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Is it true that you only work three weeks a year, and it's at the State Fair?
AG: That is correct.
That's unbelievable!
AG: I know! I feel pretty lucky. It is great but it's not like I'm rolling around in a Rolls Royce. I have a pretty good lifestyle but it's not mansion stuff. In my time off I take long walks with my dog and sleep late, not a whole lot. When I'm working the fair I wake up at six and never leave before midnight.
How many years have you been doing it?
AG: This is our ninth year. We struggled like everyone else in the beginning. But the fair started putting on the Big Tex choice awards and then what happens is they pick a best new fair food every year and we've been lucky enough to win four out of five years. They announced it to the media and it really became a story.
Tell me about your creations.
AG: The first time we won the fair had an Elvis theme and we won for fried peanut butter, banana and jelly sandwiches. Last year I won for fried butter. This year we went back to something simple but we hope is really good. We're doing a fried chocolate which is like a brownie that's stuffed with white chocolate, maraschino cherries and pecans and we dump that whole thing into a chocolate cake batter and deep fry it.
Any terrible failures?
AG: The one that comes to mind is we tried to deep fry a mint and it didn't work.
How do you come up with the ideas?
AG: I'm a junk-food junkie by nature. It kind of comes easy to me.
Suffer any injuries?
AG: Some burns but nothing really serious, but if you're going to work the fryer you're going to get burned, that's a fact.
What's your favorite?
AG: I really, really liked the deep-fried butter. It sounds gross but it's really more like a biscuit with a buttery inside.
You're not three hundred pounds, how is that possible?
AG: Long walks with the dog. The fact is I'm not making this food year round. It's special food for a special time.
Any plans to open a restaurant or do a T.V. show?
AG: I'm way too lazy for a restaurant. We're in talks for a T.V. show and if it happens that would be great.
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9-03-2010 @3:19PM FLSTC01 said... And Americans just keep getting fatter...
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9-04-2010 @10:36AM Jane T said... We were at a local town fair last week and they had deep fried jelly beans! I couldn't bring myself to look, so I have no idea how they do it, but just the idea is sickening.
9-04-2010 @1:40PM yaker said... I don't think Americans are getting fatter because this guy deep fries butter. I think it's because they don't "take long walks" with their dogs or otherwise.
9-03-2010 @4:14PM Hopeful43 said... I have never tried deep fried cheese or oreos,twinkies or anything like that..i would so love to,but with my luck I'd have a heart attack after a few bites or put on a pound from one ounce..it all sounds soo good!!!!
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9-03-2010 @3:36PM angry motorist said... Good for him for his innovative ideas and success, but I would say he has to work more than 3 days a year. What about development time of coming up with a new idea and practicing what to deep fry each year. That's kind of misleading.
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9-03-2010 @6:03PM Chase said... It says he 'works' 3 WEEKS a year, not 3 DAYS. My guess is he considers the development a fun pastime. He can come and go from it, no set schedule. That's a hobby not work. By this point I'm sure he has an idea of how to do things vs when he first started.
9-03-2010 @3:26PM andy said... once i get going with this stuff, i over do it. SO, i can't even get started knowing i am in for a downfall I have to avoid it all together. :(
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9-03-2010 @3:48PM misterlee said... He says he works three weeks a year, not three days. There's a big difference.
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9-03-2010 @3:51PM John F.C. Taylor said... King of the deep fryer? Not hardly. There's an Englishman who owns and operates a fish and chips shop in NY that's been deep frying all sorts of things for years. I would nominate him for deep fryer king rather than this guy.
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9-03-2010 @6:15PM Katy said... Dan seriously what does a Mosque in NY have to do with deep fried food? Besides not all Muslims believe in killing americans many Muslims serve in the army fighting in Iraq. Al Queda is an exstremist group and do not speak for all Muslims. Do your research before you accuse all Islamic people of being monsters.
John I agree I've heard of more talented deep friers doing more than this guy has.
9-03-2010 @7:03PM Len said... I have to agree with Dan. Way ta go Dan
9-03-2010 @4:07PM Alison said... ummmm should we REALLY be thanking him?
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9-03-2010 @4:07PM Abel said... It's actually Abel Gonzales not Albert.
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9-03-2010 @5:33PM LEE said... a heart attack waiting to happen .
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9-04-2010 @4:07PM Vince said... Lee - Right on. He's still a young man. His triglyceride and cholesterol levels when he's 50 will be off the charts - if he lives that long. Walking his dog ten hours a day won't overcome the garbage he eats.
9-03-2010 @5:57PM JEFF said... I smell what you're cooking....
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9-03-2010 @6:20PM Wade said... Deep Fried Butter? ........What's next? ....A Deep Fried Heart Attack?!
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9-04-2010 @3:07PM Al Schrader said... Actually, you can take beef heart, slice it thing, flour & season it, then deep fry it.
Serve it with a dipping sauce made of diced Jalepenos, sour cream, and capers...Alfred-
9-03-2010 @6:21PM Karen said... Oh for crying out loud you people. He does this for 3 WEEKS A YEAR! He said he doesn't eat this every day and takes long walks in his off time. He's not a murderer and you CAN eat something fatty and fried once a year at the fair and not DIE!
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9-04-2010 @4:11PM Vince said... Karen - He says he's a, "Junk food junkie". I'll stick with my previous statement. He'll never see 50.