XL Pro Air Fry Oven (DT202BK)

I imagine “best” is a matter of trade offs and perspective, just like most things. Our Ninja XL has completely replaced our full-size oven, we love it and use it almost every day. There’s a really cheap air fryer in my office’s break room, I realize sometimes budget is the most important thing for some people, but I would never buy something like that one that rarely works, cooks uneven, and looking at the melting plastic parts it looks like it’s going to cause an emergency someday.

I have the Ninja XL and love it, however, you might want to consider just buying one you like with an extended warranty. Normally I avoid those like the plague but they make sense for something like this. Get a 4 year warranty on a $150 AF, knowing with high usage you will cash in.

I have a Cosori toaster oven style air fryer (some of my kids are all bougie and have Breville and the other a Ninja). All are terrific because they can all make a frozen pizza to perfection. Yes, longer pre-heat compared to a basket...by maybe a minute. My kid with the Ninja XL can make a full dinner with sides all at once for her and her husband, so that versatility is off the charts. I find with the mesh basket tray on my Cosori that I don't have to flip foods and they're much easier to space out to allow the circulation that is the science behind why an air fryer works.

I have the toaster oven style. Got the Ninja Flip one, loved it! Then I got the Ninja XL, love it even more! The Flip takes a bigger tray, but the XL takes two smaller trays. Flip would be great for a single person, the XL is great for my partner and I. I can't imagine trying to cook in one of those tiny basket type. They were never an option for me.

Air fryer: I have the Air Fryer Pro XL. It works fantastic but the fan on its a little aggressive and can push around lightweight foods and suck up parchment paper into the heating element. A friend has the Crispi and loves it. Ninja HyperHeat: I got this pressure cooker/slow cooker/multi-use cooker and I absolutely love it. I've never had an pressure cooker before and this thing makes dinners so much easier. Its also got a MASSIVE inner pot so I donated my slow cooker that I rarely used anyway to have space for this. I use it atleast 1-2x a week. Blender: I use a nutribullet pro and its gone strong for 4 years now being used daily. My husband makes a protein coffee smoothie in the morning everyday during the week before work. Its easy to clean, its not bulky and doesn't take up much space on the counter which I love. Coffee maker: I picked up a Philips 2200 semi-auto espresso machine. It gets daily use from my husband and my MIL who absolutely love it. It makes horrid black coffee, and pretty mediocre straight espresso thats way to acidic (though a large part of that is likely the bean choice my husband and MIL prefer and want to stick with. If you make milk drinks though having a semi-auto has been a sharp increase in QoL for my husband specifically.

I bought a Ninja Pro XL around Christmas and I couldn't be happier with it. I've used it damn near every day since we set it up. It does have modes other than Air Fry but I haven't tried those yet.

I love it so much! We barely use our oven anymore