Thread: cooking oil?

i use gauze medical pads (4"x4") to strain my oil.......steril and cheap and has 4 layers to catch the debris

I use paint strainers placed in a funnel. Most parts stores will give them to you along with stirring paddles when you purchase paint. The strainers mold right to the funnel. Hope this helps.

i let mine set in the cooker for a few days after i cook. all the sediment in the oil will sink to the bottom (cornmeal sediment will float on the surface, but i dont use cornmeal)then i pour it back in the jugs it come in, being careful not to stir the stuff up in the bottom. the sediment and little bit of oil left in it, i pour out. if you have floating sediment, use a piece of cheese cloth or a NEW OR CLEAN cloth diaper and strain it through it. coffee filters is too slow and time consuming.

I thought I'd thought of most of the simple things to strain the crud out with, but probably wouldn't have thought of gauze and paint strainers until I read it here. Thanks for all the ideas....

I use the same bottles it came in. Once cooled, I funnel it back into those bottles it came out of. This gives you the chance to see how much oil was used (very little usually). I then put the tops back on the bottles and set them in the trash can for pick-up.

takes 1 gal to fill my fryer.after use i let it stay in deep fry overnight to settle and then pour all the good stuff back in the original jug and place into the refrigerator and it will keep forever. can get a number of uses before it is no longer good for cooking. then i filter it into my diesel truck veg oil tank and burn it going fishing.AAHH IT IS SO GOOD TO PASS THE SERVICE STATIONS AND KEEP ON GOING.