in this video, I'm reviewing the Ninja Foodie Power Blender and Processor.
So let's get started.
Inside the box, you'll find a 1200 watt motor, a 72-ounce pitcher, a lid for the pitcher which
has a spout for pouring, and the lock and release button. Once the handle is up it can
only be lowered by installing it on the pitcher. A dough blade, and a stacked blade which is inside
the pitcher. A cleaning brush, and a quick start guide together with a recipe booklet.
Here is the base of the pitcher.
The base of the motor also has four suction cups to hold it onto the counter.
And you'll see these little vent holes here at the base of the motor.
On top of the motor, you'll see a lock symbol.
Place the picture diagonally and then turn it clockwise until it locks into place. If the
picture, the lid, or the blades are not attached properly you'll see these two flashing dash lines.
To open the lid press the release button then lift the handle.
And the lid can only be attached one way before it can be locked in.
So if you install it in the wrong way you'll
see that it's not pushed in all the way into the pitcher.
So if you're having trouble locking it, just rotate it until it's flush inside the pitcher.
The size of the pitcher is 72-ounces or 9 cups. But you can only have a maximum liquid
amount of 64-ounces and the pitcher is also marked for cookie max and dough max amounts.
On the other side, you'll have liters and milliliter measurements.
So the model that I'm reviewing doesn't come with a separate smoothie bowl maker
but it does have the smoothie bowl program built into it.
It just doesn't have its own separate smoothie bowl maker attachment.
I already have the Ninja Foodi Nutri Duo Power Blender
which does come with a smoothie bowl maker.
I'll leave a link to my video if you want to watch that but in my opinion,
it's not really the best it does take quite a bit of effort twisting during the entire process.
So the smoothie bowl maker won't fit into this unit. The base of the blades
is slightly bigger for this unit and also the smoothie bowl has these little hooks or clips
around the edges that are supposed to fit into the base of the motor.
With the unit plugged in, press the power on button and there are four preset
Auto-IQ programs. Smoothie, Bowl, Chop and Dough. You can also use these programs
on the manual setting. Just turn the dial to select the speed from 1 to 10.
Okay, I'll start by chopping some onions using the auto IQ program
and it runs for five seconds and that'll give you a large chop.
Let's take a look. There's only a couple of pieces that it missed but otherwise,
it's done a pretty decent job for a large chop.
You can see that they're quite nicely chopped inside there. I don't see any other chunky pieces
at the bottom. I'm going to pop it back on and run the chop program again for a smaller chop.
so again 5 seconds.
Let's take a look. Take out the blade by holding it carefully at the top.
And it has done a pretty good job, I think, chopping it all up into an even size.
I want to see how well it's going to chop and puree tomatoes.
So using the manual setting and pushing the dial to start
then I'll turn the dial to increase the speed to reach the puree consistency.
I think I only need to go to nine. Seems to be getting there and then you can either bring
the speed down and then stop it. You can just stop at that speed level too.
And here is the puree. Let's remove the blade carefully first.
And it's pureed it like it should. I mean, I wouldn't expect anything less from this
and this is great because I do like to make and
freeze batches because they work great in cooking and also in a lot of recipes.
And the bottom of the pitcher has no large clumps or leftovers in there.
And just to show you the chopped results. The first
large chop is very uneven in size. Some really large pieces
and then the smaller chop again is not uniform in size either.
And then finally the third chop which just makes it into a mince. Well,
I guess that's okay because again tomatoes are going to turn into mush if you chop them
in too long. And then here's the puree I just made.
Okay moving on to making a smoothie bowl first I'll add some liquid and
I'm just using coconut water. Not too much liquid only half a cup.
Next, I'll add my frozen fruits or veg. I'm using mango and strawberry and then you can add any
seeds or nut butter. I'm just going to add some yogurt I usually add greek yogurt but I'm all out
and this is all I have left in my fridge. So I'm just going to use this and you can use flavored or
plain. I'm just going to use strawberry-flavored using the auto IQ bowl program.
So the auto IQ program works by pausing and starting itself and then doing a
longer blend that's how it aims to get all the ingredients to mix and blend properly.
So it was quite loud just like the Power Nutri Duo that I have and this program ran
for 40 seconds whereas the Power Nutri Duo runs for 60 seconds and it comes out much better.
It did leave quite a few chunky pieces
but the smoothie is thick and it doesn't fall off the plastic spoon
and I'm emphasizing on the plastic spoon because it will slide off a
stainless steel spoon which I showed in my Power Nutri Duo video.
I think 40 seconds is not long enough to blend everything together.
So you can either run the program again or you can run a manual program on the highest speed
10 until everything is mixed really well together.
On to a smoothie drink. I'm going to add some fresh strawberries, fresh beetroot.
I'll just add the remaining yogurt then I'll add some liquid again I'm going to use coconut
water which I find is the best for added flavor instead of plain water which will just dilute it.
So I'll add a cup of coconut water and of course, you can add any type of milk too,
and lastly just top it off with any frozen fruits and veg.
I'm going to use blueberries. Select the smoothie program. Push the dial to start.
Since it's a thinner mixture I'm going to use the pouring spout.
The spout is a little stiff at first. Hopefully,
it'll ease up after using it a few times, and look at that it looks great, so far.
Let's take a closer look. It's blended everything very well. Nice and smooth for sure. It does have
that blueberry texture if you will but otherwise it's nice and smooth. The trick I think is not to
add too much liquid and it's also going to depend on the texture of the food that you're blending.
The blender itself did a decent job. There's no lumps in there,
it'll actually be perfect for my kids.
And finally, let's use the dough blade to make some pizza dough.
I'm going to add half a cup of water, a teaspoon of salt,
a tablespoon of sugar, a quarter cup of oil,
one and a half cups of all-purpose flour.
and lastly, I'm going to add the instant yeast.
Select the dough program and it'll run for 45 seconds.
And it's gonna shake quite vigorously so keep an eye on it.
Okay so I think it needs a little bit of water so I'm just going to stop it and
add a little bit of water.
and see if that helps.
Okay so it's cleaned all the sides of the pitcher
it's looking a little bit better but let's just see how it feels.
It's still a little dry so I'm going to add a little bit more water
and then just run the dough program again.
Whoa!
Looks like it's about to bounce off the counter here. Let me just stop it and secure it back
down to the counter. I'm just going to stay right next to it and hold it down.
Let's see, now it should be better. Yeah, now it's much better.
Let's take out the dough blade first and then take out the dough.
Oh dear, there's a lot of dough stuck at the bottom here. Okay I'm gonna scoop all of that out.
And now I have to knead it by hand. So it doesn't really need it only mixes the dough
so if I just give it a stretch I can see that it's a good consistency. It's not too sticky and
it's not too dry and let's look at the base of the dough blade oh dear there's so much
stuck inside there. It's all sticky. You have to try and scoop all of that out. Now I'll just
have to knead the dough until it's nice and smooth and that I can see it bounce back.
Make it into a nice little ball and then leave it to rise.
So I'll clean the pitcher by adding some warm water and a couple of drops of dish soap,
running on the Bowl program.
But I'll still need to clean up the dough blade using the cleaning brush and wash it
all by hand or I'll just pop the pitcher, the lid, and the blades in the dishwasher.
So overall it's an okay appliance to have in the kitchen um I'm not a huge fan of it. I
will be honest. It purees and makes smoothie drinks just as good as any other blender.
The chopping is okay depending on what you're chopping. Harder foods yes,
softer foods maybe not so much. But I think it would be great for mincing meat for sure.
The smoothie bowl works well surprisingly but you do have to run the program a little longer.
45 seconds is not enough to blend everything.
Making pizza dough, not so good,
unfortunately. Perhaps a lighter dough recipe and cookies and cake mixtures.
The motor is not that loud when you're running the chop and the dough program
but it is fairly loud especially when you're running the smoothie bowl
and the blender is loud I guess just like any other blender.
Alright guys I hope you found my video useful don't forget
to leave a like and a comment and i hope to catch you in my next video.