so my gf sends me this reel of someone making chicken nuggets and pizza at the same time in what looked like a fancy microwave. turns out it was this ninja double oven thing. like this thing has two separate ovens that can sync up and finish cooking at the same time.
found it here:
the door
ok apparently this thing has something called a flexdoor which sounds like a gym membership i would never use but its actually just a door that opens two different ways.
you can open just the top part for toast or whatever or open the whole thing for your emotional support rotisserie chicken. i saw someone in the reviews going absolutely feral about how they dont have to move their coffee mug when they make toast anymore and honestly that level of specific joy is both beautiful and concerning. like imagine being that locked in on your morning routine that a split door changes your whole worldview.
also it has something called flavorseal technology which keeps the smells from mixing between the two ovens. bro my entire apartment is just one continuous smell cloud of whatever i cooked three days ago mixed with candles i bought to cover it up. and this thing is out here maintaining boundaries between food zones
smart finish technology sounds fake but ok
theres this feature where both ovens can cook different things and somehow figure out when to start each one so they finish at the same time. this is the kind of coordination i pretend to have when people ask about my five year plan. like yeah totally i have systems in place, definitely not just hoping things work out
someone in the reviews said they use it to make kid food and adult food at the same time. perfect for when im eating my dinosaur nuggets.
the whole thing has 12 cooking functions which feels excessive when you realize most people probably use like 3. its got air fry, convection bake, pizza mode, flavorseal, toast, bagel, and a bunch of other stuff that makes my current cooking method of microwave until not frozen seem primitive.
people are emotional about toast
reading through reviews and everyone keeps losing their mind about how it makes actual toast. like not convection dried bread or whatever but real toast. one person wrote 3 paragraphs about toast texture and honestly respect the passion.
they were saying convection ovens make toast taste like sandpaper and this top oven doesnt use convection for toast so its like “real toast from grandmas kitchen” and now im having feelings about appliance nostalgia i didnt know existed.
theres also a thermometer that stays in the food while it cooks which feels like surveillance but for dinner. it monitors the temperature so you dont have to which is wild because checking if foods done by cutting it open and looking is basically my only cooking skill. this thing is taking away the one interactive part of my cooking process. now what am i supposed to do.
apparently it cooks 65 percent faster than a regular oven which is the kind of math that sounds made up but whatever. one review said they basically stopped using their actual oven and like yeah if i had a countertop thing that did everything id probably forget i have a real oven too.
why does it look like that though
from the pics it looks like someone stacked two easy bake ovens and called it a day. its got this stainless steel going on trying to look professional but its still fundamentally a box that heats up food.
the glass doors get hot which like yeah no kidding its an oven.
one person complained about having to burn it in before first use and how it smelled terrible and honestly that feels like a metaphor for most adult purchases. spend money, suffer temporarily, maybe it works out.
the dimensions are supposedly 21.5 by 16.39 by 13.26 inches which means nothing to me but sounds like it would fit on a counter if you have counter space which assumes a lot about peoples living situations. it weighs 31 pounds which is roughly one medium dog or three bags of flour i bought during lockdown and never used.
it comes with a bunch of accessories like sheet pans and wire racks and an air fry basket and something called a removable crumb tray which implies other crumb trays arent removable.
theres also a recipe book with 15 recipes which feels optimistic. like whoever buys this is definitely just gonna make the same three things forever until it breaks.
yeah fine its actually kinda cool. like the whole two independent ovens thing is smart for people who cook multiple things. the fact that it prevents smell mixing means you could theoretically make fish and cookies at the same time without creating some cursed flavor combination. not that id ever make either of those things but its nice to know the option exists.
honestly the more i think about it the more it makes sense for people who actually cook. like if youre the type of person who meal preps or has a family or just likes having options beyond microwave and hoping for the best, this thing probably slaps. im not there yet but i respect the hustle. maybe when i graduate from eating cheese straight from the package ill consider it.
best price i saw
aff link (if this makes me 12 cents, i’ll feel powerful for like 40 minutes)