Monday, June 06, 2005
Review: Waring Professional Deep Fryer
Waring DF200 Professional Deep Fryer
I consider myself a connoisseur of french fries, and as such for many years I did my deep frying exclusively in a huge Le Creuset dutch oven. Although it performed wonderfully, it took forever to heat up, and I was forced to monitor the temperature of the oil with a clip-on thermometer that was forever threatening to fall into the pot at any moment.
Happily, all that is behind me now that I've found the Waring Professional Deep Fryer. This is a machine for the home cook who takes her deep frying seriously. With 1,800 watts of power, this fryer heats up and recovers its temperature faster than any I've used, including my cast-iron Le Creuset behemoth. It has several useful design features as well, including a nice fryer basket with draining hook, a see-through lid that helps to minimize the frying odors somewhat, and a spout for draining the cooking oil. Cleanup is quick and many of the parts can go in the dishwasher.
The Waring also has an immersion heating element, which has both pros and cons. On the plus side, it produces a much cleaner fry with a minimum of burned particles sticking to your food and contaminating your oil. Crumb-coated and breaded items will turn out much nicer from the Waring than a conventional fryer. The main drawback is that the clearance that the element requires mean that it takes a lot of oil to fill the fryer up. It takes two good-sized bottles of oil to fill it even to the MIN line (conveniently marked on the side of the reservoir.
If the quest for the perfect french fry obsesses you as it does me, do yourself a favor and get a Waring Profession Deep Fryer.
I consider myself a connoisseur of french fries, and as such for many years I did my deep frying exclusively in a huge Le Creuset dutch oven. Although it performed wonderfully, it took forever to heat up, and I was forced to monitor the temperature of the oil with a clip-on thermometer that was forever threatening to fall into the pot at any moment.
Happily, all that is behind me now that I've found the Waring Professional Deep Fryer. This is a machine for the home cook who takes her deep frying seriously. With 1,800 watts of power, this fryer heats up and recovers its temperature faster than any I've used, including my cast-iron Le Creuset behemoth. It has several useful design features as well, including a nice fryer basket with draining hook, a see-through lid that helps to minimize the frying odors somewhat, and a spout for draining the cooking oil. Cleanup is quick and many of the parts can go in the dishwasher.
The Waring also has an immersion heating element, which has both pros and cons. On the plus side, it produces a much cleaner fry with a minimum of burned particles sticking to your food and contaminating your oil. Crumb-coated and breaded items will turn out much nicer from the Waring than a conventional fryer. The main drawback is that the clearance that the element requires mean that it takes a lot of oil to fill the fryer up. It takes two good-sized bottles of oil to fill it even to the MIN line (conveniently marked on the side of the reservoir.
If the quest for the perfect french fry obsesses you as it does me, do yourself a favor and get a Waring Profession Deep Fryer.
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No, writing about them is okay. It's the fact that you own so damn many of them that's getting out of hand!
Admit it: you're just hoping someone will send you one for free.
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