Deni 9301 Mini 840-Watt 1-1/4-Quart Stainless-Steel Deep Fryer

The Deni 9301 Mini fryer sorta works but not really.

On the plus side, the product is nicely styled, compact, has an adjustable thermostat, heating indicator light, fry basket, lid that can be placed on the oil tank while the fryer is still hot, and after a fasion it does function as a deep fryer for one or two people.

On the minus side, the thermostat only goes to 375 degrees which is not hot enough for crisp frying. The fryer is very lightly built so there is not enough mass in the oil tank to hold the heat when you emerse food in the oil. If you emerse a half basket of frozen french fries at an oil temperature of 375 degrees, the oil temperature will quickly drop to around 250 degrees and not recover much beyond 300 degrees before the fries are done. This results in soggy french fries. The fryer is slow to recover oil temperature between frying batches which makes cooking a second batch of something a protracted event. The handle on the fry...Read more

I knew that this was a 1.25 quart deep fryer when I purchased it, but I was still very shocked and surprised at how TINY it was when I removed it from the box. Once I got over my initial shock, I was pleased at the compactness of the unit and how very little room it took up in my small kitchen.

The box states this is a snack size deep fryer and they weren't lying. It's the perfect size for one person. The unit itself is a nice compact size and shape and holds a substantial amount of oil but the fry basket is itsy-bitsy, teeny-tiny. You can fit about a cup of frozen french fries or one breaded, boneless chicken breast in the basket comfortably. Anything more than that and you will have issues with even browning and cooking and you will still have to flip the food to achieve it. This happened to me when I tried to fry two medium size chicken breasts cut into four pieces all at once. You will have to fry large batches of food in smaller batches and keep it warm in the oven...Read more

I bought two of these. One for myself and the other for my Mother. We loved their convenience. The size is Perfect for small family dinner cooking. Efficient, and they do not use lots of oil like the big ones. Unfortunately, they both broke in a matter of weeks, perhaps months of weekly use. My mother used hers perhaps twice a week. It broke in weeks I rate it low therefor. Great concept poorquality. Eoropro makes the identical unit sold as their mini fryer. It is the same poor quality parts, labour and manufacture.

Euro-Pro 2L Deep Fryer - Stainless Steel (F1052)