A frying pan, especially a heavy frying pan, is a deep, flat-bottomed frying pan usually used for deep-frying, sauteing, and even browning food in. It’s usually 30 to 50cm in diameter, has relatively low sides, and usually has a very high handle, usually with a metal button on one side, sometimes with a decorative attachment (such as a funnel). Larger frying pans will often have a large open handle, similar to a wok. Some of these are actually made to be used in the oven, although most are intended to be used outdoors in the open air. Many people like to use them outdoors in their own backyards to create hot dogs, sausages, steaks, burgers, fried potatoes, and other fried food items.
Fryers come in all sorts of shapes, sizes, and materials. Some are made of cast iron, some plastic, …