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A fryer/cooker assembly for cooking fast foods and the like at a predetermined constant temperature and without contamination between various types of food products includes a kitchen cabinet assembly having a cooking pan at an upper portion thereof which is removable for cleaning. The cooking pan i

A fryer/cooker assembly for cooking fast foods and the like at a predetermined constant temperature and without contamination between various types of food products includes a kitchen cabinet assembly having a cooking pan at an upper portion thereof which is removable for cleaning. The cooking pan is provided with a dispersing pipe substantially around the complete inner circumference thereof. This pipe has a plurality of oil dispersing holes, each hole being at approximately 30°to the cooking pan bottom. A baffle plate over the dispersing pipe provides a gap between the lower edge thereof and the cooking pan bottom of approximately ¼inch. A heater/heat exchange unit of high efficiency, high temperature output receives, through appropriate piping, cooking oil to be heated to a desired set temperature. Temperature probes in the pan and the oil input to the heater/heat exchanger coupled with thermostat control structure accurately maintain the temperature of the cooking oil at preferably 325°during operation of the assembly. Further important structure includes a bypass type oil filtering structure, a static pipe oil flow structure at each of the ends of the dispersing pipe, removable components for each of cleaning, easy access doors for appropriate components, and all mounted in a stainless steel cabinet for nice appearance, cleanliness and ease of maintenance.

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A fryer assembly comprising: a housing; cooking pan means mounted within said housing for easy removal therefrom; a sump for a supply of cooking oil cooking oil dispersing means provided for said pan and connected by pump means to said cooking oil sump; heat exchanger means in said housing for heati

A fryer assembly comprising: a housing; cooking pan means mounted within said housing for easy removal therefrom; a sump for a supply of cooking oil cooking oil dispersing means provided for said pan and connected by pump means to said cooking oil sump; heat exchanger means in said housing for heating said cooking oil to a predetermined temperature; thermostat control means in contact with and sensitive to the temperature of the cooking oil; control means operably connected by writing between said thermostat control means and said heat exchanger means for electrically energizing a firing module of the latter as appropriate when a drop in cooking oil temperature occurs; said cooking oil dispersing means including a pipe extending substantially around the entire inner circumference of said cooking pan means, with said pipe having dispersing apertures spaced therealong which are at a predetermined preset angle with respect to a lower surface of said cooking pan means to effect a substantial amount of turbulence in the flow of cooking oil into the cooking pan for obtaining a substantially constant temperature of the oil throughout the pan; and baffle means substantially covering said dispersing pipe and providing a gap between the lower edge of said baffle means and the bottom of said pan for increasing the effectiveness of the turbulent oil flow through the pan as effected by the aforesaid angled dispersing apertures in said pipe. A method of cooking food products of various types comprising the flowing steps: effecting a flow of heated oil in a cooking apparatus; passing a portion of said oil through a high efficiency heater for re-heating of same to a predetermined desired cooking temperature; adding an amount of food product to be cooked to the heated oil in a cooking pan; sensing the temperature of said oil; heating the oil by said heater in response to said sensing step to increase the temperature of the oil to said predetermined desired cooking temperature; swirling the heated oil being inputted into said cooking pan by forcing same through a plurality if dispersing apertures provided in a dispersing pipe extending substantially around the entire inner circumference of said cooking pan with each aperture being at a predetermined set angle relative to the bottom of said cooking pan; and further effecting turbulence of the oil being inputted so as to provide a substantially constant temperature thereof by providing baffle means over the apertures in said dispersing pipe.