Re: New Ninja TSV

Daysdee · ‎03-09-2010

Didn't get to see a Ninja in person today. Does it really weigh 12 lbs.? Anyone have the previous TSV and use it for cooking for 1 or 2? I do eat leftovers and also freeze food. I would have ordered already if it was a 4 qt. (I will not be leaving this out on my counter all the time.)

Poodlepet2 · ‎03-09-2010

Daysdee, I don't know how much it weighs, but I have knee and back problems and I find it to be light: I can put it on the bottom rung of my culinary shelf easily, and I don't have to ask for help when I take it out. Poodlepet

Cardamom · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/1/2014 wackers said:
On 10/1/2014 Cardamom said:
On 9/30/2014 straitgirl said:
On 9/29/2014 TriciatheRealtor said:
Can someone give me their personal sales pitch about why I'd spend $130 for this rather than like $50 for a good CrockPot?

Easy, crockpots don't roast or brown.

And crockpots donj't cook dry food or steam veggies and they cook slowly.
Crock pots cook over a long period of time and do not have an open vent on the lid. If they did, that would end up drying the food out and eventually ruining it. They are being a bit misleading by not distinguishing the big difference between the two. For the same type of cooker but a tad smaller (and much cheaper, BTW) check the Aroma 3 in 1 grill at HSN for $39.99. I picked up my latest crock pot at Big Lots last week. It is a 6 quart and lighter than older models and price was $29.99. Just in case anyone would prefer a true crock pot over this slow cooker.

I have a crockpot and a Ninja. They cook food exactly the same even though there is a hole on the lid of the ninja. I often cook food for all day long and and nothing has ever dried out, not on high slow cook either. I've had my crock pot 22 years. I've made certain recipes in it probably 100 times and now I use the ninja. Everything comes out exactly the same.

faeriemoon · ‎03-14-2010

On 10/1/2014 Cardamom said:
On 10/1/2014 wackers said:
On 10/1/2014 Cardamom said:
On 9/30/2014 straitgirl said:
On 9/29/2014 TriciatheRealtor said:
Can someone give me their personal sales pitch about why I'd spend $130 for this rather than like $50 for a good CrockPot?

Easy, crockpots don't roast or brown.

And crockpots donj't cook dry food or steam veggies and they cook slowly.
Crock pots cook over a long period of time and do not have an open vent on the lid. If they did, that would end up drying the food out and eventually ruining it. They are being a bit misleading by not distinguishing the big difference between the two. For the same type of cooker but a tad smaller (and much cheaper, BTW) check the Aroma 3 in 1 grill at HSN for $39.99. I picked up my latest crock pot at Big Lots last week. It is a 6 quart and lighter than older models and price was $29.99. Just in case anyone would prefer a true crock pot over this slow cooker.
I have a crockpot and a Ninja. They cook food exactly the same even though there is a hole on the lid of the ninja. I often cook food for all day long and and nothing has ever dried out, not on high slow cook either. I've had my crock pot 22 years. I've made certain recipes in it probably 100 times and now I use the ninja. Everything comes out exactly the same.

Thank you for this. It answers a question I asked on another thread.

~What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.~ William Shakespeare

Cardamom · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/1/2014 faeriemoon said:
On 10/1/2014 Cardamom said:
On 10/1/2014 wackers said:
On 10/1/2014 Cardamom said:
On 9/30/2014 straitgirl said:
On 9/29/2014 TriciatheRealtor said:
Can someone give me their personal sales pitch about why I'd spend $130 for this rather than like $50 for a good CrockPot?

Easy, crockpots don't roast or brown.

And crockpots donj't cook dry food or steam veggies and they cook slowly.
Crock pots cook over a long period of time and do not have an open vent on the lid. If they did, that would end up drying the food out and eventually ruining it. They are being a bit misleading by not distinguishing the big difference between the two. For the same type of cooker but a tad smaller (and much cheaper, BTW) check the Aroma 3 in 1 grill at HSN for $39.99. I picked up my latest crock pot at Big Lots last week. It is a 6 quart and lighter than older models and price was $29.99. Just in case anyone would prefer a true crock pot over this slow cooker.
I have a crockpot and a Ninja. They cook food exactly the same even though there is a hole on the lid of the ninja. I often cook food for all day long and and nothing has ever dried out, not on high slow cook either. I've had my crock pot 22 years. I've made certain recipes in it probably 100 times and now I use the ninja. Everything comes out exactly the same.

Thank you for this. It answers a question I asked on another thread.

You're welcome.

. Glad I could help.

Daysdee · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/1/2014 Poodlepet said: Daysdee, I don't know how much it weighs, but I have knee and back problems and I find it to be light: I can put it on the bottom rung of my culinary shelf easily, and I don't have to ask for help when I take it out. Poodlepet

Thank you for replying. Good information.

camochef · ‎03-28-2010

I have the ninja 3 in 1 and have enjoyed using it for over a year now. We use it a couple times/week for steam-roasting great tender and moist chicken, plus for steam baking bread.

To be perfectly honest, I've never used the slow cooker feature, just browning on the stove-top and roasting and baking with steam.

I have over a half dozen slow cookers/crock-pots and rarely use them either anymore. I have a couple pressure cookers that also have slow-cooker features. I do use them regularly.

However, it didn't stop me from ordering this 4 in 1 when I first saw it as a TSV. I had been thinking of purchasing a second ninja for upcoming holidays and this seemed even better with a glass lid...which I would imagine will be a bit heavier than the metal lid on the 3 in 1.

As far as the vent hole...I use it to insert a probe for one of my probe thermometers. both in chicken breasts and breads. It works great and aids in delivering perfectly cooked ingredients. I find most things cook faster with steam roasting and baking, so a probe thermometer is a must use for perfectly cooked/baked items.

Not as quick as the pressure cookers, but the results are just about as tasty. Really moist, tasty chicken! I do transfer my breads to either a preheated oven or rapid wave oven to brown after receiving the benefits of steam baking.

Still one of the best purchases I ever made from Q.

Enjoy!

Camo

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

On 10/1/2014 wackers said:
On 10/1/2014 Cardamom said:
On 9/30/2014 straitgirl said:
On 9/29/2014 TriciatheRealtor said:
Can someone give me their personal sales pitch about why I'd spend $130 for this rather than like $50 for a good CrockPot?

Easy, crockpots don't roast or brown.

And crockpots donj't cook dry food or steam veggies and they cook slowly.
Crock pots cook over a long period of time and do not have an open vent on the lid. If they did, that would end up drying the food out and eventually ruining it. They are being a bit misleading by not distinguishing the big difference between the two. For the same type of cooker but a tad smaller (and much cheaper, BTW) check the Aroma 3 in 1 grill at HSN for $39.99. I picked up my latest crock pot at Big Lots last week. It is a 6 quart and lighter than older models and price was $29.99. Just in case anyone would prefer a true crock pot over this slow cooker.

wackers, my slow cooker does have a steam vent. It's the Hamilton Beach 3-in-One model that comes with three different-sized vessels.

We've decided in our house, though, that we're not big fans of slow cooking. We've tried various models. It's just not for us. We do love pressure cooking, though.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland