Sometimes my deep fryer fails to preheat or the cooking process stops. Why?
If your fryer does not preheat or if cooking stops, check the following:
1. Check cord assembly to assure magnetic plug is attached to the appliance and the cord is plugged into the wall outlet.
2. Check to see that both guides on the front of the control unit are properly positioned in the tracks on the back of the
base (see Fig. e and Fig. F, pages 3 and 4).
3. The reset button may have tripped and has not been reset; see the information on page 5 regarding resetting the fryer.
Care and Cleaning
1. After unit and oil have cooled completely, carefully lift control assembly out of fryer and wipe with a damp cloth to clean.
Never immerse the control assembly in water or wash in a dishwasher.
2. Then, holding the cutouts on the sides of the removable pot (see Fig. A1, page 2), carefully lift the pot out of the deep
fryer.
If you plan to reuse the cooking oil, it is recommended that you strain the oil to remove any food particles. Then store the
oil in a tightly sealed container and keep where it will not be exposed to heat or direct light.
3. Wash the removable pot, frying basket, fryer cover, and base in dishwasher or in warm, sudsy water.
Do not use steel wool scouring pads or abrasive kitchen cleaners on the removable pot, cover, or base and do not use bleach-
ing agents to clean the frying basket.
If desired, the basket handle may be removed for cleaning. Squeeze the drain hooks and fold the handle into the basket until
the handle bars are out of the brackets. Continue squeezing to remove both pegs from the bracket holes. After cleaning,
reattach handle making sure both pegs are in the bracket holes and the handle bars are in the brackets (see Fig. D, page 3).
Fold handle into basket for storage (see Fig. B1, page 3).
Note:
your fryer has a grease filter in the cover. The filter does not need replacing.
4. Before reassembling unit, be sure all parts are completely dry.
5. Always check the magnetic plug before use to assure metal items have not become attached to the magnet.
6. Periodically check the screws on the base handles and feet to be sure they are tight. Retighten, if necessary, with a stan-
dard #2 Phillips head screwdriver. CAUTIoN: overtightening can result in stripping of screws or cracking of handles and
feet.
Helpful Hints
D
When using the fryer for the first time, a slight odor or light smoking may occur as manufacturing residue evaporates. This
is normal during initial use.
D
Fry foods of equal size and thickness as they will fry more evenly and at the same speed.
D
Do not fill the basket more than
2
⁄
3
full. If too much food is fried at the same time, the food will not get crisp.
D
For crisper foods, fry without the cover.
D
Before deep frying, always remove excess moisture or ice crystals from food by blotting with toweling. Moist foods may
cause excess foaming, spattering, and crackling.
D
For breading or coating foods, use commercial breading, finely ground bread or cracker crumbs, corn meal, a mixture of
corn meal and flour, pancake mix, or prepared bread mixes.
D
Use only metal cooking utensils in the fryer as plastic or rubber will become damaged from the hot oil. Do not leave metal
utensils in the fryer as they will become hot.
D
At any time during the preheat cycle or when cooking, the temperature setting can be adjusted by simply pressing the
Temp
Set
button to the desired temperature.
D
Foods that are battered may stick to the basket; therefore, you may wish to fry these types of foods without the basket.
Coated or breaded foods can be fried with or without the basket. When using the fryer without the basket, a slotted metal
scoop may be used to add and/or remove foods.
D
Use caution when deep frying flour tortillas. Flour tortillas contain air bubbles. During deep frying, oil can become trapped
within these bubbles. If not properly drained, the bubbles can burst and cause burns. Therefore, after deep frying tortillas,
carefully raise them out of the cooking oil and allow oil to drain from the tortillas for approximately 30 seconds.
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