| Hamilton Beach Stainless Steel 12-Cup Deep Fryer | 
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| Brand: Hamilton Beach
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Rating: 19 reviews
MPN: U102878
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Product Description
Hamilton Beach Stainless Steel 12-Cup Deep FryerFry crispy, mouth-watering foods without the mess you've come to expect from traditional deep fryers! Food can be lowered into hot oil and lifted out while the lid is closed for splatter-free frying. Large 12-cup capacity Immersed heating element makes direct contact with oil for ultra-fast heating Easy to assemble Adjustable heat Digital timer Breakaway cord Power on and preheat lights Basket is dishwasher safe Model Number: 35030
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 Stupid Amazon April 22, 2010
Kaitlin Szerzinski
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to getting this deep fryer! My boyfriend is a chef and he said this one would be perfect for us to use to make some delicious food, even easy enough that I could use it (I have zero skills in the kitchen...). However stupid Amazon people sent us a food processer instead...I called to have it returned, but I was going to have to pay for shipping and they weren't going to send me this deep fryer after the exchange. They were just going to refund my money and I'd have to order it ALL over again!! F that. Anyways...my boyfriend said the food processer is worth more than $60 so we're keeping it! :-)
Great fryer April 12, 2010
beachgirl (Columbia, SC, USA)
We are very pleased with the Hamilton Beach Deep Fryer. We already owned one and thought a 'double' fryer would be good. But, we purchased an inferior product first that one side quit working, and the other side shorted out. We decided the best thing to do if we wanted two separated thermostats and baskets was to just buy a second Hamilton Beach. We did and the Hamilton Beach is a very good product. 3 of us in the family have done the same thing and we just made our own double fryer with two of these that we know we can trust.
almost flawless February 14, 2010
Shinobi
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Got this fryer as a gift from my dad. I will let you all know that the oil pan is a deep 1/3 hotel pan so if you need to replace it just get one of those at a restaurant supply store and put 96oz of oil in it (2x48oz of canola oil at my walmart were 2.84ea).
Now about the fryer itself... the handle on the basket could be a little sturdier (so could the basket itself honestly) as the way to attach and detach it is to squeeze the forks together and lift/lower/insert/remove it. The little angles of metal that hold the forks could be a little longer so as to hold the handle a little more securely.Not a huge complaint by any means just a suggestion.
The only real issue I have so far is the cord. It's about 18" long and the magnets that hold it onto the fryer are so weak you could literally drop a hot wing on it and it would fall off. I know its there for safety but with such a short cord you almost dont need the magnetic release. Plus the actual plug portion where it plugs into the fryer is about 2" long with additional room needed to keep the cord from bending against a wall and causing it to disconnect. So as long as you can keep the back of the fryer 6" from the wall (probably a good idea in the first place) you will be fine.
Heating to 375 was almost exactly 10 min (for a gallon of oil thats pretty quick really)... cooking some home made chicken nuggets and some fries was quick and easy. Nuggets took 2-3 min and fries took 1-2min so all told I had a plateful of fries and nuggets in 15 min from turning on the fryer from a cold boot. Even with the ready light off 90% of the time while cooking the food still cooked quickly and was dry (as in not oily) when I sat down to eat. Dry food from a fryer is indicative of a high cooking temp so even if the oil wasnt 375 exactly while cooking it was still hot enough to leave the food perfectly cooked and not greasy. The fries and nuggets were crispy and just outstanding tasting... ate almost half a bag of fries (walmart seasoned fries are about 1.65 for a 2lb bag) in one sitting!
Overall this fryer is nearly flawless and only the two things mentioned above plus maybe some insulation around the oil pan to keep the sides cool to the touch keep it from being the perfect fryer. I used to be a fry cook in a popular restaurant in upstate NY and I really had no issues with this fryer once I got cooking (pardon the pun).
friendly fryer January 30, 2010
Michael D. Mekus (cleveland)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
bought this as a gift for my fiance's son we are very pleased with it
 Fryer's remorse December 29, 2009
Zack Davisson (Seattle, WA, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This Hamilton Beach Deep Fryer was my first deep fryer. What attracted me to it the most was the low price (when I bought it. Thanks Black Friday!), and all though it is perfectly serviceable, after using it a few times I wish I had done a bit more research and gone with a model that was perhaps more expensive but overall more functional.
As far a simple deep fryers go, it has all the necessary features. The pieces are all separate, making for easy cleaning. The power cable is a magnetized quick-release that prevents any tripping of the cord resulting in a downpour of hot oil. The heating element goes directly into the oil, heating up the oil first instead of heating up the metal which then heats up the oil. All of that is pretty good.
The analog dial lets you chose only four temperatures, 300, 325, 350 and 375 degrees. This isn't too different from deep fryers like the Presto 05462 Digital ProFry Immersion-Element 9-Cup Deep Fryer which claim to be "digital" but still only allow you to select from the four pre-set temperatures. I have seen others that give you far more control over your temperature, but you get what you get here. There is a small digital timer you can set, which is basically the same as a cheap stop watch and gives you a little beep when it times down. Not a bad function, but nothing exceptional.
Everything fries in here just fine, and I don't have any complaints there. I did have some trouble with my beer-battered fish sticking to the basket, but I think that is more a matter of cooking skill and familiarity with the proper oil levels rather than a problem with the machine itself.
One of my biggest problems with this model is that it is just too small. I wanted to make hand-made fish and chips for a party of four, and the capacity of this fryer just isn't up to it. By the time I got done frying the fish, the potatoes had gotten cold and needed a quick dunk back in the oil to get them hot and crispy again. The size is probably fine if you are just doing a few fried things to go along with a meal, like if I wanted to fry up some french fries to go with hamburgers, or maybe a few bulbs of deep-fried garlic, but if you want to do a whole fry-themed meal for friends then it is a bit small.
If I could do it again, I think I would have gone with the Aroma ADF-212 Smart Fry XL Digital Dual Basket Deep Fryer, which doesn't cost too much more but delivers quite a bit more in flexibility and function.
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