Brentwood DF-701 vs Cuisinart CDF-200

I have this deep fryer, and it was driving me crazy with the temperature- it kept turning off when it was no way near hot enough. I was even checking with a thermometer (so lid was off). I decided to try one more time, and I don't know WHY, but I used the lid. I had never deep fried with a lid- my old deep fryer only used the lid for storage when oil was in it

You will need to use this in batches and hold warm in the oven at 200 degrees. For me the tradeoff was not wanting a huge machine. I'll take the cute little size for the price of taking longer to fry. Short magnetic cord

I used coconut oil and canola oil. Also, since the capacity is small, it can only handle small portions otherwise it’ll boil over so you have to watch it like a baby. The pic shows two regular size egg rolls which can handle ok. If you add more, it will boil and bubble over as pictured

I felt the edges of the lid were too sharp. I prefer a fryer with an attached lid so I can close the lid, then lower the basket. That's just safer. There is no charcoal filter

Markings inside show the minimum and maximum amounts of oil. In response to toddlers getting severely burned by pulling on power cords and overturning pots of hot oil, UL now requires appliances like deep fryers to have magnetic break-away power cords. Works fine, in my opinion. Safety is also the reason for the short cord, which is a plus for me as I use mine near an outlet

So the lids back on here is your control panel you have your power light and your ready light right on the top the power light lets you know you have ...

There's been no issues with the product itself, just is small and for us that is what we required. If you're looking to feed more than 2 - 4 people in one sitting or on average, then you might need something larger. It comes with the little basket and considering I'd used to have to pull them out with tongs in an older model, that is extremely useful and efficient. There's no real criticism to give as it's exactly what we asked for and expected in the product

That said, with the fryer set to its highest temperature (375 degrees), it heated the cooking oil and indicated it was ready to use fairly quickly. Like others have mentioned, it actually reached a maximum temperature of 362 degrees, 13 degrees shy of the setting. My last negative comment doesn't come as a surprise because its dimensions are stated. It's small