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10. Carefully place food into the fry basket. Do not overfill fry basket with food.
NOTE:
Maximum food frying capacity is 1 to 1.5 cups at one time. The fry basket
should never be more than 2/3 full of food to be fried.
11. Use the lid handle to open the lid.
12. With the basket handle centered at the
front of the Deep Fryer, carefully lower the
fry basket with food into the hot oil. Fit the
handle bars into the grooves in the lid and
close. (See Figure 4.)
WARNING:
This appliance generates
heat and escaping steam during use. Use
proper precautions to prevent the risk of
burns, fires, or other injury to persons or
damage to property.
13. As the Deep Fryer cooks the food and the oil cools, the red HEATING light will cycle
on and off as proper cooking temperature of the oil is maintained.
See the Cooking Chart for sample cooking times and temperatures.
14.
CAUTION:
Do not open lid during cooking!
Hot oil could spatter out of the
Deep Fryer causing burns or other injuries.
WARNING:
Use caution when opening lid; steam escapes as soon as the lid
is opened. Use oven mitts when handling hot materials.
15. Open the lid and turn food as needed.
When food is cooked to desired doneness,
using oven mitts, lift the fry basket out of the oil
and carefully hook the fry basket’s wire hangers
up and over the front of the oil tank.
Allow cooked foods to drain for 5-10 seconds.
(See Figure 5.)
NOTE:
To prevent early degradation of the
oil, do not add salt or other spices to the food
during frying or when the food is draining above
the frying oil.
CAUTION:
DO NOT touch fry basket wires as
they are very hot!
16. Use a heat-resistant long-handled fork or tongs
to remove cooked food or pour cooked foods
from fry basket onto absorbent paper towels to
soak up excess oil.
17. Replace fry basket into the oil. Close lid, allow unit to reheat to desired temperature
and continue to deep fry another batch of food, if desired.
18. When all cooking is complete, turn the temperature control to OFF; finish removing
all fried food from the fry basket onto wire racks or absorbent paper towels.
19. Unplug the polarized plug from the wall outlet, then detach the cord from the
appliance receptacle.
20. Close the lid and allow oil and Deep Fryer to cool.
WARNING! OIL WILL REmAIN HOT FOR AN ExTENDED PERIOD OF TImE.
BE SURE ALL PARTS OF THE DEEP FRyER AND THE OIL HAvE COOLED
COmPLETELy BEFORE DISCARDING OR STORING OIL AND CLEANING
THE UNIT.
Figure 4
Figure 5
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