Tefal Oleoclean Pro FR8040

Filter failed leaking boiling oil everywhere – I've had this deep fryer for about a year and a half, using it a couple of times a month. Last night, during use it leaked boiling oil all over my benchtop. The draining mechanism did not return to the correct position when the switch was turned, and was open just enough to let the oil out when heated. This is a huge safety issue and this deep fryer needs to be recalled. Show details

I finally can deep fry cleanly ! – I gave up on deep frying years ago because of the mess it was to clean and store the oil. It took me some time to buy this tefal unit because of the price. I finally got it on sale at David Jones! And I am now very happy. First, it filters the oil without me doing anything, just turn the switch to filtration and it drains into a sealed box, so the… Read more ·  1

oil is fresher for longer, and because you filter after each usage, you can use the oil much longer too. The blue container can be open so when you change the oil you can wash it too so everything is clean. Once the oil is drain just take all the parts wipe the excess oil from the pan and pop it in your dishwasher it’s that simple! No more gunky oil mess, smelly oil, it is now a « pleasure » to deep fry. I do recommend to read the instructions before the first use, you’ll find useful information to use your deep fryer. There is a switch on the side to operate the machine to avoid unwanted heating, the timer is simple and does its job. It takes a little less than 4l of oil, do not overfill otherwise the blue container will overflow. I like the fact that it operates like a professional fryer, you have a cool zone under the heating element so you don’t burn the bits that fall at the bottom keeping the oil from turning bad quickly. Everything can be cleaned, you just have to be patient (usually a couple of hours) you can’t filter when the oil is hot. Once everything is clean you can easily move it around, there are decent handles. To my personal bad point that are not too bad. The cord, too short and would it be difficult to have some sort of a cord storage system ? The cover, very light to my taste but I only use it for the storage since I use the fryer open. Last point it’s bulky, but really I don’t mind since it’s actually a good thing, everything fits in the unit, you can touch the sides when in use and not burn yourself (to a certain extent).

Overall I am please with the fryer, I have been reunited with the unhealthy food we love so much, just joking, done properly and consumed with moderation it’s ok to deep fry! I just love the fact that I can have it all. Clean oil, clean food, clean deep fryer.

Great Fryer Easy Clean & Prepare – My wife loves to cook and our old deep fryer wasn’t cutting it and decided to pack its bags and leave. I recently seen the Tefal on sale at David Jones and was very intrigued and watch a few videos on it and thought this is great because we will save so much money on changing oil all the time after being used. The initial setup and preparing… Read more

took a little while as you need to wash everything in soapy water (except the electrical side of things) which was done via the dish washer which is also a good thing most of the things are dishwasher safe a great bonus.

Heating takes little to no time to get up to the temperature set which is great means less time waiting around.

The simple 3 point switch at the front for Frying, Removing the Filtered Oil and Filtering Oil is very simple to use.

Once you finish cooking your food you turn the dial to Filter and once the oil temperature is cool enough it will start draining the oil and leaving anything that should be in the oil behind for instance crumbs and larger particles from the food which is awesome! And and as I said no need to replace the oil saving money.

The container that holds the oil can be very cumbersome to hold as the weight of the oil makes it want to tip sideways so a side note to new and old users to use “Both Hands” and move it to a flat surface before removing the plug to refill the oil.

From first experience I and my wife have been very happy with this unit and look forward to many yummy meals using it.

The cleaning process is very easy and simple and also using the filtered oil to refill and use again is very easy to clean and use again.

If your looking for a deep fryer with ease of setup and to be able to reuse the oil again I would highly recommend this deep fryer.

Just remember to slide the oil container using both hand so it doesn’t topple over!

Very happy with my purchase and happily recommend it.

Don’t Waste Your Time – I had mine for 8 weeks and had used it only a couple of times before the oil filter / drain system failed and it put 3 litres of used oil all over my kitchen bench and floor. I attempted to contact Tefal through several channels about the issue and they never responded to me whatsoever, but then had the cheek to send me an email asking to do a… Read more

survey on how their customer service was regarding my issue.

I really liked the deep fryer for it’s wide size and the idea of the filter and storage system, but the fact Tefal’s customer service is so utterly atrocious and the design fault is so significant that you risk a nightmare 3 litre oil spill to clean up, makes it a really risky purchase even though on paper it looks like a great product. I ended up just putting mine in the bin and taking it as a lesson not to touch a Tefal product again because they clearly have zero respect for their customers and once they’ve got your money they couldn’t care less if you run into problems, so I’ll be buying from other brands that at least back their products enough to at the very least respond to any issues you may run into.

Amazing, now I love deep frying – I have dabbled with deep frying before and it was always very messy. Big pots of oil were messy, the cheep Kmart deep fryer was great but messy... how do you manage used oil without making a mess, how do you filter used oil and keep it to be used again? Do you keep the oil in the fryer till next time? how do you carry a deep fryer around full of… Read more

oil?

This machine fixes everything. The oil drains away into a mess proof box while it gets filtered. Now you can move the used oil around! All the parts of the machine are easy to clean and can go in the dishwasher so the machine is always perfectly clean stored in the cupboard and ready to make more fried chicken.

Beware - you may end up with oil everywhere – Let me start by saying I love this fryer. It's tall but still takes up about the same footprint as any other deep fryer, it's so much easier to clean than any other deep fryer I have ever owned, and I've owned others that were supposed to be easy to clean. The buttons are well designed the timer could be better if it was back lit but no biggie -… Read more

everything you want in a fryer. Honestly, it's a 5 star appliance, except for one really bad issue - the oil storage box.

The instructions are Terrible and dangerous.

The oil storage box is actually a square tub with a lid. When you are pouring the oil from the storage container, back into the unit through the little pouring hole, you will need to keep a very firm grip on either side of the container to hold the lid in place while you pour.

The lid doesn't clip in place, it doesn't hold in place like a tupperware container lid might, it just sits loosely on the top. I guess this is so when the oil gets very old and you want to tip it out, you can also clean out the storage container too?? I don't know. I cannot understand why they would design it like this.

What I really can't understand, is if they had to design it like this, why didn't they make the instructions much clearer, that this is a 2 piece container with a lid and when you are pouring the oil back into the container, it is vital that you hold the lid in place, or you will end up with 3 litres of oil all over the bench, the floor and yourself.

You will probably only make this mistake the once, but it would have been so much easier, to have been given a heads up in the instruction manual that this is going to happen everytime you refill the fryer. They put in an extra instruction to say that the lid cannot go in the dishwasher, despite the instructions in the manual - they don't explain why it can't go in the dishwasher, so I'm almost tempted to do it anyway :) but a wipe with a soapy sponge before/after you use it is all you'll really need to do.

Best Fryer On The MARKET! – Cooks evenly everytime! the oil stays fresh and clean with its filtering system. Everything just works! easy to clean and store away. makes frying a breeze and a household essential! Show details

WASTE OF MONEY – Cooks well but the filtering system is a joke. The oil container underneath is soft plastic and deforms when you try to remove it. Result = OIL EVERYWHERE! You will be far better off with a normal deep fryer for far less money. THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST WASTE OF MONEY PURCHASES I EVER MADE. Show details

My TEFAL Oleoclean Pro FR804040 Deep Fryer - – TEFAL Oleoclean Pro FR804040 Deep Fryer - over 6 months old. Was working fine but now It will not heat up the oil. I have tried resetting it but it still does not work.  Show details

Did not last a day – We bought our fryer yesterday, used it last night for home made spring rolls and temp could not reach 190 degrees as stated. We used a couple of cooking thermometers and it only kept reaching 170 degrees which was not hot enough and reset the machine and the same. I will say I rang the the company and they said take it back to the retail store for… Read more

a refund or replacement, so can not complain about the back up service. Probably got got a crook one.

Good Fryer, very bad design – I bought one of these last week, the fryer is perfect a nice wide basket great for lots of small things like chips, chicken bites, samosas and spring rolls even chicken pieces that aren’t that thick. The idea behind the design is what drew me to this filter the oil and stores is in a separate container automatically and having a large basket. … Read more

This is where the design faults come in, the oil box is shockingly weak the lid pops off when trying to pour the filters oil back in to the fryer you need 3 hands to follow the instructions and counter the issue of the lid popping off “ one hand to hold the black tab down, one hand to hold the lid on at the bottom by the drain plug and a 3rd hand to hold the other side to stop the lid from separating and spilling 3.5l of oil all over your kitchen”. To counter this I have used tape but Tefal could of incorporated some clips to hold the lid on like those on the “really useful boxes” Second design fail is the handle it does not flick down and is not easily removed you have to push it in to the basket and it’s hard to put back in to place maybe a squeeze and lock system would of worked better than the push squeeze and get oil everywhere system.

So although it has its faults I still like the fryer and having made a few adjustments to how I use it I would still recommend on the bases that it’s easy to clean, filters the oil and has a large basket. But to note if you are frying chicken quarters you will need to add a few of them or go old school and use a pan on the stove top :).

Review from the UK. My price is in GBP £105.69

congratulations Tefal you’ve done it again! Another quality appliance – The Tefal oleoclean fryer cooks really nice crunchy chips, and has a good size basket. This appliance is lightweight, and easy to store away once you have drained the oil, takes up minimal room I love the idea of the container that the oil drains into as it really filters the oil well for continuous use, Only negative is you have to be … Read more

careful when pouring the oil back into the fryer when you want to use it again ,because the lid tends to pop off if you have not pressed it down (tight enough )and it can get really messy.

Big is best – I've been looking for a big fryer to get them meals done quicker, well my wait is over... love this product easy to use & set up. The only issue is it stands tall in bench and short person like myself might struggle to see in the window, but a little step ladder fixed that Show details

Cry over spilt oil – I bought one of these thinking of the filtering option being usefull. The first time I went to get rid of the first batch of oil I drained into bottom container and then proceeded to remove and empty the blue container, suddenly whilst pouring the oil out through top drain hole removing plug and pour what I thought was a sealed container how wrong… Read more

I was it was two piece container with removable lid, well the lid came off and oil went everywhere on the kitchen bench, on the floor, one hell of a mess. It is simply bad design with no warning this could have happened. The second time oil was spilt was after cooking with the second round of oil, the oil level was down so I topped it back to the level mark on the stainless cooking compartment and continued using the device. When I went to drain the oil into the bottom compartment the lid popped off the blue container while it was still in the machine with oil going all over the bench and down the cupboards onto the floor the place was a mess. What I found was the valve in the bottom of the cooking bowl had leaked oil into the blue container without me knowing with debri caught in the valve allowed oil to drip slowly out of the pan so replacing the missing oil I topped up and then had too much oil for the bottom container to cope with and oil everywhere again. This deepfryer has been through two oil changes and has now gone to deep fryer heaven. It is in the BIN. Piece of rubbish. It felt so good throwing it away, I had to come back here and let you all know. the feeling was better than you know what. If you want a deep fryer dont waste your time trying to filter oil. just get a basic fryer that you simply pour the used oil out the top. Who ever invented this Tefal Filtering option inadvertantly has led by way of my experience less sales of this product. It looks great in my bin !

After a few years can be dangerous – I bought this on 24th July 2018. On 17th Feb 2020 I noticed that a large percentage of the fine mesh filter wire in the lid was missing. I shook the lid and found that numerous bits of the mesh wire became dislodged. I was aware that wire bristles from a BBQ brush have caused serious illness after being accidentally consumed, hence I believe… Read more

that the wire particles falling into the oil also has the potential to be consumed. If you have one of these, please check that the fine mesh filter is still intact and if not, don't use it. I have reported the matter to the ACCC and Tefal, neither have responded.

Its perfect cooking – Big cooker with fast cooking. Nice and tasty food comes from this cooker. Oil draining container is excellent. The oil filter is great you can re use the oil. Its also easy to clean. The cooking temperature is good as well. I got one as a wedding present, We have used it many times already

Good fryer - if you like large fry ups – PROS - Frys everything we've tried, very well and quickly - Heats up fairly quickly with the lid on - Easy to clean - Oil draining and reuse is handy and straightforward - Controls are clear and it's easy to use CONS - Tall. On a regular kitchen bench, shorter people, elderly or infirm may not be able to use easily - Requires a LOT of oil. More… Read more

than 2 liters to fill it to max. Anywhere below max may be too shallow - Large, bulky device that takes up a lot of room

OVERALL For our purposes it works very well and was good value for money. However, our grocery bill for cooking oil has gone up. I would not recommend this if you are single and only want to do the occasional small fry up.

Does what is says - but a tad large – The fryer works very well to cook everything we have tried including battered fish; crumbed fish; chips; potato gems; schnitzels; battered chicken; papadums and deep fried ice cream. The best thing about the product is the oil cleaning feature. Basically the oil is drained through a fine filter into a storage container. Then you clean the left… Read more

overs out of the cooking area. That means the oil stays really fresh; doesn't get smelly or smokey. The downside is that it is a really big piece of kit - takes up a lot of bench/cupboard space.

Love this fryer!! – I honestly love this fryer i used to have a much smaller one that was really good but i would have to keep waiting for my first batch to finish before putting a second batch because you cant fit that much in there but with this fryer its so big that once i’m done with my first batch i’m done cooking .I also love that this comes with an oil box… Read more

which makes it easy to clean after frying and filters out any crumbs while also letting me reuse my oil and its so fast so i don’t have to wait forever just to eat like a couple others i’ve used

Great size home deep fryer! – Needed a new deep fryer due to moving into a new apartment. It is totally worthwhile paying the extra money for the auto oil drain feature. It is bulky but easy to move around and store particularly as oil is locked away safe so won’t spill. Show details

Wish i didn't have this – I agree with SuzP i cannot get my chips nice and crisp and crunchy no matter what type of oil i purchase. I have a air fryer which cooks better than this. My husband bought it for me!!!!! say no more Show details

Fit for purpose – Works well, wish it got hotter and had a better heat up time once food went in. Oil cleaning is OK, only paid an additional $10 for the feature vs the similar breville without. Wouldn't justify much more than that. Also a big unit comparatively, may not be worth the extra storage space for some. Show details

It was good while it lasted, edit: still great! – I deep fry food very rarely and do have an old (still working) Sunbeam deep fryer, but the fact that this will filter your oil was what tempted me to buy it, Especially as I don't use it often, I have trouble storing the oil. (even though it advises to keep it in a cool place, not in the fridge I have made room for it in the fridge and it has… Read more

been happily sitting in there). The the last time I used it (and the second time, ever) was in March. It worked as advertised, I was very happy. I filtered the oil and stored it in the fridge, and cleaned the rest. Cleaned it by hand as most bits are too large for the dishwasher (that was a bit of a disappointment)

So, I dragged it out for Christmas. It worked fine. I then left it for the oil to cool down and turned it to automatic filtering before I went to bed.

This morning I discovered that the oil was still there, it didn't drain. I tried everything I can think of, took the plastic container out and poked at the drain with my finger - the oil started draining, but as soon as I let go, it stopped

As you can imagine, I am not happy! Sure, I can drain the oil into something else, but the only reason I bought this was for the filtration!

The warranty is out, so looking forward to a fight with Tefal

P.S. I should really cancel the above, but, in the interest of full disclosure AND to possibly avoid the same mistake by someone else...

This morning, I carted the contraption into the laundry, in readiness to upend the oil into a saucepan. As I lifted out the inside pan, a decided to study the mechanism, to see if I could see what caused it to malfunction. I noticed that the switch that changes over to auto filtering, has a little lever inside. I then wondered how could that possibly engage the drain, when the drain is on the opposite end? Talk about a light bulb moment! When I reassembled it after I washed it after the last use, I noticed a little flap thing on the inside, which I presumed had something to do with the motor, so put it on that end, which happens to be where the drain is. I now realise that it is probably for the basket to hook on somehow.

How embarrassment! Changed it over, put the oil container back in, turned it to auto filter and voilà!

Sorry I wasted my money!! – I have been cooking oven baked chips for years & after purchasing a Tefal Deep Fryer I will continue to do so! Why did I waste my money? ? Not only on the fryer but on 3 different types of oil, every variety of potato including frozen chips. Not once did we we get a lovely crisp chip with a fluffy centre. Last night I again cooked my chips in the… Read more

oven with just a light spray of oil & they were delish! Anyone out there want a deep fryer as I'm giving it away!

Only easy to clean if you have a dishwasher and can wait at least 4hrs - apparently – I haven't had a deep fryer for years now and decided to get one that labels itself as easy to clean. Now I remember why I gave my old fryer away. For something that considers itself easy to clean, you may as well add the cost of a dishwasher or the cost of operating your dishwasher, as well as extra 4hrs waiting for the oil to be cooled down… Read more

enough to be filtered.

Firstly you need to factor in approx 4hrs for the oil to cool down enough to drain down the filter. The gunk is caked onto the deep fryer as it would in most other fryers. So I soaked and washed all the parts in the sink since we don't use dishwashers. By the time everything is done, well it's 11:45pm.

Now I have a pretty massive oil tank that is still too warm for the fridge. Though aparently refrigeration isn't compulsory, it kinda feels like, what's the point? I could have just as easily filtered the oil in my trusty oil filter jug and pour it into the bottle the oil came in. This giant oil tank takes up too much fridge space, I would prefer to empty the oil back into the 1ltr or 2ltr oil bottles it came in.

The 2nd time I used the fryer, I decided to skip using their filtration system and pour out the oil through a jug filter and save it in an oil bottle rather than the oil tank under the machine. I then boiled out the remaining mess and cleaned the fryer. This time I got everything cleaned by 9:30pm.. so in other words I paid premium price for a filtration system that I am better off not using.

Needs :

Backlit panel for the count down timer (ridiculous that there is no backlight or any digital function for the price paid, the height of the fryer resulted from the oils tank makes the LCD panel almost impossible to read with or without shining a light to it)

A green light to indicate the oil is ready. (Counter intuitive red light to indicate heating, and the red light turns off when temperature is reached, so you are confused between whether the fryer is even switched on or ready)

An actual temperature gauge would go a long way.

In hindsight sight, I Should have bought the Breville Smart Fryer... Cos this Tefal is just poorly designed and impractical

Disappointed, has 2 significant flaws – My first issue relates to the Oil straining ability, when compared to a "regular" style deep fryer, to empty the oil and clean the unit, it is in fact more time consuming than my previous deep fryer. The reason is, yes it will drain and strain the oil, but your are then left with still having to clean the bowl but now I have to also spend more… Read more

time cleaning around the strainer valve and screen to remove the grunge. I have drained twice now, and I can grunge under the screen above the valve yet I can't get at it without dismantling this component which the manual does not mention so I assume this is NOT a step the manufacturer allows. In short, it is just as quick (and easier) to simply empty the dirty oil into a container, clean a unit without the strainer function, then empty the oil back into the fryer using muslin or a fine strainer.

The second issue is it is shallower then my previous conventional deep fryer, for small items it is fine, but for something like chicken wings or large fish fillets etc, I have found it is much shallower than my previous deep fryer making it more time consuming, as you must turn larger items to ensure they cook evenly. I was surprised when I first filled it to the MAX line and noticed how little oil there was sitting above the bottom of the basket. I now add oil above the MAX line which means I now also must watch the fryer when cooking large food items to ensure there is no accidental overflow. This also means when I drain it, I have to ladel out some oil so that the oil tray at bottom does not overflow.

All up I think the design was done by a marketing team and not by people that actually understand effective cooking techniques. I have owned it for just over 2 months and I am already considering replacing it.

I suggest on future models TEFAL should make it deeper and also allow easy removal of the wire strainer to allow cleaning out any grunge that accumulates underneath.

Excellent deep fryer Best on the market – Best deep fryer on the market , Should’ve bought one ages ago , Easy to clean love the oil filtration and storage system , Going to buy an extra oil box for different oil . It’s worth the price compared to the cheaper and or well known brands if you want an easy clean and oil filtration system  Show details ·  1

Absolutely getting the fried fix fixed! – We have had the Tefal Oleoclean Pro for about a month now and have used it every other week (or try to make an excuse to fry something). Before buying this, I was contemplating a cheap $60 fryer but after reading the other reviews from the others who have bought it, I was pretty sold. Like one of the other users, I reckon there should be a green… Read more

light to show users when the oil is ready (as the red light turning off to indicate the oil is heated isn't really intuitive and can also be hard to see in bright areas) and the red light to indicate the oil being heated.

We used to cook our fries in the air fryer but am using the deep fryer instead as it taste so much better being bathed in oil. We noticed that some batters do leave more sediments and we have been experimenting with different batters and found a Korean batter that works a treat with the food we like to fry. We keep the frying temperature at 180 degrees and the food has come out amazing. Last weekend, we found frozen soft shell crabs and decided to give it a go... it came out amazing so we reckon another 3 months, we would have recouped the cost of this deep fryer by cooking ourselves instead of eating out.

We absolutely love how easy it is to clean by just having the oil drip into the container and then removing the basket and oil tray with no mess. I've not put it in a dishwasher as I just rinse it to remove excess batter and the sediment from the oil tray. This was one of my earlier hesitations of buying a cheap $60 deep fryer so this $160 was well spent. The only criticism about this deep fryer is the bulk as it's slightly larger so make sure you check the space you have to keep it is large enough.

Excellent deep fryer – We recently bought a Tefal Oleoclean Pro deep fryer from The God Guys and are thrilled with ti. It filters the oil into a tank which sits in the bottom of the unit. The cooker has a timer and a digital thermostat which works well and it holds 4 litres of oil. It is not particularly cheap, but well worth it. The retail price is $279. We find… Read more ·  1

that it cooks perfectly with the settings as set out in the user book which is written in any language one would wish for. Would highly recommend this unit to anyone wanting a cooker which filters the oil to keep it clean.

Needs a Red and Green light – I love deep fryers and this one is by far the most user friendly. Simple on/off button and temperature gauge. I don't like the new ones with pictures of chicken, fish, chips, etc. I like numbers. The only problem is the light goes off when the fryer is ready which is fine except you can't know that it's still one and many of us has made the… Read more

mistake of forgetting to turn it off. That's probably why some of the other users have blown theirs up. My son made a great suggestion. Have a green light on when it's ready and the red when it's heating. That way we know the machine is on.

Great fryer with problems – We've had the last 3 versions of this fryer and all have been great, with one common problem. The lid is not dishwasher safe, the aluminium filter screen disintegrates in the dishwasher! We sent a query to Tefal online and they didn't respond. It's the only complaint about this device, so If we don't want splashes of hot oil spraying out of the now vacant filter opening, we'll have to buy a fourth  Show details

Fantastic - great for Chips and Indian Condiments – Best deep fryer on the market, however it needs a way of cleaning the Filter Grid. Show details ·  1