COOKING HINTS GFS SERIES TUBE FRYERS
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COOKING HINTS
Frying Don’ts
• Don’t turn on the fryer with no shortening in the frypot.
• Don’t fill the frypot above the line on rear of fr ypot.
• Don’t allow oil in frypot to fry down to the point where ther e is insufficient oil in which to fry a full load.
• Don’t have heat on tubes when they are not entirely covere d with frying oil.
• Don’t allow oil in frypot to be heated above 375°F and never turn th ermostats to 400°F or over, even
when bringing up the temperature.
• Don’t allow unnecessary moisture or breading materials t o get into frypot.
• Don’t allow oil in frypot to remain at frying temper ature for long periods of time wit hout frying taking
place.
• Don’t overload frypot with food to be fried.
• Don’t pack the food too tightly in the baskets.
• Don’t add foreign oils to frypot such as bacon, beef dripp ings, or waste oil.
• Don’t fry bacon in frypot.
• Don’t salt food over or near the frypot.
• Don’t allow visible burned particles to remain floating in frypot.
• Don’t allow exhaust stack accumulations to drip back into the frypot.
Performance
Typical Production Model GFS35 Model GFS45 Model GFS65
Potatoes — Raw to Finished 65-70 lbs. per hour 100-105 lbs. per hour 115-120 lbs. per hour
— Blanched to Finished 280-285 lbs. per hour 320-325 lbs. per hour 355-360 lbs. per hour
Chicken — Raw to Finished 40-45 lbs. per hour 50-55 lbs. per hour 55-60 lbs. per hour
— Blanched to Finished 80-85 lbs. per hour 95-100 lbs. per hour 105-110 lbs. per hour