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Did you know this?
« on: September 18, 2018, 03:50:13 PM »
I had no idea, I thought it had to do with broiling and...I don't know what else...rotisserie I guess!  No wonder I saw a few comments on this site saying they loved broasted food...uuuuh, Yeah!

Broasting is a method of cooking chicken and other foods using a pressure fryer. The technique was invented by L. A. M. Phelan in the early 1950s and is marketed by the Broaster Company of Beloit, Wisconsin, United States, which Phelan founded.
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« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2018, 07:08:41 PM »
Well, it is not 12 to 1, I feel better!
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« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2018, 08:02:14 PM »
There was a take out place in Dallas when I was younger (about 55 years ago) called the the Chicken Broaster.  Best fried chicken I though I had ever tasted.  They did Wedge potatoes in the same cooker. Cheap (I was poorer then). Have not heard of it since then.  :lick: 
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2018, 08:32:38 PM »
Very difficult to find good broasted chicken anywhere now a days.   When I was just a young'n the local tavern had it and maybe once every other month we would get a treat of chicken.   Now, fire code restrictions and fast food (chicken strips) it's hard to find. Everything's just deep fried now.  Not as good. :-[
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Re: Did you know this?
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2018, 09:32:26 PM »
KFC pressure fries their chicken. So does Wendy's(although Wendy's is frozen when it goes in the fryer).
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« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2018, 09:34:43 PM »
Make fun of me if you want, I guess it is like the Kraft Original BBQ sauce being the best for me.  An Original Recipe, KFC drum stick is a s good as fried chicken gets for me!  Harlan, or whoever came up with that spice mixture got it right for me!
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« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2018, 09:42:57 PM »
Broasted chicken was popular when I was in the south.  That was a few years back...
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« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2018, 11:31:08 PM »
there is a place in the Chicagoland area called Brown's chicken that I believe claims to be broasted.  I enjoyed it.
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« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2018, 09:41:52 AM »
Please note on your survey, it should read "broasting" not "brosting".
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« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2018, 09:58:45 AM »
In the 1950s (yes, I remember those days) there were a few places in and around Omaha that proudly advertised broasted chicken.  We can still find it in Hadar, Nebraska (population 300) when we pass through on hunting trips.
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Re: Did you know this?
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2018, 10:08:52 AM »

I knew it was pressure frying the chicken. Didn't know that the company was based in WI that started it.

Might be why I've had it at a number of places here in WI.
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« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2018, 10:37:48 AM »
I do remember seeing "Henny Penny" big commercial pressure fryers when I was doing commercial refrigeration several years ago.
We had  "hot side" crews that worked on all the cooking equipment.
If memory serves they were brutes and had a big 3 spoked handle that would have to be tightened to seal it and away they went.
Can't remember if they served chicken or not but I imagine they did because one of the places had 3 or 4 of them.
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« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2018, 12:14:41 PM »
Quote from: sschorr on September 19, 2018, 11:39:55 AM
There are still several restaurants that serve broasted chicken in the greater Los Angeles area.  My mom used to make it on the stove top with a pressure cooker pot, the one with the twist on lid that had a little bouncing cap that released excessive pressure.
Pressure cookers just scare me, probably quite safe but something about heat and pressure just don't sound good.
I think they are making a resurgence lately so I am probably way off base with my fears, just hard to shake.
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« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2018, 12:34:59 PM »
Quote from: yorkdude on September 19, 2018, 12:14:41 PM
Pressure cookers just scare me, probably quite safe but something about heat and pressure just don't sound good.
I think they are making a resurgence lately so I am probably way off base with my fears, just hard to shake.

They are pretty safe today. The older ones, not so much. I use one to cook pinto beans every now and then. I also have to add a pressure cooker and pressure fryer are two different things. I've never used a pressure fryer.
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Re: Did you know this?
« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2018, 02:55:04 PM »
About 1972 or so I worked for Shakeys Pizza.
Chicken and potatoes were broasted.
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