Ninja Woodfired Cooking

[Kevin D Pem]

Yeah, I could give you a chilling outlook!

 

[GlampDaddy]

I’m tired of all you Texas people saying that you make the best barbecue. It’s like Kentucky people saying they make the best bourbon……oh, wait they do!

Ahem. Uh, excuse me…I was right there behind you (in Lockhart, TX) when you ordered 40 pounds of brisket to go…presumably going to Caulifornia.

 

[sheridany]

Ahem. Uh, excuse me…I was right there behind you (in Lockhart, TX) when you ordered 40 pounds of brisket to go…presumably going to Caulifornia.

That was a gift for his cardiologist.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

That was a gift for his cardiologist.

He can't take it with him!

 

[DennisT]

A fellow can look at a glacier just so long.
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Did you take a cruise up? BIL and SIL were just in Alaska on a cruise and think they are hitting Canada now.

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

Did you take a cruise up? BIL and SIL were just in Alaska on a cruise and think they are hitting Canada now.

10 day cruise from Vancouver to Seward then 5 days in Denali. Now back to burning meat or chicken or tofu.

 

[J&JD]

Ahem. Uh, excuse me…I was right there behind you (in Lockhart, TX) when you ordered 40 pounds of brisket to go…presumably going to Caulifornia.

My post was meant as a compliment to Texas barbecue.

 

[Neal]

Dead fish - success
Salmon
I watched CJ first, didn't flip fish, skin side up so grill marks on top side, target temp 130-135, I flailed with the Ninja so went to 135 and it came out great. Would have been better at 130 but success. Used "cherry" Kona pellets.

As to my flailing, when it says ADD FOOD, I'm guessing you don't do anything to tell it you added food? I hit the start button which ended up being the END button. Then it was just a mess from there with starting and stopping and trying to get things set. Guess I need to get back to the owner's manual before the next cook.

 

[sheridany]

So why does mine only have low med and high temp settings for grill? I’d rather have it where I can control by temp number. The current temp setting is useless in my opinion because med will overcook chicken even with the thermometer dialed in.

Edit: I went and ran it through each cook mode. Only grill has lo med hi. The rest all are temp values. Doesn’t make a lot of sense why they would go that way but okay. Forget the grill mode. Useless.

 

[Neal]

Well, I don't agree Grill mode is useless, you have to do as CJ says and that is monitor "protein" temp and that's when YOU pull the protein off. That's what I did last night using the nice app that comes with the XL and watched the temp. It cooks fast obviously because it's a small enclosed space, I'm guessing there are times maybe you don't close the hood and just grill or griddle cook. For the fish last night I wanted smoke so it was an enclosed cook and it worked great but all I cared about was protein temp for my finish line.

 

[GlampDaddy]

Dead fish - success
Salmon
I watched CJ first, didn't flip fish, skin side up so grill marks on top side, target temp 130-135, I flailed with the Ninja so went to 135 and it came out great. Would have been better at 130 but success. Used "cherry" Kona pellets.

As to my flailing, when it says ADD FOOD, I'm guessing you don't do anything to tell it you added food? I hit the start button which ended up being the END button. Then it was just a mess from there with starting and stopping and trying to get things set. Guess I need to get back to the owner's manual before the next cook.

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Yep, yep, yep…when Ninja says ‘add food’ just put the food in and close the lid. Next step is to pop the top on your beer. Congratulations on your dead fish!

 

[Neal]

I found the manual online, re-read, and yep, thanks @GlampDaddy as there seems to be a sensor in the hood so it just knows. The manual also states grilling is intended for closed hood, you can probably do what you want, don't know, but other modes may be for open hood ops. But in the manual it says when using the temp probe you will select your meat type and whatever else is set and it will stop the cook based on temp for you. However, you better be ready to take it off as obviously it's going to continue to cook until removed. But here is the OG901 (XL) manual for reference to re-read as I did and will do again.

The app is great and integrates well with the iPhone (probably Android too but don't use one) and alerts you nicely on progress, add food, done, etc. (adding new mode in next software update "burned/ready" for @sheridany)

 

[Kevin D Pem]

From one old dog,to the others!
Those that say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, clearly never met Ninja!!!

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

I use the grill mode for my steaks and fish. I have thick-cut filets and cook on medium.

 

[Neal]

Tonight was London Broil. Added smoke with cherry pellets. Used grill mode initially on high but changed to medium to slow down the cook. Actually started with thermometer 1 set to beef but things went awry so went to manual mode and monitored with temp probe.

Result: best I’ve had. Amazing flavor. I pulled it at 125 and it was perfect. Smoke flavor was amazing.

 

[GlampDaddy]

Tonight was London Broil. Added smoke with cherry pellets. Used grill mode initially on high but changed to medium to slow down the cook. Actually started with thermometer 1 set to beef but things went awry so went to manual mode and monitored with temp probe.

Result: best I’ve had. Amazing flavor. I pulled it at 125 and it was perfect. Smoke flavor was amazing.

So, is the crock pot on vacation for a while?

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

Tonight was London Broil. Added smoke with cherry pellets. Used grill mode initially on high but changed to medium to slow down the cook. Actually started with thermometer 1 set to beef but things went awry so went to manual mode and monitored with temp probe.

Result: best I’ve had. Amazing flavor. I pulled it at 125 and it was perfect. Smoke flavor was amazing.

Awesome!

 

[Neal]

So, is the crock pot on vacation for a while?

She seems to have misplaced the power cord. I cannot think how that could have happened! Oh my!

 

[Texas Clodhopper]

What are y'all burning now?

 

[Neal]

Well, last night I went to cook pork chops, she wanted them on the gas grill. I wanted on the Ninja but somehow couldn't find the power cord!