The cool touch and compact form are great, you can store it immediately after use if necessary without burning yourself on hot metal sides. Controls are simple and temp lights tell you when you're ready to fry. Basket functions well enough on it's hinged system. No handles sticking out when you're done either.
I caught it for under $50 so if I can get a couple of years out of it I'm happy.
FRENCH FRY TIP:
I've seen many people complain about these units not being hot enough and fries coming out soggy. This is likely not the fryer's fault. I cook with light olive oil mix (for health reasons not that it's the best for the job) but it really works IF you do one simple thing, boil the cut potatoes for a few minutes with a half cup of vinegar to the water, dry with paper towel and they come out crispy almost every time without the overboil issues.
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I love this deep fryer! Our old one didn't have the removable basket, and you couldn't lower the handle once the lid was shut, and it didn't have the timer or the filtersthe list goes on! I also love that fact that you can completely disassemble it and wash the entire thing! The basket looks really small compared to my other one but did some actually comparison with food quantity and they actually hold about the same amount. Really happy with this purchase and would definitely recommend it!Best Deals on Oster CKSTDFZM55 3-Liter Cool Touch Deep Fryer, Black
The fryer has performed flawlessly. I use it 2 3 times a week and have not been disappointed yet. The oil heats up fairly quickly and it is able to maintain temperature. The best feature of this fryer is the easy of changing oil and cleaning everything you need to clean comes apart and can be cleaned over a sink (except you cannot immerse the control unit in water of course). The basket is likewise easy to clean and it is well designed and constructed.Follow-up: After using the fryer for approximately a month (2-3 times a week), the control panel plastic, where the heating element exits, melted and began to smoke. I turned the unit off and unplugged it immediately. Glad that I was monitoring it at the time don't know how bad it would have gotten (it was hot enough to a fire). I contacted Oster by email (which is now Sunbeam and apparently managed by a company named Jarden). My email was answered the following day wherein they offered me a different model (the M70) as a replacement fryer, claiming that the M55 model was out of stock and it was unknown when it would be back in stock. I agreed to the M70 and the replacement was delivered within a week by UPS (even before the broken unit was returned) no charge. A UPS shipping label was sent in the mail for the return of the M55 no charge. The M70 is a 4 liter unit and not made as well as the M55 but, so far, it hasn't melted guess we'll see if it holds up. So, I am disappointed that the M55 failed but I am impressed with the customer service and prompt response to the problem.
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