Abstract: A mixture of shredded potato, egg, flour, pepper, baking powder and onion are combined to form a potato pancake mixture. Discrete units of the mixture are deposited on a moving grill over a vat of cooking oil. At the discharge end of the vat of cooking oil the moving grill is raised vertically and then inverted to discharge the cooked product onto a conveyor belt which takes it to a freezing station and subsequently to a packing station.