Henny Penny Corporation

Chuck Tomecek

Douglas A Burkett

Melissa M Hohler

Edward J Florkey

Mark Gogel

John Hill

William M Casey

Manouchehr Shirali

Michael Manzella

Charles B Leader

Brian K Brooks

Dave Casler

Brian Brooks

Rick Baden

William Casey

An automatic fryer apparatus and method of frying food products includes a cooking chamber, a heating mechanism disposed in the cooking chamber, and a pump disposed at an end of the cooking chamber to circulate cooking medium within the cooking chamber. Food product is added to the cooking chamber and flows along with the cooking medium in a flow direction. A controller controls a plurality of gates by individually actuating each gate. The controller stores data regarding predetermined time periods, which regulate when to raise and lower each gate. Food product moves downstream of each gate along a flow direction when each respective gate is raised. Food product is automatically transferred to a holding station when it reaches an outlet end of the cooking chamber.

Automatic fryer

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Edgerton, OH, United States of America

Chuck Tomecek