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Ninja’s Crispi Microwave adds air frying and soup presets
Ninja’s new Crispi Microwave combines microwave speed with air-fryer crisping, plus dedicated presets for soup, popcorn, and butter.
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Ninja has launched the Crispi Microwave, a combination microwave and air fryer designed to tackle one of the format’s biggest weaknesses: soggy reheated food. The appliance pairs standard microwave heating with air-fryer-style crisping, joining a growing category that already includes models from Samsung, Smeg, and IKEA.
What helps the Crispi Microwave stand out, according to TechRadar, is its unusually broad set of built-in cooking modes. Alongside familiar presets for tasks like heating frozen meals and reheating leftover pizza, it also includes dedicated settings for soup, popcorn, and softening butter, aiming to remove the guesswork from simple kitchen jobs that can easily go wrong.
The appliance offers eight microwave presets and five air fryer presets. It also uses non-toxic glass for air frying, extending an approach Ninja already uses in the Ninja Crispi and Ninja Crispi Pro air fryers, which cook food in resealable glass containers instead of a traditional drawer.
Inside the microwave is a 5.5-quart / 5.2-liter glass deep dish. Ninja says that is enough space for an 8lb chicken or four slices of pizza. The dish and crisper plate are dishwasher-safe, and the microwave interior is designed for easier cleaning because it has no rotating plate.
The Ninja Crispi Microwave is on sale now in the US for $449 direct from Ninja, which TechRadar says is about £330 / AU$640. The company has not yet announced international pricing or release dates.
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