The Ninja Crispi DualZone DD101 is a 7.9-quart dual-basket air fryer with removable glass cooking containers that can serve about four people at once. It offers a range of cooking presets, including Air Fry, Max Crisp, Recrisp, and Dehydrate, and lets you cook two foods at once with separate settings or sync them so both finish at the same time. The glass containers double as serving and storage dishes when paired with the included lids, and the crisper plates have a ceramic non-stick coating. It also comes in four colors, which can help it better match your kitchen decor if it's always going to have a home on your counter.
Our Verdict
The Ninja Crispi DualZone cooks French fries quite evenly. Despite each basket's limited surface area, which makes spreading fries in a single layer tricky, frozen fries, tater tots, and hash browns end up evenly cooked and golden brown, with just a small portion that doesn't crisp up enough and one or two pieces that burn. They cook quickly, too, and the unit doesn't take up too much counter space, considering its large capacity. While fresh-cut fries don't crisp up as much, each piece crisps up on at least one side. That said, they take a lot longer to cook, so you have to wait a while for results.
Crisps batches of fried foods evenly.
Crisps batches of bulkier and moist foods pretty evenly.
Cooks fried foods quickly.
Decently compact, considering its capacity.
Leaves foods that have a higher moisture content with some less crispy areas.
Cooks thicker, higher-moisture foods slowly.
Individual baskets have limited surface area to arrange food in.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone works well for chicken wings. Using both baskets gives you more surface area for larger batches of fresh wings, and the high maximum temperature helps them crisp up pretty evenly. While they don't come out completely uniform, the whole batch crisps up on at least one side. That said, they take a long time to cook and lose a bit too much fat, leaving them a little dry. Precooked chicken wings cook faster and come out crispier, with most of each batch evenly cooked and golden brown, while a small portion undercooks and a couple of pieces burn. One big downside of this model for wings is the limited surface area in each basket. It's difficult to lay them out in a single layer, and overloading the basket can restrict airflow, so if you want crispier results, you have to limit the batch size.
Crisps batches of fried foods evenly.
Crisps batches of bulkier and moist foods pretty evenly.
Cooks fried foods quickly.
Leaves foods that have a higher moisture content with some less crispy areas.
Cooks thicker, higher-moisture foods slowly.
Individual baskets have limited surface area to arrange food in.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone delivers very good air frying performance. It cooks fried foods, like frozen fries, spring rolls, and chicken nuggets, very evenly, so most of your food comes out crispy and golden brown, with just a small amount undercooked or burnt. It doesn't work as well for fresh veggies, proteins, and other thicker foods with a higher moisture content, but you still get decent performance in these cases. It crisps fatty proteins pretty evenly, so while they don't come out completely uniform, each piece comes out crispy and well-browned on at least one side. That said, proteins lose a fair amount of fat during cooking, leaving them a bit dry. Combined with the fact that the air fryer overshoots the set point a bit, this is an even bigger issue for lean proteins like chicken breast, which dry out easily. Still, it's a versatile option that can handle baking, dehydrating, roasting, and more. The dual cooking chambers are a nice touch, too, making it easy to prepare two foods at once with separate settings.
Crisps batches of fried foods evenly.
Crisps batches of bulkier and moist foods pretty evenly.
Versatile option for other cooking methods, like baking or roasting.
Leaves foods that have a higher moisture content with some less crispy areas.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone has 7.9 quarts of capacity across two cooking chambers, providing enough room for family-sized meals or for cooking two different foods at once. That said, each chamber has very little surface area, which makes it difficult to arrange food in a single layer. This limits airflow, so your food doesn't come out as crispy. Using both baskets gives you more room to spread food out, but you still need to limit batch sizes to achieve the crispiest results.
Combined, the baskets offer a large capacity.
Individual baskets have limited surface area to arrange food in.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone preheats very quickly. It cooks frozen fried foods, like spring rolls and chicken nuggets, quickly, but takes significantly longer to cook fresh vegetables, wings, pork chops, and other foods with a higher water content.
Preheats quickly.
Cooks fried foods quickly.
Cooks thicker, higher-moisture foods slowly.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone has a fairly compact footprint for a dual-basket air fryer, making it easy enough to fit on most countertops. That said, it weighs over 30 pounds, so it's not especially convenient to move in and out of storage.
Decently compact, considering its capacity.
Heavy appliance, making it difficult to move around.
Performance Usages
Changelog
- Updated Oct 15, 2026: We've updated this review to Test Bench 1.1, which adds a new test for Meat and Poultry and renames the Frying Quality box to Fried Foods. We also separated the Cooking Chamber box into Cooking Chamber and Cooking Surface boxes, and changed the components of the Cooking Speed box to reflect cook times for both fried foods and meat and poultry. Finally, we updated the usages to account for the new tests. To read more about the updates, see the Changelog.
- Updated Jul 28, 2026: Review published.
- Updated Jul 23, 2026: Early access published.
- Updated Jul 22, 2026: Our testers have started testing this product.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Ninja Crispi DualZone has minor differences, depending on where you purchase it:
| Model Number | Retailer | Cooking Modes | Maximum Temperature | Colors |
| DD101 | Ninja, Amazon | Air Fry, Bake, Dehydrate, Max Crisp, Roast, and Recrisp | 450 °F | Cyberspace, Vista Green, Bone, and Rose Quartz |
| DD102CO | Costco | Air Fry, Bake, Dehydrate, Max Crisp, Roast, Recrisp, Keep Warm, and Air Broil | 475 °F | Gray |
We purchased and tested the DD101 variant in Vista Green and expect different results from the Costco variant. See the label for our unit.
If you come across another variant, let us know in the comments, and we'll update our review.
Popular Air Fryer Comparisons
The Ninja Crispi DualZone is Ninja's first dual-basket air fryer with glass cooking chambers, blending the flexibility of independently controlled zones with the visibility and convenience of removable glass containers. Although it has less surface area in its baskets, making it trickier to spread food in a single layer for optimal results, it still performs well compared to Ninja's more traditional dual-basket models. It doesn't cook as quickly as the Ninja Foodi DZ550, for example, but it cooks fried foods almost as evenly, and leaves thicker, moist foods, like fresh veggies and proteins, more evenly browned across the batch. It also cooks more slowly than the Ninja DualZone DZ801, but it offers significantly crispier results, so each batch of fries, onion rings, or chicken wings comes out more evenly browned.
Among the other glass-chamber air fryers, the DD101 cooks fresh vegetables and meat noticeably faster than the single-chamber Ninja Crispi Pro AS101 and lets you handle two foods at once, which comes in handy when different parts of a meal need different settings or cook times. The AS101 still has an edge for larger foods like a roast or whole fish, since its single uninterrupted chamber can fit what the DD101's smaller baskets can't. Moving out of the Ninja lineup, the DD101 cooks significantly more evenly than the single-chamber glass Fritaire, resulting in crispier food and fewer undercooked or overdone pieces.
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The Ninja Crispi DualZone DD101 and Ninja Foodi DZ401 serve different purposes. Both are dual-basket air fryers with independently controlled cooking zones, but the DD101 is the better pick if frying consistency and glass cooking chambers matter most to you. It fries more evenly, with fewer pieces turning out overcooked before the rest of the batch reaches a proper crisp, and its removable glass containers let you keep an eye on the food as it cooks and double as serving or storage dishes. The DZ401 is better suited to families or larger groups, thanks to its bigger 10-quart capacity and wider baskets, which leave more room for larger batches and bulkier ingredients. It also covers a wider temperature range for methods like broiling and dehydrating.
The Ninja Foodi DZ550 and the Ninja Crispi DualZone DD101 are both dual-basket models, but the Crispi has two glass cooking chambers, while the Foodi has a more typical design. While the Foodi provides slightly better performance overall, both air fryers have something to offer, and you can decide largely based on the design you prefer and what you cook most often. The Foodi cooks more evenly when it comes to simple air fryer staples, like frozen fries and mozzarella sticks, and it finishes cooking faster. However, the Crispi comes out ahead when you're using both baskets to cook whole proteins like wings or steak, leaving each batch crispier than with the Foodi. The Crispi's cooking chambers also double as storage containers, saving time on clean-up.
The Ninja Crispi Pro AS101 is a better air fryer than the Ninja Crispi DualZone DD101 for most people. Whether you're making a quick plate of fries or chicken nuggets, or air-frying a batch of wings or a couple of pork chops, the Pro AS101 makes your food crispier. It also cooks a bit faster and offers more versatility for other cooking methods, like proofing dough and dehydrating, thanks to its lower minimum temperature. That said, the DualZone DD101 has two cooking chambers, so you may prefer it if you want an air fryer that can make a main and a side at the same time.
The Ninja Foodi DZ071 is the better air fryer overall than the Ninja Crispi DualZone DD101. It offers slightly better frying performance, more cooking surface, steadier temperatures, and greater all-around versatility, and its removable divider lets you switch between one large chamber or two separate zones. Still, the DualZone has its appeal if you'd rather have glass cooking containers that double as serving and storage dishes, or if fully separate chambers matter more to you than flexibility.
Test Results
This is quite a heavy air fryer, around 30 lbs, so if you plan on storing it in a cupboard between uses, keep in mind that it can be quite cumbersome to move.
Individually, the baskets don't have much space to spread food out in a single layer, but using both gives you a decent amount of surface area to work with. The ceramic non-stick coating also makes cleanup simpler, and it's a good option for anyone who prefers to avoid PTFE-based non-stick materials.
With a 7.9-quart cooking chamber, there's plenty of room for family-sized meals or cooking two different foods at the same time. The glass construction makes it easy to keep an eye on food as it cooks without opening the chamber and letting heat escape.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone offers great cooking versatility. Its dual cooking chambers let you prepare two different foods at once, each with its own settings, or cook the same food in both chambers simultaneously. The included smaller containers also come in handy for smaller portions. With a wide temperature range and dedicated modes for high-heat crisping, roasting, baking, reheating, and dehydrating, it's well-suited to a variety of recipes.
There are six preset cooking modes:
- Air Fry: 300 °F-400 °F, maximum fan speed
- Max Crisp: 450 °F
- Recrisp: 300 °F-400 °F
- Roast: 250 °F-400 °F
- Bake: 250 °F-400 °F
- Dehydrate: 105 °F-195 °F, minimum fan speed
This air fryer makes mostly crispy, golden-brown fried food. Batches of frozen fries and appetizers cook quite evenly, though a handful of pieces cook more slowly than the rest, leaving them underdone even after the majority is crispy.
The Ninja Crispi DualZone is a decent choice for cooking meat and poultry. Using the air fryer's maximum temperature (450 °F), fatty proteins crisp up pretty evenly. The temperature fluctuates a bit throughout cooking, overshooting the set point, but not by too much, so you get a decently consistent high heat that helps brown food quickly. When you cook a batch of wings, for example, each piece comes out at least partially browned, though some wings only crisp up on one side. That said, they lose too much fat during the process to achieve ideal results. Wings, chicken thighs, and steak, as well as leaner meats that do better with lower temperatures, like chicken breast, come out somewhat dry.
It cooks fried foods, like frozen fries and onion rings, quickly, but takes much longer to cook thicker foods or those with higher moisture content, like fresh wings, potato wedges, or steak.
It has good temperature stability. After you add food, it takes a little while to recover to the set temperature. That said, once it does, it maintains a reasonably consistent cooking temperature, so cooking results tend to be more predictable. It isn't quite as well-suited, though, to recipes that require especially precise temperature control.