Grease smell from deep fryer solutions?

[haleysgold]

Anybody have any suggestions for getting rid of the grease smell from using the deep fryer in the house?

I use the fryer in the basement in the winter.

Looking for a hood/filter or something I can install over the fryer. I have a cooking board I setup on top of a wash tub in a basement room that already has an electrical outlet and I have access to an outside wall if it needs an external vent. A light in it too.

Anybody use anything like that or have any bright ideas?

[Alagnak]

Adding a hood/fan would be a serious pain, occasioinally using your dryer vent added to a hood can't be that safe with grease being added to your lint lined dryer vent either. By far the easiest and odor free is just to do it out in the garage (if you have one) or outside under an overhang. Any kind of serious commercial air filtration system that would actually do any good is a ton of money.

[nofishfisherman]

How often are you using the fryer? Why not just do it outside?

Not sure it would be worth cutting into your exterior wall just to add a vent for the fryer that probably only gets occasional use. even if you do get some sort of hood installed it might help cut the smell put it won't eliminate it entirely.

If you still really want to add something I would try to use the existing hole for the dryer vent but unhook the vent and replace it with a new fryer vent each time you want to use it. You won't want to use the same ducting from the dryer. That would make it very flamable. Not sure what type of exhaust fan you'll want to use or how you'd mount it but I just can't see it being worth the expense.

Personally I'd just move the operation outside or into the garage.

[Jim Almquist]

We like to burn about 4 scented candles during and for a couple of hours afterwords we get done frying.

[toughguy]

How often are you using the fryer? Why not just do it outside?

Personally I'd just move the operation outside or into the garage.

+1 This is what I do. Outside when it's nice and in the garage in the winter.

[PurpleFloyd]

Anybody have any suggestions for getting rid of the grease smell from using the deep fryer in the house?

I use the fryer in the basement in the winter.

Looking for a hood/filter or something I can install over the fryer. I have a cooking board I setup on top of a wash tub in a basement room that already has an electrical outlet and I have access to an outside wall if it needs an external vent. A light in it too.

Anybody use anything like that or have any bright ideas?

I think the fan would be the right way to go. Just make sure you have the right filters so that you capture the grease before it gets to the vent and have a damper on the outside to keep the cold are from coming back through it in the winter.You can also put the charcoal filters in the vent to control the odor from the fryer. That is your best way to get the smell out of the house if you want to keep the fryer where it is.

[McGurk]

My furnace requires (by code) a fresh air source, which is a piece of 10" flex hose, which is vented outside, and hangs loose by the floor at the furnace. I know all about the dangers of frying inside and using gas flames indoors and working next to your furnace and all of the gas lines, etc etc etc.. and I'm just spitballing here. Could a guy fry them relatively close to the furnace, and "borrow" the intake to modify it to become an impromptu exhaust fan? You could temporarily hook up a cheapo bathroom vent fan to push air out of it when needed, and move it to hang above the fryer, remove the fan afterwards and put it back when you are done. I know the dangers and don't recommend using a turkey fryer indoors, but like I said; I'm just spitballing ideas. I've always fried them outside becasue I don't like the lingering smell either.

[haleysgold]

My biggest problem is I have a detached garage that's about 30 feet from the house and it's not heated.

I tried frying out there in the winter...I got cold and the stuff I was frying was cold by the time I get it in the house. Even tried keeping it in a cooler/covered pan until I got it inside...ended up making the batter mushy...ick. I like it crunchy!

I use the fryer a couple times a month...would do it more if I didn't hate the smell it leaves behind.

I don't mind the idea of cutting a hole in the exterior wall. I can seal the opening up around the pipe, not a big deal.

I'm not sure the hood/vent would trap all the smells tho. I don't want to go thru all the hassle and expense if the house still ends up smelling like the local greasy spoon.

Anyhow, thanks for the suggestions guys! I'll post back someday when I decide what to do and let you know if, whatever I come up with, worked or not.

[Ice Shack Baby]

Boil Cloves

Natural methods to get rid of a bad odor in a house are some of the best. Use an old-fashioned tried and true method instead of buying expensive odor-eliminating products that may or may not work. Boil either whole or ground cloves on the stove, and fill the house with a pleasant odor that will naturally get rid of the smell of fried food.

Burn Candles

Candles also work quite well to get rid of a fried food smell in a house. After frying any type of food, burn a few fragrant candles for at least a half hour before blowing them out. Chances are when the candles are blown out the smell of fried food in the house will no longer be apparent.

Boil Citrus Peels

If you would like to try another natural way to get rid of the smell of fried food in the house but do not have cloves on hand, boil citrus peels. The peels of limes, lemons, oranges, or grapefruit work exceptionally well to get rid of almost any bad smell when boiled. They will release natural citrus oil into the air, and it will overtake and get rid of the smell of fried food in a matter of minutes.

A Little Vanilla Goes a Long Way

One of the best smells comes in a bottle. Vanilla extract can be used to get rid of the smell of fried food in the house. Simply soak a few cotton balls with real vanilla extract, and place the fragrant cotton balls in the kitchen and any adjoining rooms. In addition, dab a little vanilla extract on light bulbs when they are not turned on. Once turned on the heat will cause the vanilla to begin emanating throughout the house and get rid of the smell of fried food.

Set Out Bowls of White Vinegar

Ordinary white vinegar is cheap, and when a fried food smell is taking over the house use white vinegar to naturally absorb and get rid of the odor. Set out shallow bowls of white vinegar in the kitchen and in adjoining rooms that smell like fried food. Within twenty-four hours or less the house will smell fresh and clean, and the fried food smell will be gone for good.

[hydro]

This may be too simple but how often do you changge the oil you fry the fish in? After a few fish frys the oil gets much stronger smelling. I change mine when the odor starts to linger a little too long.

[Shack]

McGurk that brings in fresh air and does not (should not be) exhausting air. So actually frying by it would push the fumes filled with grease into the furnace when it was running and spread the smell throughout the house.

{Edit: Read a little closer and caught your modified exhaust fan option. Yeah it would work but a person could most likely just setup their own situation similar not involving the fresh-air intake.)

I guess a person could just setup in their bathroom and turn the exhaust fan on which would suck up all the stink and smell and grease?

FYI on burning candles while grease is in the air. If you have a white ceilings or light colored walls the suet from the candles will cling to the area where the studs and trusses meet behind the sheet rock leaving black lines and stains. I had to stop all candle burning in our home because of this and adding in grease in the air I would accelerate the black lines and marks. My wife liked to routinely light a couple of candles during the evening.

Last couple years I have tried new and improved fryers which seal and catch the grease and smell but they still stink the house up so I now just set up on the side shelf of our patio grill and run an extension cord. The only thing that stinks now is me when I am down wind of it.

When it gets below zero outside I start heating the oil in the garage to save some time getting the oil up to temp when placed outside.

[highlife4me]

My wife bought me a Presto Cool Daddy deep fryer two years ago. At first I thought it looked kinda cheap and it would end up in the trash after a couple uses. But after two years of using it at least a couple times a month I must say I am impressed. It has a cover on it that allows the steam to escape but keeps the oil from being splattered all over and stinking up the house. The only things I don't like about it is that it is hard to clean completely and it only heats up to 375.

[otterman91105]

I use mine about two times a month through the winter and i do mine in the garage. Cause i know how bad the house can get after your done. Smell goes away quick when i do it in the garage.

[Walleyehooker]

I use a fry daddy and as soon as Im done cooking fish I put it outside to cool. The wife burns some scented candles and we also have a pot pouri cooker to scent the room. Some pine sol in a bowl also works. Make sure you get all the spatter wiped up with soap and water after cooking.

[LindellProStaf]

I spray some Febreeze after frying and it works great!!! My wife told me about it and finally I tried it and guess what??? Yup, she was right again....

[Deitz Dittrich]

As long as you dont admit it to her... then your ok and we will not take your man card.

[LindellProStaf]

Ha Ha good one Deitz.... Thanks.