Another thread on the Cajun Fryer

Peanut oil / high temp cooking

I bought a six gallon model at Lumber One in Mayflower in December. I had been looking at it for a while and they had the best price from the price comparison I was able to do. I love it and I am going to try some of that rice bran oil when I change mine out next time.

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Originally Posted by mcgoods

I like to use cottonseed oil when I can get it but would like to try rice oil. Save your old grease, works great to burn brush or stumps

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Or make your own diesel.

That clear frying oil at Sam's for $21 works great. Everything I've cooked in it has come out fantastic so far. With these fryer's its hard to burn the oil so cheaper oil (lower smoke point) is fine IMO. Yeah sure peanut oil is great if you are afraid you might get oil to hot like 450deg!! Haha JK...

It was my understanding that with rice oil you could cook at a slightly higher temp and get the batter more crispy but im certianly no cook.

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Originally Posted by blueducklane

It was my understanding that with rice oil you could cook at a slightly higher temp and get the batter more crispy but im certianly no cook.

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Thats what I have been reading about the rice oil.

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Originally Posted by steve48

I use the Canola oil for my 8.5 gallon . peanut oil has a higher burning degree, but if you use it for public, lots of people are allergic to peanuts and by products.

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Correct! A good friend is allergic to peanuts. We always use a different oil in everything we cook in case he stops by.