I love this fryer. I love it enough that I've bought 3. One for myself and one each for my daughters and their families. First let me say, it's meant to be more commercial therefore does not have all the safety mumbo jumbo (ie detachable magnet cords, extra insulated sides etc). It's a simple fryer. It heats up quickly. It's easy to clean. I can put 4 small chicken thighs in at one time (2 if extra large). It will fry about 1 lb of french fries per drop with the basket. The basket hanging system on the fryer works great for letting the grease drain back into the pan. It's larger capacity than most of the comparable fryers so more oil capacity and less oil changes.To be honest ... I feel like it could use a larger basket but there does need to be some safety consideration since more basket might would allow the grease, if at the full mark and basket overloaded, get closer to the top.Both daughters use it for their fries, chicken etc ... and they also say it's the best deep fryer they've ever used and trust me we have been through a few! I actually prefer it over my large Propane King Cooker Fryers that I have in my shop. This one unless I'm doing very large batches of chicken works great. I can fry 10 lbs of chicken leg quarters (the cheap ones where I cut the drumsticks from the thighs) in about 2.5 hours total including grease heat up (20-30 minutes). This weekend I did use my T-fal Emeril cooker along with this one and was done in 1.5 hours. I recommend the T-fal as well but it is more difficult to clean and does not have as much oil capacity.Also ... not sure I'm allowed to say but the best chicken fryer breader I've ever used is the Lousiana Crispy Chicken Fry Seasoned. It says spicy ... but is not very spicy (my wife doesn't like spicy but she loves this). It's also available on Amazon. But use it just like the recipe says. I was going to be smart and used milk instead of cold water like the recipe called for .. thus the darker chicken. The prettier chicken is per the recipe with water.