Storing cooking oil after usage.

dekaspace1

I have a 2 litre fryer but I live alone and never really use it, not that I don't want to as it would stop me buying take away once or twice a week but I hate the idea of using old oil, and/or storing oil in such a way that is a lot of effort.

What my old method ended up being was to put kitchen roll in a sieve, put over a old ice cream container then put in fridge until I needed it, but that took up a lot of room.

My other idea is to instead to keep a large oil bottle and put it back in that but not sure best method that doesn't mean I have to clean something like a bowl after and/or is like a cluster of tools i.e I want to filter out the crumbs first like when I use a plastic container, the only mad method I can think is to have a large funnel on top of bottle and the sieve on top but that seems a accident waiting to happen.

tacpot12

My parents used to have a large metal funnel with a fine mesh at the bottom. They would regularly pour the used oil back into the bottle for reuse. Theirs looked nothing like this one, but this one has good reviews on Amazon: Cilio Stainless Steel Wine Funnel with Strainer, Silver : Amazon.co.uk: Home & Kitchen

C_J

I strain used oil from the deep fat fryer through a fine mesh sieve into a wide neck Pyrex glass jug, but I’ve just trawled Amzn and rather like the look of this for ££9.99:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08S6PTZML/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_imm_WHQJY0BK2WB909H8H7TF

goldfinches

What I do with mine when I have any is put a coffee filter like this one 


into a plastic funnel and then pour the oil through that into a new bottle. It doesn't usually take very long to drip through and then I just put the filter and all the little crispy bits it has collected straight into the bin and try to remember to label the bottle so that I don't get it mixed up with the fresh oil. 

coffeehound

dekaspace1 said:

I have a 2 litre fryer but I live alone and never really use it, not that I don't want to as it would stop me buying take away once or twice a week but I hate the idea of using old oil, and/or storing oil in such a way that is a lot of effort.

Sounds like you might be better off buying an air-fryer / halogen oven instead

dekaspace1

goldfinches said:

What I do with mine when I have any is put a coffee filter like this one 

into a plastic funnel and then pour the oil through that into a new bottle. It doesn't usually take very long to drip through and then I just put the filter and all the little crispy bits it has collected straight into the bin and try to remember to label the bottle so that I don't get it mixed up with the fresh oil. 

I did have that idea but wasn't sure if it would work due to the shape and wasn't sure how strong the filter would be.

Good to know that sort of thing works.

dekaspace1

coffeehound said:

dekaspace1 said:

I have a 2 litre fryer but I live alone and never really use it, not that I don't want to as it would stop me buying take away once or twice a week but I hate the idea of using old oil, and/or storing oil in such a way that is a lot of effort.

Sounds like you might be better off buying an air-fryer / halogen oven instead

Bought a halogen oven last year, its been sitting on side unused ever since as it overwhelms me with all its different tools that go inside it!

coffeehound

What stuff is that, dekaspace.  I’ve never used mine either (  ) but as far as I recall there’s just a rack to go inside

Emmia

We have an oil pot with an integral strainer, similar to this one.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oil-Strainer-Pot-Grease-Anti-Scalding/dp/B08MKTYB2V/ref=asc_df_B08MKTYB2V/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=500982160056&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4715005053157605420&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9045953&hvtargid=pla-1187295795248&psc=1

dekaspace1

coffeehound said:

What stuff is that, dekaspace.  I’ve never used mine either (  ) but as far as I recall there’s just a rack to go inside

Ha well its the racks I mean, I seem to have multiple heights of them so don't want to mess up something by doing something wrong.

But also its cheap model the numbers on the settings and heat look faded puts me off using it.

Anyway outside of that, if I use something like shown each time I cook something, how long can oil be kept? And even more so if I keep it in that container? I don't want to either not use it for a week or two and find out its rancid or use two or three times a week for a month and find out it only really is meant to be used 4 or 5 times (as everyone seems to say something different)

MalMonroe

coffeehound said:

dekaspace1 said:

I have a 2 litre fryer but I live alone and never really use it, not that I don't want to as it would stop me buying take away once or twice a week but I hate the idea of using old oil, and/or storing oil in such a way that is a lot of effort.

Sounds like you might be better off buying an air-fryer / halogen oven instead

I agree with this comment from coffeehound.

You're not supposed to put used oil back into the original container. It usually says that on the container's label somewhere. 

I couldn't reuse oil myself, although I can understand why people would want to - environmental concerns, expense, etc. 

That's why I think an air fryer is probably a better solution. We're just about to buy one!