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OT: Deep Fat Fryers

So anyway, SWMBO and me decided our arteries weren't hard enough, So I delved in to the sorted world of DFF. There's a lot of crap out there for the unwary buyer to step in. All the Rival, T-Fal, et-all washing machine plasticy ones are total crap, according to numerous bad reviews. I settled on this one- A Krupps 4 ltr. stainless jobbie. Good choice. The temp regulation is tight, and the immersed element pumps enough heat that the oil doesn't cool off when you drop the vittles. Totally DWS, except for the control head/element. Big enough to do a small chicken, or a load of shrimp for the whole gang. Im very pleased with mine, and highly recommend this unit for anyone interested in shortening their lifespan.

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got mine from EverythingHome.com for $82. free shipping. It doesn't come up on their site now, for some reason. It was $169 at the local kitchen-type store. I love the web... JR Dweller in the cellar

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JR North
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Don't need one in our house! After the wife's episode this summer trying to deep fry she won't have one around! Think fire trucks, and ambulance in the driveway when a got home, and you get the idea.

She got new kitchen appliances out of the deal, but have yet to repair all the fire damage! Hell, I wish the fire had burned a few minutes longer, the kitchen needed a remodel! Greg

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Greg O

But, they're the bee's knees for tempering tool steel

Paul K. Dickman

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Paul K. Dickman

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Grant Erwin

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Glenn Ashmore

And I see them at local second-hand stores for under five bucks all the time!

Grant

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Grant Erwin

When aboard an oil tanker at a local refinery, I wondered why everyone looked so upset at the telephone bell, oops it was the fire alarm. Galley deep fat fryer fire, so I left the vessel rather rapidly for the relative safety of the refinery. As far as how rapidly, think speed of light matter transporting. In the Navy, the fryers have a heat activated gizmo to turn the fat into many gallons of liquid soap. Forget the details but probably some kinda lye, as lye plus heat plus fat eguals soap.

John H.

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Mustmaker

| |The Frybaby is great for heating bearings so the slip on a close |tolerance shaft easily.

Do you use a liquid in it, or just dry and drop the bearing in?

Rex in Fort Worth

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Rex B

|the Navy, the fryers have a heat activated gizmo to turn the fat into many |gallons of liquid soap. Forget the details but probably some kinda lye, as lye |plus heat plus fat eguals soap.

best use for that used grease:

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in Fort Worth

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Rex B

I keep it full of light machine oil. It also comes in handy for quinching O-1 tool steel. Theoretically the oil quench should be around

125ºF -150ºF.

As long as SWMBO doesn't come looking for it, I am OK. :-)

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Glenn Ashmore

So does turning an incandescent lightbulb facing upwards and laying the bearing on the glass of the bulb. 75w or bigger.

Just a trick that makes life easier for the tech.

Gunner

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Gunner

Yup. And, it's always good to put the bearing on the bulb BEFORE you turn on the lamp.

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Doug Smith

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