[JohnFen]

OTOH, countertop deep dryers have had magsafe-like connectors for their power cords for a long time (I seem to remember seeing them before Apple's version, but I could be misremembering). That cord is carrying wall current. The purpose of them is so that if you snag the power cord or little hands give it a yank, it will disconnect before the fryer can be pulled off a counter or tip over.

[solardev]

My countertop water heater power cord does the same thing. It's kinda annoying, because just moving the boiler around the counter will often cause it to come loose: https://shop.zojirushi.com/products/8-cdp-p300

That goes from the wall outlet directly into one of the boilers like this: https://shop.zojirushi.com/collections/water-boilers-warmers

[k310]

WHOA! You made me look. I have a Krups deep fryer that I never use, because who fries food in oil any more? The plug has two magnets surrounded by cylindrical sockets that pins in the fryer go into.

It's good for 1700 watts at 120 volts. Meets UL Standard 1083, CSA C22.2 No.64.

If we haven't seen something like this yet, it must have to do with cost. It's about twice the width, with the two magnets, of the $20 unit.

[JohnFen]

> because who fries food in oil any more?

I do. Fried chicken and donuts, mmmmmm. :)

[k310]

I need to lose some weight. Yes, mmmmmmmmmmm.