Reply #6: I have one of the chicken fryers and use it not for frying chicken

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but to fry almost anything else where splattering might be a problem. The fact that it is deeper seems to help in that regard.

I can also brown meat in it for a stew and have the extra room for the liquid and veggies. Since I now cook for just myself, this holds enough for 2 or 3 meals. I can control the portions because I use steak, well trimmed instead of the store cut stew beef with all the hidden fat chunks. Using the top/round steak also allows me to make evenly sized chunks, 2 cans beef broth after browning and the rest of the steps as timing requires.