Basket Load & Oil Recovery Calculator
Nearly every wing timing you will read was taken from a half-empty basket. Put a real load in and the oil falls 40–60°F the moment the wings land, then sits below the set point for the whole cook. Enter what is actually going in and this works out the crash, the temperature the wings are genuinely cooking at, how long the burner needs to recover, and the largest drop that keeps batch four honest.
What is in there right now, not the tank rating on the box.
Units
Everything that hits the oil at once.
Retail whole wings now run 3.2–3.8 oz. Party-cut segments run 1.5–2.0 oz.
The number on the dial before the basket goes in.