Process and apparatus for deep fry cooking of thinly sliced food products

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Processes and Equipment for Preparation and Cooking of Edible Oils", This invention relates to processes and equipment for preparation and cooking of edible materials, particularly for the automatic slicing and deep drying of vegetables, especially potatoes to, form crisps. The procedure comprises the steps of forming unwashed and undried slices of the edible material individually, feeding the slices without washing and drying into a bath of hot cooking oil, when said slices subsequently float to the surface of the oil due to the formation of steam bubbles on the slices forcibly submerging the slices in said hot cooking oil for a further period in which cooking of the slices is …