The Auto Barista Pro does not ask you to hope. Instead of dumping a reservoir of beans into the burrs and grinding from that pool, the Auto Barista Pro uses a finned motor to meter only the dose it needs directly into the grinding chamber, weighing as it goes. The Auto Barista Pro's brew group was specifically engineered to handle drip-style filter coffee as well - an 8-ounce cup comes out at around 170°F with a coarser grind the machine selects automatically. How the Price Stacks UpAt $949.99 from Best Buy or approximately $899 direct from Ninja, the Auto Barista Pro sits well below its closest European competitors. But even before that, the Auto Barista Pro is the most competitive entry point the super-automatic segment has seen in years.