Yep, and as with other ways of cooking, overcooking is the most common mistake.
I put up my deep fryer years ago. (I mostly used it for catfish and chicken.) What are the alternatives you use? I have tried some "ovenfried" recipes but they are never crispy enough.
The alternatives is using different coatings instead of cornmeal try ground up cornflakes in an oven I use it on my onion rings in an oven at 350 comes out just as crispy and not oily Try different oils with your fryer not Extra virgin gets to hot to fast
This is a great topic for rec.food.cooking. 🙂 I added the group. We can take h+b out of the group line in future replies ...