I bought this to deep fry a turkey however I never did. What I did end up doing was a Low Country Boil...TWICE. Now the instructions tell you to turn the temp to 375 & wait 15 minutes. I waited an hour & it still never hit temp. So I just put my items in & tes it still worked but I wasted my time & families time thinking this thing would come up to temp like it said it would. I learned not to wait for it the second time.