Ninja OG751 Woodfire Pro Outdoor Grill & Smoker with Built-In Thermometer

[JEBar]

today we plan to test the "Baking" function of our Ninja Grill .... to do so we plan to follow Green Mountain Grills Pellet Baked Beans recipe shown below .... looking forward to giving it a try


https://greenmountaingrills.com/recipes ... ked-beans/

[JEBar]

today to test the cold smoking feature of our Ninja Smoker/Grill .... bottom line, it works .... for the test we used three different blocks of cheese and happened to have a fresh green pepper .... the Monterey Jack, yellow mild cheddar, and Swiss all turned out really well .... the bell pepper did have hint of smoke smell but I couldn't taste any hint smoke

[JEBar]

we've been keeping our new Ninja Woodfire Grill busy ....

1. we had a 2 pk of baby back ribs from Sam's .... we smoked one rack on our Green Mountain Davy Crockett Smoker and the other on our Ninja .... both were seasoned with our SPG and smoked at 250 degrees .... the ones on the Ninja were ready in about half the time of those on Davy .... I admit to being surprised that the ones on the Ninja turned out so nice .... no difference in taste, very similar in moisture and texture .... we could have smoked both on Davy but only one at a time on the Ninja

2. we used the bake function of the Ninja to make Baked Beans to serve with the ribs .... they really were good and will no doubt be fixed often

[JEBar]

Ninja smoked Monterey Jack and red pepper jelly on a Club Cracker

[BigAl52]

Looks good where is the cold smoke setting on the grill and how long did you smoke the cheese

[JEBar]

Looks good where is the cold smoke setting on the grill and how long did you smoke the cheese

turn the selector knob to "Smoke" .... lower the temp as far as it will go and the last setting you will see on the screen is "CLD" .... once I had to push the flame button to start it lighting the pellets .... once I didn't but that could have been a setting left over from regular smoking .... I smoked the cheese for 2 hours. turned the cheese over at half way and did add some pellets at the start of the second hour

[JEBar]

an optional Ninja griddle arrived today .... it seems to be every bit as well made as the OEM cooking grate .... my plan is to test it tomorrow to see just how hot the griddle's cooking surface becomes at the grill's LOW -MEDIUM-HOT settings .... I'm also curious to see how uniformly the heat is distributed across the cooking surface

[JEBar]

earlier today on our Ninja, we grilled bacon while adding smoke .... once the Ninja completed the preheating process it took a little over 5 minutes to cook the bacon .... very pleased with the way it turned out

[JEBar]

we decided to grill some pineapple slices for use in making hamburgers .... the Ninja grill made short work of grilling the pineapple .... sorry, it went so quickly that I didn't get good pictures .... after grilling, we put them into a bowl and poured the juice from the can over them .... that proved to be a good thing in helping to prevent them drying out while waiting to make the burgers .... bottom line, we will most certainly do this again

[JEBar]

half pound burgers grilled in the Ninja at Medium heat not only looked good, they tasted even better

[BigAl52]

Im reading about charcoal wood pellets in this grill. Some people say they are a game changer. I told my neighbor about this grill tonight and his wife ordered him one with the griddle and cover. they also ordered some of the Koni wood pellets which are some pellets made for this grill I heard about. Available on Amazon and they come in a variety pack for 36.00.
https://www.amazon.com/Kona-Pellets-Int ... NrPXRydWU=

[JEBar]

I haven't tried any of the charcoal pellets .... any info from folks who have would be appreciated

[BigAl52]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zSP-oKGf1U Check this guy out Jim is over there in your neck of the woods. I like his videos

[JEBar]

yesterday we grilled/smoked chicken kabobs purchased at Hy-Vee in Brookings, SD ..... total cooking time with the Ninja grill function set on LOW was 14 minutes .... they were excellent

[BigAl52]

About a month ago our neighbors ordered 2 by mistake. We took one so they didnt need to send it back via Amazon. Ours doesnt have the built in thermo. But that really didnt matter to me. They bought their's after I was telling them about what you have done with yours. Also my viewing people using them on youtube. Another good channel is Cooking with CJ. So far we like ours real well and have been using it quite regular. Tomorrow some of my wifes kids will be here. We are doing a whole pork loin. It should be fun. Ours as well will go to Texas this year instead of what we have been using

[JEBar]

I've used the built in thermometer but still prefer one of Maureen's hand held temp probes .... looking forward to your continued reports

[BigAl52]

Tonight a receipt from Cooking with CJ. Pork loin on the Woodfire grill and it turned out awesome

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This was some good eats

[JEBar]

that really does look good .... nice to hear yours is working out .... will you take it along when traveling

we've found that the Ninja's OEM thermometer is inaccurate at best .... of all its many features, its thermometer is the only one not worth using .... yesterday we used it to grill/smoke Hawaiian Chicken from HyVee .... at the point Maureen's portable thermometer showed the chicken was done, it showed 20+ degrees from being done .... note that much of the black appearance is from smoking .... these chicken breast were seasoned with pineapple and stuffed with ham .... we plan to personalize this chicken and prepare it again

[BigAl52]

The black item in the pork is our thermometer. Its a Thermo Pro temp spike. Its sync to my phone. I dont need to lift the lid at all. It sends the current meat temp to my phone and I can set alarms as to its temp. It works great. Last week Dooly used chicken tenders and battered them with panko break crumbs and parm cheese. Best chicken strips I have had in a while. Air fryer done in about 15 min. Yes ours will be going to Texas this year in place of the smoker.

[JEBar]

Yes ours will be going to Texas this year in place of the smoker.

we've used ours a bunch during our current trip and as noted in other post, it works