Lid for a deep-frying pan

A deep frying apparatus for cooking with oil, comprising:

• a pan having side walls and a bottom wall;
• a lid fitted on the side walls of the pan comprising:
• an annular body comprising a generally vertical side wall, an upper wall comprising an annular part extending generally radially inwardly from an upper portion of said side wall, and a re-entrant neck portion extending generally downwardly from a radially inner portion of said annular part and defining an axial opening in the lid;
• means for directing gasses from within the annular body across the axial opening comprising a solid baffle wall connected on its outer edge to the side wall and extending inwardly from the side wall of the annular body and being spaced below the upper wall such that the side wall, upper wall, neck portion and baffle wall define an annular fume chamber;
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• wherein said baffle wall terminates at a point spaced a distance radially outwardly from the neck portion to define an annular opening in the annular fume chamber, the radial distance between the termination point of said baffle wall and said neck portion being large enough to provide said annular opening with a size sufficient to permit gasses to both enter and exit the annular fume chamber through said annular opening when superheated oil along the side walls of the container rapidly expands to fill the annular chamber, the annular opening being adjacent the axial opening so that gasses exiting the fume chamber create a shroud across the axial opening and cut off the oxygen supply to the pan.