Ninja Combi 14-in-1 Multicooker Verdict

Who it fits

The Ninja Combi SFP701ANZ belongs on the shortlist when you want a front-opening complete-meal system built around steam, air frying and oven-style cooking — and you do not need pressure cooking.

That final condition is decisive. Despite sitting in the Multicooker category and carrying 14 functions, the SFP701 is not a pressure multicooker. Its HyperSteam + Air Fry architecture is built around coordinated meals, baking, grilling, steaming and crisping in a front-opening tray-and-pan format.

The Combi deserves to be treated as a different appliance architecture, even though it sits beside multicookers in the same category. It is built around front-opening trays, complete meals, steam-assisted cooking, baking, grilling and air frying rather than deep-pot pressure cooking. That changes both what you cook and how you load it.

For a busy household, the strongest case is when the complete-meal workflow replaces several steps: a protein, vegetables and rice or pasta can be organised around one coordinated cooking process. If that is the problem you actually want to solve, the Combi can be more relevant than a traditional pressure cooker. If pressure cooking is central to your repertoire, it should leave the shortlist immediately.

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$399

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What changes the decision

Pressure cooking is the first switching rule

The SFP701 function set does not include pressure cooking. If pressure is essential, the Combi should leave the shortlist before any other feature is compared.

If pressure cooking is optional, its different architecture becomes a strength rather than a compromise. The Combi can then be judged on the jobs it is actually designed to do: complete meals, steam, air frying and oven-style cooking.

The Combi workflow matters more than the 14-mode headline

The function list includes Combi Meals, Combi Crisp, Combi Bake, Rice/Pasta, Steam, Prove, Grill, Air Fry, Bake, Reheat, Slow Cook, Sear/Sauté, Pizza and Toast.

The meaningful difference is the Combi Cooker Technology combining HyperSteam and Air Fry. If that coordinated steam-plus-dry-air workflow can replace separate pots, trays or appliances in your routine, the system has a clear purpose. If you mainly need one simple cooking mode, 14 functions become complexity rather than value.

Front-opening access changes the kind of meals it suits

The SFP701 uses a front-opening slide-in/shelf format rather than a deep, top-opening pressure-cooker pot. That makes it easier to think of as a benchtop oven/steamer/air-fryer hybrid than as a litre-for-litre substitute for the Instant Pot or Foodi pressure cookers.

It is also why a generic capacity ranking would be misleading. Ninja Australia says the system feeds up to eight people, while Australian sources conflict on a litre-capacity figure. The information we checked therefore leaves capacityLitres unresolved and uses the supplied Combi Pan, Bake Tray and Crisper Plate — plus the manufacturer's meal guidance — as the more honest sizing context.

“Feeds up to eight” is still manufacturer positioning, not a guarantee that every recipe or tray configuration serves eight.

Slow cooking is a genuine caution

Slow Cook appears in the 14-function list, but CHOICE's Australian assessment reported disappointing slow-cooking performance while being more positive about the Combi/air-fry side.

That makes slow cooking a weak primary reason to choose this model. If the purchase thesis is complete meals, air frying and steaming, the independent result points attention back toward the parts of the platform that better support that use case.

The appliance needs a deliberate bench position

The dimensions are 39cm wide × 37cm deep × 33.2cm high, with a recorded weight of 9.98kg. That makes repeated cupboard-to-bench movement a less convincing ownership plan, particularly because the product record itself flags very small kitchens without a permanent bench position as unsuitable.

The 1780W figure describes electrical load; it is not evidence that the Combi cooks faster than the OL650, OP350 or another appliance. Actual cooking time depends on mode, food load, steam generation, airflow and control logic.

The buyer-feedback card below adds ownership context without changing the permanent fit around pressure, meal format and slow-cooking expectations.

The front-opening format also changes day-to-day ergonomics. Trays and the Combi Pan are handled more like a compact oven than a deep pressure pot, which can suit meals that benefit from separation or visible access. The trade-off is that the appliance wants a permanent, usable bench position because its 39 × 37cm footprint and 9.98kg weight make repeated cupboard storage less attractive.

Slow cooking deserves explicit caution rather than being hidden behind the 14-function headline. The evidence records weaker slow-cook performance in independent testing, so slow-cooking-first households should not buy the Combi merely because the mode exists. Its stronger proposition is complete meals, steam-and-crisp cooking and oven-style versatility.

Who should choose something else

Consider Ninja Foodi SmartLid 14-in-1 7.5L Multi Cooker: Families wanting pressure cooking and air frying in one large appliance without swapping separate lids.

Consider Ninja Foodi 11-in-1 Multi Cooker 6L: Households who want both pressure-cooking convenience and built-in air frying without owning two separate appliances.

Consider Instant Pot Duo Plus 8L: Families and meal-preppers who want one appliance to replace several (pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice cooker, yoghurt maker, steriliser, sauté pan) and value fast weeknight cooking over air-frying.

PIQSY conclusion

Choose the SFP701 when pressure cooking is not required and the front-opening Combi-meal workflow would genuinely replace several separate cooking steps. Steam + air fry, family meal coordination and oven-style access are its reasons to buy — not the 14-mode count by itself.

Skip it when pressure cooking is essential, slow cooking is the primary use case, or you cannot justify its bench space with recurring Combi/air-fry/steam use. Those conditions directly weaken the architecture's reason to exist.