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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Specific Precautions Lids for LPF Pressure Fryers manufactured prior to May 27, 1980 (or units with serial numbers lower than 3613) could be manually opened while under pressure resulting in serious injury or death. If you have one of these units, please contact the BKI Technical Services Department toll-free at 1-800-927-6887 for urgent update information. Risk of fire exists if the oil level drops below 5mm of the maximum oil level. Use of oi
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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Safe Work Practices Noncombustible Floors Only Make sure your floor is noncombustible. Do not operate your fryer on floors that are wood, carpeted or have rubber mats. Placing your fryer on a combustible floor could cause a fire. Serious injury could result. Examples of noncombustible floors where you can safely place your fryer are concrete, tile, and ceramic. Keep The Area Around Your Fryer Uncluttered Make sure to keep the a
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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Do Not Overfill The Fryer With Shortening Hot shortening and steam may escape and burn you if you put too much shortening in the fryer. Fill the fryer to approximately one inch below the fill marks that are inside the fryer pot. Heat the shortening. If needed, carefully add more shortening to bring the level to the fill marks. Do Not Let Any Water Get Into The Fryer Always remove excess moisture from food before placing it into the fryer b
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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Wear Safe Clothing Appropriate To Your Job Always wear your insulated mitts when handling the fryer basket or touch any hot metal surfaces. You received a pair of insulated mitts with your fryer. If you lose or damage your mitts, you can buy new ones at your local restaurant equipment supply store or from your local BKI Distributor. Always wear non-skid shoes when working around the fryer or any other equipment that uses shortening. Never we
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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Keep Safety Labels Clean and in Good Condition Do not remove or cover any safety labels on your equipment. Keep all safety labels clean and in good condition. Replace any damaged or missing safety labels. Refer to the Safety Labels section for illustration and location of safety labels on this unit. If you need a new safety label, obtain the number of the specific label illustrated on page 8, then contact: BKI Technical Services Departme
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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Safety Labels 8
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Electric Pressure Fryer Installation Installation For LPF installation information refer to Electric Pressure Fryer, MODELS LPF, LPF-F, & LPF-FC, Installation and Operation Manual LI0103. 9
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Operation Controls and Indicators Refer to the figure and table below for an explanation of the fryer’s controls and indicators. 10
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Item # Description Function 1 Spin Handle Used to tighten the lid to the pot once it is latched. 2 Pop Safety Valve lever Used to release pressure periodically to prevent the seat from sticking. 3 Pressure Gauge Indicates the pressure inside the pot. 4 Computer Used to set and activate product programs. 5 Rocker Switch FILTER – When placed in this position, power is applied to the motor and shorting is pumped into the pot directly or thru the fill
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Item # Description Function 8 ALARM button This button allows the user to set an elapsed time at which the internal alarm will sound during a cycle. The time is set by pressing and holding the ALARM button while using the UP and DOWN arrows to change the time. The controller will limit the alarm time to be less than the currently programmed interval cycle time. The default alarm time is 0:00 which disables it. The ALARM time is saved on power down in
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Care of the Shortening Solid shortening should always be returned to the filter vat while in the liquid state. If this is not done, it will have to be heated to a liquid state. When using solid shortening, the fryer must be equipped with a pump heater. After filtering with solid shortening, the filter lines must be completely emptied of shortening. The pump heater will take care of any residual shortening in the pump, but cannot melt all of the shorteni
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Use only high-quality shortening that has low moisture content, a high smoke point and no additives. 3. The digital timer has a STIR OIL function that operates in one of four reconfigurable modes. If the timer needs to be reconfigured, follow step a. If the timer does not need to be reconfigured, follow step b. a. Press and hold the ALARM button and at the same time place the FILTER/OFF/FRY switch in the FRY position. The display will show the wo
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation 2. When frying chicken, lower the basket into the shortening in the fryer pot. Hot shortening may splash out of the pot causing severe injury when dropping chicken into pot. Carefully drop pieces of chicken into pot to prevent shortening splashes. 3. Carefully drop the chicken in the shortening one piece at a time starting with thighs and drumsticks. The fryer is designed to accommodate 32 pieces of chicken. Failure to use the insulated mitts
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation LPF-FC Operation System Programming Use the following figure and table to set options that apply to each product programs. Figure 1. System Programming Sequence 16
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Table 1. System Programming Procedure STEP ACTION DISPLAY COMMENTS 1 Press the FILTER/OFF/FRY LOW switch to FRY. 2 Press PROG on the keypad. PROGRAM CODE 3 Input 1712 and ENTER. PROGRAM SYSTEM 4 Press ENTER. PROGRAM DEGREES This command allows you F to choose the temperature scale option you want to use. The display will show either show F or C. 5 Press TOGGLE/CLEAR until the PROGRAM DEGREES X refers to the desired option is displayed. X te
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Electric Pressure Fryer Operation Product Programming Use the following figure and table to set a maximum of eight product programs. The product programs must be set before cooking can begin. Figure 2. Product Programming Sequence 18
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Electric Pressure Fryer
MODELS LPF, LPF-F, & LPF-FC
Service Manual
Serial Numbers 137733 and higher
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Warranty Information LIMITED ONE YEAR WARRANTY BKI (The "Company") warrants to the original purchaser that at time of shipment from the Company factory, this equipment will be free from defect in materials and workmanship. Written notice of a claim under this warranty must be received by the Company within ONE YEAR from the date of installation, but no longer than ONE YEAR AND THREE MONTHS from date of shipment from the factory. Defective conditions caused by abnormal use or misuse, la
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Electric Pressure Fryer Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents........................................................................................................................................1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................2 Safety Precautions..................................................................................................
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Electric Pressure Fryer Introduction Introduction The LPF Pressure Fryer is compact, attractive and functional in design. It is constructed of a stainless steel fryer pot for cleaning ease. Exclusive BKI patented features and safety devices offer flexibility, efficiency and reliability plus PERFECTION IN PRESSURE FRYING! The BKI name and trademark on this unit assures you of the finest in design and engineering -- that it has been built with care and dedication -- using the best mater
