This would seem to be another recently introduced category called “ multi cooker”, the Swiss knife of the cooking world. The specs are impressive on the Ninja. If I go that route, it would be the 8qt/1750 watt version. The one I looked at on the Bay was over $300. Now in my ‘70s I have grown wary of multifunction tools. My experience has been that, although they generally work, they don’t do the various tasks as easy or as well as tools dedicated to one specific task. However, my experience does not include kitchen appliances.
Thanks for the reference.

Looking for comments about this fairly new kitchen appliance from anyone who has one or who knows someone who has one. My question: do the cooked results taste as good as those fried in oil? I have only run into one person who had a comment - o.k. if you are cooking with health in mind; otherwise, forget it. I am not interested in health cooking as I eat what I generally want sans desserts. French fries and fried chicken are my main interests as I don’t cook those at home due to oil disposal issues.

There are plenty of models to choose from. I just don’t want a kitchen appliance not being used and taking up storage space.