Nesco® Deluxe Deep Fryer

OK, I have been cooking for a good 30 years and a decent deep fat fryer has always been a wish of mine but I knew that like most kitchen appliances it would likely be designed by a group think bunch of men who do not have a fog of an idea of what it's actually used for, so it was easy for me to resist the urge to buy another GM equivalent of a deep fat fryer that would end up just another piece on the heap at the local Good Will. But upon reading the specs on this baby, it actually seemed as if someone did their homework here..! YIPES...this is like the number one rule of product design in America...save money by not doing any prior research and pass the savings on to the consumer by spending more on advertising. These being my assumptions I was happily surprised after purchasing this product.

First...it has BTUs! Da...a novel idea in a cooking product! 1800 watts of them! Next it disassembles so you can actually clean the darn thing...another rare idea in this industry...Read more

I've been through 3 other fryers. All failed in perfromance in one way or another or were just built to cheap and quit working after a short time. I hesitated to buy this fryer because it's so ugly (to me). But, it certainly does work. Easy to clean and so far its been perfectly reliable. Fast heat up, fast recovery and I like the more shallow but wider container. I wish it was just a little bigger but I can still fry 2 good size catfish fillets at the same time.