Cooking French Fries in Crawfish pot

It sounds like it could work. Gonna need a lot of oil.

edit - would go to sams and get the 35lb oil packs.

It'll work, you will need quite a bit of oil. I'd get a 35lb jug of shortening. Drain them on a wire rack.

Use frozen fries and save yourself some aggravation.

We fry them in large cast iron jambalaya pots for large functions. The cast iron retains heat longer and gets hot faster.

I use the Outdoor Gourmet Deluxe Combo Pot Kit from Academy. About $40. LINK

Much much easier in cast iron if you have something big enough. The issue w a boiler or turkey frier really comes into play if you are doing multiple batches. It is just hard to maintain the temp you want.

Also, consider double frying. First at a low temp for an extended period of time. Remove from heat and let cool. Then flash fry at a hotter temp. Best way I have found to get that crispy texture that I want.

Yes. Here's the science. https://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/01/the-burger-lab-why-double-fry-french-fries.html

Be careful how much you try to fry at once. Frozen fries have a lot more surface area than a bird of the same weight, give off water much more quickly and will cool your oil very quickly if you put too much in at once. Good luck!

It worked...

we had a 100 quart crawfish and a double jet burner. we used 5 gallons of clear frying oil from Sams and used frozen fries from Sams.

We got the oil up to about 415 degrees. Put two bags of fries in our basket and eased it down into the oil. Dropped the oil from 415 to around 280 degrees and then pulled it back up to about 400. Probably took about 10 to 15 mins or so per cooking.