Cajun fryer question

sylntghost · 10-27-2016, 05:33 AM

For all you brethren with Cajun fryers..do you cook fish and poultry in the same oil? I'm looking at getting a 6 gallon fryer so I can do turkeys. Was wondering if I need 2 batches of oil. I would hate for my thanksgiving bird to taste like mullet. Thanks for any help y'all can offer.

IamMadMan · 10-27-2016, 05:52 AM

I sometimes use lightly used, cleaned, filtered oil used to cook poultry for cooking fish, but never oil used to cook fish for anything else. However, if the used oil from poultry is even slightly dark, I will not use that for fish.

MeatyOakerSmoker · 10-27-2016, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by IamMadMan

I sometimes use lightly used, cleaned, filtered oil used to cook poultry for cooking fish, but never oil used to cook fish for anything else. However, if the used oil from poultry is even slightly dark, I will not use that for fish.

I'm with this... if it's used for fish it's done. Maybe maybe maybe if you did squid you can get away with doing chicken but certainly not any oily fish.

sylntghost · 10-27-2016, 08:12 AM

Thanks guys. Sounds like I'll get 2 batches of oil. One for fish and one for birds.

mattmountz94 · 10-27-2016, 08:16 AM

I cooked breaded fish patties the other day for fish sandwiches, then a few days later cooked some fries. I myself could taste the fish but when i asked others know one else could taste it. This was only in a small residential plug in type. I will be saving fish oil for fish only in the future

Badgerjacob · 10-27-2016, 08:36 AM

Never....

sylntghost · 10-27-2016, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Badgerjacob

Never....

Never change oil?

Badgerjacob · 10-27-2016, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by sylntghost

Never change oil?

I never cook fish and chicken in the same oil....

PigBull_Okie · 10-27-2016, 09:26 AM

I have a 6 gallon cajun fryer and cook everything in the same oil. It has been my experience that the cajun fryer, unlike other fryers I have used, has very little if any carry-over flavor if the oil is cleaned regularly. I filter mine and remove debris from the bottom of the unit every 4 cooks. Also, cooking some fries or other potatoes after frying fish helps to take out any "fishy" taste in the oil.

I cant recommend the cajun fryer enough. I cooked my thanksgiving bird on it last year and it turned out great.

cholloway · 10-27-2016, 09:26 AM

Frying potatoes in used oil will help to clean it up some and absorb other flavors.

sylntghost · 10-27-2016, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by PigBull_Okie

I have a 6 gallon cajun fryer and cook everything in the same oil. It has been my experience that the cajun fryer, unlike other fryers I have used, has very little if any carry-over flavor if the oil is cleaned regularly. I filter mine and remove debris from the bottom of the unit every 4 cooks. Also, cooking some fries or other potatoes after frying fish helps to take out any "fishy" taste in the oil.

I cant recommend the cajun fryer enough. I cooked my thanksgiving bird on it last year and it turned out great.

I love the fries with that little bit of cornmeal on them.

10-27-2016, 05:33 AM	#1
sylntghost is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-10-14 Location: pensacola florida	Cajun fryer question For all you brethren with Cajun fryers..do you cook fish and poultry in the same oil? I'm looking at getting a 6 gallon fryer so I can do turkeys. Was wondering if I need 2 batches of oil. I would hate for my thanksgiving bird to taste like mullet. Thanks for any help y'all can offer. __________________ Rodney. 24x75 Shirley cabinet with first hip roof main chamber. Shirley double burner griddle stand.kamado joe big joe.weber kettle.4 & 8 gallon Cajun fryers. Lone star grillz large insulated vertical cabinet

10-27-2016, 08:12 AM	#4
sylntghost is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 12-10-14 Location: pensacola florida	Thanks guys. Sounds like I'll get 2 batches of oil. One for fish and one for birds. __________________ Rodney. 24x75 Shirley cabinet with first hip roof main chamber. Shirley double burner griddle stand.kamado joe big joe.weber kettle.4 & 8 gallon Cajun fryers. Lone star grillz large insulated vertical cabinet

10-27-2016, 08:16 AM	#5
mattmountz94 Babbling Farker Join Date: 12-07-15 Location: Wernersville, PA	I cooked breaded fish patties the other day for fish sandwiches, then a few days later cooked some fries. I myself could taste the fish but when i asked others know one else could taste it. This was only in a small residential plug in type. I will be saving fish oil for fish only in the future __________________ Matt

10-27-2016, 09:26 AM	#9
PigBull_Okie Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 03-22-15 Location: Oklahoma City	I have a 6 gallon cajun fryer and cook everything in the same oil. It has been my experience that the cajun fryer, unlike other fryers I have used, has very little if any carry-over flavor if the oil is cleaned regularly. I filter mine and remove debris from the bottom of the unit every 4 cooks. Also, cooking some fries or other potatoes after frying fish helps to take out any "fishy" taste in the oil. I cant recommend the cajun fryer enough. I cooked my thanksgiving bird on it last year and it turned out great. __________________ Matt- KCBS Member Pig Bull Barbeque Humphrey's DownEast Beast UDS w/ Auber ATC Cajun Fryer FF2 Super

10-27-2016, 09:26 AM	#10
cholloway Babbling Farker Join Date: 05-10-11 Location: East of Atlanta, GA. Name/Nickname : Colin	Frying potatoes in used oil will help to clean it up some and absorb other flavors. __________________ Colin - "Drinking alcohol can cause memory loss... or worse, memory loss" New Braunfels Hondo Offset New Braunfels Bandera (Refurbished & Improved) Char-Broil 450 (Purchased new in 1981) 1996 Blue Weber SS Performer Weber charcoal Go-Anywhere 2 Weber SJSs & modified stock pot Mini-WSM Weber rotisserie, Rib-O-Lator & Smokenator system Blackstone Tailgater Combo & STOK Island gasser

10-27-2016, 05:52 AM	#2
IamMadMan somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-30-11 Location: Pemberton, New Jersey	I sometimes use lightly used, cleaned, filtered oil used to cook poultry for cooking fish, but never oil used to cook fish for anything else. However, if the used oil from poultry is even slightly dark, I will not use that for fish.

10-27-2016, 08:36 AM	#6
Badgerjacob Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 10-12-16 Location: The Swamp Name/Nickname : Brian	Never....