Cuisinart CDF-200 vs Presto 05443

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

A few problems from the first use . The thermostat on the model we received was not working properly and the unit would not heat past 300 deg. After contacting the MFG. ( we bought it on prime in august 2017 but did not use the fryer until October 2017 so the window for free returns was closed through prime) SO cudos to Presto And Company for reaching out to me after posting my initial review of this unit not living up to its expectations as a deep fryer

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

Number 4. Charcoal air filter absorbs frying odors. The Exterior basket. Handle lowers food into the oil with the cover closed to prevent spattering

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I had been looking at fryers for awhile and I wanted to find something that would cook food at an optimal level, save space on my counter, rescue me from additional work (grease cleaning all over the kitchen). and of course the price. This fryer surprised me. The assembly was a snap

The Bad; It takes up some counter space and is not compact, however, if you want to fry decent amounts of food, a larger bin such as this one is needed. The break away cord is short and PIA. The unit has to be near the outlet, otherwise It'll pull it out if you move the unit more than a couple inches. Minor annoyance

Just make sure the plug is securely attached to the fryer before you begin cooking. If you are cooking for a family, you will need two of these fryers going at once. I wish Presto made a larger capacity deep fryer in the Cooldaddy. Overall I love this product, I just wish it was a little larger

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

Nice window. The window on top of the unit is reasonably large and easy to see through. 4. Nice size

Every time you clean it you need to have the care of a brain surgeon basically because you don't want any water to reach the rest of the appliance. Needless to say, this makes the cleaning way more stressful than it should be, hence making this appliance VERY DIFFICULT to clean as far as I'm concerned since I don't really care about washing something by hand myself. Why did I buy this unit then? Well, I was under the impression that you could take the bowl off, I even searched the Q&A looking for this info and someone says that you could do it. Turns out this listing used to be shared with a different, bigger, deep fryer model from Cuisinart that you could take the bowl apart to clean it and that answer was for that one apparently

It works for my purposes, but you can't put too much in the basket at once or it just won't fry well. The cleanup is pretty intense too, but anytime you're dealing with oil, you should be prepared to use a lot of soap and hot water to wash it all away properly. At least the fry basket is dishwasher safe, and once the fry oil is disposed of, the oil bucket can be soaked and washed by hand. That leaves just cleaning all the nooks and crannies inside and out of the plastic shell, and the little hidden oil trap in the back, and the filter on top of course

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 ...

It has a magnetic connector for safety reasons, which is a good thing. I wish they used a longer cord so you do not have to be right next to an outlet to operate.