Product review (2 stars): Great at first but dies easily
I got this fryer as a wedding gift.  I read the entire booklet that it came with before the first use.  I used it once to make chicken and it came out great!  The second time I used it I made french fry's which also came out great.  Each time I would finish I cleaned it out completely and saved the oil.  I took very good care of it.  It kept working twice more but on the 4th time I used it, right in the middle of cooking fry's it just shut off and won't turn back on.  It appears that the unit may have over heated?  There is a fail/safe that shuts the unit off automatically, which is great but then you can't use it anymore.  You need to "press the re-set button" which is apparently located on the back of the control panel.  This button does not really exist.  I searched the entire panel for a switch, button, even those pin hole re-sets you need a needle to use, nothing is there.  I now have a big useless fryer in my kitchen.  I didn't buy this, it was a wedding gift so to get a replacement I need a sales receipt.  So I will have to go out and buy a new fryer.  It won't be a Rival I can tell you that.