Bayou Classic 700-709 Owner's Manual download pdf (Page 23)

WARNING

Regardless of thermometer reading, if the oil/grease starts to smoke, turn OFF fuel supply to the

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ner and STOP COOKING IMMEDIATELY. This indicates the thermometer is not working properly.

Discard the thermometer and call 1-800-864-6194 M-F 8am - 5pm CST for assistance.

Replacement thermometer Model #5070.

9. When fr

ying is complete, first turn off gas supply at the cylinder valve, then close regulator valve.

10. Wearing protective gloves, carefully remove baskets from oil. Set baskets on drain bar.

11. After hot oil has sufficiently drained, carefully remove food from basket.

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 reduced

to a low 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 over-heated cooking oil will catch fire and burn. Cooking oil has a flashpoint temperature

ranging from 550˚F to 700˚F, depending on type of oil used, altitude and ambient temperature. However, most people do

not realize that cooking oil typically does not burn when below its flashpoint temperature.

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 self-ignite.

The following is a typical scenario of what happens as vegetable oil, contained in a cooking vessel, reaches its flashpoint

temperature and self ignites:

• The oil first becomes darker and emits an unpleasant odor.

• At about 440˚F, the oil begins emitting a pale vapor smoke.

• At about 500˚F, the smoke turns black.

• Soon a heavy, thick black smoke belches out.

• At about 600˚F, a small flame flickers out from the oil. At this point the cooking oil has reached its point of self-ignition.

• If the heat source below the vessel remains engaged, the flame will quickly grow.

• All the while cooking oil burns, thick black smoke continues to belch forth.

Another point many people do not know is that over-heated cooking oil that catches fire can make a huge flame.

For example, a small 12" skillet with only 1/2" deep of cooking oil can create a flame 7- ft to 9- ft high! A large cooking

vessel containing up to 3 gallons of cooking oil can create a flame up to 15- ft high!

On average, every year in the U.S. there are 80,000 kitchen/house fires caused by burning cooking oil that are responded

to by a Fire Department. Imagine a 3- ft high kitchen stove supporting a cooking vessel emitting a 7- ft flame… that is a

dangerous house fire!

The vast majority of these kitchen fires are the result of leaving cooking oil unattended. Simply answering the door bell, phone

or tending to a crying child are sufficient distractions that allow a 12" skillet with 1/2" cooking oil to over-heat and catch fire.

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