Yes, it varies, no, in the container it came in.
I reuse fryer oil several times. After use, I let it cool and strain it through a cotton cloth and store it in a plastic jug such as the container it came in. With each reuse, I add a little oil to make up for the oil lost in cooking. How many times you reuse it will depend on what you fry. Proteins such as meat and fish will deteriorate oil faster than veggies and can leave a smell/taste behind with fish.
Used oil will be darker and its smoke point drops. If it smokes at normal frying temps, it's time to recycle it.
It looks like he always discourages re-using oil. He has shown a lot of statistics to suggest that reused oil is bad for health and may lead to heart disease or cancer
I guess I will only re-use it 2-3 times in short time
Cooking oil is really expensive here.
Be careful of online advise given by "experts". You know the popular phrase "lies, damned lies, and statistics"? Be cautious about those "statistics", as they can be used by some to back the view they are pushing.I've just read a PDF slide created by a Professor on the topic of reused oil
It looks like he always discourages re-using oil. He has shown a lot of statistics to suggest that reused oil is bad for health and may lead to heart disease or cancer...
Be careful of online advise given by "experts". You know the popular phrase "lies, damned lies, and statistics"? Be cautious about those "statistics", as they can be used by some to back the view they are pushing.
Years ago I heard someone say that anyone with a computer and a fax machine could become a "Foundation". The same can be said today about websites and "experts".
Since you mention that cooking oil is very expensive where you live, you might want to read over this information I found at Serious Eats. SE is one of the websites I trust; they run all sorts of tests on whatever the subject is to make sure they get it right.
How Many Times Can I Reuse Fry Oil?
Just do not know the number of times I can re-use the oil
Until just before you don't feel comfortable using it again.
There is no specific answer Kenny1999. As you will have noted there are just too many things that will affect the oil. Only you can tell how it goes.
I tried and I did some deep frying. When the oil was re-used again together with the addition of some new oil, for the second time, it became quite smelly, .
Kenny, then there are those of us like me, who have been cooking for several decades and have never deep fried anything! It's true, I've never deep fried anything and have eaten very well over the years. Although I often enjoy deep fried fresh fish, I'd much rather someone else cook it for me.
I rarely fry anything in my house. I hate that heavy lingering greasy smell (I don't have good venting in my kitchen).
My mom loved seafood but refused to cook it inside the house because of the lingering smell, especially fish.
Same here. I have deep-fried food before, but like the others - I'd rather have other people do it for me. It's just not worth the effort to do it at home, imo.
I'm sure if I bought an electric fryer, it would work fine, but it's not that important to me.