Hamilton Beach Professional-Style 4.5 Liter Deep Fryer

Great fryer. I usually use the fryer more in the summertime here in Southern California, but lately I’ve been using it a little more. My old fryer wasn’t working anymore, so I thought it was time to upgrade. This fryer is larger than my last one, although it is not a giant fryer, it handles everything that I need. The design is nice and I like the fact that it has two baskets. The heating element got the oil hot in a relatively short time, and it retained its heat when things were dropped into the fryer. I like the fact that the heating element detaches from the fryer which makes it easier to drain the oil and to clean the element.Having two baskets gives you versatility. The wife like tempura vegetables to go along with dinners on occasions. I usually make Po’boy sandwiches so it’s nice that I can separate the vegetables from the protein.

Quality product. We have used to fry almost everything from vegetables to seafood.

Absolutely an excellent deep fryer. I’ve cooked everything you can think of with this fryer and zero issues. Food came out perfect. Like the way you can see the food cook through the little window. This was worth every penny !!

I was excited to get this product because it's an x-large size fryer. It definitely has its PROs and CONs.PROS:X-large basket to fry more food at once. It sure made cooking the food a lot shorter than when I use my other Hamilton Beach 12 cups, 1500 Watt fryer (large).It's 21 cups, 1800 Watt. It cooked my food quickly and evenly.Basket Hanger is great to sit the basket out of the oil to drain.CONS:The housing of the fryer is very flimsy.Because the basket hanger sits in the oil while cooking, when you pull it out and set it on the edge of the fryer oil drips down the front of the housing. Lots of wiping as I went along.There's no spout with oil filter to drain oil back into its original container. It's a 2 person job to put the oil back into the oil jug. One person to hold a funnel and small colander so food pieces don't get into oil; and second person to lift the big frying bin to pour the oil. Can be done by yourself, but will cause a mess to clean up.

I was skeptical on this as the price was so low. got it home. unboxed. easy set up. timer is always on, off, and then in five minute increments. Only goes up to 375.Takes about 3.5 liters for oil.pros: almost everything! i have never tasted cheesesticks so perfectly done!easy clean up.top vent to make sure it cools off without leaving heat/grease on anything if you set it under your cabinets on a counter. fry baskets are separate so you can make 2 different things at once.cons: not many.takes a bit to warm up, but once it does, it is READY. no spattering or anything. no popping/mess. but prepare the fryer. turn it on first before you even start to pull out any food. it does take several minutes. it has a lot of grease to heat.the sides get SUPER HOT. even though there is another pan in the unit to take out and easily clean. i kept forgetting to use the handles and touched the sides when trying to move it back after use. 2 handles on the side, sturdy, and do not get hot. remember to grab them! this unit is not like most fry daddys. the sides do get heated. its metal for the frame/box. just a reminder!not sure if this is a pro or con. but if you time your food and the normal temperature, cut down the time by 1 or 2 minutes depending on what you are making. when they say this thing will fry it up, IT DOES. SUPER SUPER FAST! i had to pull out 3 different things a couple minutes early such as mozz, buff chicken nuggets, and jap poppers. even though the bag said 6 minutes, i had to pull out the mozz 1 minute early, 2 minutes early for japs, and 1 minute less for the chick poppers. this thing is AMAZING. ive owned so many, but never got something this great for so cheap. buy it!

Este producto está realmente muy útil, funciona muy bien y es muy rápido cuándo estás apurado y tienes invitados, esta es mi segunda vez que la compro porque en esta segunda ocasión la compré para un regalo por lo útil que a sido para mi ademas de ser stainless style y es muy fácil de limpiar , la cocción de los alimentos es muy buena .

I love having a deep fryer ready to go at all times. Frying is already the fastest way to cook, not to mention the most delicious... but you add in an electric heating element that gets the oil to temp automatically in about 5-10 minutes and you have my favorite kitchen gadget ever. Come home from work, don't feel like cooking, just turn this on, change into comfy clothes, come back and throw in some chicken nuggets or something for a few minutes and good to go. Changing oil every so often is just pull the basket out, pull the heating element out, lift the basin out and pour old oil out (I like to pour back into the old oil bottles and throw away), rinse, dry, add in new oil. It's all fairly easy. I would recommend this product to anyone that wants to cook fried food.

The fryer worked once on the second attempt to turn on the heating element. The product did not work I attempted to troubleshoot by pressing the reset button that did not work. I was very disappointed, I will never purchase again.