Best Oil for Cooking French Fries?

@TheBackyardScientist
@PeterSripol
@MichaelReeves

[AudraK]

Calling poison control and having them give you actual good information instead of just telling you not to do it is amazing. I absolutely understand why they do it but I didn’t expect the call to go so smoothly

[jeonramsay]

this man knows what candlewax tastes likes but not coconut oil. what an icon

[ryanohare]

"it didn't taste that bad"

What an absolutely wild thing to tell poison control

[jhooper]

My dad called poison control once when I was a kid. I think he was redoing our bathroom. He picked up the phone and told them "I have caulk in my mouth!" and they hung up on him hahaha.

[SamChaneyProductions]

Kevin has done some insanely dangerous stuff over the years, but he's reached a new record in this video by blindly accepting and eating a french fry given by William Osman

[MichaelSuperbacker]

Chef coats have buttons on both sides so it can be reversed to hide stains. The overlapping material also provides added protection to the chest and stomach area from burns from splashing liquids.

[draakevil]

If you want to use butter to deep-fry, try clarified butter. Fresh butter has lots of water and proteins in it that ruin everything.

[mattkidroske]

That poison control dude was super professional! Also lard is usually pork, and beef fat is typically called tallow

[LogicalNiko]

BTW mineral oil is indigestible and a laxative.

So a few things with oils: If you are frying properly very little oil is absorbed by the food, thus rendering its taste influence pretty minimal. The water in food being deep fried turns to steam increasing the internal pressures. As the steam escapes it is pushing out the oil and creating very thin barrier between the food and the oil (thus the bubbling). Cooking at lower temperatures will impart more taste but that leaves an oil soaked piece of food. Fries that are cooked low one time and finished at a high heat a second time will retain more flavor of the oil from the first frying.

So a few things on safety: Generally fry in pan that is much deeper than you need to contain overflow. Electric or induction is much safer than an open flame with hot oil. Covering things deep frying will trap more moisture, which you are trying to get rid of. Pat anything being fried dry as water will flash boil and has a high risk of fire or injury.

[pandaiscool]

I love how Michael gave you a genuinely helpful response to your question 😂

[JustinDrentlaw]

Hey Big Willy, I got a great story for ya. One time I was changing the oil in my old '97 Chevy Cheyenne. It was somewhat windy that day but not too bad so I decided to proceed. As the used motor oil was draining and while I was still under the truck, a big gust of wind blew below the truck. It blew the stream of oil right at my face (my mouth was open at the time too), and a bunch of used motor oil got right in my mouth. It was a disgusting taste and I could not get it out of my mouth for the life of me. The oil just formed a thin film and would not go away. I ended up rinsing my mouth with Dawn and water (which was also disgusting, but hey), and it eventually got the oil out of there. 0/10, not recommend for french fries.

[kastro]

I think taking a sip of motor oil and cooking with it is up there as one of the most insane things I've seen Will do on this channel lol. Like with a physical build or some high voltage contraption there's some level of fail-safe that can be taken at the last second, whether it's completely shutting off power or just running away lol. But he just took a mouthful of chemicals that aren't even supposed to touch your skin. And then deep frying with it? Breathing in boiling motor oil fumes and tasting the french fry?? Will is amazing lol.

[SooberYooberToober]

17:13
Will, talking about heating up 10W30 motor oil: "There must be some kind of additive that is causing it to maintain its thickness..."

a modern mystery.

[cloooud]

man michael and william got some top notch comedic chemistry. just about had me in tears.

[violetly_]

Telling poison control "it didn't even taste that bad" is some lowkey gucci rizz

[theprism]

I love how Big Willy is crazy enough to make motor oil french fries

[j.r.millstone]

I actually had a dream a little while ago that Will made hotdogs out of all the gross stuff people always say hotdogs are made out of, like lips and assholes and butcher shop floor sweepings, just to see if they would still taste like regular hotdogs.

[PJSproductions]

Including the call with poison control was actually very informative and it's good you left it in

[Drawsome]

All motor oils have additives to help them maintain their viscosity at high temperatures, it is cool seeing it in action though

[aubreychatriot]

Joji, Max, Ian and Chad walked so big Willy could run. Proud to see the mantle of Chef life on. Godspeed.