There’s more to life than just chips with a deep fryer, try out your culinary skills and make something different, like vegetable fritters, deep fried cheese or home made samosas.

Food & Oil Capacity

Deep fryers come in all shapes and sizes these days so it’s important to think about what would best suit your family’s requirements. An average sized ‘compact’ fryer holds around 1.5 litres of oil and will cook approximately 2 portions of chips. A family sized fryer will hold 3 litres of oil and will cook four portions of chips. The deluxe family sized fryers hold up to 4.5 litres of oil and cook 6 portions of chips.

Safety Features

You’ll find that deep fryers come with a wide variety of features to help eliminate the safety problems that can be experienced with frying. A coolwall body to help prevent you burning yourself on the fryer is a great safety feature. Other safety features include a viewing window so that you can monitor the progress of the cooking without having to open the lid. A rise and fall basket to make it easy and safe to add food to the oil. A safety cut our feature will ensure that the heating element will automatically switch off if the oil becomes too hot. A safety locking lid feature will keep your hands away from hot oil and steam.

Cleaning

To make it simple to clean, look out for fryers with drainage tubes, which enables you to simply drain the oil away. Dishwasher safe parts will also make cleaning simple. Some fryers come with a permanent filter, which is washable and only needs if damaged and keeps maintenance costs to a minimum. Bear in mind that a fryer with more removable parts will be easier to clean.

Viewing Window

This simply allows you to check the progress of the cooking without actually interrupting the cooking process.