The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fryer \Fry"er\, n.
Something or someone that fries.
A young chicken or other food item suitable to be cooked by frying.
A pot equipped with a removable basket, designed to be used for frying objects; -- also called deep fryer.
Wiktionary
n. A heated vessel for frying food by immersing in hot oil, as opposed to shallow frying in a frying pan.
Wikipedia
A deep fryer (also known as a frier, deep fat fryer or fryolator) is a kitchen appliance used for deep frying.
While commonly used in commercial kitchens, household models are available and have become common.
Usage examples of "deep fryer".
For the rest, he mopped the floors, scoured the ovens and the deep fryer, and, before he left in the evening, pulled the switch that lit up the grinning, eyerolling, foot-flapping bunny on the roof.
Even though it was evening, her car had been sitting in the sun all day and it felt as if we were riding inside a deep fryer.
Burton reached over the edge of the crevice and fired a shot in the general direction of the cave, then braced himself for return fire from the AK-47, but instead he heard a roaring that sounded like someone had dropped the entire cast of The Lion King in a deep fryer.
Simon Conklin's place smelled like Salvation Army furniture laced with BO and immersed in a McDonald's deep fryer.
That I was a coward and getting away just because my physiology was different enough to let me move through the deep fryer?