Double drawer fryers allow you to simultaneously cook a protein and a side dish for complete and quick meals, but they also take up a good portion of our work surfaces. For those who are short on space, Ninja is launching a new Double Stack range. English speakers will no doubt have understood this; in this range, the drawers are not arranged side by side, but stacked (stacked or rather stacked, in English).
By stacking the drawers, Ninja can offer the same capacities as with its Foodi MAX Dual Zone AF300EU (7.6l) and AF400EU (9.5l) in much smaller fryers: the SL300 and SL400. The Double Stack models, on the other hand, take up more space in height, but Ninja has chosen to integrate the heating elements on the back of the fryers rather than above the drawers to limit their height a little. In any case, they should be able to pass easily between the work surface and a tall unit.
Two drawers and up to 4 cooking levels
There is of course a resistance and a fan per drawer for independent control and, since we are talking about control, let us point out that the control panel also adopts a rather unusual position, on the side. This control panel provides access to several programs. Six in number, these should allow you to fry with hot air (Air Fry), crisp (Max Crisp), bake, roast, reheat and dehydrate, with a temperature range that you imagine includes between 40 and 240°C as on the Dual Zone AFXXX models.
As on other Ninja double drawer models, it is also possible to duplicate the settings from one drawer to another (MATCH) or, when the two drawers are used to cook different preparations, to synchronize the ends of the cooking. cooking (SYNC) at the touch of a button. Each drawer can also be used alone. As always with Ninja, we find the same capacity on both sides – 2×3.8l or 2×4.75l depending on the model, therefore – but grids are provided here for cooking on two levels in each drawer. By using the two drawers, the user can even benefit from four cooking levels.
For now, Ninja is only talking about the launch of the 9.5l version (SL400). It should be available from May at the recommended retail price of €249. We can reasonably think that the 7.6l version will be offered a little cheaper, and even at €229 if the manufacturer follows its usual price scale.