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PFA SERIES
FULLY AUTOMATIC FRYERS
INSTALLATION - INSPECTION - MAINTENANCE
Be sure ALL operators read, understand and have access to this manual at all times.
PERFECT FRY
www.perfectfry.com
42 Allen Martin Drive, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452 USA Telephone: (802) 658-6600 Fax: (802) 864-0183
PN 84091 Rev D (10/23)
© 2022 - Perfect Fry Company
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- Page 1 Be sure ALL operators read, understand and have access to this manual at all times. PERFECT FRY www.perfectfry.com 42 Allen Martin Drive, Essex Junction, Vermont 05452 USA Telephone: (802) 658-6600 Fax: (802) 864-0183 PN 84091 Rev D (10/23) © 2022 - Perfect Fry Company...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
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Page 3: Thank You For Purchasing A Pfa Automatic Fryer From Perfect Fry
• Take comfort in knowing that the management and staff at Perfect Fry Company are dedicated to ensure that you, the owner and operator of a Perfect Fry unit, receive a top quality product that is thoroughly inspected and tested prior to shipment. -
Page 4: Owner's Responsibilities
Ensure that a proper surface is provided for the Perfect Fry unit to sit on. • Ensure that proper clearances are kept. • Operate and store the Perfect Fry unit above 32°F (0°C). • Return the Perfect Fry unit for recycling when it reaches end of life. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 5: Regulations & Recycling
Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Part 1. General Requirements EN60335-2-37 Safety of Household and Similar Electrical Appliances Part 2. Com- mercial Electric Deep Fat Fryers EN55014-1 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) – Emissions & Immunity for EN55014-2 Light Industrial Environments PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 6: Safety First
DISCONNECT THE POWER SOURCE BEFORE SERVICING THE FRYER. There is no need to unplug your Perfect Fry unit for normal cleaning or maintenance. STORAGE: • Do not store your fryer below 32°F (0°C) • Intended for indoor use only PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 7: Installation
CYCLE PHASE AMP W/OPTIONAL HEAT LAMP HEAT LAMP PFA500 PFA730 PFA500 50/60 PFA730 50/60 PFA500 50/60 PFA730 PFA500 50/60 PFA730 PFA500 50/60 PFA730 PFA500 220/380 50/60 PFA730 PFA500 230/400 50/60 PFA730 PFA500 240/415 50/60 PFA730 PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 8: Electrical Power Supply (International Models)
Disconnect the fryer from the electrical supply before attempting the installation of any Perfect Fry heat lamp. The heat lamp is for use only on Perfect Fry equipment equipped and marked with a heat lamp out- let. A FRONT PANEL MOUNT SWITCH CONTROLS THE POWER TO THE HEAT LAMP. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 9: Prepare Countertop Area
16.39” (4163mm) 1. Cut straps on shipping box. 2. Remove box top and body 3. Remove outer plastic wrapping and keep box along with foam corners and sides 4. Remove all foam stuffing and parts PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 10 Air Filter Cartridge Grease Filter Grease Filter Tray Basket Oil Vat Oil Spill Tray Oil Hose Leg (x4) Front Panel Shovel & Drawer Ramp Drawer Cover Drawer Sleeve Heat Lamp (optional) Basket Ramp Basket Ramp Spring (x2) PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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- Page 12 Your PERFECT FRY weights 135 lbs (61 kg). Lift it carefully with your legs or with the help of another per- son and place it in its final location. 8. Ensure that blow-off caps on fire extinguisher nozzles are kept in place 9. Proceed to ASSEMBLY section on the following page. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 13: Assembly
Note: magnet should be on right side 3. Install grease filter/grease filter tray into filter compartment by sliding along rails and towards back. 4. Fit air filter cage over air filter cartridge. Note: Make sure arrows are pointing up. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 14 The fryer will not heat if the element is in the raised position. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 15 8. Pour frying oil into vat. Fill to COLD level mark. Use commercial grade deep fryer cooking oil. DO NOT OVERFILL 9. Install basket a. Tilt basket bottom forward and maneuver rod past cabinet flanges PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 16 Install rod into pivot slot – left side c. Install rod into motor coupler – right side 10. Install front panel using lift off hinges and close front panel. Rotate latches 180º clockwise to secure in place.. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 17 12. Install heat lamp. Connect cordset to connectors on left side of heat lamp and back of fryer (acces- sory outlet 1). 13. Install drawer cover NOTE: Tabs on inside of cover should fit into slots on sides of drawer sleeve PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 18 19. There is a circuit breaker located in the upper right corner on the back of the unit, this must be turned on for the unit to oper- ate. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 19: Cleaning
Do not wash air filter cartridge. 3. Remove grease filter tray from cabinet. Remove grease filter from tray and drain any oil that has accumulated. Wash both parts in soap and hot water. Rinse well in hot water and dry. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 20 Rinse with damp cloth and dry. CAUTION Do not spray female connector. 8. Clean countertop and external surfaces. 9. Ensure that blow-off caps on fire extinguisher nozzles are kept in place. 10. Re-install all parts. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 21: Periodic Maintenance
NFPA 17A. It is important that a maintenance program is set up with a local fire service company to ensure that local jurisdictional codes are being met. Please refer to PFS Automatic Extinguisher section of this manual for more information. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 22: Operating Instructions
DO NOT THAW FROZEN FOOD! Frozen foods only should be put directly into the fryer in order to minimize mois- ture. • Can I Refreeze Frozen Foods? NO, do not refreeze frozen foods. Foods that are refrozen can absorb more oil, which will result in a dry, brittle and tasteless product. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 23: Oil Facts
Maintain oil level in vat, check to ensure it is at the hot line often. • The oil is dead when foaming appears continuously on the oil surface Your oil, product taste, and customers depend on you. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 24 Frozen food is being allowed to thaw before frying. • Oil is in the advanced stages of breakdown, replace immediately. • Oil temperature is too low, check temperature. • Product has too much breading or batter, remove excess PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 25 Rinse with water vinegar solution. • Also, see section; HOW HOT IS TOO HOT? Statements used in OIL FACTS section are taken from: • NAFEM Food Service Industry • Canola Research Foundation • Sysco Oil Publication PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 26: Starting Up
From this screen you will be able to access your primary frying modes as well as the additional features of the Perfect Fry® unit. To begin heating the unit, Manual or Recipe frying must be selected. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 27: Manual Mode Frying
Select TEMP to set the desired oil temperature setpoint. • The bottom red bar displays the heating progress toward the temperature setpoint. To view the current oil tem- perature, press the red bar. The current oil temperature will be displayed in yellow. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 28 The product will automatically unload when the frying time has elapsed. 5. Once complete, REPEAT may be selected to initiate another frying cycle under the same conditions, or select CANCEL to return to the TIME & TEMP ENTRY screen. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 29: Recipe Mode Frying
2. The SELECT GROUP screen is displayed. This screen lists all available groups. Select desired group. A Group is comprised of recipes with the same desired oil temperature. More information on editing of recipes & groups, may be found in the respective sections of this manual. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 30 Release the image in this area to assign the recipe. • Select & Assign: Press the product icon to highlight the tile. With the tile highlighted, select the Select A Recipe area to assign the recipe. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 31 The product will automatically unload when the frying time has elapsed. 6. Once complete, REPEAT may be selected to initiate another frying cycle under the same conditions, or select CANCEL to return to the SELECT A RECIPE screen. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 32: Rapid Fry
2. The SELECT A RECIPE screen is displayed. Select desired next recipe. Assigning a recipe to this position will prompt to load. Once loaded this product fry will commence immediately after the current product has finished frying, and unloading. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 33: Dual Load
Create a dual load recipe with TIME 1 of 6 minutes and TIME 2 of 3 minutes. • Load and begin frying the chicken tenders • Load the waffle fries while the tenders are frying • Both products will finish frying at the same time PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 34: Canceling A Recipe
If the product has already been loaded into the fryer, the unit will dispense the product before allowing a new item to be assigned. You cannot cancel a recipe while the drawer or basket is in motion. Once the drawer and/or motor have finished their current motions the cancel key will become available again. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 35: Standby Mode
Press the screen to initiate the system checks and return the user to the HOME screen. To monitor the progress of the cooling, select COOL DOWN from the Home screen. The control displays the actual oil temperature. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 36: Edit A Recipe
The unit has several recipes pre-programmed from factory. These can be overwritten or one of the spaces labeled “Recipe #” can be used to create a new recipe. 4. Select the recipe you wish to edit. The control display the RECIPE DETAILS menu. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 37 Dual Load Recipe (Time 2) Dual load recipes contain two timings. The second timing is the second products cook time. The second product will be loaded at the appropriate time for both products to finish at the same time. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 38 6. Select the blue SAVE key in the bottom right of the screen to save the changes. 7. Select the BACK-ARROW key in the top left to return to the recipe library list. NOTE: If the BACK-ARROW is selected prior to saving, the changes will not be saved. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 39: Edit Recipe Groups
2. Selecting EDITING. Then select the EDIT GROUP key. The control displays the GROUP LIBRARY screen. Groups that have yet to be defined are listed as “<name>”. Defined groups will list their title and the number of recipes assigned to them. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 40 6. Select the blue SAVE key in the bottom right of the screen to save the changes. 7. Select the BACK-ARROW key in the top left to return to the group library list. NOTE: If the BACK-ARROW is selected prior to saving, the changes will not be saved. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 41: Settings
A user may clear the User Counters at any time in order to assist in data collection, such as hours run over a week, or serving counts on a particular product. Total Counters cannot be cleared by the user. This keeps an overall tally of the unit’s operational time and activities, similar to a car’s odometer. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 42 Recipes (.CSV) - Recipe and group settings for reading on a computer • System Cfg (.BIN) - System configuration for import to another PFA fryer • System Cfg (.CSV) - System configuration for reading on a computer • Motor History PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 43 Allows input of time and date for display and record logging purposes. SET PASSWORD • Allows for input of new “User” level password to be set by owner/operator for limited access to the Manual cooking and Editing menus. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 44: Optional Perfect Filter
9. Store the Perfect Filter near fryer when not in use. Ensure all removable parts are washed, rinsed, sanitized, and al- lowed to air dry. Step 1 Step 2 PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 45 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7 Step 8 PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 46: Maintenance
1. Press and hold the area shown in the following image until the unit beeps (approximately 5 seconds). 2. If the issue is still not resolved, call Perfect Fry technical service at 1-802-864-0183, option 4 for additional assistance. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 47: Troubleshooting Main Fan
Check that the fan is operating. anticipated. Control Fan Inrush High The starting current for the fan is Check that the fan is spinning freely, higher than anticipated. not impeded or restricted. Clean fan guard at rear of unit. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 48: Troubleshooting Basket Motor
Drawer Motor Inrush High Check that loading drawer is installed If occurring with product, ensure correctly. product in not in excess of recom- mend load weight. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 49: Troubleshooting Other
Call for service (>482°F). Probe Wiring Error (Critical) Temperature probe feedback is er- Call for service roneous (Critical) Oil Too Hot Probe is registering oil temperature Allow unit to cool prior to attempting over 437°F operation. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 50: Pfs Automatic Extinguisher
Remove the blow-off caps (83108) from the de-energize. nozzles to ensure that they are free of grease build- up and inspect them for deterioration. Replace them as necessary. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 51 Date ____________ I & M by ____________________ Date __________ I & M by _____________________ Date ____________ I & M by ____________________ Date __________ I & M by _____________________ Date ____________ I & M by ____________________ PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
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Page 52: Declaration Of Conformity
_____________________________________________________ I, the undersigned, hereby declare that the equipment specified above conforms to the above Directive(s) and Standard(s) Place: Perfect Fry Company _____________________________________ (Signature) Essex Junction, VT, USA _____________________________________ (Full Name) Date: ___/___/___ _____________________________________ (Position) PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... -
Page 53: Original Standard Equipment Limited Warranty
Make sure that the appliance has the correct voltage. If a failure is due to incorrect or erratic voltage, these damages are not covered under the warranty. • Do not materially alter or modify the appliance. • Do not obliterate, remove or alter the serial number rating plate. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE... - Page 54 If there are questions about this procedure, write the National Service Manager, Perfect Fry, 42 Allen Martin Drive, Essex Junction, VT 05452. USA This warranty gives you certain specific legal rights; you may have other rights which vary from state to state. PFA SERIES INSTALLATION, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE...
- Page 55 TERMS OF WARRANTY 1. Perfect Fry Company LLC warrants this fryer to be free from defects in materials and workmanship and will repair or replace it at Perfect Fry Company LLC’s option for a period of one year after purchase providing the purchaser follows the manufacturer’s recommended procedures for operation and maintenance contained in this manual.