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DISPOSAL OF USED OIL
DANGER: BURN HAZARD
Contact with hot oil will cause severe burns. Allow the fryer to cool before cleaning.
Always wear protective clothing and heat resistant gloves when handling hot oil.
PREPARATION Turn temperature control to OFF
Allow fryer to cool completely before draining
FREQUENCY Daily, or as needed
TOOLS Container for disposal of used oil.
OIL DISPOSAL
1. Turn temperature control to OFF.
2. Allow the oil to cool to a safe temperature (120ºF or 50ºC).
3. UNITS WITHOUT DRAIN:
Carefully remove the frypots: wearing heat-resistant gloves, raise
the element head and lift the frypot out of the fryer by the frypot
handles. Drain the oil into a suitable container. Wipe the frypot
and reinstall in the fryer
UNITS WITH OPTIONAL DRAIN:
Place a suitable container under the drain valve. Wearing heat-
resistant gloves, open the drain valve and drain the oil into the
container. Close the drain valve after all oil is drained.
4. Dispose of the used oil in an approved oil disposal receptacle, or
filter the oil for reuse.
Procedure is complete.
CAUTION:
BURN HAZARD
Allow fryer to cool completely
before draining.
CAUTION:
SLIP AND FALL
HAZARD
Clean up oil spills
immediately. Slipping in oil
can cause injury.
CAUTION:
HEALTH HAZARD
Clean up spills immediately.
Oil provides an environment
for the growth of bacteria,
which presents a health
hazard.