11.When frying is complete, first turn off gas supply at the cylinder valve, then close regulator valves. Do this before removing the basket from hot oil.
12.Wearing protective gloves, carefully remove basket from oil. Keep basket above the pot to drain.
13.After hot oil has sufficiently drained, carefully remove food from basket. Allow liquid to cool to 115˚F (45˚C) or below before moving cooking vessel.
WARNING 
Fryer thermometer should not be inserted into food or touching food when measuring temperature of cooking oil. End of the thermometer stem should be at least 1 inch below oil level.
CAUTION 
Wait for oil to cool to or below 115˚F (45˚C) before pouring into its plastic container. Hot oil can melt the plastic and cause severe burns or bodily harm.
COOKING NOTE:
When frying the very first basket of food product, the food may reach proper doneness before the cooking oil returns to the optimum frying range between 325˚F to 350˚F. This is normal.
For subsequent basket loads of food, the oil should return to the 325˚F to 350˚F cooking range while the food product fries to proper doneness.
As cooking process continues, a steady frying temperature can be maintained with burner flame adjusted to a lower setting.
COOKING OIL: Important Facts to Know
Since early times when human civilization first developed pots and pans, people have used various forms of cooking oil for frying. Originally animal fat (grease/lard) was used for frying which now is mostly replaced by olive, vegetable and peanut oil.
It is almost universal knowledge that
Cooking oil contained inside the confines of a stockpot, skillet or pan (vessel) is quite stable when below its flashpoint temperature. For example, heated cooking oil at optimum frying range of 325˚F to 350˚F does not catch fire even if a flame is accidentally placed in contact with the oil. This stable characteristic enables cooking oil to be used on kitchen stoves inside hundreds of millions of homes worldwide. Imagine someone smoking while frying at 350˚F and the cigarette falls into the hot oil. The fire inside the cigarette will be extinguished by hot 350˚F cooking oil very similar had it fallen into water.
On the other side, cooking oil must be respected and used responsibly. As cooking oil is heated up approaching flashpoint temperature, it becomes unstable and begins to breakdown. As cooking oil breaks down, vapors are created that when mixed with oxygen, will burn. When heated to very high temperatures, cooking oil vapors will
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