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There has to be a better fryer out there
After reading all of the wonderful reviews here I was almost ready to order it. Fortunately I held off and found the same unit at a local retailer for less than advertised here. I would not buy this product again. While I have not got a thermometer that reads high enough to verify the temperature, my guess is that it is running cool as others have reported. I have used it now four times, twice for home made fries, once with sweet potato and once with regular potato, and once for beer battered halibut, and most recently for beer batter onion rings. The results were no better than using a heavy pot on the stove top. Food still comes out every bit as oily and greasy as cooking on the stove top, maybe even worse, which leads me to suspect it really is not achieving a high enough cooking temperature. Grease still splatters everywhere; the cover is useless as it warns not to use it when cooking any high moisture content food, such as french fries, fish, etc. Even when it is in place it does nothing to capture the odors. Where I live moving it outside as one reviewer suggested would mean limiting my frying days to about 3 times a year. The description says the unit is built of stainless steel, which led me to believe the entire unit is constructed from stainless, but the outer shell that appears to be stainless steel in the picture is in reality just tin, at least on my unit, and is of a thickness and quality achievable at home by anyone with an 8th grade shop class skill level and a pair of vice grips. The inner tub is painful to empty once the oil has cooled, as well as to wash. I swear my fingers are being sliced to ribbons on the thin edge of the frying tub because it is so sharp, and when slippery it is impossible to hold on to. It is no wonder that the unit cannot maintain temperature; since there is no mass to it what so ever. The baskets are also very thin and flimsy, I would speculate that the total cost of materials and overseas labor to produce this unit is around $3.00. I am very happy to have not paid the asking price here and I would have returned it for a refund had I paid the listed 'original' price. For materials and workmanship this is about a $25.00 item. If you are thinking of spending the $60.00 on this, save a while longer and get into the next price point up for something of quality.
[Monday, November 17, 2008]
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Excellent
Ive owned 3 other fryers but I must say this one is the best by far.Ive had no problems with oil temperature at all. The fryer takes a bit over a gallon of oil so be sure to invest in a decent strainer to strain and conserve your oil. We fried chicken,fries,fish etc in large quantities and came out with uniform great tasting results every time.Ive had the fryer for a month now and it was well worth the money and cleanup was a breeze. It really does give restaurant quality results and I highly recommend it for the price.
[Wednesday, November 12, 2008]
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Presto 05466 ProFry
I love it! It works great. The tempura and fried chicken that I tried the unit on was excellent. Everything came out crispy. This is my first fryer so I can't compare it to anything else. I'm very happy with it.
[Friday, October 31, 2008]
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