Abstract: A self contained filter assembly is provided for a deep fat fryer which permits repeated filtering and reusing of the oil as a cooking media in the fryer. The filter includes a pan received in a drawer beneath the housing of the fryer which provides a filter media along the upper surface of a grid therein. Suction is applied by a suction pump mounted within the fryer which communicates between the surface of the filter pan below the grid and the fry pot itself. When the outlet valve on the fry pot is opened the oil flows downwardly by gravity into the filter pan and the pump applies suction to the surface of the pan to draw the oil through a filter media and return the filtered oil to the fry pot.

Abstract: A gas fired deep fat fryer is described wherein in a first embodiment a single fry pot is used and in a second embodiment a split fry pot or a pair of matching fry pots are provided. In the first embodiment two immersion tubes are spaced apart and extend from the front toward the rear of the fry pot with a third pass immersion tube extending from the front through the rear into a flue. Combustion products travel the length of a burner tube through an immersion tube and return through a jet impingement baffle and then make a third pass from front to rear and into the flue. In the embodiment having split fry pot, a single burner and immersion tube therefor is provided with a separate third pass baffle tube.