I've had my TFal fryer for about 7 years with pretty regular use & it still works like a charm. Its a great piece of equipment.

@@Blancs50 How often do you change the oil and have you had to be careful with the oil container top for the reason I gave.

Good to know. Thankyou

@@Blaze_1961 I discard the oil when it starts to get dark, usually like by at least ~4 family sized meals have been cooked. Dredging on fried chicken burns up the oil faster than the dough of empanadas. Weirdly, I haven't had issues w/ the top of the plastic container, if anything it was very difficulty to take off the 1st times when I wanted to give the whole fryer a good clean, but its still is very secure. IDK if they changed the design.

@@Blancs50 ty

Me too. I don't want one of those giant ones, but watched to see how the little one third from the left scored. They didn't even let me see what brand it is. Fail.

@@LeelaLu7 He's doing you favor. MR. CLUELESS! HE'S GIVING YOU THE MOST FOR YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY. YOU CAN COOK AS MUCH AS NEEDED, OR AS LITTLE! BETTER QUALITY! EASIER TO CLEAN! BEST TEMP. RANGE! STURDY BASKET! STURDY BASE. DEEP WALLS, TO CONTAIN SPILLS! AND A Great price!

@@LeelaLu7 it's Hamilton Beach. I have one. It works well, it a pain to clean (like most deep fryers) I prefer to just use a pot, thermometer and slotted spoon. But for $100 it give it a solid 7/10 for being compact, quick to heat, and pretty accurate for holding the temperature.

@@captainamericaamerica8090 Take it easy on the caps lock, you're hurting everyone's ears.

@@Y0utube5ucks says UCIMYY4U

I tried this fryer. The first time I used it, it worked properly. The second time, after the oil was cold, I flipped the ‘drain’ lever. It filled the reservoir and then dumped a LOT of oil under the fryer. I was very disappointed. Awful design.

there were some there that have a function to compensate for frozen food. i bought the one sitting next to the T-fal the Delonghi Livenza Deep Fryer..should be pretty good. its 1500W but yaeh maybe not the best for tempura. BUT my air fryer WILL do 400..ninja foodie or you can raise the temp initially 15 degrees higher than the recommended setting so if your bag of frys says cook at 350 turn the temp up 15 degrees higher initially then turn it back down to 350

That's why I have a Waring Commercial electric deep fryer.

Sounds like a 120 volt issue, this same unit in Europe is 2300 watts.

@@HB45175 I found out my fryer is just fine. It just depends on how it's being fried and what you're coating it with I bought tempura shrimp from the frozen section and followed the directions and it came out great Also did some wings in beer batter with my fryer. Also very good and crispy. And the top temperature on the delonghi fryer is 374 degrees F

@@HB45175 2300 watts would be an improvement for sure. Ours largest non-commercial 120v deep fryers are 1800 watts. So yours would recover the temperature loss faster and heat up more quickly when it’s first turned on. But if it contains the same amount of oil it will still loose heat very quickly when a basket full of food items is lowered, especially if they are a little wet. We can work around these shortcomings with the double drop method or not filling the fry basket but there’s still no substitute for a commercial unit that holds gallons of oil with 3840 watts or more of heat input.

Would love to see that improvised lid!

AND , ( Most importantly ) @ 2 Different Temps ...First lower , then 2nd higher ....... and that LITTLE ROUND ONE BTW , is a Fry Daddy , and it does Not have a thermostat to control the Frying Temp ....It COOKS everything @ 375 • F. If you want to make great fries with it you must have a Candy Thermometer & when you turn it on monitor it's Temp & when it rises to 325 ° F. dump your fries in ... After you pull them out & waited the customary lag time between fry times when the Fry Daddy reaches it's Max Temp of 375 ° F then dump your fries back in to finish them up ...After that if you want to do more batches the only way to do that is for you to be the human thermostat turning it off till ti cools down to 325 ° F to dump the next batch in & then plug it back in again ... LOL , True Story ...🤗🤣 Now I like the idea of a small fryer , but hate the impracticality of it ...Personally I believe He said it right , Just get the Bigger , Better Machine with Filter & Thermostat & Only Fry how much you're gonna eat........🤣🤣🤣🤣🤗🤗🤗👍👍👋

@@arthurwalls9091 Different temps not necessary. I always fry at the same temp, once all frying done, make sure your temp is same as when you first started, then fry second time. ;0)

It’s now over $200

Its been that price for years now.

Most of these videos are from their show and possibly a few years old.

@@TastingParty It is back to $148.68, if it actually was "over $200" at any time.

*Joseph Carrigan* "Maybe they raised the price $50 in the four hours since you posted this review?" No, but they have raised the price since this clip was filmed. It's from a show that aired on September 18, 2021, and filming normally takes place several months before the show airs.

@@sandrah7512 thanks. So it's a dutch oven and thermometer for me (big tempura fan.)

Livenza Deep Fryer sitting next to the t-fal is all digital push button. no knobs and has a drain. i just bought one should be here within the next week directly from De'Longi Livenza Deep Fryer..but its 1500W and the winner is 1800W

@@sandrah7512 Obviously there are other sources available for researching. If that's the expectation though, what's the point of America's Test Kitchen posting this video and what's the point of wasting time watching it here, if it's necessary to view an actual, detailed comparison elsewhere? So again, not of much value 🤷‍♀🙅🤦‍♂

This is just a clip from the show Cook's Country. It's not one of their in-depth America's Test Kitchen reviews.

@@sandrah7512 Thats more likely now that it used to be. A lot of restaurants are selling their used oil to biofuel producers now rather than having to pay to have it disposed of.

Put it on the shrubs in your yard.

I never throw away the bottles/jugs that the new oil comes in. There is always on the floor of my pantry. All my old oil/dregs are funneled into it. When the bottle is full it then gets tossed into the trash as instructed by our local sanitation service.

@@sandrah7512 No, he didn't misspeak; it's actually the verbiage of the written review that's incorrect. The Presto GranPappy Electric Deepfryer does not have a dial or digital console, and cannot be set for any temperature: it has one temperature only, that being 375°F. That model is the only one they tested that got a "Recommended with reservations" rating. The others were all "Recommended." (None scored high enough to get a "Highly recommended" rating.)

*Xavier* "...which fryers can get to 400°?" None of the models tested can get to 400°F. The Breville Smart Fryer had the highest maximum temperature, at 385°F, but it came in fourth place of the six tested. It had the smallest basket of the models tested, at just 49.41 square inches, and also tied with the Cuisinart for the lowest score on "ease of cleanup."

@@sandrah7512 No, you misunderstood what I was saying. He IS talking about accuracy of set temperature, but one model cannot be set so its accuracy cannot be measured because there is nothing to measure.

@SeikiBrian He implied that there was a fryer that could get to 400° when he said most maxed out at 375°. If none can get to the required 400° then instead it should be said “none of these went above 375°.” Not just that most don’t go above 375°.

@@9Xavier1 Wow; you aren't even capable of listening to what is said. He did NOT imply that there was one that could reach 400°F; he clearly said that NONE of them could reach 400°F, which is why they weren't ideal for tempura.

You can store it in the fridge if you want. It won't wear out the container any more so than any other place.

Thanks. Just ordered mine.

I guess you could, but why would you want to?

@@Blaze_1961 The oil will last a lot longer in the fridge before it goes rancid. This is especially true if you’ve used the oil to deep fry any meat products.

Lift the top and look. Most with windows are all steamed up anyway.

@@sandrah7512 I think you have a typo. At 700F you'd be making a really big bonfire :) Secondly, Adam said "all but one" couldn't reach 400. So I was just wondering which one.

Very cuddly bear.

This clip is from a show that aired on September 18, 2021, and filming normally takes place several months before the show airs. It's common for prices to rise after a review, because there's a rush of buyers and the law of supply and demand is in effect. As of 10AM Pacific time on May 11th, 2022, it's down to $148.68.

Funny how much Amazon prices seem to vary depending upon how much interest a product has. Do yourself a favor and always double check for the best price with a search engine. (Looks like it is $129 at Walmart at this writing.)

Or you don't know how to read or know how ATK's KZfaq works. This is a clip, and as the title implies, they are showing the BEST (aka the winner) electric deep fryer. Therefore this video is a super short summary of what they were looking for and then revealing the winner. Want to know more? Go to their site and read the full review that covers everything you want. They might also go into more detail in one of their longer videos. This is clearly a short clip made for easy, fast consumption that reveals their winning frier. Come on people, critical thinking, please develop it and use it. Less dumb comments on the internet would be great.

@@nathanp2007 lol