Cooking oil extending process
AssigneeVentura Foods, LLC
InventorB. Kelly Brintle
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Abstract
A fine mesh filter screen is used in the fry pot of a deep fat fryer to remove all but the finest loose food particles after every cooking cycle, which otherwise burn and shorten the life of the cooking oil.
Claims13
A process for extending the life of cooking oil in a fry pot of a deep fat fryer used for cooking breaded food products including the steps of:
- (a) placing a fine mesh screen in the fry pot of the deep fat fryer;
- (b) placing breaded food product retained by a frying basket in the fry pot of hot oil to fry the food product;
- (c) removing the breaded food product from contact with the hot oil;
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- (d) removing the fine mesh screen with particles of breading that have separated from the breaded food product that will not pass through the fine mesh screen and therefore are retained thereby, before the particles of breading can burn.
A process of steps for increasing the production of a deep fat fryer used for cooking breaded food products, the fryer including a fry pot and a filter, by increasing the life of cooking oil in the fry pot of the fryer and increasing the number of loads that can be cooked before the oil must be filtered, including the steps of:
- (a) placing a fine mesh screen in the fry pot of the deep fat fryer where particles of breading that have separated from the breaded food product are trapped thereby;
- (b) removing the fine mesh screen with the trapped particles of breading before the particles of breading can burn and adversely affect the cooking oil;
- (c) cleaning the trapped particles of breading from the fine mesh screen;
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- (d) repeating steps (a) through (c) so that the filter of the fryer needs be used only occasionally and the oil needs only be replaced due to causes other than the burning of particles of breading therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.