Henny Penny 500 Service Manual page 54

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Frying breaded food requires frequent filtering. Taste
the cold shortening every day for flavor. Watch the
shortening foi foaming during frying cycles. Discard
the shortening as soon as it shows signs of foaming.
Clean the frypot as follows each time the shortening is
changed or filtered:
1. Turn the thermostat and the main power switch to
the OFF position. Remove and clean the fry basket
in soap and water.
inse thoroughly.
The best results are obtained when the shorten-
ing is filtered at the normal frying temperature.
2.
Use a metal spatula (0 scrape any build-up from the
sides of the frypot. 0 not scrape eating Element.
The filter pan must be in the proper position
beneath the drain valve. This will prevent the
splashing of shortening on the floor. This splashing
could result in severe burns. Whenusing optional
crumb filter basket, care must be taken to avoid
splashing of hot shortening.
asket must be
situated directly under the drain valve and basket
handle supports directly on drain pan. Severe
burns could result. Also the crumb filter basket
must be emptied as required. Failure to do so will
result in splashing and severe burns.
3. Open the drain valve very slowly, half a
turn
at
first and then slowly to the full open position. This
will prevent excessive splashing of the hot shorten-
ing as it drains into the filter drain pan.
4. As the shortening drains from the frypot, use
brushes (Henny Penny part number 12105 in-
cludes both brushes) to scrape and clean the side of
the frypot and the heating elements. If the drain
fills with breading, use the white brush to push the
breading into the filter pan.