Esta olla es muy práctica y funcional. Me ha salido muy buena. La recomiendo! Read more

This review is for the OP101 5qt model purchased from Amazon before Xmas. The assessment took several months. After slogging through dozens of articles and descriptions of air fryers of different makes and designs and watching you tube videos, I decided on the Ninja Foodi. It appealed to me for several reasons. 1. It combines oven and stove top functions (dry heat and wet heat) in a clever and compact design. 2. It is round. Round cookers are easier to clean than those with corners such as air fryer ovens. 3. Controls are simple and well laid out. The membrane buttons are easy to clean. 4. It is designed with safety in mind. The unit has handles on the base and a lip on the attached lid that are heat resistant. The burner/fan assembly is recessed enough that it would take some effort to get burned on it. The burner gets plenty hot but does not glow. The lower element is shielded by a large switch plate as on a slow cooker and the non-stick pot hides that when in use. The pot has a lip that can be grabbed with mitts or potholders and a wide channel around the cooker collects and send condensation to a cup on the side of the cooker away from the electronics. The pressure cooker lid fits in a specific way and there are clear instructions on purging the pressure and removing the lid. The whole unit is stable on the counter top and does not tip easily. 5. It is ample. The compact model I have can make several servings of food and fit three or four 3” bowls. While it cannot do stacked cooking like the deeper models can, its wide area allows side-by-side cooking. It certainly has enough room for me. I ordered one that was refurbished. I settled on the “entry level” model. It was the first time I bought anything “used” from Amazon and it probably won’t be the last time. As a “used” model, I did not expect it to be perfect and it wasn’t. It had its fair share of dents and dings and a sizable crack near the name plate but none of these imperfections seem to compromise its integrity. However, either during shipment or when I manhandled the massive heavy box upstairs, the condensation cup was crushed and broken in three places despite it being taped to the unit. If that piece had been put inside the pot it might have escaped damage. I glued it back together but this is a temporary repair and I will eventually have to get another one. On the crisping lid, a single strut holds the burner/fan assembly but a set of empty brackets indicate there were originally two. However it is holding the assembly quite well. The fan is a bit noisy on startup—a bathroom fan becoming an airplane—but once the unit was warmed up and the fan reached its programmed rpm, it ran smoothly with minimal vibration. Other than these issues, the cooker was in great condition and very clean when I received it. Using it Multifunction cookers seemed to be designed for apartment kitchens as they can combine a number of different appliances in a limited space. This begs the question how well all the functions work in the real world. My Foodi came with a small recipe book which I consider a rough guide. I found the guidelines for steaming, pressure cooking and crisping/roasting far more useful than the recipes. Air Crisping The big selling point of the Foodi pressure cookers is that they can pressure cook meat to juicy tenderness and then crisp up the skin for texture and deeper flavor. The concept works! I tried this in my old Fagor Futuro before I got the Foodi with boneless pork ribs and my gas oven and the pork came out delectable but I had to use both stove and oven. In the Foodi I used chicken thighs with fresh thyme and used the recipe for herbed chicken as a guide. They came out very tasty and everything was contained in one cooker. Air frying The next thing I tried were frozen sweet potato and root vegetable fries. Here I learned there is something of a learning curve to air frying. It is a balance of temp and time. Fortunately, Ninja makes checking on the food very easy. Lift the lid; shake or toss the fries and place the lid down and the cooker will resume where it left off. Still I managed to burn a few. It takes practice. Next were chicken wings. I pressure crisped a batch and they tasted good but not as flavorful as the batch I air roasted and this brings up another point. There is really little difference in the air crisping and roasting/baking functions in this model except maybe for temp range and fan speed. It is all convection. I found myself using the roasting/baking function more than the air crisping especially when cooking vegetables like sweet potatoes and carrots. I use the air crisp preset a lot for preheating. Baking I baked beer bread (from a flavored pre-proofed batter) directly in the nonstick inner pot and the kitchen not only filled with a wonderful aroma, the results were better than when I baked in the gas oven. The wide pot lends itself well to cakes and pies and will accommodate an 8” round pan. I have not tried cookies because the cooking area may be too limited for that. However it might work for small batches. Pressure Cooking I am no stranger to pressure cooking but this is the first time I have owned and used an electric pressure cooker. The valving is different from a stove top pot. The non removable valve is weighted and is protected from starchy goop by a removable filter cap. This cap is easy to clean but also easy to lose so I am careful to keep it in sight while washing the lid. Like my Fagor, the lid has a removable silicone ring to provide the seal. Operation is simple and straightforward. There is high and low. During cooking it seems the Foodi took longer to come to pressure than the stove top cooker but once the count down timer appeared, it was fairly quick and quiet, venting only at the beginning of the cycle. Golden potatoes for mashing cooked quickly (under 15 minutes) as did cauliflower (0 minutes—the pressure building cycle was enough.) Rice and Farro were a little hit-or-miss. I may have not allowed enough time. Quinoa came out nearly perfect in the time window suggested by the guide. I got a dozen perfect hard boiled eggs in 4 minutes. Steaming Steaming in the Foodi is similar to pressure cooking except the valve is left open and consequently it is the noisiest function—so loud it actually startled me when I started using it. It is for cooking delicate foods that require only a short time such as cruciferous vegetables and fish. I cooked broccoli for 1 minute. It came out vibrant green with a little crunch—another minute it would have been overcooked. Denser foods like potatoes needed a longer cooking time but they came out great. I have since acquired a glass lid and the steam function is a lot quieter now. Sear/Saute This is the stove top function and like a stove, it has high, medium and low settings. It also does not require a lid. This function has proved to be really useful for me not only for what it was designed but for helping with keeping the unit clean. Slow cook/yogurt. The slow cook function is simple; just high or low with time up to twelve hours. I cooked chili on the high setting at four hours and cooked pork stew at six hours on the low setting and both came out pretty well. The cooker also has a yogurt function. It came with a sheet for a vanilla yogurt recipe that seemed almost like an afterthought. I tried my hand at making a small batch of plain yogurt using whole milk Greek yogurt as a starter and low fat milk as the base. I followed the clear instructions on the sheet provided except that I used my glass lid instead of the pressure lid. I did my first batch at 8 hours and my second at 9 hours. Yogurt making is a lengthy process and this was my first time, but Ninja has made it almost foolproof with that preset. The cooker lets me know what is happening and when to add the starter on its display and it alerts with its distinctive beep. The 8 hour yogurt came out looking a little like somewhat gritty creamy cottage cheese with a creamy slightly tart taste. I was impressed. Increasing the incubation time by one hour resulted in yogurt with fatter curds, more whey and a sharper flavor closer to the Greek-style yogurt I prefer. Both batches had to be drained as condensation dripped into the pot when I lifted the lid. During the resting period in the refrigerator both thickened up and became smoother in texture. I can now look forward to creating my own keffer, Persian soup and sour cream substitute. It is a nice feature to have. Cleaning Ease of cleaning can often make or break a kitchen appliance. The Foodi has has its liner pot and crisping basket coated with a nonstick ceramic layer as does the burner shield on the crisper lid. This coating is thin and prone to scratching so it needs to be handled with some care and not have metal utensils on it. Generally the pots are easy to clean—they only need warm soapy water and a wipe. The removable trivet on the cooker basket sometimes requires some hard scrubbing as it can collect food particles in its grooves but because it is removable, it is fairly easy to wash. The large grooved switch plate covering the lower burner is prone to getting particles in its grooves but thoroughly washing and drying the liner pot before re-seating will prevent this problem. The crisping lid can be a challenge to clean but this is true for all convection cookers, particularly those with partially or fully exposed fixed elements. I have only one element to deal with versus the four or five in a typical table top convection oven and I can see where I am scrubbing despite the somewhat awkward position of the lid. I don’t mind the lid being hinged. It makes it easy to “check the oven”. Still, it would have been more convenient if Ninja could design the unit so that the heat shield could be removed and the burner and bowl accessed like on a stove. The convection fan probably makes that impossible. On my model, the heat shield is integrated into the lid itself. It cannot be removed without taking out a lot of screws and disturbing the finely balanced fan so I leave it alone. Fortunately the openings around the shield are large enough to push an S.O.S. pad into the burner bowl. I scrub and wipe it with dish soap and water or a soap/water/vinegar spray. For tougher jobs, I use steam from boiling water in the main pot. I found three areas that tend to collect grime: the strut, the area where the burner attaches and inside the exhaust vent. I use pressurized steam against those tough spots. The point is to clean after each use and not let grime build up. An important note: I unplug before cleaning. Some other considerations One reason I chose the Foodi Compact is because I was not sure whether I would have enough physical and electrical room for the taller models. It turns out that I do have room for the far more popular 6.5 quart model so that might be a future upgrade. In conclusion, the Foodi is a versatile machine. It does everything pretty well but I see it as a supplement not a replacement for my gas range. It is most useful for those times when I do not want to heat up the kitchen with the oven, particularly during the warm months when I hardly use my range at all. It is a good companion to my microwave and induction cooker and may eventually replace my toaster oven. Read more

Okay.. let me start by saying I'm a self proclaimed appliance nut! So I know a thing or two when it comes to appliances and if they are worth the money or not.... so here we go folks.... THE GOOD: this thing is absolutely as advertised!! It does what they say it does... I have almost never use the oven anymore. It's easy to use... however, I did reference quite a bit of YouTube videos to be sure o was actually doing everything right. My food comes out AMAZING.. I've cooked chicken wings from FROZEN!!!... Cinnamon rolls with no burnt bottoms **I know I'm just as shocked** ... french fries, spare ribs , even STEAK!!! all amazing.. It comes with just about everything you will need but if you don't get the upgrades ..be sure to invest in silicone tongs and holders. THE BAD: IT IS HUGE!!! it takes up a pretty large amount of counter space and is not the easiest thing to store ... I had to remove other appliances to let this have a full time home on my counter.... I usually wash it up & leave the inserts inside it until I use it again... which is pretty much daily.... the air crisper lid is permanently attached so keep that in mind.... you will need to find a way to store the detached pressure cooking lid.. which is pretty big.. other than the size and the plug not being as long as I'd like... I have no other issues with it ....I should mention however the cleaning is easy but... I really get annoyed cleaning they little bottom piece that raises the crisper basket after cooking chicken... it gets pretty gross... but other than that its fairly easy and also dishwasher safe... I just never actually dishwasher it because to me I want every nook & cranny to be super clean.. but that's just my OCD.. you do what is easier for you! There is no reason really not to BUY this thing ... I swear it was the best purchase I made this year in regards to appliances!!! PRESS BUY!!! you will not regret it !!! Read more

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