If you've never tried deep frying at home, this is how you do it properly. Shallow pan frying anyways makes a huge mess, air frying just can't quite hit the same highs. You'll get restaurant quality food out of just basic frozen stuff in less time than an air fryer or oven, and as counter Intuitive as it feels - when done properly, its actually LESS oily and/or greasy ( try peanut oil ).
The Cuisinart deep fryer is an excellent choice for frying French fries, chicken tenders, chicken wings, vegetables etc.. it’s quality made, has a nice medium size fryer basket, and heats up to temperature in about 8-10 minutes. My only complaint is the timer button: its very old school, a knob that one turns to set the cook time but this knob button timer is a little challenging to get an accurate reading and needs to be changed. I would recommend a digital timer to replace this archaic one.