Patent ID: 9161659
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A fryer apparatus comprising: a particular cooking chamber configured to hold cooking medium therein and to cook food products therein; at least one heating element disposed in the particular cooking chamber and configured to transmit heat to cooking medium in the particular cooking chamber; a filter pan disposed below the particular cooking chamber and configured to receive and filter cooking medium from the particular cooking chamber; a drain valve assembly configured to control flow of cooking medium from the particular cooking chamber to the filter pan; a filter pump configured to pump filtered cooking medium from the filter pan to the particular cooking chamber; a plurality of inlet orifices formed through a bottom wall of the particular cooking chamber and configured to selectively eject filtered cooking medium into the particular cooking chamber; a controller configured to control the drain valve assembly to adjust a rate of flow from the particular cooking chamber and to selectively activate a predetermined number of the plurality of inlet orifices of the particular cooking chamber that is less than a total number of the plurality of inlet orifices to eject filtered cooking medium into the particular cooking chamber, wherein the controller is configured to: