Reply #2....I do remember using it for a deep fryer, now that I've
re-read your post. So maybe it was marketed as a deep fryer...it did
have a basket with a handle. Then the fry daddy came out....suprising
what you remember when prompted.......Sharon

limey wrote:
>
> "biig" wrote in message
> > no, I know what an electric roaster is.......this was the same probe
> > and dial as an electric fry pan....round with single layer body, with
> > lid. I didn't mean to say it was a dutch oven, only about the same size
> > . I think maybe that the manufacturer "morphed" then into a high dome
> > electric fry pan.....Sharon
> >
> I know exactly what you're talking about, Sharon. Mine's made by Presto,
> with a probe (and is probably as old as yours). The dial goes from 425
> degrees through 200 degrees then down to "Warm".
> You can deep fry, cook beans, pot roast, stews, etc. For those items
> requiring browning, they specify 375 degrees, then simmer at 212 for usually
> one to two hours.
> I seldom use mine anymore except it's ideal for spaghetti sauce.
>
> I really don't know how it would perform for actual slow cooking for, say, 6
> to 8 to 10 hours. I only know it's thermostatically controlled - I simmer
> the sauce at 200 degrees but if the thermostat kicks on the sauce bubbles
> like crazy and I often wonder if it will burn (it doesn't!).
>
> In other words, I wouldn't recommend mine as a true slow cooker. HTH
>
> Dora
>