Easy to clean deep fat fryer wanted

[clockworks]

Having spent nearly 3 hours cleaning my cheap Tefal fryer, I'm on the lookout for one that's easier to clean. Probably my fault, as I don't change the oil very often, just when it foams up and threatens to overflow. Pretty much impossible to empty the thing without making a mess.
Having read reviews of the fancy "actifry" types, I'm pretty sure I want to stay with a proper fat fryer. I want crispy chips, not mushy things with burnt edges. I don't want to wait 30 minutes, either.

Breville fryers with drain tubes get good reviews, but are they easy to clean?
Any recommendations?

[21TonyK]

I'd just go for a cheapo basket fryer. The oil pans scrub out in 2 mins and the basket goes through the dishwasher.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4...

throw away when completely knackered.

[clockworks]

I had one of those before I bought the Tefal

[Mastodon2]

I miss deep fat fryer chips and onion rings, no one seems to have deep fat fryers these days (apart from OP, obviously) and that is a shame.

[Bullett]

They had a special on in Lidl this week.
£24

No idea how good it is (it heats up oil, how bad can it be?) or easy to clean but at that price it's pretty much disposable.

[HD Adam]

One of these from Sainsburys



Cost 40 quid (if I remember correctly) and everything goes in the dishwasher except the element of course.

Gets up to a nice 190f for crispy chips and cooks chicken great.

[Loosegears]

HD Adam said:

One of these from Sainsburys



Cost 40 quid (if I remember correctly) and everything goes in the dishwasher except the element of course.

Gets up to a nice 190f for crispy chips and cooks chicken great.

Damn that's nice looking. I was going to comment that "easy to clean" doesn't go well with fat fryers, but that looks pretty tidy.

[PH5121]

DeLonghi do one that you can disconnect the electrical connection and controller from and them wash / dish wash the rest of the fryer - the body and lid as well as the basket and a non stick frying chamber. They are about £50 or £60.

[BrabusMog]

HD Adam said:

One of these from Sainsburys



Cost 40 quid (if I remember correctly) and everything goes in the dishwasher except the element of course.

Gets up to a nice 190f for crispy chips and cooks chicken great.

I've got something similar to this, not sure how I made it through life before. Actually, I do, I used to keep a big pan full of oil to do chips stashed away in a cupboard. This is much easier and easy to clean/replace the oil.

[HD Adam]

All part of the old Outdoor Redneck Kitchen.





When I'm BBQ'ing, it tends to be an all day thing so there's a few snacks before the main event.

Chicken tenders, Pork Cracklin's, Chips, Beer etc. all the major healthy food groups

Once I'm done with the fryer, I filter the oil (after it's cool obviously) and that goes back into 1 gallon containers.
The fryer goes in the dishwasher and then the cupboards don't get all stinky.

[TokyoRich]

Have you tried the Philips air fryer? Can be dismantled and cleaned.. but not really quite the same...

[geeks]

PH5121 said:

DeLonghi do one that you can disconnect the electrical connection and controller from and them wash / dish wash the rest of the fryer - the body and lid as well as the basket and a non stick frying chamber. They are about £50 or £60.

+1 we have one too, it's this one http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9...

[PH5121]

That's the one, it is very easy to keep clean.

[clockworks]

That DeLonghi should do the trick - thanks

[DoctorX]

21TonyK said:

I'd just go for a cheapo basket fryer. The oil pans scrub out in 2 mins and the basket goes through the dishwasher.

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4...

throw away when completely knackered.

Agreed. I've got a cheap (15 quid) fryer from Currys. Does the job perfectly and, as said, the mucky bits go in the dishwasher. The extended warranty was only £50