Reddit mentions: The best splatter screens

Your worries are literally adorable! I will do my best to help easy your frying woes!

You can fry in a cast iron skillet, but if you have a heavy bottomed stock pot or something even heavier like a dutch oven, that will help with heat distribution and reduce splatter.

Peanut oil and coconut oil are both great for frying, but most fats other than olive oil and butter will work. soybean/vegetable/canola are ok, but not as healthy as coconut oil.

Oil is ready when you throw something in and it bubbles/sizzles. You can test this with a few drops of water, but I generally will take a little scrap of the "breading" or cheese or whatever I'm frying and toss it in every few minutes until it seems hot. You can use the back of a wooden spoon and if bubbles collect around the spoon its ready.

To reduce splatter you can buy grease splatter shields which are basically flat strainers. I think it's a waste of space/money. I'd spend your money on a special spatula for removing things once they are done.

Good luck and may all your future frying endeavors be delicious and successful!

There's no visible north arrow so I'm assuming north is at the top of this image. Do you have anything showing the space in section or elevation? Which would be showing the vertical heights rather than horizontal arrangements.

and alright I'm pretty sure the ovens and fridge can work like that it's just you might want to put some insulation of some sort between the two, or make sure the ovens you get are constructed well enough so as to not be radiating much heat laterally.

Which gets us past functionality and into design. Which is also functionality. Labels are dumb. Okay.

Last year I lived in a place that had a large, flat island with a stovetop set into it, similar to what you're proposing here. The difference in my place was that, due to the rest of the space, I had my TV backed up to the island "behind" the stove, so there was like 18-24" between the back of the stovetop and the back of my TV. Which seemed like an issue considering I enjoy frying things in pans with oil. There was also this little fan above it which I'm sure didn't do anything for all the water vapor I sent up to the ceiling boiling water. I did get one of these splatter guards but that's tacky and should only be used to solve existing problems, not as part of a design solution. IMO.

When you have a stove up against a wall it has its own backsplash which is very nice unless you want to be wiping down the surrounding countertop after every time you cook. I honestly cannot think of a solution to this problem which wouldn't either look awful, get in the way, or both. Then there's the subject of a vent hood. Those can look pretty spiffy over an island but they're just so weird and huge, you really need to make sure you get the right one and get it properly situated in the space.

Carry-over question from my last comment: is that a double sink next to the DW?

and that 1' - 0" deep pantry cabinet, that goes from the floor to the top of the wall cabinets? Or what? Do you happen to have an image of the sort of thing that goes there?

and that's all without really looking back at the plan, so I'm gonna post this, get started on the next round of thoughts, and hopefully you'll've gotten back to me by then.

(I bolded my questions so they're more visible. Don't let that fool you into thinking the rest of the words aren't important.)

Edit: I managed to catch my post in the spam filter. On a subreddit I moderate. +facepalm+

Thanks guys.

I've never done deep frying before, so this will be a fun kitchen adventure.

Cooks Illustrated says that the electric deep fryers aren't worth it, and recommends just using a dutch oven. If anyone's curious, based on their recommendations and some other sources, I picked up a bunch of stuff for deep frying:

A Lodge Enameled Cast Iron Dutch Oven: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0039UU9UE

A Lodge Deep Fry Basket: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000050AV6

A thermometer: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHNH3JC

A 13-Inch Splatter Screen: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00004RFJR

A gallon of peanut oil: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00A2A7LBE

Strainers to help recycle the oil after use: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UFQBAM


Decided to try peanut oil because of it's high smoke point (450°F), and I like peanuts, so if it imparts any flavor, that's ok!

I really like the company Thermoworks. I have the other cooking thermometer from Thermoworks that's cheaper, and love it, but it's max temperature is only 392°F. The one above is 572°F.

The splatter screen above is recommended by Cooks Illustrated because it's fine grained enough to actually keep the splatter contained, and apparently many others aren't.

Cooks Illustrated also recommends putting your used oil in the freezer to keep it fresh between uses.

As I said, never done this before, so happy to hear other thoughts and suggestions!

A lot of people are suggesting you use a deep skillet or pan and fry them on one side at a time.

These methods will work quite well, but I want to add three things that I think are very important:

1. Get an oil or candy thermometer. You need to keep the oil below its smoke point or you'll be setting off fire alarms. This is the best way to make sure you keep the oil at a constant temperature.
   
   
2. Get a splatter guard! I'm serious, these are important. They will help keep your stove top clean, and may prevent you from getting burned.
   
   
3. Lastly, the first time you try deep-frying something in a pan, have a window open with a fan nearby that you can turn on if the oil starts smoking. Even if you don't set off any alarms, burning oil has a pretty distinct and rather unpleasant smell which can permeate your house if your not careful. Make sure to position the fan to pull air out of the house, not in.
   
   Good luck.

The fry wall. This is the one for 10" pans, but they come in sizes. Works great, easy to clean, rolls up tight to store it.

https://www.amazon.com/Frywall-10-Medium-Splatter-Alternative/dp/B01LVV7MMU/

(Salvation Army) Popcorn maker: $5.99. Works great!

(Salvation Army) Brand new shoes: $9.99

(Salvation Army) Sealed box of foodsaver bags: $3.99

(Salvation Army) Metal and glass clock, 16" diameter: $3.99

(Goodwill) Forgot to include in pic is a splatter screen for 99 cents. One like this https://www.amazon.com/RSVP-Endurance-15-Splatter-Screen/dp/B000OLC8IM

(Goodwill) I also got a really nice rocking chair with a rocking footstool to go with it. Super smooth rocking and looks near new. Furniture was half off so I got it for $55

• Muffin Top Pan. I use mine often to make almond buns or flax buns.
  
  
• a meat thermometer
  
  
• Cheesecloth. super cheap and it's great to wring out as much excess liquid as possible from things like thawed frozen spinach.
  
  
• Splatter Screen

Are you talking hardware or food?

When it comes to tools, stick to Alton Brown's golden rule: don't buy unitaskers. Make sure that everything you buy can be used for more than one thing.

Knives: you only need three (maybe): a large work knife (generally a chef's knife or a santukou knife, but it can be whatever is comfortable for you), a paring knife, and maybe a serrated knife.

Cutting boards: either plastic, wood, or bamboo (but never use wood or bamboo for meat - the bacteria gets into the grain and doesn't come out). DON'T use hard materials like glass or stone. They dull the edges of your knives.

Other:

• when I moved into my apartment, my mom bought me this set of utensils. It has a whisk, a spoon, a ladle, and tongs. I bought a few more wooden stirring spoons ($1 at Wal*Mart), but I've never wanted needed anything else.
  
• Silicon spatula
  
• Colander or strainer
  
• Assorted cookware
  
• 9x13 cookie pan
  
• 9x13 baking sheet
  
• Splatter screens (they'll save you from having to scrub grease off of every vertical surface in your kitchen)
  
• Assorted mixing bowls
  
• Scissors/shears
  
• Measuring cup(s)
  
• Measuring spoons
  
• Blender/food processor. I have a Ninja. I have some gripes with it, but I don't blend much so for what I need it's fine.
  
  Uhhh... I'm actually not at home right now, so I'm trying to do a mental inventory of my kitchen. I'm sure I've missed a bunch of stuff.

Nice look! If you wanted to "upgrade" you could use a grease shield instead of cardboard to make it magnetic! Great for sticking stuff up.

Although, it is usually a little bit small so maybe a combination of cardboard and the shield would be better.

Stove Top Spatter Shield
Maybe this isn't exactly an add on, but for cooking bacon it is definitely a necessity!

my favorite dinosaur is a velociraptor.

An island stove isn't ideal, especially if you cook with high heat often. If I did, I'd probably buy 1 or 2 of these, or even better find a local sheet metal shop and have them make something to fit. Ideally you'd have a little shield that would go from the stove up to the range hood and would really contain a lot of the splatter, and could be easily folded down and cleaned.

I use pretty much the same setup and had a couple of stuck sparges so I took a splatter guard and removed the handle and put a small hole in the center for the siphon. Works great now. Something like this http://www.amazon.com/3-Piece-Splatter-Screen-Guard/dp/B00CX4SWWE/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1406910483&sr=8-16&keywords=pan+splatter+screen

Late to the party but sounds like you got the floor covered (literally) this might help keep your countertops clean: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G5B8K3S/

Okay, one more thing - if you doing any frying, you probably won't be able to dodge back or sideways quickly if the grease starts to pop - which can really burn you. A splatter screen is great, they look like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-746587-11-5-Splatter-Guard/dp/B00004SU1D

and come in different diameters....

Not entirely but this and a good vent hood help very much.

looks awesome,

Also unless you enjoy scrubbing every horizontal surface in your kitchen get one of these
http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Splatter-Screen-Folding-Handle/dp/B0007VO0DU/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1457883311&sr=8-5&keywords=splatter+guard

Beat me to it. https://www.amazon.com/Grease-Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan/dp/B01GFQFGFQ These things are awesome, frying fish and bacon is now a whole lot easier.

we do our naan on the barbeque, or directly over the flame using a splatter screen (like http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0007VO0DU/ref=asc_df_B0007VO0DU1041123?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=googlecom09c9-20&linkCode=asn&creative=380341&creativeASIN=B0007VO0DU). Works great, and tastes more like tandoori naan.

I've found Bar Keepers Friend to be, for many things including grease, cleaning on easy mode, just painful to use on non-horizontal surfaces. It's safe to use on stainless steel cookware, but probably not on anything nonstick/cast iron/etc.

Also, invest in a grease splatter guard - something like this.

I don't know what a lorises is and I feel like if I Googled it, that would be cheating. :(

BUT - I have gifted at least once and I love bacon. The trouble with bacon is that it splatters a lot when you cook it, so I think one of these would be really handy to have.

Thanks for the contest! Woooooo!

http://www.amazon.com/RSVP-Endurance-15-Splatter-Screen/dp/B000OLC8IM/ref=sr_1_2?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1408326609&sr=1-2&keywords=pan+splash+guard+screen

these are great too, it's just a screen with a handle, keeps it from spraying up, but yes he should turn the heat down too.

Use the mesh from a splatter screen, like this one. They don't unravel. Glue it from the inside of the car shell and use a fine tip x-acto knife to clean up any glue that you can see from the outside.

I've had good luck using a grease splatter screen over a frying pan of boiling water for this. Just don't boil too vigorously (splashing) or leave them too long to prevent soggy tortillas.

Use a spatter screen. It's a large round cover with very fine grid of wires (like a very fine sieve). Much of the odor in frying is caused by tiny droplets of oil that are released and travel around the house.

The fine mesh traps most of the oil particles but lets the steam escape.

Here's an example of one at Amazon.

Here’s what I would do. See color code below.

Green is couch + chair

(A small couch like this plus an accent chair like this.)

Yellow is coffee table

Blue is TV

Red is bar stools

(Like these, which can slide under the countertop so you can have a walkway behind the couch.)

As for not wanting to get water from the sink on the couch, why not put up a splash guard while you’re washing dishes?

+1 for a good fan over the stove, if you can. If not, try one of these things: https://www.amazon.com/Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan-Stainless/dp/B078KR9N2P/

If you use new foil every time you make bacon and make bacon say... once a week, that's maybe 4-5 feet of foil from a 25 foot-long roll. Wasteful in that you could easily use something reusable like one of these.

There are screens that are designed to go on top of pans. They help keep splatter to a minimum. http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-Stainless-Splatter-Screen/dp/B0002MR0TA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312838176&sr=8-1

https://www.amazon.com/Grease-Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan/dp/B01GFQFGFQ/ref=sr_1_4?crid=D8NA243LUP4R&keywords=splatter+screen&qid=1570632471&smid=A2X8Z5Y0Y8V6I6&sprefix=splatter+%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-4

You're welcome

That's why god invented these.

 

But seriously, that pan better be going in the oven, not on the stove.

Best investment I've made to cut down on the grease flying everywhere: splatter screen

Nice!

Have you tried a splatter guard?

If you're cooking bacon, in particular, there are screens you can buy to put over the pan. They really help reduce the amount of splatter.

http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-Stainless-Splatter-Screen/dp/B0002MR0TA/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t

This works nicely for inside pan searing:

http://www.amazon.com/OXO-Splatter-Screen-Folding-Handle/dp/B0007VO0DU

Goes in dishwasher too...

Why would you use that over something like this? https://www.amazon.com/Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan-Stainless/dp/B078KR9N2P/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1536099563&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=splatter+screen+for+frying+pan&psc=1

would one of these help? a splatter shield.

Might try something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0166PC46A/

sounds like you need this then.

Yeah, I ended up buying this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01GFQFGFQ/

I was gifted mine by another player but am considering replacement as it's become worn.

https://www.amazon.com/Grease-Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan/dp/B01GFQFGFQ

This one is even better than mine as it has a higher initial durability rating.

First off olive oil has a low smoke-point and burns up when trying to sear meat on high temps. Use canola oil instead or some other high smoke-point oil. Second use this to cover up a pan with splattering oil. And lastly make sure you don't use more oil than you need.

google splatter guard

I use one of these

http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-Stainless-Splatter-Screen/dp/B0002MR0TA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345497674&sr=8-1&keywords=grease+screen

https://www.amazon.com/Grease-Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan/dp/B01GFQFGFQ/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=fry+screen&qid=1566597998&s=gateway&sr=8-4

This type of thing will minimize the splatter without trapping steam.

Have you tried an oil screen?

Turn the heat down. As an example, my stove has a scale of 1-10. I cook bacon at ~3.5. I don't really get any splatter. Still, you can use a splatter screen

Get one of these.

And then remember to use it, or my girlfriend will yell at you.

We use this

I use these when cooking.

You need a Frywall:
https://www.amazon.com/Frywall-10-Medium-Protection-Compromises/dp/B01LVV7MMU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519147858&sr=8-1&keywords=Frywall

And this solves that issue
http://www.amazon.com/RSVP-Endurance-15-Splatter-Screen/dp/B000OLC8IM

Or, yah know, use one of these.

I haven't tried it but maybe this will work? http://www.amazon.com/Norpro-2063-Nonstick-Splatter-Guard/dp/B0000CFP0F/ref=zg_bs_3737171_2

life changer

http://www.amazon.com/Progressive-International-Stainless-Splatter-Screen/dp/B0002MR0TA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1370144895&sr=8-1&keywords=cooking+oil+screen

https://www.amazon.com/Grease-Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan/dp/B01GFQFGFQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536795070&sr=8-1-spons&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=splatter+screen&psc=1

You can usually find them in supermarkets or cooking stores

Use a splatter screen

If you're worried about grease splattering all over the place when frying, it's worth investing in a stainless steel splatter-guard:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-746588-13-Inch-Splatter-Guard/dp/B00004SU1E

The mesh lets air through, so you won't be steaming whatever you're frying at the same time, but keeps grease from flying out all over your walls and stove range. It comes in really handy when making bacon.

I'll just leave this here. Never feel the need to cook clothed again.

• Exterior solar lights (there are many equivalents on Amazon with different shapes and options)
  
• Multimeter for testing connections before hooking them up, finding actual volts and polarity, etc.
  
• A bug net for my awning. Haven't tried it yet.
  
• Head lamps for looking around outside at night, or for keeping visible light very low
  
• A splatter guard. Bob uses this on his stove to heat his van; a stove can be set lower than a Buddy Heater, but you have to take extra precautions.
  
• A propane torch for starting campfires
  

I prefer this kind much more

https://www.amazon.com/OXO-Stainless-Splatter-Screen-Folding/dp/B0007VO0DU/ref=mp_s_a_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1536140063&sr=8-8&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=splatter+guard

The mesh ones I found weren't very good at stopping the small droplets. It doesn't make much of a difference when trying to protect yourself from burning oil, both stop the big droplets that hurt. But the more solid ones are way better at reducing the amount of clean-up I have to do.

Main con is they you can't see what you're doing anymore without lifting, but that's not really a big deal to me.

You get one of these and problem solved.

https://www.amazon.com/Grease-Splatter-Screen-Frying-Pan/dp/B01GFQFGFQ/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mesh+cover+pan&qid=1563824085&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Stop putting your face down near the pan?

I've never had a problem with that when cooking a steak. For bacon, I use one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/Cuisipro-746588-13-Inch-Splatter-Guard/dp/B00004SU1E

nah with one of these YOU can cook bacon shirtless too. i bet you're tired of putting clothes on just so you can cook bacon in your own home. with one of these never put clothes on in the comfort of you own home again^unless ^social ^norms ^require ^you ^too^terms ^and ^conditions ^may ^apply^not ^guaranteed ^to ^prevent ^upper ^chest ^burns

They make a screen to help cut down on the mess. For example

http://www.amazon.com/RSVP-Endurance-15-Splatter-Screen/dp/B000OLC8IM

Obviously, it can't stop the entire mess, sinceyou need to be able to work the food, but it helps...

I could really use a splatter guard for the stove so I don't have to hear the constant complaints about grease popping everywhere. Although... I sometimes get bored and start drawing in the grease splatter on the stove. Try playing connect the grease dots while trying to not get burned.

I cheat. I use a splatter screen and open it facing away from me when it's time to turn the bacon.

Putting the oil into the pan should not splatter at all. If there is water and oil mixing together, that will result in splattering. If the pan is dry it should be as in that video, just a pool of oil, once you spread it across the pan surface it thins and rapidly heats to temperature and will smoke a bit.

If you have hot oil in a pan and are setting items into the pan and want to avoid getting hot oil splashed on you, know you should place items into the pan so that the item touches down into the pan closest you first, and then letting them fall away from you, so that any oil that is splashed up splashes away from you.

If you are cooking items and they are making a royal mess of everything within a square meter of your cooktop, purchase and use a splatter screen. It greatly cuts down or entirely eliminates the oil splatter, while allowing moisture to escape so that you do not steam your food as you would if you used a solid cover.

Keep your heat low enough to avoid excess spatter, or use a Splatter Screen. to avoid hurting yourself.

I prefer the first method, it doesn't feel the same when you use protection.

Secondly, take care which way you set the bacon in the pan when flipping; that seems to be the time the most grease flys around. I try to flip perpendicular to my genitals.