Presto Pot / Turkey Fryer Question.

[RichardLOZ]

For those of you over there using the turkey fryers in particular. Is the heating element in those built into the pot or is it a raw element in the bottom that sits in the wax, somewhat like the commercial deep fryers where the element is sitting in the oil itself?

[Meridith]

Mine have raw elements on the bottom of the fryer.

[nay2120]

My turkey fryer has the open element also. I think I have the Masterbuilt model.

hth:smiley2:

[RichardLOZ]

Thanks for the information. How do you go about cleaning those with the raw element. Not that it would be a huge issue for me as I only ever have unscented & uncoloured was in my pot, which I remove into another pot for scenting & colouring. Just questions I have wondered about as at the moment we are using a pot with a sealed element in the base, however it only holds about 8 lb melted wax and I would like to get somethjing larger.

The 65 lb melter would be awesome but we are not quite at that level yet, so something inbetween would be nice.

[nursenancy]

You can remove the heating element assembly for cleaning. I hardly ever have to clean mine, though. I do unscented in it as well. I add fo & dye in my pour pots and then clean those.

Edited November 27, 2010 by nursenancy

[RichardLOZ]

Thanks for all the replies. I have tended to avoid the exposed element fryers, but now knowing that they work ok I can have a look out for something a bit larger than my current 8 lb one. Not quite ready for a 65 lb wax melter as yet, so something inbetween would be nice