Thread: New Cajun Fryer

I'm weird and just can't leave the oil in it, so I drain it and clean it up. Will add that a toilet brush (dedicated to fryer use only, lol) works great for cleaning under the burner tube. My only complaint is the groove around the inside of the thermometer, as the breading tends to accumulate there and is a little tricky to get out, but otherwise very easy to clean. I get a bit goofy over cleaning cooking stuff up, so most probably don't even notice, just had to figure out where that old breading was coming from when I dumped the oil back in it.

Originally Posted by hawgdog

Yes it does, but i cant find anything that says it would hurt the peanut oil... Hasnt affected the taste yet

I used mine on New Years day, and the oil was thick because of the cold weather. When it got hot, it looked normal and tasted the same as always. I had strained the oil, and cleaned the cooker the time before that, and just put the strained oil back in and added back what I'd lost (bout 1/2 gal, most of which I wasted getting the breading out from under the burner) with new oil. Mine stays outside covered with two grill covers. I cooked for 4-6 people 6-8 times last summer and fall before I strained my oil.

The main reason I leave the oil in mine is to keep it from rusting after cleaning it out.

HMMMM....I too drain my oil and clean cooker after use, but looking at all the posts...Maybe I should just leave it in until it gets 90 degrees outside....I'd use mine more if I could just light it up and cook! We have one at the duck club and my buddy leaves the oil in it there...But they seldom clean anything up!!!! I'm a little leary of ant's and bugs getting into it...but hey...Crunchies like long john silver's JACK>>>> OMG...I'm sick....

Originally Posted by golfprocrappieman

HMMMM....I too drain my oil and clean cooker after use, but looking at all the posts...Maybe I should just leave it in until it gets 90 degrees outside....I'd use mine more if I could just light it up and cook! We have one at the duck club and my buddy leaves the oil in it there...But they seldom clean anything up!!!! I'm a little leary of ant's and bugs getting into it...but hey...Crunchies like long john silver's JACK>>>> OMG...I'm sick....

I left the oil in my cooker all summer without any ill effects. Never got any critters in my oil either. If by chance I did, they must have settled in the bottom with the breading crumbs. They tasted like peanut oil too!! :-)

Hot grease will kill anything lol

Originally Posted by arkansasbowhunter

I am gonna try that rice oil next. I got a couple gallons to try out.

I got some of this last summer. Its great stuff! It won't scortch as easy and others due to the higher smoke point... I guess if you have one of these fancy fryers it don't matter though. With my poor boy cooker, it does matter.

Originally Posted by BigRiverMarine

I left the oil in my cooker all summer without any ill effects. Never got any critters in my oil either. If by chance I did, they must have settled in the bottom with the breading crumbs. They tasted like peanut oil too!! :-)

Yep...Trust me ..At the NE Arkansas Duck camp...I was looking for floating MIKLE MOUSES IN THAT THAR OIL!!!!....mouse free...I think!!! Tasty catfish, hushpuppies and fries anyway!!!

I only take my oil out in the summer. Just a personal preference. Just have to coat it good with a cooking spray.