Euro Pro Deep Fryer

[squigster]

Anyone tried this fryer?

Walmart.com : Euro Pro Stainless Steel Deep Fryer : Appliances

I bought one and tried to heat plastic in it last night at 325 deg F and it fried my plastic. It left black chunks all through it. I stirred the whole time and it still burnt it. It has temp control thats why I tried it. Do you guys heat it in the micro first then pour it in the deep fryer? Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.

[Angler310]

Squigster,

are the elements exposed on the bottom of the fryer? If they are you will need to find a way to cover them, I thought about using one something like that fryer and found that the element gets quite a bit hotter allowing the plastic to burn before the batch get to temp.

angler310

[squigster]

They are not exposed but they are raised. I am guessing that they get real hot real fast. I dont know what to do to try and cover them though without plastic getting underneath whatever I would put over them. Any ideas? I though about nuking the plastic first then putting it in there but if the elements get that hot maybe it would still burn. I may try it one more time. I put a digital temp probe in there and it only registered 255 when it was burning. Any more thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[MONKEYqpHUNTER]

just wondering why are you useing a fryer to heat your plastic ?

[squigster]

I was looking for a better means to heat about a half a gallon of plastic at one time for tube dipping. I have a presto pot setup with the mixer and ball valve but you have to keep stopping it to dip tubes and it requires about a gallon at a time to keep a descent level of plastic for dipping 4" to 6" tubes. The fryer holds about 1/2 gallon perfectly if it would not burn it. I need something to maintain the heat better than a hot plate and an aluminum cylinder, thats why I tried it. I just wanted a smaller version of the presto pot and I thought it would work.

[redg8r]

Some here have mentioned using a fry daddy/pappy/baby by modifying the thermostat from underneath. Never tried it myself, but I think those hold half the amount a presto pot holds.

also, maybe the smaller lee plastic pots?

Thanks for the report though, hopefully it saves someone some future trouble.

[squigster]

I was wandering if you could take the thermostat from a presto pot and fit it on a frydaddy. Dont know if the thermostat would fir or not. It may be two different type of connections.

[Richard Prager]

Have you tried Bojon's method for horizontal tube dipping. I bought the dvd and it seems pretty easy to do and you don't need to heat up so much plastic. Just a thought.

[redg8r]

Na, they're 2 different connectors.

The presto has the thermostat on the cord & the frydaddy thermostat/rheostat is built into the bottom.

Yeah if you haven't tried Bojon's method, give that a try too.

[squigster]

I dont have the DVD but I tried it for a while. There is nothing wrong with it at all and it works great but you cant dip multiple baits at one time. My brother machined me 5 tube dippers similiar to what lurecraft sells with 7 rods on each dipper and they work great in the presto pot but I am using a gallon at a time to get what I want and after a little while the level drops so low that either I pour the plastic out through the ball valve or dip smaller tubes. Yes, the level will drop in any pot but if I only feel like making 35 tubes I dont want to use a whole gallon. The problem with the presto pot is its size. I dont want to make a million but I dont want to be there all day making one at a time. If they would make a smaller version it would be perfect.