How hard is it to go from frying to steaming? Isn't it hard to get the oil residue off the inside of the pot?
999356
This is a non-stick pan and consequently the oil does not stick. What I normally do in your case scenario is wash it before steaming. It is a very easy job or alternately you can drain the oil then use paper towel to dry off any left over oil.
999357
It is not hard at all. It depends what kind of oil are you using it. Also it takes time to cool off, to remove the oil and then go steaming. Just patient and time. Good luck.
999358
I have not tried to steam yet, but I would think draining the kitchen kettle and washing it out with hot water and Dawn dishwashing liquid would work as expected. I would not think there would be much difficultly. - Good Luck
777521
No, Greg, but that's not an issue for me. Most of the debris remains in the unit's reservoir. After I drain the oil into an empty vegetable oil bottle for reuse, I then rinse the reservoir with hot water, return the stopper to the tube, and the wash the reservoir with hot, soapy water. Drain again, wipe dry and you're done. Takes 5 minutes. I get 3 fryings out of each reservoir. Then I start over.
1088748
NO!!! I just wipe off any fat after frying stuff too close to the kettle. To make sure I just checked on it: all its sides, in and out -- are clean. Enjoy! BTW: I'm not on their payroll and do not get a commission from them.
1178405
It's not too difficult. I just used a spatula. It's a little difficult to clean though.
80365
To the best of my recollection it is. I sent mine back because it was very difficult to deep fry with fresh batter. It uses a lot more oil and you have to lower anything with fresh batter into the hot oil very slowly and, even then, it can still stick to the bottom of the basket making removal difficult.
433524
I am in my 70's and wash my iron cook wear like my grandmother did. After scraping with a spoon or spatula, I use a rough surface but non-scratchy scrub pad or cloth (I like the nylon knit squares) and water, sometimes with a very very small amount of dish soap, and the pan comes clean. Then I spray a dab of vegetable oil on and rub it around with my fingertips. I then heat the pan on the stove until the oil smokes and turn it off. After it cools I store it with a napkin in the pan between it any other pans. It's easy care. Essentially you have a non-stick surface pan that lasts forever. It is much "greener" than the modern light weight pans with non-stick coatings (these chip off into your food and stop working with the slightest scratch or overheating).
977092
We had to use near boiling water and steel wool to scrape it all off. It took a long time and was kind of a pain, to be honest, but is totally worth it. We then seasoned the pan with organic coconut oil and then a second time with bacon fat, and it is now my new favorite cooking surface.
2218270
Sorry...I have not had this problem. I always use oil when cooking in this wok and also I have not used it that often.
562319
Really difficult. High heat is discouraged as that will damage the surface. We keep a cast iron skillet on hand for searing.
1442560
The element is submersible and goes under the basket in the oil and is attatched to the controls outside of the basket. see video below If it wasn't in the oil, it would take alot of heat to get the frying temp high enough to fry such as a gas stove with a dutch oveh and a wire laddle to scoup out frys, If you dont like this than get a presto electric wok and fry in it like tempora and use a wire laddle to extract the fried food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmBD4XlilQ
1343026
I think it cooks significantly slower without the proper pot and pan. Plus, the disc gets really hot, hotter than a pan bottom by far, due to the lower heat conduction. I use a thin steel black enameled pot for heating oil for french fries. It's dirt cheap and works fine. I never use the disc. For frying and boiling, get the induction pan. Its the cooker and the pan that makes the whole thing awesome; using the disc defeats much of the efficiency and speed of the heat flow.
1711954
As long as there is no grease or oil residue it's OK. For instance, steamed broccoli should be fine.
1788525
Quite frankly, I don't know. When I fry I move everything outdoors. I don't like the lingering odors. I would imagine the heat from the oil would transmit pretty well to the exterior surface since there is not much space between the oil resevoir and the exterior housing.
231917
I spray it with cooking oil before using. Anything still stuck I use a Brillo pad on. Overall not too hard to clean
664469
If I remember correctly you have to go by the line marked inside the unit. It does use a fair amount of oil. We returned ours because fresh batter kept sticking to the basket no matter what we tried. Also, it used about 3 times as much oil as our old Fry-Daddy and still only fried the same amount of product.
91943
Well i sure understand what you are saying RePete and i'm so glad someone else noticed! Even though this LISTING is for an Masterbuilt Butterball Indoor Gen III Electric Fryer Cooker, there are 3 purchasing options on the page that include something that steams indoors and an additional indoor fryer that DOES TAKE OIL and an OIL FREE FRYER. The oilfree product is really an OUTDOOR ROASTER that uses an infrared heating element to roast the turkey so the term fryer is misleading in many of the reviews for the oil free version. I came to this page after I recently received the oil free fryer as a gift at christmas to read the reviews and it was very confusing. Several people were raving about how they fried turkeys, wings, potatoes...anything in oil and that it turns out so crispy and perfect. Or that they boiled/steamed things with this lol....i thought they were idiots for attempting to put oil in an OIL FREE FRYER. lol However, they bought the indoor fryer that does take oil. Amazon should have split this listing into 3 product listings, giving each option it's own page and review options. Hopefully people use their common sense and NEVER attempt to use the outdoor version indoors (carbon monoxide warnings all over the instructions) or put oil in it. Side note, i'm looking forward to trying out a turkey tomorrow, based on the reviews for the version we do have. good luck!
411636
Yes remove bucket for cleaning. Does take a little longer than expected to cook. Works well. Have to be patient to get to right temp. Not as hot as maybe a commercial fryer. We enjoy using it.