Patent ID: 8627762
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A system for frying one or more food items, comprising: a frying tank having an interior chamber configured to receive the one or more food items, the frying tank having an open state in which the one or more food items may be introduced into the interior chamber or removed from the interior chamber, and a closed state in which the interior chamber is hermetically sealed, wherein air is initially present in the interior chamber when the interior chamber is hermetically sealed; a cooking oil vat; an adjustable cooking oil pump to pump cooking oil from the cooking oil vat; a first conduit comprising a first oil valve to conduct the cooking oil from the cooking oil pump to the interior chamber at a flow rate determined by the cooking oil pump pumping cooking oil through the first oil valve; and a second conduit to conduct at least a portion of the cooking oil from the interior chamber to the cooking oil vat at a drainage rate, wherein by adjusting the oil pump, the flow rate through the first conduit is adjusted to exceed the drainage rate through the second conduit in order to replace all of the air initially present in the interior chamber with a quantity of the cooking oil while the frying tank is in the closed state.