Lodge 8FB2 Deep Fry Basket, 9-inch,Silver

great little fry baskets. i don’t use for actual frying, not that you can’t, but i use for dusting off excess flour from pre fried items and it works great. Great sized basket and perfect sized holes for flour to drop through but the fried item to remain. easy to clean with a foldable handle that make for easy storage.

One wire loose, but very happy. Sturdy with nice folding handle

It works just fine as a fry basket inside a dutch oven, but the feet are tall enough that you'll need to use almost 3 quarts of oil to fully submerge anything sitting in the basket. An ENTIRE QUART of oil is required just to get the oil level up past the feet.The handle is very stable, but when the time comes to put it into the dishwasher, it's quite difficult to fold up. Especially if, as is likely to be the case, it's greasy.Other than that, sure, it's great. Works as designed.

I FOUND THE BASKET TO BE VERY WELL MADE. I USED THIS CHRISTMAS EVE AND DID ALOT OF FRYING USING A LODGE CAST IRON POT. THE BASKET FIT EXACTLY INTO THE POT. YOU CAN SUBMERGE WHATEVER YOUR FRYING WITHOUT ANY FUSS. THERE IS A HOOK ON THE BASKET WHICH ATTACHES TO THE SIDE OF THE POT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LET THE OIL DRAIN FROM THE FOOD BEFORE YOU REMOVE IT FROM THE BASKET. TAKES A LITTLE GETTING USED TO. THE FOOD COOKS MUCH MUCH FASTER THAN USING A FRYING PAN. I WOULD RECOMMEND USING A SPLATTER SCREEN WHEN FRYING. THE LODGE POT USES ALOT OF OIL, ABOUT 1 GALLON. THE BENIFT IS THE OIL NEVER COOLS AND YOU CAN CONTINUALLY FRY YOUR FOOD WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE OIL TO REACH THE CORRECT TEMP, ALMOST LIKE AN ASSEMBLY LINE. ALSO, THE FOOD ABSORBED VERY LITTLE IF ANY OIL AS IT SHOULD BE. I DID ALOT OF FRYING AND DID NOT HAVE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL OIL TO THE POT. THERE WAS VERY LITTLE CRUMBS OR FLOUR IN THE OIL WHEN IT COOLED. THE BASKET ALLOWED ME CUT MY FRYING TIME IN HALF. GREAT PRODUCT, EXCELLENT PRICE, AND I WOULD RECOMMEND IT.

This fry basket works and fits perfectly with the 9 qt cast iron dutch oven. It has some awesome design features like: The handle is removable and it folds for easy storage. The basket has a built in spacer on the bottom to keep it slightly off the bottom. There is a built in clip to hang it on the edge of the dutch oven above the hot oil so it can drain when you're done cooking.

Quality

The basket wires wrap around the top of the basket and are not covered by a protective rim. Due to not having protection, the wires are easy to snag and slip easily out of place. I don’t see this fry basket as being very durable.

Works as expected