Ninja - AF100

You’re clearing the ninja one wrong. Hot water into the bucket with soap, handle scrubber in fast rotations , put it out, same again, boom. Faster than cleaning the cosori.

We have owned the first version of this for at least 3 years now... maybe longer. We originally bought it for our Motorhome, thinking the space saver would be great, and it was. After using it for a while, we brought it into the house and use it almost daily now, and just take it out to the MH when we travel. PS...... when we bought new appliances last year we got an oven witha built-in air fryer, and after one or two uses, we just go back to this guy.....it's a great appliance and well worth the $

Cuisinart sucks just fyi, especially the digital air fryer ones. Ninja is good just they don’t seem to have a good size. The tilt one doesn’t have enough clearance to see or even put things like 1-1/2” steaks and the non-flip one is giant.

Any air fryer is a “convection cooker.” The “air fryer” name is a sales gimmick. Just like the “instant pot” label is a gimmick for a pressure cooker. I have owned a Breville Smart Oven for several years and would buy another one. I also have a Ninja upright in my second home. I like the Breville better, but the Ninja is fine. I cook a lot. I have a high end stove with a convection oven. If it were me, I would keep it. The Breville does everything that your toaster oven does, but better and faster. It also can roast and bake without having to use your regular convection oven. Of all the countertop “convection” ovens, it is probably the best. This was a very thoughtful gift from your relatives. As far as cooking with it, we love chicken wings. The Breville cooks the best chicken wings fairly fast and better than a regular convection oven and roasts vegetables beautifully. (Probably because of the smaller cubic area.) Also reheating on the Air Fryer mode is a game changer, much better than your microwave. To use it well, you do need to familiarize yourself on how it works. Watch some YouTube videos where the Breville is used. Read the instructions so you can learn how to use the various modes. Familiarize yourself with it before making a decision to return it and by all means, go ahead and treat yourself to a carbon steel wok as well. It is not an either or proposition. You deserve both!

We had that same one and now have another ninja. I got it for my parents for Christmas years ago and confirmed it was Teflon free. Never had an issue besides way too many frozen taquitos.

I have owned two of them, and they state it is a ceramic and not Teflon coated. We never had issues with our birds. Kona even likes to sit on top of it while it’s cooking.

Ninja just introduced this face-lift version. I have the original, prior model, and as others have stated, I use this constantly without failure. Very happy purchase

I went with a 4 qt Ninja on clearance at Walmart. I love it but, I do have to cook small meals or do in batches. I'm single and it's fine for me. Still experimenting as I've only had it a week. forgot what the microwave is for. lol

I’ve not tried the Gourmia (got one for my coworker though and he loves it), but I did recently upgrade to the basic 4 qt ninja and I love it so much! It’s definitely more powerful than my old one, so much easier to clean, a lot quieter, and the button beeps/food ready beeps are much quieter, which I enjoy for late night heating

For two people, a 4–5 qt air fryer is perfect. Ninja and Cosori are reliable and cook more evenly the cheap ones often don’t last. Black Friday usually has solid deals on both brands, so it’s worth waiting.