Patent ID: 8505443

Claim:
A system for delivering and filtering a cooking medium of a cooking apparatus, comprising: at least one cooking vessel; a drain manifold configured to be in fluid communication with the at least one cooking vessel; a drain container configured to store used cooking medium, and configured to selectively be in fluid communication with the drain manifold via a first flow path; a drain valve configured to selectively place the at least one cooking vessel in fluid communication with the at least one drain container; a drain lever configured to selectively open and close the drain valve; a drain lever indicator configured to indicate an operational status of the at least one cooking vessel; a filter pump configured to pump the cooking medium in the drain container back into the cooking vessel; and a controller configured to monitor the state of the drain valve, wherein the controller produces an indication on the drain lever indicator to indicate when a corresponding drain valve opening or closing is to occur in operation of the at least one cooking vessel.