Ninja Foodi Power Blender Ultimate System (SS401)

Ninja Foodi Power Blender Ultimate System (SS401)

By Ninja · Blenders & Stand Mixers · Kitchen & Cooking

  • 72 oz Power Blender & Processor Pitcher with feed-chute lid and 2-part pusher
  • 18 oz XL Smoothie Bowl Maker with built-in tamper, plus 24 oz Nutrient Extraction Cup

Lowest price seen
~$179.99 (approx.)
from $179.99 at Amazon

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Problems, parts and running costs

Summary

A full-size Ninja blender sold as a kit: a 72 oz pitcher that also slices, shreds and grates through included discs, plus an 18 oz smoothie-bowl maker and a 24 oz nutrient cup. Plan around the real fill line, because Ninja caps the pitcher’s liquid load at 64 oz.

Strengths

  • Crushed ice is the standout: RTINGS gave it 10/10 and turned 12 cubes into snow-like ice in under 30 seconds.
  • The 18 oz smoothie-bowl jar with its built-in tamper handled thick nut butter at 9.3/10 in RTINGS testing.
  • Single-serve smoothies scored 8.7/10, with the 24 oz cup beating the pitcher on fibrous texture.
  • The same pitcher takes the stacked blade, dough blade and discs, so it stands in for a basic food processor.
  • Cleaning scored 9.0/10, helped by dishwasher-safe jars, lids, discs and blades.
  • Ninja still sells the pitcher, blades, discs, pusher and even the motor base separately.

Weaknesses

  • It is loud: RTINGS measured 95 dB at maximum speed.
  • It cannot safely blend hot ingredients, so soups and sauces have to cool first.
  • The 72 oz label oversells usable capacity; liquid is capped at 64 oz.
  • Full-pitcher fibrous blends came out grainy and needed scraping, according to RTINGS.
  • Manual blending stops after about 60 seconds, so longer recipes need a restart.
  • The one-year warranty excludes normal wear of vessels, lids and blades.

Verified specifications

Typecountertop blender.
Rated power1,200 W; peak power 1,600 W.
Electrical rating120 V, 12.5 A.
Pitcher capacity72 oz physical, 64 oz maximum liquid fill.
Extra vessels18 oz XL Smoothie Bowl Maker with built-in tamper and 24 oz Nutrient Extraction Cup.
Food processingfeed-chute lid with a two-part pusher, a reversible slicing/shredding disc, a grating disc, a dough blade, a disc spindle, and a Total Crushing & Chopping stacked blade.
BladesHybrid Edge blade assembly for the personal cup.
Speeds and programs11 speeds plus 7 Auto-iQ programs covering smoothies, extracts, bowls, spreads, chopping, food processing and dough.
Container materialBPA-free plastic.
Cord31.5 in.
Dimensions18.5 × 9.84 × 15.59 in (manufacturer); 8.3 × 8.7 × 16.14 in (Costco spec block).
Weight14.55 lb for the full system listing; RTINGS measured the assembled core at 8.2 lb.
Noise95 dB at maximum speed (RTINGS).
Blade speedabout 1,500 to 4,900 RPM (RTINGS).
Hot blendingnot supported.
Dishwasher-safecontainers, lids, discs and blade assemblies.
Warrantyone-year limited on purchases from authorized retailers.
Full research notes and sources

Power, speed and blending performance

Ninja rates the base at 1,200 W input with a 1,600 W peak figure. Peak wattage is a marketing number, and no measured draw by program is published. RTINGS measured 95 dB at maximum speed and a blade range of roughly 1,500 to 4,900 RPM. The motor sits on suction feet that keep it from walking across the counter under load.

Two limits matter day to day. The machine cannot safely blend hot ingredients, so soups and sauces must be cooled first. Manual mode also runs continuously for only about 60 seconds before stopping, which means a long manual blend needs restarting.

Ice is where it shines: RTINGS gave crushed ice 10/10, turning 12 cubes into snow-like ice in under 30 seconds. Single-serve smoothies scored 8.7/10 in the 24 oz cup, and nut butter hit 9.3/10 in the 18 oz smoothie-bowl jar, whose built-in tamper makes thick mixtures easier to work. Large fibrous batches in the full pitcher were the weak spot: slow, prone to ingredients clinging to the sides, and grainy in the final texture.

Owner reports and reliability

Exact-model owner reports show a handful of repeatable hardware failures, though nobody has published a population failure rate. A 2023 owner said the personal cup stuck in the motor base mid-blend and the base then stopped working, about four months after purchase. In June 2026 an owner reported the base coming apart after light use, with screws falling out and internal pieces broken; SharkNinja replied publicly and asked them to contact support. Another 2026 owner saw the main lid’s safety and seal mechanism start to fail after about a year, needing downward pressure to keep the blender running, with more damage after a drop by almost two years. A separate owner reported a leaking lid gasket and said replacement units leaked too; SharkNinja acknowledged the complaint and pointed them to support.

Overheating is possible with very thick frozen loads. One owner described a hot, overloaded smell after packing the smoothie-bowl cup heavily with frozen ingredients, though the machine kept working. The owner’s guide builds in a motor-reset procedure for overload protection: unplug it and let it cool.

The one-year warranty is thin for an appliance with this many mechanical interlocks. It excludes normal wear of vessels, lids and blades, and SharkNinja decides whether to repair or replace. Buy from a retailer with an easy return window, because several reported failures land inside the first year.

Parts and running costs

There are no scheduled consumables, but wear parts are priced individually and add up. Direct from Ninja: a replacement 72 oz pitcher is $76.99, the Total Crushing & Chopping blade $27.99, Hybrid Edge blades $29.99, a feed-chute lid with two-part pusher $33.99, a two-part pusher $16.99, a reversible slicing/shredding disc $16.99, a grating disc $16.99, a dough blade $11.99, a disc spindle $11.99, a 24 oz nutrient cup $19.99, an 18 oz bowl maker around $28.99 to $33.99, and a motor base $99.99.

Electricity is the smaller cost. Rated input is 1,200 W; at full rated power for five minutes a day, annual use is about 36.5 kWh, or about $6.68 at the July 2026 US residential average of 18.31 cents/kWh. Ten minutes a day is about 73 kWh, or about $13.37. A single replacement pitcher costs more than eleven years of the five-minute figure.

Is it worth it?

New US pricing observed in October 2026 sits around $170 to $180 when stock exists. Ninja lists it at about $179.99 direct (SharkNinja, 2026-10), down from a $259.99 comparison price. Costco lists the CO401B at $179.99 for members, Best Buy showed $167.99 while marked out of stock new, and Walmart listings ran about $173.97 and $197, both out of stock. Costco Same-Day showed $142.97, also out of stock. On eBay, new sealed SS401 units listed from $159 to $193, and a CO401B appeared at $99.99.

The thresholds are straightforward. At $150 or less the kit is a strong buy, since a full-size blender, personal cup, smoothie-bowl jar, discs, dough blade and a live parts channel are hard to match. From $151 to $180 it is fair to good if you will actually use the discs and small vessels. From $181 to $200 it is situational, with the newer Ninja Detect Kitchen System TB401 at about $199.99 doing better on large fibrous batches. Above $200 it is weak value; the nutribullet Triple Prep System lists around $179.99 at Walmart and $199.99 direct and can hot blend.

Which model this is

SS401 and CO401B are the same machine with different labels: SS401 is the silver US variant and CO401B the black Costco variant, with equivalent core design. Retailer part numbers and colour names vary, so match on the attachments and vessel sizes rather than the label alone. The Amazon listing for this unit is ASIN B098RCQVRB.

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