Sear/Sauté to easily seal and colour your favourite steak before cooking, caramelise onions, toast seeds and prepare sauce bases directly in the cooking pot. Over the course of two months, we put each of the Ninja Foodi’s settings through their paces, from air frying chips and chicken to baking cakes and roasting potatoes; from making a slow-cooked sausage stew and Chilli Con Carne, to steaming vegetables and pressure-cooking risotto. These include classic functions such as slow cooking, air frying, and roasting, as well as two new “combi-steam” functions, which combine steaming with baking or air frying for fluffier bakes and juicier, more tender meats. Dehydrate fresh ingredients to create healthy dried fruit, from sliced apple to strawberries, homemade vegetable crisps, beef jerky and dried herbs.

Cook from frozen for deliciously crispy results – from chicken wings to French fries and fluffy, golden chips. Introducing the next generation of Ninja multi-cookers, offering even more exciting ways to cook your favourite meals. If you’ve never used a pressure cooker before, it’s worth watching a video or two on how the process works. The Crock Pot’s slow-cooking function is its biggest strength but it also steams, bakes, roasts and sautés. Overall, we found the Instant Pot Duo Crisp difficult to separate from the brilliant Ninja Foodi 11-in-1 SmartLid, aside from the former being a touch more affordable.

Choose from 11, 14 or 15 cooking functions under one SmartLid, including innovative Combi-Steam Mode for juicy, speedy, crispy results! With Protect Plus for your small appliance, you'll get 2 years of protection against accidental damage alongside your guarantee. Otherwise, the Ninja Speedi is a multi-cooking option whose convenience and versatility are hard to match. We also test noise levels in dB using a noise metre and if relevant, put this into context to determine whether it’s noisier than other multi cookers we’ve tested, as well as other appliances in the home.

Using the same Bake/Roast function, we used the Ninja Foodi to bake chocolate muffins on the grilling rack, followed by a fudge cake in its cooking pot. If you really want to experiment, then it may be worth spending even more on a model with specialist functions and more adjustability.Steaming helps retain all the essential vitamins in your food, so you know you're getting the goodness you need. programmable cooking functions provide endless recipe options inside the non-stick 6 litre cooking pot and 3. It’s a good addition to have, but it’s far less versatile and less effective, than using a standard grill. Ideal for meals in a hurry, less so when trying to work out how long it will take such meals to quickly become ruined. Unlock 11 cooking functions under one SmartLid – Pressure Cook, Air Fry, Grill, Bake, Dehydrate, Sear/Sauté, Steam, Slow Cook, Yoghurt, Steam Air Fry and Steam Bake.