Estate sale find - new kooker 25 years old

[philpom]

The home 3 houses up from us is having an estate sale so at lunch I decided to walk over and check it out. I'm a fan of a good estate sale....

Tons of neat stuff but as I was walking through the garage a box caught my eye! It was a King Kooker 56,000 btu burner with pot and basket included. It was unopened and only $30. I snagged it, walked it home and assembled. Just like new, while I am not sure what it sold for new you can find the pot and basket for $30 alone online. I see some entertaining cooks in my future. We normally use a chefs pan to deep fry and a big stock pot to boil but this will take it up a notch.

The model is no longer made, I found a date on the paperwork indicating 2001. Similar setups range from nearly $100 to $300, I consider it a find.

And a few bo us pics just incase this is something someone might be interested in. I own a wrangler so found this very intriguing.

I believe this was a 1954 Willis, pretty clean, $10,500 obo.

1939 Chevy deluxe, damn clean. $15,000 obo,, comes with parts.

I have no affiliation here but they are cool and potentially rare so here they are.

Cheers

 

[chilerelleno]

Stole that!

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice find.
I bought a similar fryer 10 years ago for the same money. Used it twice. We just don't deep fry that much capacity anymore.

 

[jcam222]

Nice score!

 

[chopsaw]

Yup . That's why you take 5 minutes and go look . Nice score .
I never owned one , but a couple of my buddies used to buy the Willy's at surplus for around $100 . Even stock they go just about anywhere .

 

[philpom]

Nice find.
I bought a similar fryer 10 years ago for the same money. Used it twice. We just don't deep fry that much capacity anymore.

We almost never deep fry but boil I'd a different story. Low country boil, crawdads, and more. Keeping and eye out now for a nice 25-30 quart pot. I'll also grab a discada if I find a nice one.

 

[texomakid]

That Jeep!

 

[Smokin Okie]

After WW II, we left most of the Jeeps in Europe. US car companies were concerned about the competition if they were brought home. So today, there's still a lot of them in the UK and Europe.

And the King Kooker was a great find. I own that kooker. Bought it around the same time, circa year 2000.

 

[zwiller]

Nice score. Tons of uses for it once you get a larger pot (go SS). Brewing beer, canning, turkey fry (which is insanely good if you've never done it)

My Aunt has been doing estate sales like 50 years now. Me running a title company I end up getting involved with the car titles. Started with "Hey can you notarize this?" Let me tell you what a debacle most of these are. Most of the time the title is deceased owners name and it has to go thru probate court. People don't know this. Sounds simple until the people realize what it's gonna cost (few grand... yeah) and take a month or so. Then there's "who's gonna pay for all this?" and "I would asked more the the car to cover the costs". Seller think buyer is responsible and vice versa. Next thing you know attorney for the estate is calling me and I am like all I am supposed to be doing is notarizing the dang title! So heads up on buying cars at estate sales.

 

[TimboBBQ!]

The home 3 houses up from us is having an estate sale so at lunch I decided to walk over and check it out. I'm a fan of a good estate sale....

Tons of neat stuff but as I was walking through the garage a box caught my eye! It was a King Kooker 56,000 btu burner with pot and basket included. It was unopened and only $30. I snagged it, walked it home and assembled. Just like new, while I am not sure what it sold for new you can find the pot and basket for $30 alone online. I see some entertaining cooks in my future. We normally use a chefs pan to deep fry and a big stock pot to boil but this will take it up a notch.

The model is no longer made, I found a date on the paperwork indicating 2001. Similar setups range from nearly $100 to $300, I consider it a find.

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And a few bo us pics just incase this is something someone might be interested in. I own a wrangler so found this very intriguing.

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I believe this was a 1954 Willis, pretty clean, $10,500 obo.

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1939 Chevy deluxe, damn clean. $15,000 obo,, comes with parts.

I have no affiliation here but they are cool and potentially rare so here they are.

Cheers

Nice find buddy!

 

[BigW.]

Awesome. Once you get the bigger pot, you'll be set for Thanksgiving fried turkey. The oil will cost more than the set up:)

 

[zwiller]

The oil will cost more than the set up:)

Been there done that. Do this: part the bird out with poultry sheers and fry in sections. Much better control/safer/less oil needed. I would actually cure and smoke the legs and deep fry the breasts. Best of both worlds.

 

[sandyut]

Great score! Thats a nice cooker. I had one back in the that I used to make beer. sounded like a jet engine.

 

[Torch&Tone]

Awesome. Once you get the bigger pot, you'll be set for Thanksgiving fried turkey. The oil will cost more than the set up:)

That used to be our default T-Day routine, everyone *loved* both the meat and the spectacle. However, if there's one thing my firefighter buddies love to demonstrate more than the jaws-of-life, it's a deep-fried-turkey eruption! (Alton Brown has a video on how to cook it safely)

 

[Fueling Around]

That used to be our default T-Day routine, everyone *loved* both the meat and the spectacle. However, if there's one thing my firefighter buddies love to demonstrate more than the jaws-of-life, it's a deep-fried-turkey eruption! (Alton Brown has a video on how to cook it safely)
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Son is a city firefighter. He's been to a few fryer fires.
I haven't watched the Alton Brown video.
One item people overlook on a whole intact carcass fry is to cut a an air release hole around the neck.

 

[JIMSMOKES]

That used to be our default T-Day routine, everyone *loved* both the meat and the spectacle. However, if there's one thing my firefighter buddies love to demonstrate more than the jaws-of-life, it's a deep-fried-turkey eruption! (Alton Brown has a video on how to cook it safely)

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Use to cook a wild game dinner fund raiser for the boy scouts. We had a quick rain shower pop up one year while we had the turkeys frying. Didn't get one of the fryers shut off quick enough and water from roof drain hit it. Whoosh! We had a heck of a fire and left a nice burn spot and the side of the civic center! LoL We made sure the fryers were always under a tent after that.

 

[philpom]

Great score! Thats a nice cooker. I had one back in the that I used to make beer. sounded like a jet engine.

Test fired it last night... yep, sounds like a jet, a very powerful burner.