Deep fat frying apparatus having an improved cooking fluid filtration

Abstract

A multi-frypot, deep fat frying assembly is formed by operatively interconnecting a filtered, multiple frypot cooking module with one or more nonfiltered, multiple frypot cooking modules, each module having headered cooking fluid supply and drain piping systems disposed within its outer housing. To form the ganged frypot assembly, the module housings, with appropriate side panels removed, are placed in a side-by-side orientation and the adjacent headered piping systems are connected to one another to form in the assembly common supply and drain headers. The filtered module is provided with a roll-out, self-contained filter unit which may be moved into and out of the filtered module housing directly beneath its frypots, the filter unit having a cooking fluid receiving container which carries a filter pump that may be quick-connected to the supply header. The drain header in the filtered module has a pivotally mounted outlet tube which may be pivoted rearwardly to operatively position it over the receiving container, or pivoted forwardly to position its over a suitable disposal container positioned at the front of the filtered module's housing. A spring loaded detent member is used to releasably lock the outlet tube in either its forwardly or rearwardly pivoted position. The outlet side of the filter pump is provided with the diverter valve operative to circulate cooking oil through the pump and filter to provide the assembly with a cooking oil 'polishing' cycle.