Presto Deep Fryer - FryDaddy 05420 Review

I had this perfectly wonderful Fry Daddy. Then I got it in my head to buy the Cool Daddy and have a lid and live happily ever after. This was a fairy tale. I was the wolf and got cooked in the fry pot - for sure.

My Granny bought me a Fry Daddy long ago. She also taught me how to make killer French fries and crab cakes. Life was so good. But I had to notice that grease makes sticky on the ceiling fan and ick on the cabinets. I thought I would be so much happier with a new fryer, so I got one and gave my Fry Daddy to the boys' dad. Dumb me.

The high tech Cool Daddy takes up so much space but makes hardly any more food at once than the Fry Daddy. Cool Daddy is also a bear to clean. Really now, any fryer is a mess. Try to knock the fat off the outside of one. You will see. But the Fry Daddy is streamlined. Much less to stress over. Much less to clean. Hands down - give me the Fry Daddy.

The Cool Daddy I got also has a lid. I thought - now this is the "stuff." Not. If I close the lid, I can't see the food. There's a window, but it steams up. Closed it also needs filters bought (expensive). Nothing to buy with Fry Daddy. I run the Cool Daddy lid open, so the lid is no benefit. Back to wishing I still had the Fry Daddy.

Cool Daddy has a basket. Sounds fabulous. The food still needs to be fluffed. I still have the turner thing from the Fry Daddy which I use to fluff up the food. Good thing the flipper thing was deep in the drawer, or I'd have to buy another flipper thing. Baskets look cool I guess, but they don't do much.

All in all, I must say I was an idiot to give away my Fry Daddy and go with the Cool Daddy. It's the same company, so I thought I was making a good move. I was way wrong.

Presto should stick with a good thing. A fryer is going to be somewhat messy. That's a given. And Cool Daddy ends up being a bigger mess in the end even if it looks like a cleaner machine. Frying is not for sissies. Suck it up or go out to eat. 

The real test is the food. Cool Daddy food is not as good. So, now I lust for my Fry Daddy.

I wonder if I go swap back with the boys' dad if he'd notice? Well, yeah I think so. If he cooked anything, he'd know he got the short end. If he just looked at the machine, he would think I was ever so kind to give him the fancy one and take the old one. That's mean though, so I guess I'll just have to buy a new Fry Daddy. Sure wish I'd had enough sense to keep my old one.