Alco Standard Corporation

Clement J Luebke

Lowell W Daniels

John A Mitchell

A pressure fryer having a vessel adapted to cook a food product within a bath of cooking oil. Means are provided for detecting the presence of water in the vessel and the bath and for automatically disabling the heater of the fryer if water is present in such quantity as to create a potentially unsafe condition.

Method of operating a pressure fryer

A pressure fryer having a vessel adapted to cook a food product within a bath of cooking oil. A cover seals the vessel in a pressure-tight condition and, as pressure builds up in the vessel, the cover automatically locks an opening-closing actuator to prevent the cover from being opened. When the pressure is relieved, the cover unlocks the actuator to permit opening of the cover.

Cooking device with cover locking means

A food product is cooked under pressure and within a bath of hot cooking oil in a vessel when the vessel is sealed closed by a cover. The pressure in the vessel is controlled by an exhaust valve which must be located in an open position before the cover may be closed and sealed. As long as the exhaust valve is closed, it is not possible to open a drain valve and drain the oil from the vessel.

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Beloit, WI, United States of America

Clement J Luebke