Do people still buy these?

it's tempting to buy a new one at this price rather then clean the one I've got again! A right pain to clean!

Makes your house smell

ordered ta op

Do people still buy these?

Large amounts of food in these fryers makes the Temp drop rapidly & so can spoil foods.
Best done in small batches.

I have one that looks very similar to this, maybe even the same, and it works fine for me. I'd say this is a great price.

how much lard do these hold?

Makes your house smell

it's tempting to buy a new one at this price rather then clean the one I've got again! A right pain to clean!

Minimum 1.9litres of oil???
I usually use half a litre when frying in a pot

I really wish my wife would allow me to buy one of these again. I used to LOVE real chips in one just like this.

Sadly, the smell, plus the fact she'd inevitably want real chips far too regularly again & put weight on means it's the one thing she won't give in on. She even let me have a new projector & huge new screen having originally shanghai'd it, but will not budge on this.

First world problems!

Great price though, have some heat!

easier to use a wok. I make yummy pokora and real chips in a wok.

It seems you are desitined to never get another fryer so look at this way though, use it to your advantage for compromise each time she refuses you...no fryer new car, no fryer new games console, no fryer more sex, no fryer new speakers....your doing it for her remind her......win win :man:

Great thanks, just reserved.

I got one of these a few years ago and although very small it is a super little product and at this price you can't go wrong. Highly recommended.

Had one of these for a while but changed to a slightly more expensive model a month ago and it's so much better. I use it for chips, doughnuts, fried chicken, samosa, etc.

Good for the price.

I have a very similar one from Argos. Does the job. Cleaning is fine, you just lift out the element and rinse it under the tap and wipe over, then wash the pan in very hot water, then wipe over the unit with a soapy cloth. I tend to use it on the hob surface under an extractor fan, otherwise it would stink out the kitchen. Excellent for doing things like fishfingers, nuggets, crispy fries etc. I use Crisp n Dry (rapeseed oil) so it's a little healthier and tastes nice, it losts longer too because the smoke point is higher.

Which model did you upgrade to?

thanks for this

Great for co op meal deals!!!

How many chicken pieces can i fry at once. It will be drumstick and thigh pieces.

I have this and put beside the window so I have to remove all clothing and open fan n window to use it

Could you fit a human head in one of these?

a must for pizza crunch!

Cheap as CHIPS

well that's how i like them! :stuck_out_tongue:

how have these not been banned yet? - we harp on about not advertising junk foods and reducing sugars and fats in foods yet still sell one of the worst cooking implements for lazy people.

Never owned one of these. Will give it a punt at this price. Cheers!

Mmm! Baby's head and chips! ...That takes me back to the 1960's :innocent:

Hahahahahahahaha, who you gonna call?, Ghost Busters?!. ;-)

My ibs is kicking in just looking at this deal

Reserved! £2.49 insurance too BARGAIN, heat OP!

you seem to need a new pair of balls also, your wife keeps your current pair in her handbag.

Lovely for heart disease. All that oil yum

I can confirm this can be used with lard.

We use one these fryers. They don't have any type of filter in the lid so will stink when heated so need to be in a shed or an outhouse which is where we have it. Best spuds for chips are maris pipers then queens.

Some of the questions made me roll around..

"can u make chips with fresh potatoes in the fryer or is it frozen chipsonly"

Hi, thank you for your question.
I have looked into your query and I can advise that you are able to cook potato using the Argos Value Range Pro Deep Fat Fryer

Cooking oil, cigarette smoke and a few days without a shower = poverty smell. Having one of these things in your house would make your clothes stink. I can always tell when someone passes by me in a shop or on the street and you get the overwhelming smell of cooking fat grease. They've also consumed half of the oil through their hair. Ghastly.

I'm sure that there's not many people that would disagree with me to be fair

I'm not really sure what the point of your comment was in the first place. It doesn't really seem that well thought out, just mostly about you equating the thought of owning a fryer with poor unwashed people in your head.

I live in poverty, the highlight of my week is proper chips and I use the spent oil to run my car so I can work. Not everyone lives in your bubble pal, get over yourself! Don't sniff me though...

Comes with free Mars Bar....

And yet you're as wrong as you are arrogant.
I certainly grew up in poverty, low class as they get. And I don't just mean I was a kid from a working family who only got Nike and not Burberry trainers. And we did have a fryer that was used a lot, but that was 1980s.

These days: I have a deep fat fryer. I use it maybe once a month IF that. It sits under the extractor fan if I use it. But fairly sure me owning one has **** all todo with poverty. I'm no longer living in very bad poverty, not rich but just upper tax band as a single guy so fairly well off.

FYI my sister certainly lives in poverty (of her own idiocy though, on benefits and drugs, scratch cards, cigs...brighthouse, a literal stereotype?) But they oven cook food as it's simpler, lazier and cheaper than messing around with oil.

Basically don't be an arrogant dick. I've a fryer, used occasionally, not living in poverty.

+Heat safer than using a stove and simpler. Nice way to cook a cheap treat.

reserved one at castle vale..i bought one last time and i treid to clean it, after that it stopped working lol, probaly water got into the works...better to chuck the old one away and get a new one for £10...i only use it now and then mainly for fries...does the job to be honest..best thing is to make sure you wipe the frier after use as the oil is easier to get off..once its gone cold..theyre a **** to clean.lol

We were the same but after years of dry oven chips etc i bought one of these couple of months ago onbline much to wifes dismay
however the chips that come out of these are 10 times better than oven chips
well worth the money
yes there is an oil smell while using just like any other fryer or wok but it soon goes and to be honest hardly worth worrying about.

well worth a tenner

I have had a Tefal fryer for years identical to this one. It has been great!

To keep them like new, the secret is clean with degreaser.
You spray it and wipe off built up grease with ease.
Elbow Grease £3-30 Amazon

Real chips and scampI mmm
Heat added

Yes it stinks but as someone who was on benefits for years (due to disability) and growing up in actual poverty i.e damp property, hand me down clothes, struggling to put food on table we never owned one till about 10 years ago and even then father only uses it to make things like HOME MADE bhajis, fish and chips (he even makes batter himself), we never had fried breakfasts like many of our working class friends, and our working and middle class friends were the ones with fryers since of course they were the only ones who could afford them!

And properties more smelt of cigarettes than fat!

I have own a fryer 5 years and used it a few times at most to make chips when had friends round.
I have an extractor fan so just use that in my property

Cook my chips in the shed/garage. Cooked in good old lard they are superb. Probably buy one as a back up.

ordered thanx

What is "Simple value" when describing a deep fat fryer.?

Really made me laugh to read this as the same applies in my house. One generation back any our dads wouldn't have even consulted their wives, and the wives would have had to make the chips and then clean the thing. I. blame the Spice Girls.

I did not realise there was so much hate about deep fat fryers.
I must have been miss-led somewhere in life as I thought eating chips was the norm.

Got some cheap Tesco 3 way chips, done a fantastic job of them :smile:

What oils do you recommend

Thanks OP. Collected.
Already have two others, but different capacity..
This site is as bad as gambling, but at least you win a prise every time!

Argos also have half price on lots of other things, like steamers and kettles

Sick and tired of your house ?
Having trouble selling it ?
Then here lies the answer !
(Just make sure that your buildings and contents insurance is up to date first)