Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System Blender Review

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System is a full-size blender that's a bit smaller in size than the Ninja DUO but is still fairly bulky. You can store it on your kitchen counter or inside a large cupboard. You can also remove the main jar to make it easier to store.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System has a good build quality. This blender is mostly made from plastic, although the thickness of each part differs from one part to another. The motor base is plastic, but it doesn't feel particularly premium or thick. However, the jars and lids feel better as they're a bit thicker. The Power Nutri Bowl jar also has a manually rotating arm mechanism, which is well-built. The base transmission is made of plastic, but it hooks onto the blade assembly's rubber transmission. There are also four suction cup feet to keep in place while blending.

The main jar has a large capacity. While it holds 72 ounces, its max liquid capacity is 64 ounces. When placing it onto the motor base, it has to be oriented correctly otherwise it won't clip into place. The jar, lid, and blade assembly are all dishwasher-safe.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System comes with two additional jars. The first is a 24-ounce jar suitable for single-serve smoothies. The second jar is called the 'Power Nutri Bowl' which has a manually rotating knob so that you can move the two plastic arms inside the jar to push food stuck to the sides towards the blade vortex. This jar's max fill line is 14 ounces, but the max liquid line is only four ounces. These jars, their blade assemblies, and lids are also dishwasher-safe.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System uses two sets of blade assemblies. The first is used with the full-size jar and has six sharp blades. These blades are removable so that you can wash them. The additional jars use 'Hybrid Edge Blades' which are made of eight sharp blades. They screw onto the additional jars. Both sets of blade assemblies are dishwasher-safe.

This lid locks into place. It has a small, window-like spout as well as a release button so that you can remove the lid from the jar. The lid needs to be aligned with the spout corner of the jar to lock it into place.

The power cord is long enough to reach an outlet on your counter. Unfortunately, this blender doesn't have a stowaway compartment to help store the cable.

• 72 oz blender pitcher and lid
• Motor base
• 12 oz jar
• 14 oz Power Nutri Bowl
• Spout lid
• Storage lid
• Hybrid edge blade assembly
• Stacked blade assembly
• Dough blade assembly
• Cleaning brush
• User manual and recipe book

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System has a speed dial to give you more control over your blending. There's also a dedicated pulse button.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System makes outstanding almond butter using its Power Nutri Bowl jar on the 'Spread' preset. It takes under two minutes to blend almonds into smooth butter with no unprocessed chunks. Thanks to its manually rotating arms, you can get thick textured blends off of the jar's walls and towards the blade's vortex.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System makes a fantastic smoothie using its 24-ounce jar on the 'Extract' preset. It can make a silky smoothie with no grains using this preset that runs for 75 seconds.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System also makes a fantastic smoothie using its 14-ounce Nutri Bowl Jar. Using its 'Extract' mode, it makes a silky smoothie in under two minutes, but it can taste a little grainy.

Using the 72-ounce main jar on the 'Smoothie' mode, it produces a thick and foamy smoothie. On the upside, the kale is uniformly processed and isn't very grainy.

This blender makes outstanding crushed ice. It can make bar-quality ice in its 72-ounce jar when pulsed, which is great for making frozen drinks.

This blender has several modes that act as a timer.

• Smoothie: 65 seconds
• Bowl: 40 seconds
• Spread: 75 seconds
• Chop: 5 seconds
• Dough: 45 seconds

To activate these modes, you need to press the iQ/Manual button to toggle between presets and manual blending. If you're using the 14-ounce or 24-ounce jar, there's also an additional 'Extract' mode that lasts for 75 seconds. However, these jars can only be used on the tenth speed setting when manually blending.

The Ninja Foodi Power Pitcher System is fantastically easy to clean. You can easily rinse the jars or pitcher with water to get out pieces of kale. If you're cleaning almond butter from the jar, it's also pretty easy to loosen up this food from the jar. A water rinse followed by a soap and water blend should get most of the debris off. You can also pass a sponge over the bottom of the blade assembly if necessary.

This blender comes with two differently-sized jars, including one jar that uses manually rotating arms to help get food off of the jar's walls and towards the blade's vortex. If you're looking for a blender that can be used to blend hot ingredients, you may want to check out the NutriBullet Smart Touch Blender Combo.