Product Description

Cool touch exterior. Removable non-stick pot for easy cleaning. Extra large viewing window. Basket handle doubles as an exterior control to lower food into the oil with cover closed. Chacoal filter to reduce frying oders. Seal tight cover prevents spattering.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #756 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Color: Black
• Brand: Presto
• Model: 05442
• Released on: 2004-10-04
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.00" h x 10.00" w x 15.00" l, 4.42 pounds

Features

• Perfect for chicken, shrimp, french fies and more; Adjustable thermostat permits easy selection of the desired frying temperature
• Handy indicator light signals when the oil is ready for frying; Locking cover prevents spattering and reduces odors
• Extra-large viewing window lets you monitor frying without opening the cover; Charcoal air filter absorbs frying odors
• Exterior basket handle lowers food into the oil with the cover closed to prevent spattering; Frying pot is removable for quick and easy cleaning

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Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

213 of 215 people found the following review helpful.
Nice features - low price
By D. Broucek
This is a great little fryer. It cooks enough for 2 servings at a time, do not overload. It has a nice list of features. The basket is very handy, the temperature guage and ready light work well and the lid with vents and a filter help reduce the grease smell in your house. Some foods with a lot of moisture will not fry well with the lid closed and even with the lid closed you will not eliminate the odor completely. I set this up on my stove when I use it so that I'm able to use the exhaust fan as well and then I am able to eliminate all of the smell. It cleans up nicely and I'm able to store the oil in it between uses for weeks.

The previous reviews clearly were not using as this is intended. I suspect they were overfilling with oil/food/both.

163 of 167 people found the following review helpful.
I love a bit of grease
By Review Reviewer
A great gadget. No spills, no over boils, no stink, no mess.

Ensure your food is patted dry...or use a bit less oil if you don't want an over boil of grease coming out of the top.

It also says, to prevent food gunk sticking to pan..like hand batter fish don't use the basket. I just put the basket down into the grease and drop the fish in. Didn't stick.

Easy to clean. Lid lifts off, and it has a small catch for when you open the lid in the back of the unit.

I think it was easy to clean. Lid comes off, filter pops out, bowl lifts out and the bowl is immersable. Little hot water and Dawn and like new...

It took about 51 ounces of oil.

Order extra filters, it only comes with one.

177 of 189 people found the following review helpful.
great little fryer
By S. Flynn
This fryer is way better than the one I bought a few years ago [the fry baby]. The only word of caution I want to share with folks is to really remove the ice crystals from food before putting in the fryer. The ice crystals make the oil boil up too much and will cause leakage. I had this happen the first time I fried, and since then I rinse the chicken wings under cool water and shake em off before putting them in the basket.

If anyone is wondering, it takes a bottle and a half of cooking oil to get to the "max fill line", which is where they recommend it to be.

The cooking/draining basket is probably the best feature of the product because you can let the oil drain off before putting the food on paper towels. I've noticed a lot less grease on my paper towels after letting the food drain for a couple of minutes.