Ninja - DoubleStack XL 10 QT, 6-in-1, 2-Basket Air Fryer, Space Saving Design - Gray

Simply just love this. It’s beautiful matches perfectly w/ my kitchen stuff & on top making cooking a lot more easier when you got 2 under 5.

The Ninja DoubleStack XL 10 QT 6-1, 2 basket Air Fryer is a high-quality very well made air frying machine. In the last couple years air fryers have ran in popularity , the main reason for that is how quickly they go from zero to hot, and the fact that it fries food without using any cooking oil. I don’t need to talk about the benefits in that but what I will talk about is Ninjas DoubleStack XL air fryer. First, let me begin by saying that this particular machine is a little bigger then it might look in oictures, I only recommended for bigger kitchens that have the room for it. Second thing I would recommend is reading the instruction booklet before you begin cooking. You will learn a thing or two like what the Double Stack Pro and Match Cook buttons do. Basically to get started, turn on the machine , select, which basket do you want to use, the top one, the bottom one or both at the same time. You can then select from six preset settings, each one with a different heat temperature and timer. Or you could adjust your own. Each basket is 5 QTs and fits a good amount of food in there, cooking times very but there is a guide that roughly tells you how long each item will take to cook. I’ve cooked a few items on here and everything comes out hot and crispy. Make sure you stir the basket every once in a while to get an even level of crispiness.

Verdict: The Ninja DoubleStack XL delivers wonderful air frying (and 5 other functions), while saving counter space through its vertical design. This fryer works well for cramped kitchens (see picture). The fryer can cook good-sized meals using both baskets, small meals with just one basket, or versatile meals with four primary ingredients with two drawers and stacked racks. Initial impressions. The unit looks great: sleek, modern, easy to use control panel, and cool color that somehow works well next to other stainless steal machines. It’s not heavy. It’s mostly plastic, but still feels and looks like a premium product. The drawers are not big, so thinking about what/how to cook is important. I love the vertical design… we have unused vertical space, and not much horizontal counter space. I love that the control panel acts as a buffer to ensure there is space for the vents, smart! Setup. Setting up is essentially plug-and-play, and reading the quick start guide to figure out how to best use the machine and different features. Design. We love having two baskets, as well as the versatility of the stacked racks. This week, we made two meals with this air fryer. The first meal was just for my wife and I, and we use one drawer, placing the vegies at the bottom, and salmon on the rack. The second meal we cooked was for us and the kids, so we used both drawers to make chicken and potatoes, using the Smart Finish option to complete both drawers at the same time. The first time we used it, we used thin foil to ease cleaning… this is not necessary! The baskets are designed to come out for easy washing, which is wonderful! Performance. It works exceptionally well and changes our approach to easy cooking and cleaning. Easy cooking for us has been the microwave, the outdoor grill, or some sort of pasta dish or easy protein with rice. This machine opens up so many possibilities because it’s easy to use, it makes great food with little effort, and it’s easy to clean. Things I love: - It looks great - Love the vertical design for our kitchen - Well thought-out control panel - Lots of cooking functions - Versatile options to cook with two drawers and racks - Performs great - Easy to clean! Basket can be easily washed. Things I don’t love: - I wish it had wi-fi for additional functionality, such as a digital cook book, setting temperatures, setting and checking timers, and getting notifications - The “no pre-heating necessary” is not perfectly accurate; salmon takes a few extra minutes when the machine is just starting out, whereas when adding a new batch of salmon into the already hot machine, it is a few minutes shorter. Not a big deal; just something to keep in mind Overall, the Ninja DoubleStack is a wonderful fryer. It performs flawlessly, while saving counter space and adding more versatility to our cooking. We highly recommend it.

I think maybe it’s worthwhile to start a review of this by talking about the size of it. Way too easy in this day and age to let gadgets completely take over your kitchen countertops and this one could be a particularly guilty party in that takeover. It’s compact in the sense that you can fit a whole lot of food into something that’s a fraction of the size of a traditional oven. But it has a footprint that’s maybe a little over half the size of a standard toaster oven and isn’t short. It still fits under our cabinets with no issues, but again the bigger point I’m trying to get at is that things like this really have to warrant a place in my kitchen because I don’t like clutter. I think you could easily use this air fryer to cook a ton of your meals and, as such, really welcome making the space for it in your kitchen. Or like me - you could use it happily every now and then and tuck it away in a pantry closet when it’s not in use. I don’t have a huge kitchen so it’s just not something I want on the countertop 24/7. It’s also worth noting that it vents to the right side of the air fryer, so you’ll want to be careful about what you put next to it on the side. As you can see by Ninja’s product photos, you can supposedly fit two whole chickens and all kinds of food in the two baskets by using two levels in each. If you’re cooking for a family of four or more that convenience and the size of this device is simply going to make your life easier at mealtime. No doubt. So maybe it’s worth running into Best Buy and seeing this thing in person before purchasing. All of that said, Ninja has become the brand that is slowly taking over basically everything I own and use in my kitchen. Their coffeemaker is great. Their 7 in 1 grill thingy is terrific. Even their basic cookware is fantastic! I’m just a fan overall of what they’re doing and my favorite thing is that they seemingly don’t make anything that isn’t dishwasher safe. This air fryer is no exception; the baskets, trays and racks can all go straight in the dishwasher and I cannot thank them enough for that. So what’s it like to use? Really good, which is also unsurprising to me. The display and controls are top notch and dead simple. Press the number that corresponds to the basket(s) you’re using, turn the dial to the desired setting (don’t sleep on “reheat” folks!), set the temp/time, press start and that’s it. That’s all you have to do. Want to pull the basket out, shake around your food and keep cooking like so many air fryer recipes call for? Just press the “pause” button. Done. They’ve more or less made this idiot proof and, unlike a lot of gadgets, Ninja actually includes very worthwhile and well-designed PRINTED instructions. No QR code business sending you to the web to learn how to use the thing you just bought. Not unlike their coffeemaker, they include a bunch of good sounding recipes as well, and a whole slew of cooking suggestions for various types of food. Nice. My issue? While I haven’t tried any of their own recipes, I have tried several recipes I found online - one for air frying tofu, the other for air frying okra - and in both instances I more or less had to double the suggested cooking time. (Even when just cooking in a single basket.) I don’t know why that is. Maybe it just runs a little cool and I need to adjust the temp, or maybe other air fryers are running signinifcantly hotter at the same temp. Whatever it was, just know you may have to experiment. I’d plan on taking more time than suggested if air frying based off a recipe found outside of Ninja’s own. And, yeah, that can be frustrating but the same thing can happen with your oven. It’s no means a deal-breaker, just something that warrants mentioning. Using the reheat function to warm up some leftover fries saw better results, but there too - you might need a little more time in the fryer than you expect. Cooking always requires a bit of learning and experimenting and using this air fryer appears to be no exception. It’ll take a bit more time and usage to really pin down what times and temps are best for it.

Ninja never disappoints with their products. When using dual zones, be sure to follow the directions in the manual to get the best results. I love the footprint on the double stack XL. If your looking for more space on the counter and have a family to feed than this is for you. You can cook a meal for the kids and one for another family members in one sit down at the dinner table.

The Ninja Airfryer has been one of the most significant products I've ever reviewed. We've been loyal to our previous air fryer for five years and have thoroughly enjoyed it, yet it pales in comparison to the Ninja XL. It's arguably one of the most intelligently designed products I've encountered. It can cook four different dishes in two baskets, synchronizing the cooking times so everything is ready simultaneously. For instance, if the top basket requires an hour and the bottom one only thirty minutes, the bottom will activate after a thirty-minute delay. It's rare to find a product that delivers exactly as promised. We tested the Ninja with a 5 lb chicken as suggested in the recipe book. After a light glaze and cooking for the recommended duration, it emerged perfectly cooked, even reaching the advised internal temperature of 165 degrees. My wife has been ecstatic about this air fryer for the past week. She's been experimenting with various foods from the store, and each has turned out flawlessly. The salmon steak bites she made last night were incredibly delicious. A standout feature for us is the ease of cleaning. The baskets detach completely and are shaped to allow a simple rinse without trapping crumbs in hard-to-reach places. I find the controls fairly intuitive, but some of the more advanced features do have a bit of a learning curve. I'm planning on purchasing several of these to give as Christmas gifts to my family.

Ninja has done it again; I love Ninja small appliances. I have a few appliances that I have bought over the years, and they never disappoint. The Ninja Double Stack XL Air Fryer is absolutely amazing. The recipes you can make with this air fryer are endless. This is not your regular air fryer, you can Roast, Air broil, Reheat, Bake, and Dehydrate. I mean it has a lot of features for sure. The baskets are big and the best part they are stackable. This gives you so much more room to cook different foods at the same time. It also includes a rack to separate the foods using the DoubleStack Pro option where Extra crispier foods go on top and just the crispy foods on the bottom. This is 4 different foods that can be cooked at the same time. The bottom plates are nonstick making them easy to clean. One thing that I notice with this particular air fryer is that the source that provides the heat is on the back side compare to other machines where its on the top. Since it’s on the side and obviously more visible you can maintain it more clean when cooking meals that may splash all over the place. Did I mention it really saves on counter space? Even though it might look huge and bulky when you open the box, it really is not. I was a little concern it would not fit under my cabinets, but it did. I just love this Ninja DoubleStack, great for my family of 5 (4 adults and one toddler). We constantly cook chicken wings these are our absolute favorite to make in the air fryer, now we can make huge batches at the same time. I love roasting tomatillos, green chiles, garlic and onion to make a hot and spicey salsa. Air Frying tortillas to make tostadas, it also makes some nice pieces of crunchy bacon without the big mess on the stove. The Salmon comes out cooked through and well done. This Ninja DoubleStack Air Fryer will never leave my kitchen!!! 10/10!

TLDR: The DoubleStack offers advantages over the normal XL models, but the normal XL models have more accommodating baskets, allowing larger portions of food to be cooked in each one. INTRODUCTION My Ninja Air Fryers are a staple in the household. They are versatile, easy to use, and most importantly, easy to clean up afterwards. During a 5-day work week, the Ninjas get used at least 2 of those days and when I’m not using the air fryer, I am probably using the Ninja Woodfire grill. Like I said, my Ninjas get used heavily by us. The DoubleStack XL is a new twist on the dual air fryer. Instead of placing identical baskets side by side and keeping the overhead heating elements, Ninja redesigned the machine, stacking baskets on top of each other and moving the fans and heating elements to the rear. Ninja touts the space-saving design of this layout and while it is true that this saves horizontal counter space, the DoubleStack still takes up a good amount of real estate, they are just trading horizontal real estate for vertical. The DoubleStack XL sports a generous 10qt capacity, easily besting my single basket XL’s capacity of 6.5qts. Unfortunately, while overall volume has increased, having 2 baskets means each basket’s capacity drops to 5qts, substantially smaller than the 6.5qt basket and making some things challenging to fit in at one time, in one basket. To make up for this, Ninja has come up with a clever dual level basket design. A traditional, perforated plate sits on the bottom on the basket, elevating the bottom level off the floor. A wire rack can then be dropped into the basket, allowing for another level of cooking. It’s a slick idea and allows for cooking up to 4 different things all at once. Ninja also thought ahead realizing cooking up to 4 different things, all at the same time, could be a pain logistically. In their wisdom, Ninja set the DoubleStack up to take out the guesswork and stress. Cooking the exact same thing in both baskets? No problem. Use the Match Cook button. It cooks both baskets the same. Cooking 2 different meals in the baskets? No problem. Click the Smart Finish button, set your cooking time and temps and the Ninja will make sure everything gets done at the same time. It’s simple. It’s intuitive. It’s logical. Kudos Ninja!! USE I was a bit skeptical when I first looked at the new design. Why mess with something that has proven solid for Ninja and countless others? Moving the cooking elements to the back, exhausting out the right side seemed illogical. The main selling points of having an overhead cooking configuration is that all the items in the basket get even heat distribution. Heat gets blown down on all items uniformly, I don’t see how it would be possible with all the items in the DoubleStack being in the back. Surely, the items in the back of the basket will get cooked much more than those at the front and furthest away from the heating elements. To test this theory out, I wanted to start with cooking something not as forgiving as a burger or steaks. I decided on asparagus along with some blackened salmon. I will admit, whatever Ninja did during the design phase paid off. The DoubleStack cooked all the salmon filets evenly and uniformly. The filet closest to the back were no more cooked than the filet at the very front. I was quite surprised at the uniformity. CONCLUSION To date, I have made close to a dozen different foods in the new DoubleStack XL. All the kudos I’ve given to my other Ninja products applies to the DoubleStack. Food cooks evenly and quickly. The new design that I was skeptical about before use, has won me over. Regardless of what protein I’m cooking, what vegetable I’m cooking, or what meal I’m preparing together in one basket, the DoubleStack has performed flawlessly. The only nit pick is that due to the smaller basket volume, I find myself using both baskets to cook a full meal versus what I would normally be able to get away with just one in my normal XL. However, the ability to double stack food in the DoubleStack is a game changer in this household. Being able to put vegetables under your protein in the same basket and have them both turn out exceptionally well, is great. The versatility of the DoubleStack XL has cut back on the amount this family uses the cooktop and microwave during meal prep. Parts of the meals we would normally cook separate from the air fryer can now be included during cooking. Way to go Ninja. Another home run, in my opinion. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

This product is so easy to use and can make multiple meals all at once with out cross contamination and doesnt requiere to much space