Ninja Woodfire Grill - Charcoal - OG701

IT IS PERFECT FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND !! VERY FAST, FOOD IS MOIST AND SO EASY TO CLEAN UP !!!

Since I live in an apartment I was very excited to get a grill that could be used in an apartment environment and give me a real "woodfire" flavor. It has given me moderately positive results. I got the model with the temperature probe, and on my first attempt at smoking a chicken, left the chicken slightly undercooked and had to be finished in the microwave. Steaks and burgers turned out better results. All foods prepared with the smoke feature resulted in mild smoke flavor, even with the robust blend pellets.

I bought this less than a month ago, I have truly enjoyed cooking on it, we tried a pork shoulder smoked and it was tender and juicy, awesome

So far I'm loving the Ninja Woodfire™ Outdoor Grill. I took some time to read the directions so set up was a breeze. It's so nice to have so many functions in one grill! It's a little on the small side, but it's just my husband and myself to cook for so it works for us!

This is one exciting grill. I have had many grills in the past and I still have my Weber gas grill and my Weber charcoal grill at home, but I love this grill's versatility, especially the wood fire smoke ability. This grill does it all!

I have had this product for a few weeks and so far I am blown away. So far I've used the grill, smoker, and air crisp functions. Each has worked perfectly, from the grilled pork chops to the smoked ribs to the air crisped drumsticks. I also just smoked a tender and juicy bacon wrapped pork loin that was one of the most delicious meals I've ever eaten. Setup and use is super straightforward. Just attach the handles and you'll be cooking delicious meats in no time. I love the fact that you can add smoke flavor no matter which cooking function you're using (except broil I believe). It comes with a pellet scoop and two sample bags of pellets. Cleanup is also quick and easy. The grill, air fryer basket, and drip tray are all detachable and easy to wash in the sink. It is small compared to other grills and smokers, but I was still able to fit about 3 pounds of drumsticks in the air fryer basket at once. I also smoked a whole rack of ribs on it. The cord is also kind of short, so make sure you have an outlet nearby or extension cord handy. Overall I have been very impressed with the ease of use, quality of food, and convenience of cleaning. I was initially skeptical of the price point, but the versatility of this unit is well worth it. Go buy it!

Of the 3 ninja grills I own or have owned, the woodfire sears and crisps meat much better than the others. The Grate just gets hotter. Air fry function works as other indoor ninja grills. As a smoker, it's great, but I needed to modify a bit. Let me explain. The woodfire grill puts out dirty smoke, which leaves tongue tip tingling from creosote. I needed to add an easy fix to this. I have owned three pellet grills and 6 electric smokers, Finally settling with an LEM model. Two of these smokers had glass doors. When I used the builtin smoker boxes for long smokes, the glass always had an orange glaze on it. Many years ago, I switched to an indirect MB smoke generator which connects to my big smoker with10 feet of tubing. The glass doors stayed clean and clear. After using the woodfire on Smoke setting and Grill with added smoke, I realized that the metallic tingling on my tongue tip was creosote. The white puffy smoke cloud produced by the pellet hopper is dirty smoke. My work around using the Smoke function is to use 90 grade cheesecloth to cover the food. I also insert 4 or 5 wooden toothpicks to lift the cloth off the food. The results are a cleaner sweeter smoke. I then dispose the orange coated cheesecloth. Yes, the cheesecloth gets saturated with smoke particles turning it orange. For Grilling steak and chops, I use the CLD (cold smoke) smoker setting which is thr very first before temperatures show. After half to full hour, I remove meat, turn to Grill Hi and follow directions, 2 1/2 minutes a side for me. A word about the CLD, as I called Ninja support to learn its temperature and was told that there is no CLD choice in Smoker mode, and asked me to send pics which I did. Still have not heard back. But when my cold smoke salmon was finished in 1 hour, I quickly put my instant read thermometer inside slightly cracked open hood and got 85° internal. It appears that the heating elements do not turn on and all heat is generated by the pellet box. It would be great to read temperature ranges for each mode in the manual. And I have been using my own supply of pellets as well as the Ninja ones and there is no difference in smoke output or duration. To sum up, this Grill is the best of all my Ninja grills, can add fantastic clean smoke flavor when coveting food with cheesecloth, can cold and hot smoke, sears meats with great Grill marks, as well as airfreight and all it's other functions. I still have 6 larger grills/ smokers outside and the woodfire is becoming my go to favorite.

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Once I set it up I felt a little intimidated and wanted to give it a fair rating so I wanted a few days till I was able to read the booklet and understand how to do se it. I cooked two meals so far one was with corn on the cob, baked Patagonia and chicken wings, the other was 2 steaks medium rare. Both meals were the best. My husband is on dialysis which restricts me from using a lot of seasoning and salt products. I purchased this so I could not only charcoal his food but smoke it. Great giving him the taste in foods that he would be lacking. It is a game changer for him. He is now able to enjoy his food and fall within the guidelines of what he can and cannot eat on dialysis. Not to mention how easy it is to clean up. One pan and let you he smoker cool then wipe down. Easy breeze. Could not ask for more.

The Ninja Woodfire outdoor grill is really an amazing appliance. The grill has multiple settings to grill, airfry, bake, roast, dehydrate, and broil. You have the choice to use the smoke setting or to not. We have yet to have anything we have made not come out amazing. Wings, roast, chicken thighs, steaks and even beef jerky have all been great and so easy. Our personal favorite has been wings, we use no sauce just some simple seasoning and aircrisp and smoke, they are beyond delicious and are done in approximately 25mins. I had planned on saucing and then grillong to crisp them up but I was amazed at how crisp the outside was and I did not need to even give them anytime on the grill setting. The grill is easy to clean and I haven't had any issues with stuck on hard to remove food. The Pellat woodbox is easy to fill and dump. One scoop lasted an entire 6 hours while dehydrating. It has been great to take items outside to cook instead of having to use the oven. The grill is pretty heavy so if you are able get the stand it makes moving the grill around so much easier.

I'm a die hard grilled food is best on charcoal or propane. This electric grill impressed me! Looking forward to smoking a prime rib on thanksgiving!