CAUTIONS FOR ALL DEEP FAT FRYERS
NEVER LEAVE AN OPERATING FRYER UNATTENDED
REMEMBER HOT OIL IS DANGEROUS –
WARNING – INSTALLATION
• Locate your fryer in a protected place so
that it cannot be tipped over or knocked
off its support. A mechanical restraint
should be installed to prohibit the fryer
from tipping or moving. Consult your local
codes for allowable methods of restraint.
• Install an automatic fi re extinguisher over
the fryer and in the exhaust duct.
• Be sure your power supply is installed
properly and in accordance with the local
and national codes.
• Install a shut-off switch or gas valve close
to the fryer. It must turn off the fryer
immediately.
• Failure to add a mechanical restraint can
result in oil splashing out and contacting
the skin, leading to serious injury or death!
WARNING – HOT OIL
RESPECT IT!
WARNING – MAINTENANCE
• Have your equipment checked regularly to
insure its safe and properly functioning.
• If your fryer starts to smoke or boil
abnormally, cut off the power supply
immediately and determine the reason for
the smoking or boiling before attempting
to use it again.
WARNING – TRAINING
• Train all personnel to understand the hazards of hot oil. Instruct them on the proper
action to take if something does not seem
to be acting properly.
• Instruct your personnel on what to do if
there is an oil fi re. Do not use water on
an oil fi re! Use only fi re extinguishers of
the approved type and never direct such
extinguishers so as to blow the oil out of
the oil container.
• Hot oil is dangerous – Severe burns can
result when hot oil contacts the skin.
• Hot oil is fl ammable – Keep open fl ames
away from hot oil and its vapors.
• Never allow water or ice to get in hot oil.
IT CAN EXPLODE!
WARNING - ENVIRONMENT
• Keep your fl oors clean and free of grease and
all other substances so no one slips
accidentally and contacts the hot fryer.
• Keep areas and fi lters clean above your fryers
– Oil soiled lint or dust can ignite easily and
fl ames will spread rapidly.
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CARE OF FAT
In three to six months you may spend as much for fat
as you paid for your kettle. So fat is an item you want
to know all about; how to select it; how to manage it.
The more production you can get from each pound of
fat, the more profi table your frying operation will be.
To get a high rate of production per pound of fat you
have to avoid two things. One is early breakdown
and spoilage of the compound so that you have to
throw it away before it does enough work to "earn its
keep." The other is excessive sponging up of fat by
the food being fried.
The main cause of fat breakdown is excessive heat.
On the other hand abnormal absorption is caused by
frying too long at too low temperatures. One answer
to both problems is exact control of heat — so that
fat neither smokes up nor soaks up.
Of course, no fat "keeps" forever. Not only heat, but
air and moisture, salt particles and crumbs of food
work to break it down. But you can slow up fat deterioration by maintaining proper temperatures and
by draining your kettle, fi ltering or straining the fat
once or twice a day and by keeping the kettle itself
absolutely clean.
A number of commercial devices and materials are
available to aid in eliminating fat impurities. There are
several excellent models of pressure fi lters as well
as strainer-type fi lters, which, if used regularly, will
prolong life of fat.
However, no purifi cation device will renew broken
down or rancid fat or put new life into it. Once you
have allowed fat to break down it becomes unsuitable
for frying — in fact browning is impossible.
In addition to fi ltration, you can prolong the usefulness
of fat by sweetening it with fresh compound every day
- replacing about 15% of the bulk you started with. If
you do enough frying so that normal absorption of fat
in food amounts to 15% to 20% of the capacity of your
kettle every day - then you can call that your turn-over
food. It means you can add the recommended 15%
of fresh fat without discarding any of the old.
10 POINT PROGRAM
TO PRESERVE FAT AND PRODUCE THE FINEST FRIED FOODS
1. Choose a fat that does not break down quickly.
Hydrogenated shortening, corn, and peanut oils
are less likely to break down under high temperatures.
2. Do not fry foods at temperatures above those
recommended. The higher the fat temperature,
the more rapid the rate of fat deterioration. Above
400°F fats quickly deteriorate.
3. During short intervals between frying, turn the
heat down. Do not keep heat on for long periods
between batches.
4. Keep fat clean. Strain or fi lter daily or at end of
each shift. Add at least 15% fresh fat to your
kettle daily.
5. At least once a day, cool a small amount of fat and
taste it to see if it has picked up foreign fl avors.
6. Discard fat that tends to bubble excessively
before food is added.
7. Do not overload baskets-pieces should not touch
when frying. Shake baskets to prevent food from
sticking together. Fry similar sizes together.
8. Never salt foods directly over fat, salt in fat
reduces its life.
9. Raw, wet foods, such as potatoes and oysters,
should be drained or wiped dry before frying to
extend the life of the frying fat. Have foods to be
fried at room temperature.
10. Keep fat temperatures below smoking point to
minimize frying odors.
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HANDY FRYING CHART
TIME IN
FOOD COATING PROCEDURE TEMP MINUTES
POTATOES
Standard French Fries Cut in uniform pieces 1/2” 350° 5-7
Blanch Only square the long way 350° 3-1/2
Brown Only 350° 3-1/2
Long Branch Cut in uniform pieces 3/4”
square the long way 350° 7-10
Julienne (shoe string) Cut in uniform pieces 1/8”
to 1/4” square the long way 350° 3-6
Chips Soak in cold running water
until water does not run milky 350° 2-3
CHICKEN
Large Pieces Batter or Some prefer rolling in 325° 9-1l
Small Pieces Breading seasoned fl our, dipping in egg 340° 7-10
Pre-cooked wash, and frying 350° 3-4
FISH
Fillets (Large) Breading Select fi llets of uniform 350° 4
Fillets (Small) or Batter size, skin out and dry. 350° 3
Oysters Breading Use Oyster liquor in batter
or Batter or breading 350° 5
Clams Batter 350° 1
Scallops Breading 350° 4
Shrimp Batter Some prefer soaking 1/2 hour
in cold seasoned milk 350° 3
Smelts Breading Cut spinal cord several 350° 4
places to prevent curling
MEATS
Chicken Fried Steak Breading Sever all connecting membranes
at one inch intervals to prevent
curling 360° 3-4
Cutlets Breading 350° 3-4
Chops Breading 340° 3-4
Meat Balls Breading or
rolled in fl our 340° 4-6
Brains Breading 340° 3-5
VEGETABLES
Asparagus Batter or crumbs Pre-cook in salted water 350° 3
Caulifl ower Batter or crumbs Pre-cook and separate fl owers 350° 3
Egg Plant Crumb Breading Peel, cut cross-wise into 1/4”
slices 350° 3
Onions Light batter Slice thin, soak in milk for
two hours 350° 3
FRITTERS
Fruit (bananas, pineapples, apricots, berries) Serve with fruit juice 350° 3-5
Corn Batter Serve with syrup or jelly 350° 3-5
Vegetable (peas, green beans) Serve with tomato cheese sauce 350° 5-8
MISCELLANEOUS
Croquettes Breading 360° 3
Chinese Noodles 375° 1-2
French Toast 375° 1
DOUGHNUTS
Cake 375° 1-1/2 - 2
Yeast, raised 375° 1
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