Deep Fryers

[stewart6870]

I'm looking for a good deep fryer that hold enough to fry for a family and/or has quick re-heating time between batches. Any advice or recommendations?

[dingerso]

This post is pretty old, but it seems to have been read a number of times.

Fact is, there are no home fryers that are quite as good as restaurant ones. The problem is the power required to bring the oil up to temperature quickly. A standard household 120 volt outlet isn't enough power for this sort of thing. Restaurant models are wired for 220 volts.

I own the Presto ProFry, and as long I work within its limitations, it does a great job. I just have to make sure that no more than a pound of food goes in, and that I allow enough recovery time between batches, (which is what I have issues with 5-10 minutes for recovery between batches is too long). One solution (if you can call it that) is to buy 2 of them (fryers) and be able to put all your food down at once. Keep in mind that 2 of them running on the same circuit could cause your circuit breaker to blow.

[hedgehoggerjam]

i agree with dingerso but their are two alternitives that i know of. although i do not recomend it you could purchase a larger out side deep frying model but they are extremly dangorus so be warned, or what i do is just use a pot oil and an oil thermometer it works just fine and costs a lot less just as with any type of deep frying be carful and use a spider to load the food into the pot which you can find in just about any place that sells kitchen stuff.

[extaca]

I saw a review of deep fryers on America's Test Kitchen and they didn't like any of them. They recommended you buy a cast iron dutch oven and a thermometer. Sounds good to me.

[K. Slink]

I saw the same show last weekend, and I agree. dingerso is right, our homes aren't wired to handle that kind of heat requirement. Anyone care to pony up for re-wiring just for deep frying? I didn't think so--me either!!!

[CM]

I've been using a Krups deep fryer which runs well enough on household current and does a good job. It uses a large quantity of oil so frying a pound of food doesn't drop the temperature very much. If you have an accurate deep frying thermometer and a large cast iron deep fry pan or Dutch oven you can do just as well, but it's not as simple and mindless as a unit that has a built in thermostat. I like the idea of having the temperature regulated when working with hot oil.