Soggy.
Reheated pizza is always soggy. Unless you buy this thing. Ninja just launched its first ever microwave. Not a toaster oven. Not an ice cream maker. A real microwave. But it does that other thing too.
The Crispi Microwave doubles as an air fryer for $449. You heat with microwaves first. Then switch to superheated air. The result isn’t rubbery cold cheese. It’s crisp.
Ninja claims this replaces two appliances. Maybe. If you hate counter clutter. It lands in stores today.
Inside the box
There are presets. Popcorn, defrost, frozen dinners, even one to soften butter. Standard stuff. The heating element packs 1,000 watts. But forget the spinning tray.
This thing uses a flatbed. Ninja says you get 40% more space than a traditional microwave. Two bags of popcorn fit easily. Cleaning is supposedly less of a headache without the ring-shaped turntable to wipe around.
How the heat works
Here is where it gets weird. After the food heats up you flip a switch. Well, maybe a button. The mode changes to air frying. Presets include air bake and max crisp. The air gets hot. Really hot. Up to 450 degrees.
It circulates everywhere. There’s no escaping that heat. To make it work there’s a 5.5-quart inner pot. It lifts your food so air hits the bottom too. That pot is big enough for an eight-pound chicken according to the spec sheet.
It comes with two lids. One is solid. One has vents for steaming veggies. Why do you need to steam in a microwave? Beats me.
