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Ninja BN801 Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ

One base for family smoothies, single-serve drinks, chopping and dough

Consider the BN801 if you want a pitcher, two to-go cups and a food processor bowl on one base with five presets. Plan around the 64-ounce liquid limit, top-rack-only dishwashing and loose blades, and check the wattage with SharkNinja, since the documents disagree.

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Published specifications

  • 72 oz pitcher; 64 oz max liquid capacity
  • Two 24 oz cups; 8-cup (64 oz) processor bowl
  • 5 Auto-iQ presets plus manual speeds
  • Maker: 1400 peak W; manual: 1200 W
  • Processor bowl: up to 2 lb of dough (maker)
  • One-year limited warranty, original owner

Fit and limits

Strengths

  • Pitcher, two to-go cups and a processor bowl share one base
  • Base detects the container and offers programs for it
  • All attachments are listed as top-rack dishwasher safe

Caveats

  • Documents disagree on wattage and on the unit's size and weight
  • No hot blending, grinding or dry-ingredient processing in any container
  • Wearable parts are excluded from the one-year warranty

Three containers on one motor base

The BN801 is a blender and food processor system on one motor base. SharkNinja's page lists a 72-ounce pitcher, two 24-ounce single-serve cups and an 8-cup processor bowl. The Owner's Guide describes loose blade assemblies lifted by the shaft for the pitcher and bowl, and an extractor blade assembly held by the outer edge of its base.

The Owner's Guide covers the BN800 Series and notes that the number of single-serve cups and spout lids varies by model, so check what your box contains. The maker page resolves BN801 to model BN801GYBRN in Graphite, while the listing names the colour Grey. The guide says the base detects which container is fitted and offers the programs for that container.

Five Auto-iQ presets plus manual speeds

SharkNinja's page and the listing describe five Auto-iQ presets, and the guide assigns programs to each container rather than offering every program on all three. This page does not list which preset runs on which container; check the guide's program table if a particular preset matters to you.

The guide says the manual speeds do not work together with Auto-iQ programs, so a preset and a manual speed cannot be combined. SharkNinja's page describes the processor bowl as handling up to 2 pounds of dough, and the listing adds that it can mix it in as little as 30 seconds.

Capacity: 72 ounces on the box, 64 for liquids

The pitcher is sold as 72 ounces, and SharkNinja's page marks 64 ounces as its maximum liquid capacity. SharkNinja lists the processor bowl as 8 cups, or 64 ounces, which is the same volume expressed two ways. Plan batch sizes around the 64-ounce liquid figure rather than the 72-ounce headline.

The guide sets limits on what goes in. It says not to blend hot liquids, not to process dry ingredients or do grinding with the pitcher, the cup or the processor bowl, and not to run any container empty. Read the guide's safety pages for the full list before first use.

Wattage and size figures that do not match

The listing title, the listing bullets and SharkNinja's page all say 1400 peak watts, and the maker sells a 1400-Peak-Watt Motor Base, XMBBN800, as an add-on. The Owner's Guide's technical specifications say 120 V, 60 Hz and 1200 watts, and the listing's own included-components field says a 1200-peak-watt motor base. We cannot reconcile these, so confirm the rating with SharkNinja.

Size also differs. The listing gives 7.38 by 9.63 by 18 inches and 8.8 pounds. SharkNinja's page lists 17.05 by 11.61 by 15.24 inches and 15.87 pounds, without saying whether that is the boxed kit or the base. Neither source explains the gap, so measure your cabinet against the larger figures if space is tight.

Loose blades, dishwasher care and motor resets

The stacked and chopping blades are not locked into their containers and are lifted out by the shaft, while the extractor blade assembly is held by the outer edge of its base. Read the guide's blade-handling warnings before first use rather than relying on this short summary.

All attachments are described as BPA free and dishwasher safe, top rack only. The guide gives two different cool-down times after an overload: roughly 30 minutes in the safety warnings and about 15 minutes in the reset steps and troubleshooting, so follow the longer figure or ask SharkNinja. Suction feet hold only on smooth surfaces.

One-year warranty conditions

Both the maker page and the guide state a one-year limited warranty. The guide says it applies to purchases from authorized retailers, covers the original owner only, and is not transferable. Wearable parts are excluded, as are products bought or used outside North America; read the guide's full exclusion list before buying.

The guide says SharkNinja covers the cost of sending the unit in but charges a fee when it ships the repaired or replacement unit back; this page does not repeat the amount. If a replacement is issued, coverage runs for six months or the remainder of the original term, as the guide sets out.

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Primary sources

  1. SharkNinja maker page for the Ninja Professional Plus Premier Blender and Food Processor with Auto-iQ, model BN801GYBRN
  2. Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ BN800 Series Owner's Guide PDF supplied on the Amazon listing

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