I have a frydaddy. It's pretty old but it gets the job done. I try not to use it very often though. I used it for the first time in months last night to make some fries and was pretty disgusted by the smell of all that oil. The fries came out perfect however. It's pretty easy to clean also.

Do it outside... the popping of hot oil only happens for stuff on the surface. if you put a frozen chicken in and ice comes off, it will pop as long as it is at the top.

ARE YOU FREAKING CRAZY!!!

NEVER EVER PUT A FROZEN TURKEY IN A FRYER UNLESS YOU WANNA BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN AND SUFFER SERIOUS BURNS TO YOUR ENTIRE BODY....

NO JOKE.

^LOL

Bad experience?

no, water and oil do not mix....you put a frozen turkey in there and you'll have a hot oil bomb go off in your kitchen....burning you and your place down with the quickness...

no, water and oil do not mix....you put a frozen turkey in there and you'll have a hot oil bomb go off in your kitchen....burning you and your place down with the quickness...

Well...maybe ice cream

mmmmm fried ice cream...

Yes I've seen the videos. I know better than to put a frozen turkey in a deep fryer.

I heard you're supposed to drain the oil once a week?

Banana_Peter, have a look at my recipe for fried chicken here:

www.foodfunk.ca

I just use a big pot with a candy/deep fry thermometer. No special equipment needed.

How do you keep the thermometer in place? I saw a video that made it look like it was a pain to mess with... but with no other real way to know the temp, I would guess that having a thermometer is essential

Popeye's > KFC

i own two deep fryers...

www.t-fal.ca

and an electric turkey deep fryer...

my roomate has a deep fryer, it's honestly disgusting. he reuses the same oil... it congeals, and then liquifies and back and forth ... :(

The oil I use states that it can be used up to 10x before changing it.... However, I usually only use it about 5-6 times depending how dark in color it becomes.

Since you own more than one....I assume they work well? What are your opinions about them?

Not sure what the KFC is like over in the states but compared to KFC in the UK. Popeyes is a big fail!!!

On February 9, 2009, the secret recipe returned to KFC's Louisville headquarters in a more secure, computerized vault.[18]

In 1983, writer William Poundstone examined the recipe in his book Big Secrets. He reviewed Sanders' patent application, and advertised in college newspapers for present or former employees willing to share their knowledge.[19] From the former he deduced that Sanders had diverged from other common fried-chicken recipes by varying the amount of oil used with the amount of chicken being cooked, and starting the cooking at a higher temperature (about 400 °F (200 °C)) for the first minute or so and then lowering it to 250 °F (120 °C) for the remainder of the cooking time. Several of Poundstone's contacts also provided samples of the seasoning mix, and a food lab found that it consisted solely of sugar, flour, salt, black pepper and monosodium glutamate (MSG). He concluded that it was entirely possible that, in the years since Sanders sold the chain, later owners had begun skimping on the recipe to save costs. Following his buyout in 1964, Colonel Sanders himself expressed anger at such changes, saying:

“ That friggin' ... outfit .... They prostituted every goddamn thing I had. I had the greatest gravy in the world and those sons of bitches they dragged it out and extended it and watered it down that I'm so goddamn mad.[

In 1975, Heublein Inc. unsuccessfully sued Sanders for libel after he publicly referred to their gravy as "sludge" with a "wallpaper taste".[4]

that shocks me, kfc over here is HORRIBLE, especially since they stopped using chicken

that shocks me, kfc over here is HORRIBLE, especially since they stopped using chicken

Have you ever fucked a chicken? If so, how are they? Do they get messy?
I enjoy chicken and I want to add something like this to my kitchen.
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Thank you for your time

I only had Popeyes the one time when I was in Washington and it tasted like flour and chicken no seasoning.

My wife is from New Orleans and she says that the food from Popeye's in New Orleans is way different than what we get from Popeye's in other states.

My wife is from New Orleans and she says that the food from Popeye's in New Orleans is way different than what we get from Popeye's in other states.

I'm not sure exactly what part, but she went to a high school called Easton(sp?) She said she was walking distance from the French Quarter. I'm actually thinking of suprising her and driving us up there in April for the Jazz Fest.


+1000, what part of NOLA is she from?

KFC here in Canada is OK... but a couple unrelated friends from Trini both say KFC is wicked over there.

BTW I worked at KFC... I won't say how they make the gravy but it's grimy. the deepfryers they use are intense... they're 4 feet high, with a big warning sticker explaining if you open it while it's cooking it will explode in your face seriously haha

even if i was way against KFC, theres other things in life that are more important to me other than standing with a stupid poster...

even if i was way against KFC, theres other things in life that are more important to me other than standing with a stupid poster...

bad for you?

yes...

they don't even use real chickens...
they're some kind of wierd geneticly altered creature and they call them M-16's (I'm not making this up) and they never move their whole life, their feet are stapped in until they get slaughtered in a giant high pressure steam vaccum after 6 weeks...
plus the gravy and biscuits are made from hydrogenated vegetable oil, which never leaves your system because the human body isn't capable of naturally expelling it...
-you will die soon enough if you continue to eat this garbage!
*rant over*

they don't even use real chickens...
they're some kind of wierd geneticly altered creature and they call them M-16's (I'm not making this up) and they never move their whole life, their feet are stapped in until they get slaughtered in a giant high pressure steam vaccum after 6 weeks...
plus the gravy and biscuits are made from hydrogenated vegetable oil, which never leaves your system because the human body isn't capable of naturally expelling it...
-you will die soon enough if you continue to eat this garbage!
*rant over*

hydrogenated vegetable oil, which never leaves your system because the human body isn't capable of naturally expelling it...

wait it never leaves.....so if you eat a ton of this stuff over time and get fat youll always be fat??? its gotta come out sometime

^^ so stay away from soft things that are sweet from convenience stores.

if i followed that advice id never get laid

Ha ha

And I did just read the label on my peanut butter. It's trans fat free (Kraft brand), as are virtually all margarines.

I'm not a defender of KFC by any stretch but they, like virtually every other corporate food giant, began phasing out all trans fats a few years ago. In KFC's case, it was 2006. The biggest change was switching the cooking medium from shortening to canola oil.

And I did just read the label on my peanut butter. It's trans fat free (Kraft brand), as are virtually all margarines.

burger king still uses trans fat products

Yes. Schwarzenegger is da man :-)

Yes. Schwarzenegger is da man :-)

yeah but our french fries taste like crap now (no you eat crap).