The fryer the fish-fry guy actually trusts.

Most outdoor fryers warp after one season, drip grease across the back of the cabinet, and bake a half-inch of crud into the bottom you can never get out. We built one that doesn't do any of that.

Twelve-gauge American steel, welded in Jacksonville, Arkansas. A true V-drain that empties oil and food trash through one spout. A basket hanger that drips back into the pot, not down your shoes. A lid that seals flush even with both baskets in place. Lifts off the chassis for tabletop mode. The propane tank rides on board.

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Built different on purpose

Six things other fryers get wrong.

True V-Drain

The pot bottom is built on a slant that funnels straight to the drain, and the drain itself pitches down. Open the valve and the last drop runs out on its own. No tipping, no tilting, no scraping the bottom for the dregs.

Drip-Back Basket Bar

Most outdoor fryers have you hang the basket off the back lip of the pot. Grease wraps around the hook and drips straight down the chassis onto your concrete. The few that bother with a hanger bar use a thin one that sags over time and lets the basket settle back into the oil. Ours is a 1-inch steel bar at a forward angle. Oil drips back into the pot. Basket props up, stays up, won't sag.

Sealing Lid Notches

Cutouts sized to the basket handles. Close the lid with both baskets in place and still get a flush seal.

Hurricane Bay HB-4 pot seated in chassis V-pocket

Lock-In V-Pocket

The pot drops into a V-shaped pocket in the chassis and locks by gravity. Lift it off for tabletop mode, drop it back on for transit. Self-aligning security bolts ship in the box if you want to permanently mount it.

Full-circle propane tank seat on Hurricane Bay HB-4

Full-Circle Propane Seat

The 20 lb tank drops into a full-circle seat and holds locked by geometry, not by a strap thrown across it. Designated bungee slots run alongside for transit. No rattle, no lean, no falling over when you hit a pothole.

Twin Prep Tables

A table on the left, a table on the right. Raw goes on one, cooked comes off on the other, and the work flows in one direction without crossing. Most outdoor fryers in this class give you a single shelf at best.

Be proud of your heritage. Cook with grease.

Everybody brings brisket. Be the hero, bring the wings.

Truth · Hurricane Bay

Be authentic. Air don't fry, oil does.

Truth · Hurricane Bay

Made for the weekend. Built for everyday.

Truth · Hurricane Bay

Fry like your favorite hole in the wall.

Truth · Hurricane Bay

Built in Jacksonville

American steel.
Real welds.
Real people.

Hurricane Bay is welded, finished, and packed in Jacksonville, Arkansas, by Titan Direct Manufacturing. Not assembled here. Made here.

Every fryer comes off a line run by people who live and work right here in Central Arkansas. The steel comes off an American mill. There's no overseas tooling, no import paperwork, no part of the build that depends on a freight container we can't see. If you call about a warranty issue, you'll talk to one of the same people who welded the unit.

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