GAS FRYER AND METHODS HAVING UNIFORM HEAT EXCHANGE AND IMPROVED ACCESS FOR CLEANING

Systems and methods are disclosed for cleaning a fryer (10) using a washing element (44, 510, 610) coupled to a bottom wall (70, 570, 580) of a cooking chamber (12, 14, 502, 504). An upper portion of the washing element (44, 510, 610) extends above the bottom wall (70, 570, 580) of the cooking chamb...

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Hauptverfasser: GROLL, Steven, GOGEL, Mark, FLORKEY, Edward, J
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:Systems and methods are disclosed for cleaning a fryer (10) using a washing element (44, 510, 610) coupled to a bottom wall (70, 570, 580) of a cooking chamber (12, 14, 502, 504). An upper portion of the washing element (44, 510, 610) extends above the bottom wall (70, 570, 580) of the cooking chamber (12, 14, 502, 504) and includes a plurality of spray jet nozzles (424a-g, 524a-c, 624a-g) that are separated at predetermined angles (A1-A7) relative to one another around a periphery (426, 526, 626) of the upper portion (416, 516, 616) of the washing element (44, 510, 610) to orient the plurality of spray jet nozzles (424a-g, 524a-c, 624a-g) so as to spray a plurality of pressurized streams (438a-g, 538a-c, 540a-c, 538a-g) of the cooking medium (42) to predetermined areas of the cooking chamber (12, 14, 502, 504), including at least one corner (444a-d, 544a-f, 546a-f, 644a-d) of the cooking chamber (12, 14, 502, 504). Also disclosed is a fryer (10) that includes a spreader bar (38, 310) that maintains an electric heating coil (202, 302) in the serpentine pattern. The spreader bar (38, 310) is coupled to the upper surface (204, 304) of the electric heating coil (202, 302) and is disposed at a predetermined distance away from the bottom wall (70, 570, 580).