So it sounds like size is more important than brand, am I reading into this right? Been looking into one. Just the wife and I at home so seems a bit redundant to heat up the oven for 2 chicken breasts at times.
by the way I never filter the oil or store it other than let it sit there in the fryer with the lid on. I top it off with new when it drops below the full line. To my surprise flies don't have any attraction to it. I also drain my frying pan grease into it (from indoor frying of chicken, etc.)
About four times a year I heat it up, stir the black gunk up off the bottom, dump the oil in a hole in the ground (in a shady place), wipe it out quick with a paper towel, and then refill with new vegetable oil (cheapest I can find)
I was leery about this model but now I love it
the heater element drops into the grease for direct heating of grease, along with the basket.
When it comes time to deal with old grease I heat it up, remove basket and heating element (you can just see it dropping into oil at bottom of controls), then all you have left is a pan with grease.
I stir that up and then just carry that outside wearing gloves to deal with it (after it's cooled to non-lethal temps) - everything else involved with the unit just stays in the porch on newspaper or whatever. Later I bring the "cleaned" pan back in, drop it into cooker body, then drop the basket and heater element back in, fill er up with oil - done
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this pic is not the actual model but it does show the exploded view
I bought an Instant Vortex air fryer to cook link sausage, it titty sprinkling awesome. I cant believe I didn't know about these sooner. No more boiling the sausages before cooking and its super fast as well.
I posted this on the other air fryer thread, but the process for fish that I have found to be the best:
Preheat air fryer to 400F
1.) dry fish chunks rolled in preferred shore lunch mix
2.) dipped in egg wash
3.) rolled in shore lunch again
4.) spray air fryer basket with avocado oil
5.) generously spray all surface area of breaded fish chunks with avocado oil (they should look wet)
6.) put in 400F air fryer and cook for 9 minutes total, flip at the 4 minute mark
This gave me a result real close to deep frying. I placed the air fryer right under the range hood so it didn't stink up the house. I have no idea how much healthier this is than deep frying with peanut oil, however it kept oil use to bare minimum and didn't stink up the house.
Personally, Ill probably continue to use and tweak this method when only cooking for 1-2 people.
Any larger gathering and the traditional deep fry on the propane cooker will be used.
Well, I'll be darned. I reuse the oil too, but don't let it sit right in the cooker. After it cools, I dump it back into the jug, then keep 'er in the garage or basement.