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Kitchen head-to-head

Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air FryervsNinja BN701 Professional Plus Blender

Same ballpark on the average, 7.2 and 7.0, and nothing alike on the axes: Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer wins Quietness by 1.6, 6.2 to 4.6.

The biggest basket among the budget units, and every corner that was cut shows somewhere.

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Ice, frozen fruit, and large batches handled well. The blade stack and the noise are the terms.

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Where they diverge

The widest gap is Quietness, Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer ahead 6.2 to 4.6. They come closest on Ease of use, 7.2 to 7.0. Left of center is Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer, right is Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender.

Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer versus Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 5 axes. Bars for Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer run left from the axis labels, bars for Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender run right. Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer: Performance 7.0, Value 9.2, Durability 6.4, Ease of use 7.2, Quietness 6.2. Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender: Performance 7.8, Value 8.6, Durability 6.8, Ease of use 7.0, Quietness 4.6.Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer (left)Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender (right)PerformanceChefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer — Performance 7.0 out of 107.0Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender — Performance 7.8 out of 107.8ValueChefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer — Value 9.2 out of 109.2Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender — Value 8.6 out of 108.6DurabilityChefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer — Durability 6.4 out of 106.4Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender — Durability 6.8 out of 106.8Ease of useChefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer — Ease of use 7.2 out of 107.2Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender — Ease of use 7.0 out of 107.0QuietnessChefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer — Quietness 6.2 out of 106.2Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender — Quietness 4.6 out of 104.6Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better

Which one to pick

Take the Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer

Leads on Value, Ease of use and Quietness.

  • Feeding a family from one basket instead of running two rounds
  • A first air fryer where the outlay matters more than the finish
  • Wide, shallow loads — a single layer of wings, fries, or vegetables

Take the Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender

Leads on Performance and Durability.

  • Ice and frozen fruit, which is what the stacked blades do best
  • Batches for a household — 64 ounces of liquid in one pitcher
  • A first serious blender without premium money

What each one gets wrong

Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer

  • You want the set temperature to be the temperature the food sees
  • Prying the crisper plate out after every cook will wear on you
  • Quiet operation matters even slightly

Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender

  • Anyone is asleep nearby; this is the loudest machine in the group
  • Nut butters and stiff doughs, since there is no tamper and the lid stays locked
  • You expect the machine to still run in ten years — the warranty is one

Specs, side by side

SpecChefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air FryerNinja BN701 Professional Plus Blender
Capacity8 quart basket
Temperature200°F to 400°F
Power1500 watts
PresetsFries, chicken, fish, meat
Motor1,400 peak watts
Pitcher72 oz total, 64 oz maximum liquid
ProgramsThree Auto-iQ presets, four manual settings
Size11.3 x 9.8 x 16.2 in
WarrantyOne year limited

Rankings they both appear in

Questions

Only 0.2 separates them. What breaks the tie?
Quietness does, at 6.2 against 4.6. That axis covers operating noise — a higher score means quieter. Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer leads on Value, Ease of use and Quietness. If Performance and Durability matter more to you, take the Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender instead.
Why are the totals this close?
The total is the plain average of the 5 Kitchen axes, so opposite results cancel. Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer averages 7.2 and Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender averages 7.0, a gap of 0.2, while the individual axes run as far apart as 1.6.
Which one ranks higher in "Cheap kitchen machines all cut the same corner"?
Chefman TurboFry Touch 8 Quart Air Fryer sits at #1 in "Cheap kitchen machines all cut the same corner", Ninja BN701 Professional Plus Blender at #3.