Abstract: A fryer unit includes a fryer vat defining a volume for receiving oil to be heated for cooking. A heating system is provided for heating oil in the volume. The heating system includes at least one gaseous fuel burner and at least one heat exchange tube, the heat exchange tube passing through the volume such that an external surface of the heat exchange tube will be in contact with oil in the volume. The heat exchange tube defines an internal passage through which heated combustion gases of the gaseous fuel burner can pass, and a baffle is positioned within the internal passage for enhancing heat transfer from the combustion gases to the external surface of the heat exchange tube.

Abstract: A mobile table for batter dipping and breading food products such as chicken pieces, shrimp, fish pieces and other food products prior to cooking such as by deep frying. The table includes a batter pan and a breading pan oriented adjacent to each other and supported in a table top. A self-contained refrigeration system is provided in a cabinet underneath the table top to cool the batter pan, the breading pan and to chill water in a refrigerated water reservoir to supply prechilled water to the batter pan. The refrigeration system maintains the batter material in the batter pan and breading material in the breading pan at a temperature to retard or substantially reduce bacteria growth.