Transport means operative to cause the basket to be automatically raised and subsequently lowered in the vessel during a cooking cycle Ĭontrol means for controlling the number of and timing of the automatic raising and subsequent lowering operations performed by the transport means, including monitoring means for monitoring the temperature of the cooking medium throughout the cooking cycle, the control means being operative to automatically vary at least one of the timing and the number of raising and subsequent lowering operations performed during the cooking cycle in the event that the temperature of the cooking medium as monitored by the monitoring means, varies from a predetermined cooking temperature.Ģ. A vessel in which a cooking medium is heated Ī basket in which foodstuff to be fried is supported and lowered into the vessel to immerse the foodstuff in the cooking medium
