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Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 vs Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 comes out ahead by a narrow margin (4.5 vs 4.4). The gap is mostly about Small kitchens that need one appliance to cover both grilling and griddling — burgers on Saturday, pancakes on Sunday — and households where a smoke alarm is linked to an alarm system or shared with neighbours. Under eight pounds, so it genuinely goes back in the cupboard. — read the strengths below before deciding.

Higher ratedRanked #1 in Best Smokeless Indoor Grills

Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101

4.5

2 sources1 derived$149.95

The Sizzle is Ninja's dedicated indoor grill rather than a multi-cooker with a grill mode, and that focus shows. Real Homes cooked kielbasa, burgers, crepes, pancakes and eggs on it and reported not seeing smoke once, scoring it 4.5 out of 5; Girls Can Grill got grill marks she compared directly to an outdoor grill. Ninja achieves the low smoke through recommended per-food temperatures rather than hardware, which works but means following the chart. The seven-minute preheat has no alert.

Strengths

— Real Homes' tester observed no smoke at any point across kielbasa, tomatoes, cheeseburgers, crepes, pancakes and eggs, and rated it 4.5 out of 5
— Interchangeable grill and griddle plates mean one appliance covers steak and pancakes without buying two
— Reaches 500°F and cooks up to six burgers or six pancakes at once despite weighing under eight pounds

Watch-outs

— Seven-minute preheat with no completion signal — Ninja's own quick start guide says "For best results preheat for 7 minutes," and both reviewers had to time it themselves
— No storage provision for whichever plate you are not using
— Real Homes found the outer corners of the griddle cooked more slowly than the centre when making crepes and pancakes

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Ranked #2 in Best Smokeless Indoor Grills

Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill

4.4

3 sourcesall derived$95.99

The Zojirushi EB-CC15 won two separate indoor-grill tests by being the least clever machine in each. Serious Eats put it first out of eight smokeless grills, finding that its perforated grate and open base did more to cut smoke than any of the smoke-reduction technology on rival units. Grillseeker's thermometer recorded the grate above 520°F, more than 100 degrees past Zojirushi's own rating, with sear marks they compared to a stoked charcoal grill. It is slower than a contact grill and the plate cannot go in the dishwasher.

Strengths

— Serious Eats' top pick out of eight smokeless grills tested, and Reviewed's best open-facing grill out of nine — the only unit here that won two independent tests
— Grillseeker measured the grate at 400°F in five minutes flat and above 520°F between eight and ten minutes, well past Zojirushi's own 410°F rating
— Its grate is perforated all over, which Serious Eats identified as the single most effective smoke-reduction feature of anything she tested

Watch-outs

— The grill plate is not dishwasher safe and cannot be submerged, because the heating element is embedded in it — only the base and drip tray go in the machine
— Slow: Reviewed took 10 minutes to cook six burgers and 20 minutes for salmon, "more than twice the time most of the closed grills needed"
— No lid at all, so nothing contains cooking odours in an apartment the way the Hamilton Beach's removable cover does

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How they stack up

Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101

The Sizzle is the newer, purpose-built answer to the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill AG301 — no air fryer, no crisper basket, no eight-minute preheat, and a fraction of the counter space. Against the Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill and the Hamilton Beach Searing Grill with Lid Window 25361 it adds a griddle plate for pancakes and eggs, which neither of those can do. It is dearer than both and well under half the price of the Breville BGR820XL The Smart Grill, and it was designed as a smokeless grill from the start rather than acquiring a smoke-reduction mode later.

Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill

Serious Eats ranked this first and the Hamilton Beach Searing Grill with Lid Window 25361 second, and the deciding detail was the coating: the Zojirushi's grate is nonstick on both faces, the Hamilton Beach's only on top. The Hamilton Beach has the lid this one lacks, which matters for odours. Against the Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101 it gives up a griddle plate and a mesh lid but has a far bigger open surface; against the Breville BGR820XL The Smart Grill it cannot press a sandwich; and against the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill AG301 it does one job with no preheat wait.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ninja Sizzle Smokeless Indoor Grill & Griddle GR101	Zojirushi EB-CC15 Indoor Electric Grill
Grill Type	Smokeless indoor grill and griddle, interchangeable plates	Open electric indoor grill, no lid
Power	1450W peak	1300W
Max Temperature	Up to 500°F (recommended stops 325 / 375 / 400 / 500°F)	—
Plate Type	14-inch interchangeable nonstick grill plate and flat griddle plate	Titanium and ceramic enhanced dual-layer nonstick, coated both faces
Smoke Reduction	Chef-set per-food temperature guidance; perforated mesh lid	Perforated grate over a drip pan on an open, high-airflow base
Capacity	Up to six burgers or six pancakes	—
Preheat	7 minutes	—
Dishwasher Safe	Mesh lid; plates hand wash recommended	Plastic base and drip tray only; grill plate must be hand washed
Weight	Under 8 lb	7.7 lb
Warranty	1-year limited	1 year
Model	GR101	EB-CC15
Voltage	120V	120V
Temperature Range	—	176–410°F rated (Grillseeker measured over 520°F on the grate)
Cord	—	Detachable, with the heat-control knob integrated into the plug
Dimensions	—	18.1 W × 12.2 D × 3.2 H in

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