Customer Reviews for All Clad - All-Clad 3.5L Ez Clean Pro Deep Fryer with Digital Timer and Oil Filtration System - Silver
Customer Rating
3
Overkill for occasional use
on February 14, 2025
Posted by: Anonymous
Gender:Male
Daughter got it for me for Christmas. It works perfectly well, but uses a lot of oil. The filtration function works well, Still, for an occasional batch of French fries, hush puppies, shrimp or fish, cooking oil management is a hassle. Fried potato’s and veggies don’t leave the oil smelly, but shrimp and fish do, so I could only get 4 or 5 cooks out of a batch of oil. It is simpler just to use a small Dutch oven and filter through coffee filters when you are done to reuse oil.
I recently purchased the fryer and have used it twice now. Both times after using it I set the knob to automatic filter and let it sit overnight. Both times when I came out in the morning it hadn't drained a drop! I can press the button on the bottom of the vat and the oil will flow just fine. I just don't see how the drain button gets pressed by turning the knob to automatic filter. What am I missing?
Excellent fryer as long as you don't overfill it. This is the only fryer I could find that featured a filtration system for the oil to enable using it over and over again. My mom said that both her and my grandma would always just leave the oil in their fryers in the cabinet, and this seemed like a better solution than days of old. I purchased it in December and have used it at least 5 or 6 times. I have used it for a shrimp/clam strip fry, to fry french fries (steak fries, waffle fries, fast food cut french fries), as well as to fry chicken breasts for a homemade McChicken sandwich. The results are perfect every time. Like other reviewers that have rated it 1 star because of it leaking oil, I was surprised that the oil container lid did not stay snapped on. You have to be careful and tilt it just a little at a time from the drain corner in order to avoid making a mess. As long as you do that you'll be fine.
Also very important is DO NOT overfill the oil to begin with in the fryer. It's a matter of physics.... the oil container in the bottom is ONLY so big. If you overfill the fryer with oil then set it to drain, the oil has to go somewhere once the plastic container is full. And obviously that means all over your countertop. So it's simple people, to avoid that don't overfill the oil past the MAX FILL line clearly indicated in the fryer! Also, another reviewer complained the cord was a pain. It is magnetic to the back of the unit and only fits one direction. I would have to assume the person who complained about it was trying to put it on upside down (the correct way it angles up to help keep the cord from falling against the hot side of the fryer when it's being used).
Someone else said that the fryer isn't deep enough. I have not had an issue with that at all. I have can easily fry 2 chicken breasts with room to spare, a full bag of french fries, or 2 boxes of butterflied shrimp at a time without any issues. The oil gets hot enough that it bubbles up and over anything I've fried in it.
The only reason I did not give this fryer a 5 star review is because the plastic oil container lid shouldn't come off so easy. But if you're just careful you're not going to have an issue with it. Aside from this I have been happy with it enough that I am going to purchase one for my mom for Mother's Day.
I purchased this last year to replace a waring pro that we had for 15 years. Loved the idea of the oil box that cleans and drains. Very thoughtful and perhaps the highlight that overshadows the unit. The unit does not recover at all after dropping in for a fry. It take 5+ minutes for the temp to recover, creating oily saturated food. Would not recommend this to my worst enemy
Great Love Hate relationship. I LOVE the quality of the fry. I LOVE the filtration system. I LOVE the onboard oil strage. I HATE the oil bin, lid and closing mechanism. As many have stated, the lid is junk. It shoud have extrnal lips to slide over the edge of the bid to keep it on. It's like a crappy tuperware lid that doesn't lock. If you don't grip the whole thing by the top/bottom/sides and edges to drain it ... there's OIL EVERYWHERE! Come'on All Clad, you're better then this!
This Deep Fryer holds up to the quality standards of All Clad products. I am very happy with the size of the basket, how quickly it brings the oil to temp and it’s ability to retain a consistent temperature. The food came out perfectly cooked and didn’t tasted soggy with oil. It stands true to its word about masking the smell, it didn’t leave that greasy smell for days like we’ve experienced with other fryers!! I’m impressed with the oil filter process and very impressed with the cleaning. It breaks down nice and comes very clean in the dishwasher. This by far is the best fryer I have ever had!! Highly recommended!!!