Racking system for deep fryer
AssigneeThe Frymaster Corporation
InventorsDouglas S. Jones, Henry Preston Hutson
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Abstract
A system for a deep fryer having a frypot containing a cooking Medium including a holder that carries a food product to be cooked in the cooking medium and a motor operatively connected to the holder that lowers the holder into the cooking medium. The system further includes a sensor that detects contact of the holder when the holder is immersed in the cooking medium; and a controller including a timer that commences cooking the food product when the sensor contacts holder.
Claims25
A system for a deep fryer having a frypot containing a cooking medium, the system comprising:
- a holder that carries a food product to be cooked in the cooking medium;
- a motor operatively connected to said holder that lowers said holder into the cooking medium;
- a sensor that detects contact of said holder when said holder is immersed in the cooking medium;
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- a controller that, based on said detected contact, commences a cook timer for a cook cycle to cook a food product disposed on said holder and commences a quench timer for a quench function to prevent the food product from sticking to said holder.
A system for a deep fryer having a frypot containing a cooking medium, the system comprising:
- a plurality of racks;
- a motor operatively connected to said plurality of racks;
- a temperature sensor that senses a temperature of said cooking medium;
- a contact sensor;
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- a controller that sends a signal to said motor based on a sensed temperature of said temperature sensor to lower said racks into the cooking medium and based on contact of said racks with said contact sensor commences a cook timer for a cook cycle to cook a food product disposed on said racks and commences a quench timer for a quench function to prevent the food product from sticking to said plurality of racks.
A method of operating a racking system of a deep fryer having a plurality of racks that carry food product to be cooked in a cooking medium of a frypot, the method comprising:
- a) receiving a signal that a product to be cooked has been selected;
- b) lowering the plurality of racks into the cooking medium to perform a quenching function to prevent said food product from sticking to said plurality of racks;
- c) lowering the plurality of racks carrying said food product into the cooking medium based upon a parameter of the selected product;
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- d) commencing a cook timer for the food product based on a signal that the food product has been lowered in the cooking medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.