What an absolute piece of garbage. You won't be thinking about the money you wasted on this thing as hot oil comes splashing over the "chicken wire" mesh that sits under the large cover. Yes, the "chicken wire" can be removed, perhaps by just touching it and then the whole thing falls into the hot oil, but then you have a large area to drop the drain plug into, The side spout leaks and if you try to tighten it too much, it will pop back out, ditto for the top lid. Oh, by the way the top lid leaks a little bit, too, but if you're taking this thing full of oil somewhere, you better put it into a leakproof container....inside of another leakproof container - and maybe the place will throw the whole piece of junk out for you.