I went hands-on with the new Ninja CrushBOSS and this three-in-one food processor and blender crushed through every food prep test I threw at it

Date:
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Description:
The Ninja CrushBOSS is a kitchen system that takes care of all your food processing and blending needs.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Ninja CrushBOSS: one-minute review The Ninja CrushBOSS is an impressive
three-in-one kitchen system. The largest container, a 72-ounce pitcher
blender is made for blending big batches of whatever foods and beverages you like. The medium-sized 64-ounce container is a food processor, to which you can attach a handful of different blades that slice, dice, and shred various foods. The food processor bowl also has a tower blade for blending and a
dough blade for making breads. The smallest vessel is a 26-ounce tumbler is perfect for single-serve smoothies, iced coffees, and slushies. It comes with a sipping lid and straw so you can just blend and go.

I put the whole system through its paces and was impressed with the results. If you're in the market for both a blender and a food processor, especially
if you want both large and single-serve blenders, you can save money by just buying the Ninja CrushBOSS.

I have to admit that unboxing this system felt a bit intimidating. There are
a lot of parts. That is the point of it, of course to be everything for everyone but be prepared to take some time to learn how all of the parts fit together and how it all works. You'll be washing a lot of dishes. Plus, some of the pieces do nest, but you're still looking at a lot of storage space for all the bits and bobs. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Ninja CrushBOSS: price and
availability List price: $319.99 / 239.99 (about AU$450) Available direct
from Ninja, and from third-party retailers including Amazon Ninja CrushBOSS
at Amazon for 154.99 The Ninja CrushBOSS is being sold on Ninja's own website and third-party retailers in the US and UK, with a list price of $319.99 / 239.99 for the unit with all attachments. That's about AU$450, but we don't yet have a release date for the CrushBOSS in Australia. Colorways include Midnight Blue, Black & Copper, Stone & Gold, Mocha & Gold, Bone & White Gold, and Onyx with more colors coming by the end of 2026. Value score: 4.5/5
Ninja CrushBOSS: specifications Swipe to scroll horizontally

Price

$319

Vessel sizes

72-ounce, 64-ounce, 26-ounce

Control panel programs

SmoothSense, PrepIQ, Custom

Vessels material

BPA-free plastic

Maximum power

1,200 watts

Multiblade disk attachments available

Thin slice, thick slice, shred, crinkle cut, french fry, julienne Ninja CrushBOSS: design and features Three blending/processing vessels Three blending programs 1,200-watt motor The Ninja CrushBOSS base suctions to your counter for stability. It comes with three different containers: a 72-ounce blending pitcher, a 64-ounce processing bowl, and a 26-ounce tumbler. Clean each of these containers by filling partway with water, adding a couple drops of dish soap, and blending.

The 72-ounce blending pitcher comes with a tower blade. There is a pour spout in the lid; for thinner liquids you can pop up the spout cap and pour from
the pitcher. For thicker ones, you'll remove the whole lid and the blade before pouring out and scraping with a spatula if needed.

The 36-ounce processing bowl comes with a chopping blade, dough blade, and multiblade disc. There are optional attachments that fit into the multiblade disc, including thin slice, thick slide, shred, crinkle cut, french fry, and julienne. This bowl's lid includes a feed chute and pusher. Get daily
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Finally, the 26-ounce single-serve tumbler comes with a sipping lid and a straw, so you can just blend your favorite frozen beverage and go.

The base suctions onto your counter for stability. It's sleek and classy-looking. The containers slide and lock into place securely. Design score: 4.5/5 Ninja CrushBOSS: performance Full-sized blender Using the 72-ounce blender container, I made a smoothie using frozen fruit and juice in roughly equal proportions. I used the SmoothSense setting, which
automatically detects the amount of solids and liquids in the vessel. The motor will stop and start, using the appropriate speeds to deliver smooth results. This turned out great. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 3 View Original Image 2 of 3 View Original Image 3 of 3 View Original I also tried make a simple frozen yogurt with just frozen fruit and yogurt, this didn't blend up all that smoothly. If I had used any liquid, or possessed more patience, I could have easily made this a lot smoother. At the very least, I should have scraped down the sides and blended it once
more. It's pretty chunky-looking but it still tasted great. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 4 View Original Image 2 of 4 View Original Image 3 of 4 View Original Image 4 of 4 View Original Food processor The first thing I did with the 64-ounce food processor container was to crinkle-cut some carrots. It
took me a little time to assemble the blades properly and peel the carrots. But once I dropped them into the food chute, it took only a second or two to totally cut up three carrots. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 3 View Original Image 2 of 3 View Original Image 3 of 3 View Original Next I diced a sweet potato. Ninja's instructions say that you need to soften fibrous foods like sweet potatoes before processing. This is not necessary for regular white potatoes. I followed the instructions and air-fried the sweet potato whole for 10 minutes first and allowed it to cool. Again, once my sweet potato and the blades were ready to go, the Ninja CrushBOSS took only a couple of seconds to dice the entire sweet potato. Once diced, a quick air-fry (yes, quicker than I expected, I over-cooked it a bit) and it was ready to eat. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 4 View Original Image 2 of
4 View Original Image 3 of 4 View Original Image 4 of 4 View Original I shredded some hard parmesan cheese, using the shredding multiblade
attachment. Like the other blades, it's super fast. However, a rather large chunk of parmesan got caught between the blade and the lid and wouldn't
shred, as you can see in my photos below. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 3 View Original Image 2 of 3 View Original Image 3 of 3 View Original Then I tried a slightly softer cheese, a Swiss. This one also shredded in just a few seconds, and the chunks left after shredding were much smaller. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image
1 of 3 View Original Image 2 of 3 View Original Image 3 of 3 View Original Next I tried the blade tower, which is centered inside the food processor bowl, just like a blender blade (as opposed to the multiblade system, which sits just under the lid). I made some coarse oat flour. Again, this was super fast. I probably could have run it again if I wanted the flour to be finer, but this was fine for me. Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 2 View Original Image 2 of
2 View Original Next I blended some protein pancake batter in the food processor bowl. Of course, the Ninja CrushBOSS made quick work of this. The batter came out pretty smooth and cooked up beautifully. Image 1 of 5 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 5 View Original Image 2 of 5 View Original Image 3 of 5 View Original Image 4 of 5 View Original Image 5 of 5 View Original I made some hummus, which made me question why I ever bought pre-made hummus from the store! It's so quick and easy with a blender/food processor like the Ninja CrushBOSS. And it's much tastier. I did scrape down the sides after the initial processing session and process it again. It was worth the extra cycle to get a totally uniform result, though if you like it chunky, that's not necessary. Image 1 of 7 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 7 View Original Image 2 of 7 View Original Image 3 of 7 View Original Image 4 of 7 View Original Image 5 of 7 View Original Image 6
of 7 View Original Image 7 of 7 View Original Tumbler cup The single-serve tumbler cup assembly is just like the Ninja BlendBOSS . Just put in your ingredients, screw on the blade lid, and twist it into place on the power base. You do need to have a bit of liquid in order to blend properly, but as long as you do, everything comes out great. Even ice is totally obliterated.
I made this banana peanut butter smoothie which came out totally smooth.
Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 4 View Original Image 2 of 4 View Original Image 3 of 4 View Original Image 4 of 4 View Original I made a very similar smoothie, this one was banana chocolate. It was also amazing. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 4 View Original Image 2 of 4 View Original Image 3 of 4 View Original Image 4 of 4 View Original I made a simple lemonade slushie, just ice, water, lemon juice, and vanilla syrup. This was a quick and tasty treat. Though the ice was thoroughly crushed, the mixture wasn't totally homogenous. The icy part and the liquid part tended to separate as I drank it. Image 1 of 5 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 5 View Original Image 2 of 5 View Original Image 3 of 5 View Original Image 4 of 5 View Original Image 5 of 5 View Original I also used this smaller blender cup to prepare some frozen treats in the Ninja Creami Swirl. I started with a pistachio-flavored healthier ice cream , which included whole pistachios and dates. These can be challenging to blend, but the resulting mixture was smooth. There was a bit of "dust" at the bottom (I probably could have run it twice), but once frozen in the Creami pint, you couldn't tell. This turned
out amazing. Image 1 of 3 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image
1 of 3 View Original Image 2 of 3 View Original Image 3 of 3 View Original I also made a healthier version of Dole whip for the Ninja Creami Swirl. This blended up perfectly and turned out fantastic. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) (Image credit: Karen Freeman / Future) Image 1 of 4 View Original Image 2 of 4 View Original Image 3 of 4 View Original Image 4
of 4 View Original Performance score: 4.5/5 Should you buy the Ninja CrushBOSS? Swipe to scroll horizontally Ninja CrushBOSS report card

Attributes

Notes

Rating

Value

While not cheap, the Ninja CrushBOSS replaces three different kitchen tools.

4.5/5

Design

It's well-designed to do the work of three appliances in one.

4.5/5

Performance

The Ninja CrushBOSS performs as expected, making quick work of a variety of foods.

4.5/5

Overall

The Ninja CrushBOSS is an excellent 3-in-1 food processor, blender, and mini blender.

4.5/5 Buy it if

You need multiple blending/processing appliances

If you're in the market for even two of the three: full-sized blender, mini blender, or food processor, then you'll find this a worthwhile purchase. Any two of the three would likely cost at least as much and take up more space. Need all three? This is a no-brainer.

You just need a powerful tool

Frankly, even if you just need one, you still might consider the Ninja CrushBOSS. Its 1200-watt motor made lightning quick work of everything I tried, from ice to nuts to sticky dates. You might just find some use for the other functions once you have this in your kitchen.

You want some automation

The Ninja CrushBOSS has some automated features that take the guesswork out
of how long to run and how much power to use. SmoothSense automatically
senses ingredients and PrepIQ has individual programs for specific functions. Of course, you can just use manual settings if you prefer. Don't buy it if

You are on a tight budget

There are certainly cheaper blenders and food processors on the market,
though they won't have some of the advanced features that the Ninja CrushBOSS does.

You hate to unbox new appliances

If you are easily intimidated by new appliances and tend to leave them
sitting in the box for a while, this isn't the appliance for you. You'll have a lot to unpack, and you'll actually need to read the manual to learn how to assemble and use the Ninja CrushBOSS.

You have limited counter and storage space

While he Ninja CrushBOSS has just one base, it has so many parts and pieces. You'll have to find space in your kitchen to store them all. Ninja CrushBOSS: also consider If the Ninja CrushBOSS isn't exactly what you're looking for, you might consider the following:

Vitamix A3500

My go-to blender for decades has been a Vitamix. There's a reason you see these in bars and restaurants so often. It's "just" a blender, but it does
the job well.

Read our review of the Vitamix A3500

Breville the All in One

Here is another blender/food processor you might consider if the Ninja CrushBOSS seems like too much. While not as fully-featured, it's certainly more simple and compact.

Check out our review of the Breville the All in One View Deal

Ninja BlendBOSS

You really just want that single-serve blender and to-go tumbler? Ninja's BlendBOSS is what you want. It takes up minimal space in your kitchen and yet it's surprisingly powerful and fast for making smoothies, slushies, iced coffee, and more. It comes with that sipping lid and straw so you can just blend and go.

Read my review of the Ninja BlendBOSS View Deal How I tested the Ninja Power CrushBOSS I tested all three containers and various multiblade attachments I used SmoothSense, PrepIQ, and Custom settings I cleaned it after every use I used the food processor bowl to crinkle-cut carrots, dice a sweet potato, shred both parmesan and Swiss cheeses, make oatmeal flour, blend up hummus, and blend pancake batter. I used the large blender to make frozen yogurt and
a fruit smoothie. In the small tumbler blender, I blended two different mixtures to make frozen treats in the Ninja Creami (Dole whip and pistachio ice cream), two different yogurt/frozen fruit smoothies (banana peanut butter and banana chocolate), and a lemonade slushie.

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