Patent ID: 8869680
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An automated fryer having a cooking drum for accommodating liquid fat or oil, the cooking drum having a loading opening and a separate removal opening; a rotatable turner provided in the cooking drum for moving the food in the cooking drum from the loading opening to the removal opening while cooking the food; a storage container being located during the cooking operation in a stationary position below the cooking drum, said storage container having a freezer chamber for a plurality of food portions and an outlet opening, a closure to open and close said outlet opening, and transport means for transporting the food from the outlet opening of the storage container to the loading opening of the cooking drum; in an operating position of the automated fryer, the outlet opening of the storage container is located below the loading opening of the cooking drum, and the transport means being designed to comprise a drive in order to transport a single portion of the food contained in a transport container and along a guide rail upward from the outlet opening of the storage container to the loading opening of the cooking drum.