Home made deep fryer

BUDFORCE · 4 Jun 2020 at 12:47

Something I thought I'd share.

Used it a couple of times now works really well.

First time I did some turkey thigh joints and second a load of fried chicken. My aim is a whole turkey but I am struggling to get one at the moment.

I took the top off an empty gas cylinder, sanded it down, painted it with heat proof black paint, scrubbed the inside.

That goes on top of a gas burner. We made a little cage for the food to sit in (the basketball is modelling a turkey lol). Get a thermomter which works really well actually, but I have an infrared hand held thermometer as a backup.

BUDFORCE · 4 Jun 2020 at 13:56

droyden said:
What burner do you have connected to the gas?
Did you salvage it from some where?

Was an eBay job about £30

BUDFORCE · 4 Jun 2020 at 14:57

Yeah you do obviously have to use a bit of common sense.

I keep a close eye on the temperature of the oil, as I would only be cooking larger things in that, you dont want it too hot anyway, the hottest ive taken it up to is about 150c but usually cooking about 130c/125c, which is fine for deep frying chicken thighs etc. That isnt anywhere near the auto-ignition temperature of the oil. Also turning the gas off before you place the food in, if something is going to go wrong it'll be at this point, not having the open flame at this point, then turn it back on after. And keep it away from the house, garden fence, keep kids away etc, if it does go up there is nothing you can do just stand back and enjoy the show, possibly could get a few marsh mellows out to toast over it.

I watched a King Of Random youtube where they intentionally tried to blow one up and it isnt actually that easy.

BUDFORCE · 4 Jun 2020 at 18:47

droyden said:
Some more questions, oil based this time

How much oil is there in there?
Is it just veg oil?
How often do you need to change it?
Do you just cover it when not in use?
How do you dispose of it after changing?

10 litres

Yes

No idea

Yes, I just wrap it in cling film once it's cooled

I'll use a jug and scoop it out, got loads of old bottles in the garage as I service our vehicles also, so it'll eventually end up and the r cycling center