Cooking with the Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker

[Maison Rustique]

I posted elsewhere that I got the Ninja Foodi PossibleCooker Pro 8.5 qt. a couple of months ago. I wanted to replace the huge heavy slow cooker I had. I finally tried this yesterday with a variety of things, mostly just to see what it could do and to use up some stuff that needed to get used.

 

I sauteed some Italian sausage and it turned out great. Got plenty hot--I used the saute/sear setting on HI. Best of all, the pot I'd deep so I didn't get grease splatters all over. I took out the sausage and l left the grease/drippings. Put in some potatoes that were at the use it or lose it stage. I added some water and salt with them. and just continued to cook them on the same setting uncovered so most of the water would cook off. When the potatoes were done, I took them out, added a bit of oil and threw in a handful of baby tomatoes that were also use it or lose it stage. I covered and let them cook to bursting. Removed those, added a little more oil, some onion and garlic and sauteed those. Then put in some Rancho Gordo Ayocote Morados that I' had soaked for a very long time. Added water, covered and once it got to boiling, I changed to slow cook HI, covered and let them simmer until done, about 3 hours. I did turn the temp down to LO a a couple of times when I thought it might be getting too hot, but I didn't want to fiddle with it all night, so wanted them to cook as quickly as possible for dried beans. 

 

I did not wash the pan in-between uses which was so nice and easy!! Figure whatever drippings there were would just flavor the next thing I tossed in.

 

I ate some of the sausage with some cauliflower rice and some of the "roasted" tomatoes for supper and have all the rest in the fridge to figure out what I'm going to do with all of it. But, I love this cooker!! I see me using it a lot!!

 

Couple of notes: I've been reading tips/pros/cons in some of the FB groups and a common complaint seemed to be the non-stick surface chipping and scratching. I bought a different wire rack on Amazon that has silicone feet to prevent scratching the bottom of the pan. And rather than use the hard plastic spoon that comes with it, I used wooden utensils.

 

 

[Tropicalsenior]

I'm glad you started this topic. How is it for weight? Is it something that you will need to leave on the counter or is it something that you can carry and put away. The reason that I ask is that I have limited counter space but I can't carry heavy appliances.

[Maison Rustique]

20 minutes ago, Tropicalsenior said:

I'm glad you started this topic. How is it for weight? Is it something that you will need to leave on the counter or is it something that you can carry and put away. The reason that I ask is that I have limited counter space but I can't carry heavy appliances.

 

It isn't quite as light as I'd have liked, but it is definitely something I can pick up and carry easily enough. I got the 8.5 qt. because that is what Costco carries and had a good price on it, but think they also make a 6 or 6.5 qt. model which would have been fine for me and lighter. But, it is definitely lighter than my crockpot! And when it is full of food, you just lift the lightweight pan out of the base and it isn't heavy at all. I could barely lift my crockpot when it was empty and not at all when it was full of food.