Breville DF30

After an incident involving my Kenwood Deep Fat Fryer, my ceramic hot plate and my sons new found interest in the shiny knobs on the front of the cooker I was forced to buy a new deep fat fryer. I have a love hate relationship with deep fat fryers in that I love the chips that come out but hate trying to clean the fryers. We had received the Kenwood Fryer as a wedding gift and as fryers go I was quite pleased with it as you could take it all apart to wash it. I went to Argos to try and get another Kenwood fryer as they still sell the same model but there were none in stock. I tried about 5 other fryers but again none were in stock. I could have ...  Read the complete review

This fryer is one of the best ive had, it heats up within 6mins! also it has a function where if bits of food fall down to element it will cut out rather than burning it and your oil! which then means you can reuse your oil more than you could with other fryers, saving you money! also its so easy to clean you just wash the lid and basket as you would normal dishes, either in a sink or in the washer, then you lift the back-eliement out of the fryer, wipe it down, no need to soak then just empty your oil and wash the bottom. its just like a deep roasting tin, an again do it in the sink or in the dishwasher. it only takes about half hour to clean, including filtering the ...  Read the complete review

For me, a deep fat fryer has to be 1. Easy to use 2. Easy to clean 3. Easy to store 4. Have a decent capacity 5. Not stink the house out! The Breville DF30 ticks all of the boxes. I paid around £27.99 when it was on offer in a local supermarket when my last one had given up the ghost. The fryer is silver in colour with a removable lid that you take off whilst cooking. The actual frying unit comes out therefore enabling the oil to be changed much more easily. The thermostat at the back hooks over the main unit with the element part sitting down into the oil. The basket has a folding in handle which makes storage much ...  Read the complete review