisp setting.... I don't recall the top getting all that hot though. Hope it's not a short or something.
I’m only interested in the portable air fryer which still seems much to big to fit in a back pack
The top sticks up quite a bit. It might go in there, but it would a serious squeeze.
The crisper plate is not ceramic. If it was you better believe it would be easy to find information on the Ninja website saying so. With so many people trying to use low to non toxic cookware, Ninja would be proud to make it known that the crisper plate was ceramic.
@@majamoore6209 agreed. Was thinking the same thing.
I used chat online and asked them about the crispier plates and they said that it’s coated with nano ceramic
On sale for 90 at Walmart
That has just the single 4 qt glass container only. You don’t get the smaller container
They messed up by not making the glass bowl separate from the base. Generally the weakness on a lot of these air fryers is the terrible nonstick surface. The crisp and great on this one doesn’t look like anything special. If the ball had been removable you could spray it with oven cleanerand put it in the dishwasher. Not sure if the baseball hold up going through the dishwasher over and over
The design looks like it was originally designed to be removable... I thought it was when I first looked at it.
This would be good for healthy portion controlled eating.
It just costs too much.
Agreed on both points. $99 would have been much more interesting, I think.
They already make air fryers from very small to xxl, to dual basket. It literally saves no space when assembled to a comparable capacity standard designed air fryer. Just because the top is not a squared off, full hood, you still essentially have the same height and the width, length and depth or very, very close since the shell of an air fryer is very thin. If you tried to place either in the same size square box, the only space savings would be little the air space on the 4 sides of the motor.
@fishfood8719 well that makes this completely useless. 😂
Yeah... I see that.. 6 of one, half-dozen of another.... My wall oven does air frying, and that's probably the best solution that I have for it over here.... Massive amount of capacity that way.
Regarding this product, can I discuss cooperation with you?
i had one of these 10 maybe 15 years ago lol before the air fryer trend started happening
I had one like that too.
Nuwave made something super close to this back then. Not sure how the compare though.
I’d like to see a review of the Ninja Countertop double stack Xl air fryer with pro cook system: #DCT651. Thanks
I've been thinking about getting one of those in there.
Why nuke leftovers when your air fryer perfectly ready to heat your food.
Good point!
Might have better luck if you preheat a few minutes.
For the cookies?
@@JoesPhenomenal for the proteins. It might do a better job of giving it color without overcooking the center.
@1970rsc yeah.... I can see that.
@@JoesPhenomenal Gordon Ramsey has an air fry steak recipe that looks pretty darn good. 2 good tips he had were to use a dry rub on the steak to encourage browning and preheating. th-cam.com/video/KmjWKRJZtQQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Z5Lmnz2OmCSzPTH_
What a terrible product. Food. Can't clean, it's a hard pass. I appreciate your review! 👍💯
I don't know why Ninja continues to do this thing with the cleaning. I don't get it.
@@JoesPhenomenal yeah seems unnecessary
@@la1930 And...how hard would it be to make the dish removeable..
geesh....it's putting the consumer in unnecessary place with keeping
item clean....:( and yet...I bought it & it arrives the 22nd...:) * I bought
for size and convenience for one person. Ninja XL Afryer Crisp will
still be kept out in case I get frustrated. Thanks much for the review.
I ord mine last week... * They do have one more offering for dish and
top...diff't size...out of stock at this time, however, they'll notify
when back in stock for anyone that gives their email. This is on the
Ninja site.
@@vitazgal9933 I hope it provides for your needs!
@@vitazgal9933 I own a Breville toaster oven for over 10yrs. It bakes, roasts, toasts, etc..... All good!
Hello, Joe's Phenomenal!
I'm an Amazon seller and I think the videos you create are great. I want to give you a little gift, it’s about Ninja Crispi’s silicone bakeware. And I hope you can record it with a video when using this silicone baking tray and share it with me. Are you interested in my request? Looking forward to your reply, thank you!
Not loving this one so I will just keep using my ninja speedi
Agreed... the Speedi is a good machine.
Agree I’ll stick with my Ninja Combi with a glass door.
This thing has burn hazard written all over it. I can just see all the melted plastic cutting boards now....nevermind what happens when someone drops this unit while hot on their foot
Junk! Shame!
This thing is $160? I can’t endorse any ninja product. Not even their blenders after I began using a Vitamix for blending sweet potato smoothies for my newborn. I also used their version of the Instantpot. What a joke.
For air frying, I would save the money and go with the Cosori Dual Blaze 6.8qt. I can handle four or five lbs of fries at once and all you have to do is shake the drawer. And it’s like 80 bucks. You’ll find the room.
I agree about Ninja blenders and the Instant Pot. You can't match the Vitamix or Instant Pot with anything else in it's category. Those two stand out from the rest for sure.
I would hope a $500 top of the line blender outperforms Ninja's $100-200 mid-tier blender models.
Theres a reason instant pot went bankrupt while ninja foodi products continue to be found everywhere. Ninja for the win bby
I own a 15-1 Ninja Foodi. It’s a beast, I love it! I love how it integrates so many cooking options into one pot.
Vitamix blenders are definitely the industry standard in power. Expecially the home market. Those Cosori's are nice too, although I haven't done a lot with those. In Ninja's defense though, their market is more the budget end of it. I think part of Ninja's problem is that they are pumping stuff out way too fast and they are overlooking obvious stuff... Like this thing not being able to set a temp is just weird.