Wearever Chicken Bucket - Help!
 

Has anyone used one of these? I found one at a thrift shop - looks great and has a good gasket. I'm anxious to try it but need a boost of confidence! Please share your experience. BTW, I've read some info online but would rather hear from fellow quilters 'cause I trust this awesome board. Thanks all!

never heard of this. not even sure what you'd do with it.

I've never heard of it either so I googled it and came across this http://davescupboard.blogspot.com/20...en-bucket.html

i don't have any input about it but I gotta tell you I am a sucker for juicy fried chicken ! (If we are quiet enough, we should be able to hear my arteries clogging :p)

I've never seen one much less used one, but couldn't you do the same thing with the modern pressure cookers???

I used to have one makes the best broasted chicken ever sure wish I could find one again

Do they still make those? I had one years ago when fried foods were allowed. It was awesome, loved the chicken, but cleanup wasn't so much fun. I remember it was touted to make it as good as the colonel's. Don't remember if that was true, but the chicken was delicious. Just remember not liking cleaning the pan. Hope this helps.

I have one, but I have only used it for a deep fryer - have used it for years because I needed a deep fryer at the time and it was a good size. A Christmas gift years ago from my parents. I have not used it with the lid on it though. I did not like to have to clean it either.

I make fried chicken all the time in a cast iron skillet. I fry in good quality coconut oil. I have seen this basket before but never used one. KFC fries their chicken under pressure so it must make good fried chicken. I would get the safety valve checked. The Home Extension office will do it for free. They check my pressure canner for me.

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I am right there with you Aunty...I may have to find one of these !! lol

Sassey, you can find these "chicken buckets" on ebay and, if you are really lucky, at a thrift store for way less. I paid $3.00 for mine!

I also had a delonghi covered pressure fryer like this one http://www.amazon.com/DeLonghi-D677U...131423&sr=1-24
and it worked really well and cleanup was a lot easier. Also, before fried food got eliminated from my diet. Made great hot wings among other things and a lot safer to use.

My dad had one of these in his restaurant many years ago. Made the best chicken ever.

Here is the link to WearEver. I am sure you could find any info from them. They have a toll free number also.

http://wearever.custhelp.com/app/ans...chicken-bucket

Goodness, my family and were just talking about the "Chicken Bucket"!
I had one and loved it, made the best pressure chicken.

Wish I could find another.

A friend of mine has a chicken fryer pressure cooker and he does make the best fried chicken I have ever eaten. My husband wanted me to get whatever machine our friend has but I declined. I prefer to go out for fried food. (Besides the smell that hangs in the house - we just don't eat much fried food anymore.)

I am not a quilter. I only signed on to say I paid $8.00 for my Wear-Ever Chicken Bucket used.
They are discontinued for fear of product liability. The Sealing Gasket Ring is also discontinued.

I have found the Presto 09908 pressure cooker seal to be nearly identical to the discontinued Wear-Ever 990024-3-8-1 chicken bucket seal.

The only difference I have noticed is that the Presto is slightly thinner and more flexible.
I do not know about the heat rating.
Of course Presto states that their seals are designed Only for their pressure cookers.

I love home fried chicken. But it’s too messy and smelly for me fix that. Now, if I could something like this, I might give it another try.

Please don’t try to,pressure fry in any pressure cooker - except this one. Go to the link at the near top of these messages and you will find the important information about me ee pressure frying in any other pressure cooker.

I was wrong. I thought the Presto 09908 gasket would work, but it does not.

Must be that slight difference in thickness, or the extra flexibility. Though the diameter is the same, it does not stay put in the lid.