Masterbuilt 23011114 Extra-Large Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer

T s: Amazing

Canada on Feb 22, 2016

Judy Poole: Overpriced.

Canada on May 01, 2015

gowestie: I have a lot of experience with frying turkey using the propane and the frying pot method. This year I decided to try an electric fryer.

I primarily switched to the electric fryer as I was getting tired of spending hours out in the cold (sometimes rain) frying turkeys on Thanksgiving. The drawbacks of the propane method at the time were exposure to the weather, wind blowing out the flame, and having to use a large amount of peanut oil (5 gallons - Thanksgiving 2012 peanut oil hit $60 for almost 5 gallons), cleanup of equipment, and safety,

I decided to give the XL Masterbuilt Butterball fryer a try for Thanksgiving 2013 and cooked two turkeys in it Thanksgiving Day.

Here is what I liked about this electric fryer:

1) Safer (no open flame) and you use it indoors (out of the weather and wind).
2) Drain port makes it easy to clean up when you are finished.
3) Built in timer to let you know when to take the turkey out of the fryer (or at least check it).
4) Can cook the same size turkey with less oil.
5) Hot oil remains covered while turkey is frying so no spatter.

Here is what I did not like about this electric fryer compared to propane...

United States on Dec 04, 2013

KG: *11/8/15- Still works great, we haven't used our oven to cook a turkey since we bought this! Clean up can be messy sometimes but it isn't that bad. After this cools I wipe the inside of the lid down with paper towels or a rag. Then we put a metal strainer over a large mixing bowl (it has a spout) and open the valve. When the bowl fills up we turn off the valve and pour the oil into containers to be reused a few more times.
When the fryer tub is empty I just put it into the sink and pour in hot soapy water, it's a bit bulky but it works. We don't have a dishwasher so I clean it by hand. The rest of the fryer is wiped down with a damp, soapy cloth then dried. We love cooking turkeys, chicken, potatoes, taquitos, and even home made corn dogs in this fryer!

*11/2/14- Recommend 100%! Have no regrets whatsoever having bought this fryer, we still love it! :) :)

*Edited to add: 11/30/13 Thanksgiving turkey didn't have skin as crispy on the top as our test turkey. Still cooked quickly,...larger bird but it still cooked in 62 minutes. :D Tasted great! Since this fryer can cook a bird up to 20 lbs. we bought an 18 lb. bird this time. The last one was about 14 lbs. The...

United States on Nov 22, 2013