deep fryer

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"John D. Misrahi"

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

Define "small"... and used for what?

For occasional deep frying of small batches (couple servings
of fries) a heavy pot with fry basket insert and deep fry
thermometer on the stove top is the most efficient hassle-
free choice.

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John D. Misrahi said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,

Forget the small models. Get the regular size. It is
critical to have the oil at the proper temperature to get
results. The small models are only good for a single person
cooking small portions because the temperature drops and you
end up with greasy food.

John D. Misrahi said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

If you have a stove, a big pot does as good a job and
douvles for other uses. What makes life so much easier is a
long-handled whatchamacallit -- it's like a spoon, but full
of holes and much larger than a spoon, more like a small
colander on the end of a handle. Any Chinese food store will
have a similar device, with a bamboo handle and a woven wire
basket. Don't get one of those, they're impossible to clean!
Get the whatchamacallit (which also may be found at a
Chinese food store, that's where I got mine).

John D. Misrahi said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,

John

The Presto Fry Daddy works fine. Just be careful that you
don't put too much moist food in it at once. It will
overflow. I tried curly fries once and didn't blot off the
liquid since I tried a couple of regular cut fries first.
But the curly ones had too much surface area. The hot oil
bubbled up and over. Ooops!

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Quoted message said:

John D. Misrahi said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep
fryer. Any

suggestions?

Quoted message said:

If you have a stove, a big pot does as good a job and
douvles for other uses. What makes life so much easier
is a long-handled whatchamacallit -- it's like a spoon,
but full of holes and much larger than a spoon, more
like a small colander on the end of a handle. Any
Chinese food store will have a similar device, with a
bamboo handle and a woven wire basket. Don't get one of
those, they're impossible to clean! Get the
whatchamacallit (which also may be found at a Chinese
food store, that's where I got mine).

I think I have a whatchamacallit - that I got at a Chinese
food store. It's fabulous for making a potato nest -
shredded potatoes deep fried. Just need lots of oil so
that it actually covers the whatchamacallit.

Elaine

Quoted message said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,

John

Two problems, John, small and electric.

I got burned when I purchased a deep fryer - big name brand
- (is stored in my garage). It wasn't the grease, it was the
price and temperature.

Most (perhaps all) domestic deep fryers these days don't
have a temperature gauge and for a very good reason. They
can't heat the fat hot enough. I use a restaurant-sized
steel wok (they are cheap) and a themometer. As others have
suggested a pot, basket or tongs, thermometer and attention
to details - are all you need, and they are right.

I have used the Presto cast aluminum dishwasher safe deep
fryer. After 25 years the heating element failed. A new one
at Walmart was $19.95!! The Euro Pro next to it is $99.95,
and doesn't heat as well and its capacity is about the same.
Cheers, Kent

John D. Misrahi said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,

John

Quoted message said:

I think I have a whatchamacallit - that I got at a Chinese
food store.
It's fabulous for making a potato nest - shredded potatoes
deep fried.

Just

Quoted message said:

need lots of oil so that it actually covers the
whatchamacallit.

Elaine

Okay, what kind of pot is best? Stainless? Cast iron? I'm
guessing cheapo aluminum is out

john

John D. Misrahi said:

I am looking for a small electric counter top deep fryer.
Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,

John

Hey John! I noticed several people suggested saving your
money and using a pot to deep fry. That will work just fine
but if you insist on having a deep fryer similar to the type
they use to fry in restaurants, check out this link:

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I bought one of these down at Sam's Club last year and it
cooks great. You have a basket that lowers into the hot
grease and it's easy to handle. I have cooked French fries,
fried oysters, fried shrimp, deep fried frozen hash brown
potatoes fried frozen fish filets. Do be careful and pat dry
the food with paper towels before submerging in the grease
because it does tend to splatter but even if you do that
with this machine, the lid contains the splattering.

Regards, Bill

Quoted message said:

I bought one of these down at Sam's Club last year and it
cooks great. You have a basket that lowers into the hot
grease and it's easy to handle. I have cooked French fries,
fried oysters, fried shrimp, deep fried frozen hash brown
potatoes fried frozen fish filets. Do be careful and pat
dry the food with paper towels before submerging in the
grease because it does tend to splatter but even if you do
that with this machine, the lid contains the splattering.

Regards, Bill

Thanks Bill, I will give that one some thought, it seems to
be what I am looking for..Kind of like the big ones at the
restaurant where I work, except smaller :-)

john