My chip pan is old and clatty,and Im thinking of buying a deep fat fryer. They are much safer than chip pans,but do they use much oil ? Has anyone bought a good make,and been really satisfied with it ? Advice please !

:rolleyes: I'm a male, wheres the kitchen :hihi:

Plain_Talker knows a fair bit about chip pan v deep fat fryer. Do a search on the topic!

Deep fat fryer any day - even if it does use more oil, its gotta be better than potential loss of house and/or life !

Personally, use Ove Chips or even better micro chips or go to good ol' fashioned chippy :thumbsup:

Being a chap, I don't do cooking if can help it :P

Originally posted by Grissom
Deep fat fryer any day - even if it does use more oil, its gotta be better than potential loss of house and/or life !

Personally, use Ove Chips or even better micro chips or go to good ol' fashioned chippy :thumbsup:

Being a chap, I don't do cooking if can help it :P Does it not do chips very well then ? Oven chips take for ever and although Micro chips are quick,its like eating French Fries.

Originally posted by pattricia
Does it not do chips very well then ? Oven chips take for ever and although Micro chips are quick,its like eating French Fries.

you have been very generous in your description there! Micro Chips taste like bit of cardboard!

Neither pan nor fryer...

Save a couple of microwave chip boxes, re-fill with cheap oven chips and re-cook in microwave... time after time...

Tastes ok, faster than using the oven... and a hell of a sight less expensive than buying boxes of micro-chips! ;)

I use a Deep Fat Fryer.

Delonghi (sp.) are pretty good, and easy to clean as well.

Neither - they are both hideous, dangerous, unhealthy and unnecessary.

If you must have chips, oven chips are fine.

Deep fat fryer everytime for me. Does the job, and pretty quick.

I wouldnt advise using both of them- just go with oven chips.
They are much better and a lot safer to cook.

Originally posted by Meaks
Neither - they are both hideous, dangerous, unhealthy and unnecessary.

If you must have chips, oven chips are fine.

Nowt dangerous with a deep fat fryer! If its left on too long or gets too hot it turns off. Simple as.

Unhealthy, maybe.

Originally posted by Pseudonym
Neither pan nor fryer...

Agreed.

Chunky oven roasted wedges every time.

-PK-

I use a deep fryer- I find Sunbeam excellent and quite easy to empty. I always empty it after use thro' a sieve into a large jar (gets rid of any bits). I find Olive oil really good to cook with not the polyunwhatsit.

Deep fat fryers rock. End of.

I have an electric PRESTO fryer, i would never use a regular chip pan on the stove top......... once tipped a chip pan full of hot oil onto my foot when i was younger, the whole top of my foot was one big blister, something i'll never forget.

also the electric fryers i find take less oil and have an oil line guide so you can't over fill, depending on the size you get.. mine i cook in smaller portions....... also the new ones out have safety features, the plug on my PRESTO is like a magnet plug that goes into the side, no pushing or tugging to get it out, just clings right away..... took me a while to figure out why the plug wasn't going in all the way at first, then realised it was a magnet.... clever idea !