The Ninja Air Fryer Pro 4-in-1 (AF141) is a small 5-qt air fryer. Its overall capacity is enough to cook for about two to three people, and its compact size makes it suitable for cramped kitchens. Unlike other Ninja air fryers, which come with features like dual baskets or multi-cooker abilities, it has a simple design. There are only four modes, and it doesn't have a shake reminder or preheat feature.
Our Verdict
The Ninja AF141 is a great air fryer. While it has a straightforward design, it has a very good frying performance, so things like chicken wings, vegetables, and French fries come out mostly golden brown and crispy without a big proportion of under or overcooked parts. It's also very fast and versatile, as its high max fan speed is good for quickly crisping, and its lowest is suitable for dehydrating.
- Makes good-quality fried food.
- Cooks quickly.
- Wide range of fan speeds.
- Only four modes.
The Ninja AF141 is good for large-batch cooking. Its 5-quart capacity is suitable for cooking for two to three people, so it's a smaller air fryer overall. However, it has a decent amount of surface area in its basket for you to arrange food in a single layer. It makes good-quality fried food quickly, and it's quite versatile, thanks to its wide range of temperature and fan speed settings.
- Makes good-quality fried food.
- Decent cooking surface area.
- Wide range of fan speeds.
- Somewhat small 5-qt capacity.
The Ninja AF141 has a very good frying performance. Its fast maximum fan speed helps it make good-quality fried food quickly, with a relatively small proportion undercooked or burnt. It doesn't take long to heat back up after you open the drawer to add food, and it maintains a particularly stable temperature during cooking, which makes it easier to follow recipes and properly cook delicate foods.
- Makes good-quality fried food.
- Great temperature stability.
- Decent cooking surface area.
- Somewhat small 5-qt capacity.
The Ninja AF141 is a very fast air fryer. It preheats and cooks food very quickly.
- Great temperature stability.
- Cooks quickly.
The Ninja AF141 has a decent cooking capacity. It's a smaller air fryer with only 5qts of capacity overall, which is enough to cook for about two to three people. However, its basket has a good amount of surface area for its capacity, giving you more room for spreading food out in a single layer versus other 5-qt air fryers.
The Ninja AF141 is a compact air fryer. It's not very tall and doesn't take up that much room on your counter.
- Compact design.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Ninja AF141 comes in one color: 'Gray.' Here's a photo of our unit's label. The Ninja AF140 is the Ninja Air Fryer Pro 3-in-1 and is identical to the AF141, except it doesn't have a 'Roast' function, which lets you set the timer to up to four hours. Otherwise, we expect our results to be valid for that model.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the comments, and we'll update our review.
Popular Air Fryer Comparisons
The Ninja AF141 is a compact 5-quart air fryer. It's a good choice if you want something small since it uses its space efficiently. The basket gives you as much room to arrange food in a single layer as some air fryers with a bigger overall capacity, like the BELLA 6qt Pro 90165 or the 5.5-qt Ninja Max XL AF161, which can help it make a bigger volume of good-quality fried food. It has better temperature stability than most air fryers we've tested, which helps with cooking foods that need specific conditions and getting good results when following recipes. However, it lacks a preheat mode and shake reminder.
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The Ninja Pro AF141 is a significantly better air fryer than the Black+Decker ID1901-1BDC. Most importantly, it makes much better-quality air-fried food, cooking most of each batch to a crispy golden brown, while the Black+Decker leaves more than half undercooked and mushy. The Ninja also finishes cooking in less than half the time of the Black+Decker and maintains a more stable temperature throughout, so it's easier to follow recipes. Finally, the Ninja offers additional versatility with a wider range of temperatures and fan speeds, as well as a handful of alternate cooking methods like 'Roast' and 'Dehydrate.'
The Ninja AF141 is a better air fryer than the Salton AF2085. While these appliances have similar overall capacities, the Ninja has more surface area in its basket and a faster maximum fan speed, resulting in a quicker cooking time and slightly more well-cooked and crispy food. The Ninja is also more versatile; it has a wider temperature range, its fan can change speeds, and it maintains a more stable temperature. These features mean that the Ninja can deliver a variety of cooking methods beyond air frying, like 'Reheat' and 'Dehydrate.'
Test Results
The basket has a decent amount of cooking surface area. You have more room to spread your food out in a single layer compared with the Chefman TurboFry RJ38-5-T, which has the same 5-qt overall capacity. The crisper tray has a ceramic coating, which is nice if you want to avoid traditional non-stick materials, but it's not as easy to clean by hand as PTFE-coated trays.
It has great versatility, mainly because it has a wide range of fan speeds. The highest fan speed is very fast, which helps with quickly crisping food without drying it out, and the lowest is quite slow, which helps avoid blowing your food around the basket while dehydrating. It also has a wide range of temperatures, although it doesn't get as hot as some air fryers. The different modes correspond with different fan speeds, and you can customize the cook time and temperature. Most of the time, you can adjust the cooking time in one-minute increments, but if you're using 'Roast' or 'Dehydrate,' depending on the total cooking time, you may only be able to adjust the time in five- or 15-minute increments.
- Air Fry: 1 – 60 minutes. Time is adjustable in one-minute increments
- Roast: 1 minute – 4 hours. Time is adjustable in one-minute increments up to one hour and five-minute increments beyond one hour
- Reheat: 1 – 60 minutes. Time is adjustable in one-minute increments
- Dehydrate: 15 minutes – 8 hours. Time is adjustable in 15-minute increments
It makes good-quality air-fried food. However, it doesn't cook completely evenly, so some parts of your food will be overcooked while some parts are undercooked. When air-frying things like chicken wings, Brussels sprouts, or French fries, most come out well-cooked, golden brown, and crispy.
After adding food, it returns to temperature faster than most air fryers. It also maintains a very stable temperature during cooking, which helps you predict when your food will be ready, accurately follow recipes, and cook delicate foods.
