Too noisy. Motor is like motocycle, lid is hard to clean. If you blend for a soup, salsa or a shake, it’s a mess clean it up, too many folds. Although it blends amazingly, it’s too bulky and unpractical. I wish I bought another model.

I bought this to be able to cook 6 burgers at a time. After trying to cook only 2 burgers it is important to know that the perforated holes in the aluminum top are too big. Grease shoots out of these holes and gets all over the unit and the kitchen counter. The holes are simply to big. A solution could be to place a grease splatter screen over the top of the unit when cooking greasy foods. Or cut a piece of grease splatter screen and attach it directly to the cover to prevent the grease from splashing out through the holes in the cover. (That is how I will remedy this unit to use for burgers and bacon but I should not have to!) Using this unit with greasy burgers is a poor idea and will entail a bunch of cleanup without modifying or using a grease screen on top. It is hard to believe Ninja did not test this before bringing it to market? It would be very easy to get burned by the grease splattering through the holes in the cover. The cover is easily removeable for easy cleanup (just lift straight up and off), as is the grill plate itself. Even with all the splatter mess, both pieces cleaned up quite easy. There was no sticking of the food to the grill plate. Instructions state to preheat the unit at temp for 7 minutes before using. It appears the heating surface is even across the entire surface. Another issue is the grease does not run down the grill plate into the trough, it just pools on the cooking surface which is very poor, causing all the grease splatter. Although there is a grease through built into the grill plate, the grease does not flow into this and stays on the cooking surface. This is because all the legs are the same size and there is no sloping (Back to front) to the forward grease trough. I suspect I will have to add something under the 2 rear legs to slope the grill plate so the grease runs down in the grease trough. I have my doubts as to whether or not the recommended cooking temperatures are accurate. Using a digital thermometer, following the cooking instructions for burgers, the center was 185+f and should be 160f. So I would keep an eye on the food until you get use to it. This Ninja comes with 2 cooking plates and the second flat one appears it would be good for pancakes or sandwiches, stir fry, etc. I suspect cooking bacon, (until you modify the top with a grease screen) you would have the same grease splatter issues. I do not plan on returning this Ninja as I believe I can get some use out of the size. The ease of cleaning is another issue I am happy with. If you plan on cooking lots of burgers, bacon and greasy foods, this is probably not the unit for you unless you are handy and can cut a piece of grease screen to cover the holes, to can solve this problem. (Ninja should have already thought of this). You can see in the photos how big the holes are in the top cover. The whole idea of that cover was to protect grease splatter but unfortunately this is a complete failure. Covering the inside with a piece of grease screen will fix this issue. As far as the smokeless claims? Those are not true either. With that much grease pooled up on the grill tray, there is going to be smoke. Another commenter recommended using this under the range hood which is probably a good idea. Tomorrow I will modify the cover with a piece of grease screen and add some height to the 2 rear legs so the grease runs down into the trough properly.