Fryer filtration system

A fryer having a vessel for heating oil, a frame for supporting the vessel and a housing for enclosing the frame;

• a low profile cart adapted to be removably-received within the fryer frame and housing and underneath the fryer vessel, the cart having a vessel for receiving oil from the fryer vessel, a filter for filtering oil from the fryer vessel and a pump for pumping oil from the cart vessel back to the fryer vessel;
• wherein said fryer vessel has an oil return orifice and said fryer has a return conduit internal to the housing coupled to the fryer vessel orifice and wherein said pump has a discharge outlet and the cart has a discharge conduit coupled to the pump outlet;
• wherein said system further comprises means for selectively coupling the fryer return conduit and the cart discharge conduit together so that filtered oil may be pumped from the cart vessel to the fryer vessel internally via the cart discharge conduit and the fryer return conduit when the fryer return conduit and cart discharge conduit are coupled together;
• and;
• wherein the frame of the fryer includes two upstanding wall portions and an inverted U-shaped bracket joining the two wall portions, the center of the bracket providing sufficient clearance to allow the filter cart to pass under the bracket.