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10-23-2009, 12:59 PM
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Check out a product called "Actifry", Amazon sells them and there are lots of reviews for this minimum oil fryer for the home. No don't have one but it's intriguing. |
10-23-2009, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Just Jim  The Ronco Pocket Fryer?
Awesome! | Nice bash, "thanks". |
10-23-2009, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by BigAL Nice bash, "thanks". | Wasn't a bash, and certainly wasn't aimed at you.
Maybe I should've included a  , I dunno.
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10-23-2009, 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Just Jim Wasn't a bash, and certainly wasn't aimed at you.
Maybe I should've included a , I dunno. |  Ok, gotcha. |
10-25-2009, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Just Jim The Ronco Pocket Fryer?
Awesome! | 
No, probably not. He seemed very excited about it (obviously) and I honestly had my doubts. But he was very nice and helpful to me, so I will wait and hope for the best that it turns out to be a good product. |
10-25-2009, 05:19 PM
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I'd have to agree that giving a deep fat fryer is just a short step from giving her a vacuum cleaner...not a very sexy gift. Still, if you're not worried about her tossing a pan full of hot oil on you I find a good stand-alone fryer to be a pretty handy tool.
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11-05-2009, 07:31 AM
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You all made me nervous, so I got her a neat picnic basket w/all the "bells and whistles". She liked it and was happy. I also got her a table top, quick and easy to use, deep fryer. She, and the kids, were really excited about the fryer. More so than the basket, which I thought was really neat. 
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11-11-2009, 10:15 AM
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Hey Al,
I keep an eye on Cooks Illustrated, Americas Test Kitchen reviews. They rated the Ware Pro Professional Deep Fryer( Digital Fryer) as the best in overall results: size, temperature accuracy, heat recovery time. All of their reviews stated that all fryers over shot the temperature set, however this fryer only lost 40 degress and recovered.
I searched for it , but for some reason it's no longer made this year by Ware Pro. The only model that was close that I researched was their less expensive Professional Model which had the same capacity. I did buy one for my son-in-law as I found it on sale, but he's not getting it until Christmas. I believe Bed,Bath and Beyond carries it.
The one I would have bought for myself was at Williams and Sonoma kept in in stock retail and it was about 199.00. They no longer carry it and are carrying a 499.00 model by Krups and I would love to have that one but I won't spend that kind of money. My thoughts are that if you have a variable electric stove, you also have to deal with that with a iron dutch oven / Le Cresuet dutch oven which is really the best for results.
The best method per the reviews came down to a Cast Iron Dutch Oven or Same size enameled Dutch oven and a good thermometer for "candy/frying". Make sure you check your thermometer for accuracy it should read 212 in boiling water. I had one that was defective. But had it not been discontinued for some reason, the best preformance would have been the digital Waring Pro as above.
Hope that helps muddy the water.
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11-11-2009, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Sherie Make sure you check your thermometer for accuracy it should read 212 in boiling water. | Be sure and adjust for elevation changes in the boiling point or that technique won't work right. More so for candy temps than frying but still, calibration requires you know the boiling point in your elevation.
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