I’ve discovered the number one reason to not own a deep fryer. Because, at some point after cooking breaded foods in it for a month or so, you have to clean it. And what resides at the bottom is the blackest, evilest, foulest substance known to man. And there’s a lot of it. And it wants you dead. For one (1) home deep fryer I had to use two kitchen towels, two wash cloths, three paper towels, and one sponge just to remove 97% of the gunk. Ugh.

Ugh.

Ugh.

Ugh.

I feel like it’s still on me.