Any reason not to use this as a fish fryer with a 15.5 inch cast iron skillet? All reviews seem to reference boiling.
1037547
you can, but this burner would be tremendous overkill for something like that.
751238
Just my opinion. I would not attempt it. It says in the description "fry" but it lacks a temp shut off (at least my model does) that would prevent overheating the oil. The "fry" basket and pot are shallow, about 1/4 the size needed for a turkey. If you look at a decent turkey fryer, there seems to be more guarding around the burner and the hose to the propane tank appears longer. Nope, not me. Maybe shrimp, fish or fries, but not a turkey. Be safe. Please, buy a recent unit with updated safety features that is designed for frying a turkey. Good luck. BTW, this is a heck of a nice GRILL. Just my opinion. I would not attempt it. It says in the description "fry" but it lacks a temp shut off (at least my model does) that would prevent overheating the oil. The "fry" basket and pot are shallow, about 1/4 the size needed for a turkey. If you look at a decent turkey fryer, there seems to be more guarding around the burner and the hose to the propane tank appears longer. Nope, not me. Maybe shrimp, fish or fries, but not a turkey. Be safe. Please, buy a recent unit with updated safety features that is designed for frying a turkey. Good luck. BTW, this is a heck... » Read More Just my opinion. I would not attempt it. It says in the description "fry" but it lacks a temp shut off (at least my model does) that would prevent overheating the oil. The "fry" basket and pot are shallow, about 1/4 the size needed for a turkey. If you look at a decent turkey fryer, there seems to be more guarding around the burner and the hose to the propane tank appears longer. Nope, not me. Maybe shrimp, fish or fries, but not a turkey. Be safe. Please, buy a recent unit with updated safety features that is designed for frying a turkey. Good luck. BTW, this is a heck of a nice GRILL. « Show Less
934259
I use a 12 inch cast iron skillet for pizza and do not preheat it. It works great. I would think this would be the same.
790455
I'm sorry that I cannot answer your question from experience, but I have not stir fried with this little stove. Common sense tells me, however that it will certainly get hot enough in a small area of the skillet. While it will get hot enough, it may not have the wide heated area that is required for cooking a large volume of food. It would be suitable for a small demonstration, however. It is great for coffee pots, frying eggs, etc. on camping trips.
572504
I don't know if you suppose to our not but I will use it on my glass cooktop. I have always used my old fashion iron skillet to fry chicken, etc. on my cooktop and my stove is 14 years old and I have not had any problems so far. I do cook a lot too.
748190
Never tried, we use ours to heat oil and fry fish. sorry. But we love it for that.
1688289
ANY cast iron can be used for deep frying. You would need to be careful of your oil temperature though. Cast iron tends to be slow to heat. It is easy to turn the stove up to bring something to the cooking temperature and then the cookware suddenly be too hot. It's best to remember with cast iron: cook it low and slow. You need to give it time to heat.
1571611
Yes...I have used it for frying. After 5 mos of use, the coating started to bubble and flake off.
1782742
I would say no, designed for water, broths etc. would be very careful using oil in it, rubber O-rings. Look for a deep fryer..
98360
The floor of the insert is 13cm or 5 inches. But this pan is strictly for double boiling. I suppose given some butter or oil, you could set three eggs in it to poach over boiling water in the bottom pan, but I would not use it for frying.
89380
We tried that. It has too much wasted heat surface, but will work. The whole skillet gets hot, not just the bottom. An iron plate, that is fairly even might work as well.
1740856
I've only used it for deep frying so far but I don't see why not. It's your average bottom-heated non-stick pot.
1239621
I love my fryer for 2 people. For a family of six, I would look at the three liter version of this fryer. This one heats quickly, so if you wanted to do small batches it would work well.
1118668
Sure, you can fry up big batches of anything in this. The larger basket sits at the bottom of the pot, the shorter one has a lip on it so it sits at the top of the pot, so depending on how much oil you use, you could use either one or both of the baskets for frying. We bought this pot to do an old fashioned shrimp boil, worked great for that, but we've also tried frying a turkey which it what it's made for and that was fun. I used it this fall for canning. It was great to do all that boiling water bath outdoors instead of in the kitchen. I've more than gotten my money's worth out of this pot. Sure, you can fry up big batches of anything in this. The larger basket sits at the bottom of the pot, the shorter one has a lip on it so it sits at the top of the pot, so depending on how much oil you use, you could use either one or both of the baskets for frying. We bought this pot to do an old fashioned shrimp boil, worked great for that, but we've also tried frying a turkey which it what it's made for and that was fun. I used it this fall for canning. It was great to do all that boiling water bath outdoors instead of in the kitchen. I've more than gotten my money's worth out of this pot.
1641901
Sounds defective to me... I tested my unit and the outer surface was cool while the inner was way too hot. I could never get it up to temperature. I think waring needs to address the problems with this unit. I was so disappointed in its poor performance. i couldn't get mine to season properly either (I've seasoned lots of cast iron before). I sent mine back as defective.
662708
No, and I would never use a teflon non stick pan for deep frying. Use a Silverstone skillet and not a electric skillet.
1302676
This little stove is very sturdy. I've used an 14 or 16" cast iron fry pan.