ive always been a little reluctant to use a deep fryer even though my family loves deep fried food.  i was never sure how to do it correctly and it was hard to drain the oil .  This all-clad deep fryer takes away all the guess work and totally simplifies the process so i dont think i could do it wrong!..i love the size of it..I'm not limited to a few items.  I can cook enough for my whole family at once without lowering the temperature of the oil and making things soggy. I dont feel wasteful because there is an integrated filtration system hat actually stores the filtered oil for the next time i want to use it.  everything goes in the dishwasher too.  together with the digital temperature control it makes deep frying easy and fool proof!  the high quality of this appliance and the beautiful stainless steel finish are  what id expect from all-clad.