Cooking with an Electric Skillet - Fried Chicken and Beyond

June 16,2024

For us the electric skillet was the automatic go to for almost all breakfast food. From cooking bacon, to pancakes, French toast and eggs; it covered all the bases..
The first order of business was to get an electric skillet. It seems almost purpose built for cooking this dish. Sure, fried chicken can easily be done in a good cast iron skillet or any pan on a stove. But the thermostat allows excellent precision for the right combination of browning and doneness..
Depending on your generation, electric skillets may have played differing roles in the cooking you grew up with. First hitting the market in 1953, Sunbeam was setting the trend in the electric kitchen. The most notable feature of the electric skillet is that it offers a thermostatically controlled hot cooking…