Turkey Fryer...WOWZA!!

[HeavenScentU]

Thanks grama! I will go and take a look at one today since I am having lunch with DH and the store is near his work. I hope it is on sale I really need to melt more wax at one time.

[Gdawg]

kymber 4627 is a PITA lol so yeah that is great to be able to put that much in at once...sweet I am going surfing now for a turkey fryer since I hate leaving my house, much easier to have it shipped to me:)

[grama]

http://www.popeilfamilystore.com/masterbuilt.html?gclid=CK_S4I7-rI8CFQHgPAodSyh_QA

That is where I got mine. Service was quick - I think about a week after order. Sorta pricy but :smiley2:

[Gdawg]

okay so I am finding the stainless steel one and then the ones like the presto pot look but with the vavle ect. Of course I love the stainless steel one

but it is also more, does the other one work just as good? and what about the ones with the ditgal temp knob on the back?

[grama]

I ordered the black one but they were out so they sub the stainless steel at no extra charge:yay: The digital temp on back will be at top and it works real good. I was concerned about it getting to hot but at 200 it never went over that. I think it sorta cooled a little bit from that which was what I wanted. The only lower temp I could get was 175 I think and for my paraffin that was to low.

[ShelleyBean]

Just wanted to add, sometimes right after the holidays are over you can get them a little cheaper than you find them right now. I got mine in Feb I think it was and I paid right at 80 dollars for it, but some found them at places like Linens and Things for much less than I paid for mine even.

[Gdawg]

thank you thank you for all your help in helping me with my decision

[Sharon in KY]

My daughter found one last year or was it early this year? On clearance at KMart $17.00, only one they had. At the same time I was at another KMart and they had plenty but not even marked down at all. I was so pissed, the clerk wouldn't even get them down from the 20 ft. shelf they were on. She could have at least checked. So now I have a spare till I get some more room to work in....

[NattyCat]

if the heating element is sitting in the base of the pot, I do understand that it needs to be covered with molten wax before you turn the pot on but

a) when you release the wax from the spout, can it go below the coils without you noticing and cause them to burn out. Also, is the spout a good one? I've got a presto with a spout but it's a ball valve and the wax does not come out very neatly -it sprays all over the place.

and

once you turn the fryer off, wax shrinks when it cools - will this shrinking of wax all around the coil/heating element damage it in some way? In particular pillar wax shrinks a lot so does it cause unnatural stresses on the coils or not?

[grama]

Natty Cat - You can see everything inside the pot and you can see when the level gets low, just add some more wax. This can be the chunks also, it doesn't have to be melted. The spout pours very good, and yes, better than my presto even though presto spout does not spew. Just slower than spout on turkey fryer. Even if it does shrink I think you can tell good enough (hear the southerness!) if it will be to low or not. I really love mine. Though today I am using my presto. Not much in pouring mood but got to get several different scents poured:shocked2:

[Sharon in KY]

When it's on then you need to keep wax above the coils. And after empting the wax for cleaning or what ever. Be sure to put liquid wax in to cover coils. I though I could skip this and tried several time but the wax always burns. I use soy so don't know about paraffin.

[cmspath]

I love mine - have two of them.. I cant believe I was so long without them.. have had them about a year now.. one of the best investments yet...

[NattyCat]

what i was actually asking was whether the wax contracting and shrinking could damage the coils because as the wax cools and shrinks it will basically be squeezing the coils really hard, and I'm wondering if, over time, this continual shrinking of the wax around the element will damage it in some way?

Nat

[grama]

Nat - haven't had mine long enough to answer that but judging from the ones that do have them and been using them for several years it won't hurt the coils.

[bells4shells]

I'm bringing this up again as I've been looking into getting one. I've also seen that these tend to not work as described from opinion sites. Everyone that has gotten one hasn't had any problems? It's quite an investment to make especially when reading people can't even get it to work one time.

And I can't seem to find turkey fryers on Linens n Things. Does anyone know if they're still available there? The cheapest I've found so far is $119 for the black version from Amazon.

[Sharon in KY]

Haven't looked for one this year. Last year, JC Penny's, Linens n Things, Bed Bath and Beyond, K Mart and WalMart all had them. But the deep frying turkeys might have been more popular then. This would be a good time to look as they will have them marked down.

And I haven't read of anyone on this board that has had trouble with them. Might have been an isolated thing.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=eMS&q=masterbuilt+electric+turkey+fryer&revid=754714933&resnum=0&um=1&ie=UTF-8

[Guest meredean]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=7811421 the black one for $98. They have free shipping to your nearest store also!

[bells4shells]

oh nice! Cheapest yet - I can't wait to get mine ordered.

[SpaceGirl]

I've had mine for awhile now and experienced no problems. The spout is above the level of the coils, so I can't empty enough to expose them.

I think that maybe if you were using a really hard wax there could be some potential for "squeezing" the coils, but I use a mix of soy and 4630 -- the wax is just too soft, even when set up, to put stress on the coils.

[candlemaker74]

What is the lowest temp you can set the Masterbuilt at?

[SatinDucky]

150* (up to 300 I think, in 25* increments)

maybe top temp is 250...lol

Had to go look...LOL Top is 400*, comes on at 200* by default

[SatinDucky]

BTW: I keep 4625 for pillars in mine. Nothing has appeared wrong with the coils though I do have a nice large outward dome on the bottom. The insert pot sits about 1 1/2" above the black shell

I love mine and want a couple more

[never4gotten]

I just picked up one today at Kmart for 72.00. Last one they had in stock. I had one previously but for reasons unknowable the X decided to take it when he moved out and still over 2yrs later won't give it back.

[NattyCat]

OK I got my black masterbuilt 28qt turkey fryer today woooo hoooo!

I was told that I could just put my flaked soy straight in and turn it on, well when I did that it started smoking and cut itself off. So I am now gonna fill a presto pot with wax, melt it and fill the turkey fryer up with molten wax before I do anything.

However, my question is - seeing as it smoked and switched off when I used raw wax flakes, what happens when I turn the machine off overnight filled with wax and want to use it the next day? It will have solid wax in it, not molten wax - so won't it start to smoke again because it's touching plain wax? I read in this thread that you shouldn't put unmelted soy in it as it will burn - won't it burn my wax tomorrow?

Do I need to keep it turned on the whole time so that the wax is always molten or do I have to empty it out every night (pain in the ass)

Sorry for all the questions - if you have a turkey fryer and know what I should be doing please help!

Nat

[grama]

I use paraffin Natty and I just turn if off when I am through. The coils are coated I suppose so the solid wax does not hurt them. Would be lost without it now. Would love to have another one but with my 3 presto pots and turkey fryer space is sorta tight.:smiley2: