Brentwood DF-701 vs Proctor Silex 35041PS

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

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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

It has an adjustable temperature and a ready light lets. You know when the oil is ready for cooking there's, also a basket hook for mess free draining...

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

The unique magnetically attached power cord sure seemed like a gimmick when I pulled the unit out of the box. But the first time I moved the full unit I snagged the cord on our stand mixer and the magnet released the cord from the base. I had made sure the unit was unplugged, but was not watching close enough to notice the plug was hung up on the mixer. Had the cord been hard-wired, I would have had warm oil spread all over the counter and floor

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

I was only able to fry french fries and tater tots in this because of the size, however they did fry up perfectly. This would make a nice fryer for someone single that has a small apartment or dorm because it does not take up much counter space at all.