fish cooker: cast iron dutch or aluminum

[sosowingshooter]

Lookin to upgrade and wanted some opinions before I bought. There's only $25 difference between the two, so I don't mind forkin over for the cast iron, if it's worth it. My In-Laws cook almost exclusively with cast iron, but I don't have a lot of experience with it.
Would there be any advantages at all to using aluminum? Clean up? Weight? Would the cast iron make it any easier to keep an even temp while cooking?

[jigsbydirk]

My opinion, cast iron all the way, the fish will be much more crispier and the grease will stay hotter longer and you won't experience as much of a temp drop when you put in fillets.

[exit 84]

We had a fish fry at the church and I used my cast iron dutch and my buddy used his aluminmum. The cast iron kept the oil hot even when putting in french fries. He had to wait for his to reheat before he could continue.
just my 2 cents.

[exit 84]

My opinion, cast iron all the way, the fish will be much more crispier and the grease will stay hotter longer and you won't experience as much of a temp drop when you put in fillets.

that's what i was trying to say. well said.

[bigjt]

The cast iron pot will be a whole lot better. IMOP

[FisherMike]

Yep, cast iron all the way.

Making it a dutch, you have the best of all worlds.

[skiptomylu]

I use several different things, but the best way IMHO is anything you can put on a propane burner. You can get that so hot that each batch is done very fast and hold less grease after. Sometimes I can get it to cook each batch in less than 2 minutes (even 1 1/2 minutes). This way all you fish is still hot even after the fries and hush puppies. It's hard to believe how fast this works and I got sold on it when Rita hit here and had a lot of fish to cook.

[sosowingshooter]

Great info, that's what I was looking for. Thanks.

[Knappy]

cast iron without a doubt--don't waste your money on aluminum

[wefish]

Cast Iron spreads the heat more evenly and stays hot at a More constant temp, I have both and prefer the cast iron all the way around.