The oil dispenser, does it allow oils from the food in the device to be poured out or how does that work?
624378
i only use this for chopping nuts, garlic, onion, peppers, etc. however, if you need to chop food containing oil, simply pour the entire chopped food into a strainer (place a bowl underneath the strainer should you need to use the oil for other purposes...)
624379
The dispenser is intended to add liquids to the chopper without taking the top off, it isn't intended for draining.
624380
I haven't used it in that way. I use it for chopping vegetables and nuts. If needed just drain it by pouring excess off.
624381
In order to add or pour out oil or other ingredients you have to lift the whole top part. You cannot add oil while the blades are in motion....
624382
The oil dispenser is a teeny tiny hole in the cover to allow you to drizzle oil as you chop (like for pesto). It is too small, you will have oil all over the counter. Bad design all around.
970772
Because it holds so little amount of oil, I leave the oil in and disguard it after several uses. It is not worth the trouble of draining, straining, and storing it.
1805340
There are two "screw" devices that dispense the food. Worse case you may have to break the wafers. I have had two of these for several years and it works good.
1002262
There is a small cap you remove on the cover. You then take the container out, remove the cap, and the oil easily pours back into the fryer.
2015975
I never could get it to dispense. I think I should have saved the money and used cooking olive oil. I don't use it.
377878
Mine didn't come with one and this is the first I'm hearing about a filling funnel. I was wondering if there was an easier way to fill the oil canister. Good question I'm definitely going to research this.
1272670
The spout is at the very bottom so the fat floating at the top of the liquid does not go through it unless you pour the gravy out to the point that the oil level is near the bottom of this container. It works extremely well.
1033885
Liquid has to come to the bottom of the sensor. So far, I have been able to use as little as 1 inch or maybe 1.5 inches of oil. You don't want the sensor to touch the bottom of your cooking utensil for sure.
1465119
Yes. It comes with a small plastic bottle which is to be filled with your oil, and placed at the bottom of the unit. It is a bear to reach beneath the unit (make sure it's empty of water...) and it's even worse to fill up this plastic bottle with your choice of oil, as the unit's bottle is small as is all essential oil bottles. We've been using the oil, after slowly dropping in the essential oil, and it does work fine. But what a headache!
193374
Basic logic behind the gadget is to coat food with thin layer of oil containing skin, or add minimal amount of oil inside food. That way, there will be very little oil evaporation during heating. Judging from my experiments, unless you have a good reason to minimize oil intake or to avoid oil fume, I do not recommend. One problem is the temperature setting is too low. This may be necessery to minimize the evaporation of oil. However, for some recipe it does work. Since I have not tested all recipe, it all depending on your intention.
542443
It has a 1" brass ball valve with an attached hose which lets you easily drain the oil into another container. You can strain it at the same time. Final clean up requires using paper towels or rags to remove a small amount of oil and meal or whatever you fry with.
457346
There is a small removable reservoir where you put the oils. The water "wicks" up into the water. You don't add oil to the water. This diffuser was much larger than I anticipated and the separate container for the oil was a nuisance, plus it takes a lot of oil for not much scent. I prefer the smaller capacity diffuser for which you add oil directly to the water.
514128
There is a tray on the bottom that slides out. Put a few drops of your favorite oil in there.
766895
You'd need to take out the element & baskets, then the entire container that holds the oil can be lifted out so that you could drain the used oil. Hope this helped! :)
785304
Should work okay, as the parts all *appear* to be poly-vinyl. That said, there will always remain a decent portion of oil that will not dispense properly toward the end of the jar due to strange design. Also, the design does not permit infusions, as there is no way to strain the particulates away from the pour-spout--a pretty major design flaw, in my opinion. They simply need to re-design the way the speed-pour attaches to the lid, so that a mesh strainer (not unlike the concaved variety used in kitchen sinks) can be inserted between the jar and the speed-pour to prevent particulates from leaving the jar. Should work okay, as the parts all *appear* to be poly-vinyl. That said, there will always remain a decent portion of oil that will not dispense properly toward the end of the jar due to strange design. Also, the design does not permit infusions, as there is no way to strain the particulates away from the pour-spout--a pretty major design flaw, in my opinion. They simply need to re-design the way the speed-pour attaches to the lid, so that a mesh strainer (not unlike the concaved variety used in kitchen sinks) can be inserted between the jar and the speed-pour to prevent particulates from... » Read More Should work okay, as the parts all *appear* to be poly-vinyl. That said, there will always remain a decent portion of oil that will not dispense properly toward the end of the jar due to strange design. Also, the design does not permit infusions, as there is no way to strain the particulates away from the pour-spout--a pretty major design flaw, in my opinion. They simply need to re-design the way the speed-pour attaches to the lid, so that a mesh strainer (not unlike the concaved variety used in kitchen sinks) can be inserted between the jar and the speed-pour to prevent particulates from leaving the jar. « Show Less
1184951
The little area for the oils is near the top of the bottom part then the outside cover goes down over it. I want to say that this one says use distilled water and putting oil in water can clog it up over time. I purchased another brand that regular water and oil can go in same place. It was a little more expensive but worth the ability to use tap water and oil. Sparks e-oils and Now have diffusers. Look up there's then check out amazon and other sites like it for a better price.
9241
Not my experience. However, I found it took a couple feelings before the content dispensed was correct. Shake the unit from the top, it will release more food.