Winco TB-20 Taco Salad Bowl Fry Basket, Round, 18" Hdl TB-20-Round, Chrome, Medium

Great tool to make taco salad bowls at home. Arrived on time from Amazon. Product can handle tortillas from 8" round to 14" round as long as you have a pot or fryer that large and deep. Handle is exactly the right length so you can hold the tortilla just off the bottom of the pot without getting hot oil jumping up to your hands. I found it best to use uncooked tortillas rather than already cooked ones - you get a much better crisp on the bowl whereas with the already cooked the center will still be soft no matter how long you cook. For those reviews that say they need to have an exterior basket on the outside I don't believe are doing it right. Lay the tortilla on the surface of the oil with a pair of thongs and then just center the bottom of the basket on the tortilla and press down toward the bottom of the pot - the force of the oil will press the rest of the tortilla around the outside of the basket and cook it trough and the shape will hold once you remove.

The largest flour tortilla works best with this! It is larger than I wanted, but worked amazingly well for a Mexican family dinner.

I can remember when these things cost about $40 and now you can have one for $10. That's a bargain for sure.We bought this to use for a single event for a couple hundred people and I'm sure it will be used again but probably not for a long time. Cost is always an issue but even more when just buying an item for a one-off small event.It performed well and no issues. It's heavy and well made. Welds are solid. You can drop it with confidence knowing it won't fall apart. Don't ask me know I know. :-D

This taco bowl form is fantastic for making fresh shells for salads. A bit of instructions would have been nice (but at least the reviews here helped a lot). No doubt, this thing is commercial grade because it's built like a tank and can be used on the big 12 inch tortillas. I especially like that the base is rather large in terms of diameter so that your shells can be filled with dinner-sized portions.I used my large fryer to test it out with and it's fine, but I'm thinking next time I'll try to use a large round pot with tall sides instead. The reason is that my fryer has the heating elements on the bottom and I was constantly pressing the tortilla down there to fully submerge the shell - and so the bottom of the shell more cooked than the rest. It didn't effect the taste at all so it's no big deal.As has been said before, you don't put the tortilla inside of the form/basket. You put it in the oil and then press down with this shell maker directly in the center of the tortilla. The tortilla will be shaped upward and wrap itself around the form as it cooks.My shells took about one minute to fully cook and harden at 375 degrees in peanut oil. Just keep a set of tongs in one hand to grab the shell with, shake off, and drain on paper towels. 325-350 might be better next time (to make golden, flaky shells instead of light brown ones) but it will take a little longer to make.Also, I'm thinking that next time I'll use uncooked, fresh tortillas to see if they turn out more crisp and flaky than ones made from cooked white flower tortillas. Will update later if there's anything to report...

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This thing is built strong. A little big for most store bought tortillas but still works ok. We no longer make tacos at home and just make taco bowls which we like a lot better.

I like the product and it would work well but it is too large for the bowls I am making at work.unfortunately I am stuck with it as apparently you have a time frame on returns..so not happy at the moment

These are restaurant quality size. They came out beautifully. Super easy to use and they only take 3 minutes or so to cook. I’ve seen a lot of comments on how to use this and how it did not come with instructions. The tortilla goes into the oil and the basket sits on top of the tortilla. Some had mentioned that they placed the tortilla into the basket and it floated out of the basket. Again, the basket goes on top of the tortilla. We used 12” Guerro tortillas to make the bowl pictured.