The Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ is a full-size model with a 72-ounce main jar. Unlike the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ, it doesn't come with extra accessories like a food processor or personal jars. Its blade design makes it tricky to clean by hand, like most Ninja blenders, but the jar, lid, and blades are top-rack dishwasher-safe.
Our Verdict
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender isn't bad for multi-purpose use. It has a durable build and a large capacity, 72-ounce main jar. While it's incredible at crushing ice and produces smooth nut butter, it struggles to fully blend fibrous ingredients. It also can't hot blend ingredients. It's tricky to clean by hand, but the jar, lid, and blades are dishwasher-safe.
- Top-rack dishwasher safe.
- Several preset modes and preset speeds.
- Struggles to fully blend fibrous ingredients like kale.
- Tricky to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender is decent for single-serve smoothies. It only comes with a 72oz jar, and you have to use a spatula to scrape the walls of the jar to get the best results when working with small batches. It doesn't make a completely smooth blend with fibrous additions like leafy greens or fruit. On the plus side, it has no problem crushing ice.
- Top-rack dishwasher safe.
- Struggles to fully blend fibrous ingredients like kale.
- Tricky to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender is very good for multiple batches of smoothies. Its main jar has a big 72-ounce capacity, meaning you can make a big batch of smoothies, but it makes a grainy puree with fibrous ingredients like kale. You also have to blend for quite a while to get the best results. The blade design makes it tricky to clean the jar by hand, but the jar, lid, and blades are all dishwasher-safe.
- Top-rack dishwasher safe.
- 72-ounce main jar.
- Struggles to fully blend fibrous ingredients like kale.
- Tricky to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ is remarkable for crushing ice. Thanks to the 'Ice Crush' preset, it can make snow-like crushed ice quickly, which is ideal for making frozen drinks on a hot day.
- Top-rack dishwasher safe.
- Several preset modes and preset speeds.
- Tricky to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender isn't safe for hot blending, so you need to let your ingredients cool down first if you want to use it to make soup. It does a mediocre job of processing fibrous ingredients, so it's not ideal for making silky-smooth soups. That said, its 72-ounce main jar can hold a big recipe.
- Top-rack dishwasher safe.
- Struggles to fully blend fibrous ingredients like kale.
- Can't hot blend.
- Tricky to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender is decent for professional use. It's very well-built, and its 72-ounce pitcher is ideal for crushing ice. It also makes fantastic nut butter but struggles to make a smooth blend of fibrous ingredients like kale, and you can't use it for hot blending. It's also hard to clean by hand.
- Top-rack dishwasher safe.
- Several preset modes and preset speeds.
- Struggles to fully blend fibrous ingredients like kale.
- Tricky to clean by hand.
Changelog
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Updated Nov 19, 2024:
Added information about the 'Black' color variant to Differences Between Variants.
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Updated Oct 22, 2024:
We've updated the results to more accurately reflect the blender's performance. The score for Fibrous Ingredients (Small Batches) processing changed from 7.0 to 5.0 because of the blending time and the need to use a spatula. The texture score changed from 6.0 to 7.0. The texture score for Fibrous Ingredients (Full Capacity) also changed from 6.0 to 7.0.
- Updated Dec 02, 2022: Added a note that the Ninja Professional Plus Blender DUO with Auto-iQ is a similar blender that comes with a personal jar.
- Updated Sep 23, 2022: Revised text to match results updated to Test Bench 1.0.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ comes in 'Black' (BN700) and 'Dark Grey' (BN701). We tested it in 'Dark Grey' and you can see a picture of our unit's label if you're interested.
It's also pretty much the same blender as the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ. However, the Kitchen System has more accessories, including a food processor attachment, compatible blades, and two 24-oz personal jars. As it also comes with a few more preset modes for the attachments, we don't know if its performance is similar to our unit.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the forums, and we'll update our review.
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This blender is a straightforward full-size model with a 72-oz main jar and a few preset modes and speeds. It's well-built and fantastic for crushing ice, but it doesn't make a silky blend with fibrous ingredients like kale. It also can't hot blend.
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The Ninja Mega Kitchen System is better than the Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ. The Kitchen System comes with personal jars that you can use to make silky smoothies. It's also better at processing big batches of fibrous ingredients in its main jar. The Professional is quieter when it's running, though.
The Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ and the nutribullet Blender Combo have different strengths. The Ninja is better built and is good for making nut butter, and it can crush ice, unlike the nutribullet. However, the nutribullet model is much better for processing fibrous ingredients for recipes like smoothies. You can use it to process hot ingredients, and it's easier to clean by hand.
The Ninja Foodi Cold & Hot Blender is better than the Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ for most purposes. The Foodi can hot blend and make a much smoother blend with fibrous ingredients like kale, so it's a better choice for making smoothies and soup. It has a better build quality and a greater number of automatic blending programs. The Professional is quieter when it's running and has a somewhat bigger capacity.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is better for multi-purpose use than the Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ. While the blenders are similar, the Kitchen System has more attachments, including a food processor and personal jars. It also produces much better-blended smoothies in its 24-ounce personal jars. It has a few more preset modes and a digital blending time indicator, unlike the Auto-iQ.
Test Results
It's a large blender, so it takes up a lot of room on your counter. You can store it on your kitchen counter or in a large cupboard, and you can remove the main jar for easier storage.
It has an impressive build quality. The body of the motor base and the transmission are made of plastic, which feels solid. The main jar is also made of plastic, and it has a durable feel. There are two suction cups on the bottom of the blender to help keep it in place; however, there's still a bit of movement when blending.
It comes with a 72-ounce pitcher. If you're looking for a blender that also comes with a personal jar, check out the Ninja Professional Plus Blender DUO with Auto-iQ.
It comes with the same 72-ounce pitcher as the Ninja Mega Kitchen System BL770 and the Ninja Smart Screen. The maximum liquid capacity is 64 ounces. It's made of plastic and is dishwasher-safe, along with its lid and blades.
The blade assembly has six very sharp blades, and you can remove them for cleaning. You can wash the blades in the top rack of your dishwasher, but you should remove them from the jar and wash them separately.
The lid is made of plastic and has a small, window-like spout. It clicks into place, but only if it's in the proper orientation with the triangle symbol on the lid aligned with the triangle symbol on the handle. However, it isn't a two-part lid, so you can't add ingredients mid-blend without stopping the blender and removing the lid entirely.
The power cord is long enough to reach most outlets. You can wrap the cord on a stowaway unit on the back of the blender when it's not in use.
It's okay for processing small batches of fibrous ingredients. If you use it to process something like kale, the result has a lot of small grains left over. You need to run the blender for more than four minutes and use a spatula to push the ingredients toward the blades to get this result. If you want a blender that does a better job with recipes like single-serve smoothies, check out the Ninja Professional Blender NJ601AMZ.
It does an okay job of processing large batches of fibrous ingredients. If you fill the jar to its full capacity, it produces a grainy blend with ingredients like kale. However, you also need to run the blender for more than 10 minutes for the best results, so it's very slow.
It's fantastic for crushing ice. It can easily make snow-like ice using the 'Ice Crush' preset.
It's great for nut butter. It's not the easiest process since it takes a while, and you need to stop the blender a few times to scrape the sides of the jar with a spoon or spatula. Ηowever, in the end it produces fantastic, smooth nut butter.
It's quiet for a full-size blender, so you may find it less irritating to use than louder models like the Ninja Mega Kitchen System BL770.
There's not a big difference between the lowest and highest speed settings, so it's not ideal if you want to fine-tune the speed to suit different recipes.
It has three speed presets to choose from for manual blending. There are also three automatic blending programs: 'Smoothie', 'Ice Crush', and 'Ice Cream'. The power button acts as an on/off toggle and has to be set to 'On' before the blender will run.
The jar is tricky to clean by hand because of the very sharp blades. Even though you can remove them from the jar, you have to be careful not to cut yourself during the process. Also, even though running the blender with soap and water can remove a lot of residue from the jar and blades, food can get caught inside the blade assembly column where it connects to the jar.
