Ninja Woodfire electric grill review: Smokin'!
We smoked, dehydrated, grilled, air fried and roasted twice a week for a month to review the Ninja Woodfire outdoor grill. We loved it.
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Scores
- Design: 9/10
- Performance: 10/10
- Overall: 9.5/10
Pros
- So many cooking modes
- Smoking function adds flavour
- Easy to use and clean
Cons
- Small footprint means you need to cook in batches
- Woodfire pellets aren't cheap
- Electric grill requires a powerpoint
I spent a lot of my teenage years playing with fire. Responsibly, of course – I was a Boy Scout, and an Army Cadet. I went camping, trekking and hiking all over the surrounds of Sydney.
It’s also how I learned to cook… Well, the fundamentals, anyway. There’s something exceptionally satisfying about the subtle flavour enhancement you get from cooking on an open fire.
Since hitting adulthood (and in particular, having kids) I don’t get to cook on open fires as much. So when Ninja offered up the Woodfire outdoor grill for review, I was intrigued. Can an outdoor electric grill offer up the subtle flavour enhancements of the open flame?
Turns out it can, to a degree. And it does so as a pretty versatile device that can also do everything from smoking to roasting to dehydrating to air frying your food outdoors.
I’ve been testing the Ninja Woodfire for over a month now, cooking everything from brisket to steak to roast vegetables and making jerky. It’s added a nice flavour to the family meals over that time, and it’s fun to experiment with different dishes.
It’s not perfect, but it’s certainly impressed me enough to say it’s worth consideration, though with a few conditions, as I’ll outline in the review.
