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Counter Top Fryers
Models
616B & 616BT
Operator’s Manual
Belshaw Bros., Inc.
nd
1750 22 Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98144
Phone: 206-322-5474 • Fax: 206-322-5425
Toll Free: 1-800-578-2547
E-mail: service@belshaw.com • http://www.belshaw.com
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If you accept the machine from the shipping To unpack the fryer and transport it to the company, you are, in effect, saying that the workstation: machine is in good condition, and you must 1. Use a fork lift to transport the shipping crate pay for the machine. Belshaw cannot pay for to the work station. shipping damage, because the freight company 2. Break down the shipping crate. has accepted the machine from Belshaw in good condition, and is responsible for its safe delivery. 3. Rem
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Contents Sections 1 Installation 1 Unpacking the Fryer 1 Initial Cleaning 1 Installing the Fryer 1 Moving the Fryer 2 2 Operation 3 3 Cleaning 5 Cleaning the Exterior Surfaces 5 Cleaning the Frying Screen 5 Cleaning the Kettle 5 Removing the Shortening 5 Washing 6 4 Calibrating The Fryer 7 Appendixes A Donut-Making Helps 8 Tips on Making Quality Cake Donuts 8 Calculating Correct Water Temperature 9 Ratios of Plunger Sizes to Donut Weights 9 Temperature Conversion 9 B El
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Preface The 616B and 616BT donut fryers have been • Hot shortening can cause serious burns. designed and built using the finest materials and Make sure that the system and the components available. It is the result of years of shortening are cool before attempting research and development. Designed into this any cleaning, adjustment, disassembly, unit are many features which will insure more or repair. quality in your products and reduce your • To avoid electrocution or other i
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1 Installation Unpacking the Fryer WARNING 1. Use a fork lift to transport the shipping crate to the work station. Never let water and hot shortening come in contact with each other. Moisture causes 2. Break down the shipping crate. hot shortening to spatter, which may cause 3. Remove all the packing materials from the serious injury. Prior to use, make sure the fryer. These include foam, tape, brown kettle and any other parts you have washed paper, plastic, and white protect
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8. The heater head assembly is equipped with a 6. Level the fryer and connect it to the power high temperature limit control. Push the reset source, as explained in “Installing the Fryer” button on the back of the heater head if above. power to the heater elements is cut off. 9. When heating shortening that has solidified, a pocket of shortening may overheat and cause the high temperature limit control to cut power to the elements. Push the reset button to resume heating. Moving t
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2 Operation Read each step completely before doing what it • Melt shortening in a pan on the stove tells you to do. and pour it into the kettle. 1. Put enough shortening in the kettle to • Very carefully put solid shortening into completely cover the heating elements, the kettle. thermocouple, and high-temperature limit control probe. WARNING Put shortening in the kettle using one of these methods: To avoid serious burns, be very careful not to splatter hot shortening when you
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To fry yeast-raised donuts, place donuts on Frying Tips the fry screen and slowly lower the screen 1. Use a high quality hydrogenated shortening. into the fryer. With the donut stick, turn the donuts over to fry the top side. Remove the 2. Store your supply of cooking shortening at fry screen and donuts when the donuts are room temperature. completely fried by lifting up the fry screen 3. To prolong the life of the shortening, do not with the donuts on top of it. Immediately ke
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Cleaning 3 For your safety, observe the following warnings Cleaning the Frying Screen throughout the entire cleaning process. 1. In a sink or a dishwasher, wash the frying screen using warm water and mild detergent. WARNING Do not use an abrasive cleaner or scraper. Thoroughly clean and dry the floor if 2. Rinse the frying screen in clear water. shortening, water, or other materials are 3. Dry the frying screen thoroughly, using a spilled. Materials spilled on the floor can
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WARNING Washing 1. Wash the kettle carefully with detergent to Do not use a plastic container. If the remove all stains and burned shortening. shortening is not cool enough, the container will melt, possibly causing you to be 2. Scrub the inside of the kettle. Do not use burned, and causing shortening spill. any abrasive cleaners or scrapers. WARNING WARNING To avoid being burned, be very careful as Do not allow the shortening to overflow the you work with hot cleaning solutio
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Calibrating The Fryer 4 To check calibration: Calibration of 618-6 Temperature Indicator 1. Important: Make sure that the fryer is filled with shortening. Read the warnings on the control panel about high temperatures. To check calibration, use the following steps. 2. Use a good thermometer that reads temperatures up to 400 °F/204 °C. Place the 1. Turn the dial of the thermostat to a medium thermometer in the shortening. temperature setting of approximately 350 ° F. 3. Set th
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Appendixes A Donut-Making Helps B Electrical Components C Parts Lists D Wiring Diagram E Limited Warranty nd Belshaw Bros., Inc. • 1750 22 Ave. S. • Seattle, WA 98144 • Phone 206-322-5474 • Fax 206-322-5425 8 MN-1136EN 616B & 616BT Counter Top Fryer
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A Donut-Making Helps Care, Maintenance and Washing Plungers, Cylinders and Hoppers by Hand Cleaning Plungers, 1. Remove “O” rings if so equipped. Cylinders and Hoppers 2. Use plenty of hot water The plungers and cylinders of your donut machine are precision instruments built from 3. Add cleaner approved for aluminum in alloy steels and aluminum. They should be concentrations recommended by handled with care to give continued satisfactory manufacturer. performance. 4. Presoak
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If the floor time exceeds 30 minutes, the mix CAUTION will gas off, the donuts will lose volume and shape and will absorb too much shortening. Never immerse main cutter frame • Use the correct frying temperature. assemblies, cams, bearings, rollers or electrical components in water. The correct shortening temperature for frying is 370 °-380 °F/188 °-193 °C. If the shortening is too hot, the donuts will Special Instructions for the care of fry too quickly on the outside and will
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use your own room temperature, dry mix Calculating Correct Water temperature, desired batter temperature, and, if Temperature you are making yeast-raised donuts, estimated temperature increase during mixing. The following is an example of how to calculate the correct water temperature to use. You must Cake Donuts Yeast-Raised Donuts °F °C °F °C Room temperature 72 22.2 72 22.2 Dry mix temperature +70 +21.1 +70 +21.1 142 43.3 142 43.3 Total A Desired ba
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B Electrical Components This appendix explains how to test the continuity of electrical components in your fryer. These switch include the toggle switch and the thermostat. terminals The appendix also contains a document by the toggle switch Robertshaw Controls Company, the maker of the thermostat we use in the 618L, 624, and 634. It explains how to check, adjust, and recalibrate the thermostat. Testing the Continuity of + the Toggle Switch battery WARNING _
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setting of the thermostat until it does. Then Testing the Continuity of recalibrate the thermostat according to the the Thermostat manufacturer’s instructions. If the indicator or light will not go off at any setting or recalibration, then the thermostat is defective. WARNING To avoid the possibility of electric shock, “B” terminals disconnect the machine from the power source before testing. 1. Disconnect the machine from the power supply. 2. Disconnect the terminal wires from
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C Parts Lists The following pages contain lists of the parts that make up the 616B and 616BT Fryers. IMPORTANT You can use the parts lists to order replacement The parts lists and assembly drawings are parts. When you do, please provide electrical meant as guides. Because Belshaw information about your fryer. Some of the part constantly improves its products, parts lists numbers vary according to the voltage, phase, and assembly drawings may not reflect the and cycle of the ma
