Oil is the most expensive ingredient most kitchens never put on a recipe card. It also decides how your fries taste on day four of a fryer load. A short routine makes the difference.
Skim floating particles every hour. Keep the vat topped up — a fuller vat holds temperature better and stresses oil less.
Filter at close, every day, with the fryer at working temperature. Wipe down the vat and check the heating elements for carbon.
Boil out the fryer. Track oil changes per fryer on a log — it's the only way to see whether the routine is working.
High-oleic canola and soy blends cost a little more per JIB and last noticeably longer in high-volume fryers; they also produce a cleaner-tasting fry. For lower-volume kitchens, standard canola or a shortening blend is often the better value. We stock both — ask for a quote on your actual monthly usage, not a per-case price.
Dark color alone isn't the signal. Watch for foaming that doesn't settle, a rancid or "fishy" smell, smoking at working temperature, and fries that come out dark before they're crisp. Test strips are cheap and take the guesswork out of it.
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