The Ninja Crispi Pro is the big one. Model number AS101CY, 1800 watts, a 6-quart glass container instead of a coated metal basket, and $299.95 on Amazon at the time of writing. If you have already decided you want a glass air fryer and you are only trying to work out whether the Pro is the right size of it, this page is for you.
Before anything else, the ground rules. Nobody at The Home Picker has cooked in a Crispi Pro. There is no test kitchen behind this article and there are no timings we invented. Every number below comes from either Ninja’s Amazon listing for the AS101CY or Ninja’s Amazon listing for the original Crispi, and each one says which. Where Ninja does not publish a figure, this article says so instead of guessing.
What the Ninja Crispi Pro is, and who it is for
The Crispi line is built around a detachable heating unit that sits on top of a borosilicate glass container rather than inside a fixed plastic body. You cook in the glass, snap a lid onto the same glass, and put it in the fridge. That is the whole idea, and the Pro does not change it.
What the Pro changes is scale. Ninja’s listing describes it as a family-sized glass cooking system that feeds up to 10, shipping with a 6-quart CleanCrisp borosilicate glass container plus a 2.5-quart one, both with crisper plates and snap-lock storage lids. The stainless-steel modular base is stated to fit 2.5-quart, 4-quart and 6-quart CleanCrisp glassware, so the container is the variable and the base is not.
The buyer this is aimed at is fairly specific: someone cooking for a household rather than for one, who wants the food-contact surface to be glass, and who has room for a 6-quart vessel. If two of those three are not true of you, the Pro is more machine than you need.
What changed versus the original Ninja Crispi
This is the comparison most people are actually running, so here it is with both listings side by side. The middle column is Ninja’s Amazon listing for the Crispi Pro (AS101CY). The right column is Ninja’s Amazon listing for the original Crispi (FN101GY).
| Per Ninja’s Amazon listings | Crispi Pro (AS101CY) | Crispi (FN101GY) |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon price at time of writing | $299.95 | $159.00 |
| Containers included | 6 qt + 2.5 qt | 4 qt + 6 cup |
| Stated power | 1800 W | Not stated on the listing |
| Cooking functions | 6-in-1 | 4-in-1 |
| Function list | Max Crisp, Air Fry, Bake/Proof, Roast, Recrisp, Dehydrate | Max Crisp, Bake, Air Fry, Recrisp |
| Largest bird cited | 7.5 lb whole chicken | 4 lb whole chicken with vegetables |
| Base compatibility | 2.5, 4 and 6 qt glassware | Works across multiple container sizes |
Two of those rows carry most of the weight. The first is capacity: 6 quarts against 4, and a 7.5-pound chicken against a 4-pound one. The second is the function count, where the Pro adds Roast, Dehydrate and a Proof mode folded in with Bake. Dehydrate is the one people either use constantly or never once, so be honest with yourself about which you are.
On power, be careful with the marketing. Ninja calls the Pro the most powerful Ninja Crispi yet and puts it at 1800 watts. The original Crispi listing does not publish a wattage at all, so there is no before-and-after figure to give you, and we are not going to reverse-engineer one. What you can say cleanly is that 1800 watts is the number on the Pro.
The specs that actually decide this purchase
Most air fryer reviews bury you in numbers. Only a handful of them change a buying decision here.
6 quarts, plus a 2.5-quart for weeknights. The two-container setup is the practical difference between the Pro and everything below it. You are not committed to hauling out the big vessel to reheat one portion.
1800 watts. Ninja’s stated figure for the Pro, and the basis for its claim that it roasts, crisps and bakes family-sized meals faster.
PFAS-free, PTFE-free and BPA-free food-contact surfaces. Ninja states the CleanCrisp borosilicate glass containers are 100% free from those on all food-contact surfaces. Note the precise scope of that sentence: it is a claim about the surfaces your food touches, not a claim about every component in the appliance. That distinction matters if avoiding nonstick coatings is the reason you are shopping at all.
Thermal shock resistant glass. The listing says you can go straight from freezer to air fryer with no thawing and no extra dishes, and that the glassware handles extreme temperature changes without cracking. For anyone who has put frozen food in a glass dish and then thought better of it, this is the spec that makes the format usable.
Snap-lock lids and fixed heat-safe feet. The lids seal the same vessel you cooked in, and the permanently fixed feet let you set the glass on granite, quartz, marble, butcher block or laminate without a trivet. Small things, but they are the reason the cook-store-reheat loop works without a second dish.
Who should skip the Crispi Pro
Skip it if you cook for one or two. The 4-quart original at $159.00 covers that, and you would be paying $140.95 more for headroom you will not use.
Skip it if what you actually want is two independently controlled zones. Ninja sells a two-zone glass model as well, and we covered that one separately in our look at the Ninja Crispi DualZone. The Pro is a single-vessel machine, and no amount of capacity makes it finish two different foods at the same moment.
Skip it if the price is the deciding factor and you were hoping this was a sale. It is not. $299.95 is simply the Amazon price at the time of writing, we could not retrieve a manufacturer list price to compare it against, and this article is not going to dress it up as a discount.
And skip it if counter space is genuinely tight. A 6-quart glass container plus a 2.5-quart plus a modular base is three objects, not one, even though they nest.
Ninja Crispi Pro FAQ
What is the difference between the Ninja Crispi and the Ninja Crispi Pro?
Per Ninja’s listings, the Pro ships with 6-quart and 2.5-quart glass containers against the original’s 4-quart and 6-cup, runs 1800 watts, and offers six functions instead of four, adding Roast, Dehydrate and Proof. The Pro is $299.95 on Amazon at the time of writing; the original is $159.00.
How big is the Ninja Crispi Pro?
Ninja states the included containers are 6 quarts and 2.5 quarts, and that the modular base fits 2.5-quart, 4-quart and 6-quart CleanCrisp glassware. The listing says it feeds up to 10 and cites a 7.5-pound whole chicken as the largest bird it will roast.
Is the Ninja Crispi Pro non-toxic?
Ninja states the CleanCrisp borosilicate glass containers are 100% free from PFAS, PTFE and BPA on all food-contact surfaces. That is the manufacturer’s claim about the surfaces food touches. It is not an independent certification, and it is not something we have verified ourselves.
Can you put frozen food straight into the Ninja Crispi Pro?
Ninja’s listing says yes. The glassware is described as thermal shock resistant, going from frozen to crispy in minutes with no thawing and no extra dishes.
Does the Ninja Crispi Pro replace an oven?
Not for anything that needs a full-size cavity. It covers Max Crisp, Air Fry, Bake/Proof, Roast, Recrisp and Dehydrate in a 6-quart vessel, which is enough for weeknight dinners and a 7.5-pound chicken, and not enough for a sheet-pan meal or a turkey.
What model number is the Ninja Crispi Pro?
AS101CY on the Amazon listing, in the Cyberspace colour. The AS101 designation is what separates it from the FN101 original.
The verdict
The Crispi Pro is the version of this appliance that makes sense for a household rather than a desk lunch. The glass format was always the interesting part of the Crispi line, and at 4 quarts it was a format demonstration. At 6 quarts, with a 2.5-quart for small jobs and a base that takes either, it becomes a machine you would actually cook dinner in on a Tuesday.
Whether $299.95 is the right number depends entirely on how much you care about the glass. If coated metal baskets do not bother you, there are cheaper and larger air fryers and this is a bad deal. If they do bother you, this is currently the largest way Ninja sells you a coating-free one, and the $140.95 gap over the original buys two extra quarts, two extra functions and a stated 1800 watts. That is a real upgrade, priced like one.
What we cannot tell you is how it cooks, because we have not cooked in it. When someone tells you otherwise about a machine this new, ask them what they made.
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