The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is a full-size blender. It has a similar design and blending performance to the Ninja Professional Plus Blender DUO with Auto-iQ, as it comes with a 72-ounce main jar and one or two 24-ounce personal jars (depending on the model). However, unlike that model, it comes with a separate food processing bowl with its own blade assembly so that you can chop and slice ingredients. It's sturdy too, but doesn't have a lot of speed settings and can't hot blend.
Our Verdict
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is okay for multi-purpose use. It's fantastic for crushing ice and comes with personal jars that make it an excellent option for single-serve smoothies. However, in its main jar, it struggles to make a completely smooth blend with fibrous ingredients. It's not very easy to use to process thicker mixtures like nut butter and can't hot blend. You can use its food processing attachment for chopping and slicing. Although it's not easy to clean by hand, all of its parts except the motor base are dishwasher-safe.
- Well-built.
- Comes with personal jars.
- Food processor attachment.
- Can't hot blend.
- Not easy to clean by hand.
- Makes a grainy blend with big batches of fibrous ingredients.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is excellent for single-serving smoothies. Using the personal jars, it makes a smooth blend with fibrous fruit and leafy greens. It processes ingredients somewhat slower than some blenders, but it's an easy process with the automatic blending program. There are to-go lids included for the personal jars, and the jars, lids, and blades are all dishwasher-safe.
- Well-built.
- Comes with personal jars.
- Makes well-blended single-serve smoothies.
- Not easy to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is very good for multiple servings of smoothies. Its 72-ounce main jar can fit big batches, but if your recipe includes stubborn fibrous ingredients like leafy greens or fruit like blueberries, it makes a grainy puree even if you blend for several minutes. However, it's fantastic for crushing ice, so it can handle frozen fruit or ice cubes. It's not easy to clean by hand, but the jar, lid, and blades are dishwasher-safe.
- Well-built.
- Easily crushes ice cubes.
- Not easy to clean by hand.
- Makes a grainy blend with big batches of fibrous ingredients.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is fantastic for crushing ice. This well-built blender can make snow-like ice in less than a minute, which is ideal for enjoying frozen drinks on a hot day.
- Well-built.
- Easily crushes ice cubes.
- Not easy to clean by hand.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ can't hot blend, so it's not ideal for making soups. It also struggles to make a smooth blend with fibrous ingredients like leafy green or broccoli. That said, some vegetables, like carrots, are softer and easier to blend. The main jar has a big capacity, so it can fit a big batch if you let any hot ingredients cool down first.
- Well-built.
- Can't hot blend.
- Not easy to clean by hand.
- Makes a grainy blend with big batches of fibrous ingredients.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is decent for professional use. It's sturdy and not a bad option if you need a blender for crushing ice. However, it's not very versatile since it can't hot blend. It struggles to smoothly blend big batches of fibrous ingredients in recipes like soups and smoothies and isn't easy to use for dips and spreads like nut butter. It's not easy to clean and doesn't have a 2-part lid, so you can't add ingredients or stir without stopping the machine.
- Well-built.
- Comes with personal jars.
- Food processor attachment.
- Can't hot blend.
- Not easy to clean by hand.
- Makes a grainy blend with big batches of fibrous ingredients.
Changelog
- Updated Sep 24, 2024: We've updated the results to more accurately reflect the blender's performance. The score for Fibrous Ingredients (Small Batches) processing changed from 8.5 to 7.5 because of the blending time and the need to shake the jar. The score for Fibrous Ingredients (Full Capacity) texture changed from 6.0 to 7.0.
- Updated Feb 14, 2024: Added information about another model (BN805), which comes with bigger 32oz personal jars to differences between sizes and variants.
- Updated Feb 17, 2023: Updated text to match Test Bench 1.0.
- Updated Dec 02, 2022: Added a note that the Ninja Chef Blender is better for processing big batches of fibrous ingredients.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System comes with a food processing bowl and blades and at least one personal jar in addition to its 72oz main jar. The unit we tested (model 801) comes with two 24oz personal jars. You can sometimes find it for sale with just one personal jar (model 800), and our results are also valid for that model.
There's also a variant (805) that comes in a different color (black instead of silver) and comes with a pair of 32oz personal jars. We expect our results to be valid for that variant as long as you're using the main jar, but the bigger personal jars could perform differently.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the forums, and we'll update the review.
Popular Blender Comparisons
The Ninja BN801 Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is a full-size blender with a lot of additional attachments, including a food processor and at least one personal jar for single-serves. It's good for personal smoothies and crushing ice, but unfortunately, it isn't ideal for pureeing fibrous fruits and vegetables in its main jar. If you don't need the food processor, the Ninja Professional Plus Blender with Auto-iQ is very similar but doesn't come with extra jars or accessories. On the other hand, if you are looking for a combo blender/processor, the Ninja Mega Kitchen System comes with similar accessories and has a better blending performance.
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The Ninja Mega Kitchen System is better than the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ. They come with similar accessories and perform similarly overall. However, the Mega Kitchen System does a better job of processing fibrous ingredients in its main jar, which is important if you're blending a big batch of fruit smoothies or pureed vegetable soup.
You might prefer either the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ or the Ninja Professional Plus Blender DUO with Auto-iQ, depending on what accessories and features you want. In addition to a 72-ounce pitcher, the Kitchen System comes with a food processing attachment for chopping, slicing, and grating, along with a pair of personal jars with to-go lids. The DUO has the same pitcher but only includes one personal jar and lid.
The Vitamix 5200 is better for most purposes than the Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ. It has a much better build quality and delivers a more versatile performance. It's also much easier to clean by hand. On the other hand, the Ninja comes with extra accessories, including a food processor bowl and personal jars for smoothies.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ is better than the Ninja Deluxe Kitchen System CO905KS. The Professional has a much better build quality and comes with a pair of personal jars instead of just one. The Deluxe has a bigger capacity in its main jar and food processor, but otherwise, they are very similar blenders.
Test Results
It's a big, bulky blender. It's best stored on your kitchen counter or in a large cupboard, but you can also remove the main jar for easier storage.
The Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ has a great build quality. The base is made of plastic, which isn't as thick as we see on more premium models but still feels solid and durable. On the bottom of the blender, there are four suction cups to help keep it in place while blending. The main jar is made of plastic, which also feels solid.
The main jar has a big 72-ounce capacity. There's also a 24-ounce personal jar included and a 64-ounce food processing bowl.
The jars and lids are made of plastic and are all dishwasher-safe.
The main blade assembly is made up of six blades that you can easily remove for cleaning in the top rack of your dishwasher. The blades are very sharp, and you need to be careful not to cut yourself when handling them. This blade assembly is only meant to be used with the 72-ounce main jar since the food processor bowl and 24-ounce additional jars have their own blade assemblies. The other blade assemblies are also dishwasher-safe.
To secure the lid on the jar, you have to align the triangle symbol on the lid with the same symbol on the main jar's handle. Then, press down on the handle until the lid clicks into place. It's not a two-part lid, so you can't add ingredients to the mix while you're blending without stopping the blender and removing the lid entirely. However, there's a spout with a cover that helps avoid spills when you're pouring from the pitcher.
There are also to-go lids included for the personal jars, as well as a separate lid for the food processor.
The power cord is long enough to reach most outlets. When not in use, you can wrap the cord around a stowaway unit located on the back of the blender.
- 72 oz blender pitcher with lid
- Motor base
- Stacked blade assembly
- Chopping blade assembly
- Dough blade assembly
- Pro extractor blade assembly
- Processor bowl with lid
- 2x 24 oz Single-serve cup with spout lid
- Manuals
It does a fantastic job of processing fibrous ingredients in its 24-ounce personal jars. It makes a very smooth blend with ingredients like kale or fruit. Some blenders can do it a bit faster, and you have to shake the jar for the best results, but overall, it's an easy process.
It's okay at processing big batches of fibrous ingredients. If you fill the jar to its full capacity, it makes a grainy puree with ingredients like kale. It also takes nearly 10 minutes of blending to get the best possible texture. If you want to make multiple batches of smoothies or process a full recipe as soup, the Ninja Chef Blender can achieve a smoother texture.
The Ninja BN801 is outstanding for crushing ice. It makes snow-like ice in about half a minute.
It's great for making nut butter. You need to stop every minute or so to remove the lid and use a spatula or spoon to scrape the walls of the jar. Besides that inconvenience, it's quite an easy process if you ramp up from low to high speed. After about five minutes of blending, it makes fantastic, smooth nut butter.
It's not particularly loud for a full-size blender, and some models are noticeably louder, like the Ninja Chef Blender. Still, it's loud enough to be annoying if you stand next to it for more than a minute or two.
It has a narrow range of speed settings, so you don't have a lot of options for adjusting the blending speed to suit your recipe.
The blender has several preset modes: 'Smoothie', 'Ice Crush', 'Chop', 'Dough', 'Pulse', 'Low', 'Medium', and 'High'. The timer tells you how much time is left when using each of the modes. You can use the 'Extract' mode with each of the 24 oz jars for a single-serve.
It's not easy to clean by hand, mainly because of the very sharp blades. The assembly is removable, but you need to be careful not to cut yourself and use a brush with a handle to clean the blades. Like other similarly-designed Ninja blenders, there's also a hole at the bottom of the blade assembly column where it fits with the jar that can trap food and isn't easy to reach.
