When it comes to buying a deep fat fryer you will be presented with many different options some may even claim to provide a healthy eating,fried foods may taste good but you need to know what your buying weather its value for money.There are substantial differences from deep fat fryers and a low fat fryer alternative, in this article we will be looking at deep fat fryer reviews.

Deep Fat Fryer Reviews

Despite looking at chip fryer reviews, that try to portray the low fat cooking with less oil and the variety of foods you can cook with them, there’s not much more you can do, than use them as chip fryers. What if you can use your fryer for different things like southern fried chicken or cod fish.Friday is fish and chips day at our household we go to the local fish market and get cod fish to fry.

Deep frying is method of cooking that is classed as dry cooking method because no water is used.Frying uses high temperature involved and high heat conduction of oil.

While you can fry a variety of foods in them, like sausage, black pudding, fish and of course…chips, you’ll find that you’ll have to change the oil frequently. That can become expensive fast. If you don’t change the oil, you end up with fried foods, that have a tang to them from the foods you used the fryer for the last time.There are  fryers that have a rotating basket, which allows them to use as much as 50% less oil, making your dinners healthier.

Deep fat fryer reviews can help you find the ones that have the rotating basket feature. That will be listed in the technical details of whichever fryer you’re interested in.

Types of deep fat fryer

Compact

These fryers are generally small box shaped fryers which are generally the size of two-slice toaster and takes 1 litre of oil.The basket size tends to hold 350g of chips which is enough for one or two people.Advantage of having compact fryers is you can store them away neatly and suitable for small family. You will also not get any advance features which you find in standard fryers and large fryers.

Mini Deep fat fryers are cheap and tend to sell much quicker than the other fryers due to their price , one of the major factors for these being popular in most kitchens is that they have very short pre-heat time.With Mini Deep fat fryer you can’t overload the fryer because they accommodate small amount chips and overloading them will lead to soggy chips.

Standard

Standard fryers tend to be round and square based which have bigger basket capacity then the compact sized fryers. Standard fryer can take up to 2.5 litres of oil to fill, they also allow you to deep fry about 1.3kg  of food so they are suitable for families. On the downside they can take up more space on your counter-top, majority of the fryers we review will be the standard sized fryers.

Large

Now many people will not need large fryers as these are marketed towards large families and small chip shops. Larger models tend to be built from stainless steel material and usually are shaped in a rectangular way. Typical you can fry upto 1.5kg of food and it takes about 2 to 4 litres to fill a large oil bowl. With the larger build you can be sure it takes more counter space to fit in your kitchen. Many of chip fryer reviews contain help information and hints of which best chip fryer to buy as you do not want a fryer that doesn’t cater for your needs.

Once you know the type of deep fat fryer you need we need to start looking at the actual model and which features will be important for you and your family.

Features

Fryer Capacity & Fryer Bowl

Power

Temperature

 

Fryer Safety Features

Most new fryers will meet current safety regulations that are required to be met in the UK, it is important to look out for these markings on the back of your deep fat fryer or either on the box. You will find many different CEE regulations attached to products but the one we need to make sure is met for this product is 89/336/CEE which has been modified to 93/68/CEE and 73/23/CEE which has been modified to 93/68/CEE. Regulations are changed sometimes yearly but it is vital that you buy a product the meets the current regulations.

Once you are sure that your product meets the CEE standards you will need to make sure that some of the standard features are available on your chip fat fryer, one feature i feel is important for any deep fryer is thermostat control which helps to control the oil temperature and stop the oil combustion. The most common type of fire is caused by deep fat frying over 4,000 people are injured in theses kinds of fires each year. When deep frying think about what you are doing because you are heating several pints of oil to extremely high temperatures,oil can cause bad burns but most importantly it can go up in flames and its very difficult to put out.

Viewing window is another feature that can help you keep an eye on your food and also keep the oil at bay, when comparing to a normal chip pan for example people leave the lid open and are more likely to get burns from spitting oil. Many fryers come with thermal body which helps to keep the fyers external casing  cool and lowers the chance of  burning your self although the external casing does get hot but its bearable to touch. Another feature to look out for is no slip rubber feet during my first few purchase i had deep fat fryers that would slide across the kitchen worktop easily and when the fryer is in use this can be a dangerous  so always inspect your fryer before buying but many of the fryers these come with this extra grip and stabilisers.

I would also recommend to look at the handle of the fryer tray to make sure its sturdy and good size so you can grip fryer when moving to from each location.