Anyone use ninja woodfire grill?

[marshall]

I’ve been in a major cooking slump, thinking of picking up the ninja wood fire grill (don’t need the pizza one) for some convenient to cook a quick pork chop or steak with some hopefully good flavor…. Anyone own one that has any input they are willing to share?? Does it give good flavor or will I be disappointed and need to just fire up my charcoal? Thanks !!!

[RonB]

I won one here several months ago, and Michael_in_TX one one recently too. I have only done 2 things with mine - cooking pizza and as a warmer for a pork butt. It does great for those things.

The tiny bag of pellets they shipped with the grill turned to power before I used them, and I ain't buyin' a 40 lb bag of pellets just to try smokin' in it. I'm not sure how much smoke you would get on a short cook anyway.

[Michael_in_TX]

I've only used mine for pizza, for which it excels. The pellet hopper on the thing is so small that it almost seems like a gimmick.

I wish I could use mine more....but I have a conventional oven, Weber Kettle, PBC, Grilla Chimp, and air fryer already.

That is not to disparage the product; if one is in an apartment or has limited space, this thing is perfect.

[marshall]

Thanks for input,

[grantgallagher]

I have one and I love it. It is excellent for cooking pork chops, steaks, and other meats using the grill pan. It is a highly efficient cooker; almost everything I have cooked on it has been done faster than I expected. The air crisper basket also works excellently for wings and meatballs.

I've found that the woodfire button adds a nice smoke flavor to chops/steaks and meatballs, but sometimes it's too much, depending on what you're aiming for. The smoker function, however, does not imitate a real smoker at all, though. You will get good bark on ribs or a pork butt, but I have never gotten any real smoke ring or smoke flavor on longer cooks. Even on the smoker function at 250 degrees, it cooks much faster than a traditional smoker at the same temperature due to the fan and its efficiency. I think I did a pork butt in 4 hours on those settings. Fantastic bark, pull apart tender, no smoke flavor.

All in all, it's a fantastic little cooker, but it isn't going to replicate a smoker in my experience.

[marshall]

Thank you so much! That helps a lot, I have plenty of smokers/grills… just thinking for a quick couple of chops or steaks with some flavor,,,sounds like this would work nicely,!

[Max Good]

https://amazingribs.com/ratings-reviews/grill/ninja-woodfire/

[marshall]

Thanks max!