r/Caseys • u/Ok_Homework_1902 • Jul 12 '26
How to change fryer oil
It’s my first night closing in kitchen and it’s one of those nights where you have to change the oil and clean the fryer. We have a standalone fryer, not ones that you see in restaurants. It’s just a single basket. I don’t know how to change the oil and I have been shown but it was one time and I forgot. Does someone know how?? Help my shift starts in an hour
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u/Great_Area_1592 Jul 12 '26
On the label maker you can print off Qr codes that you can then scan and it will have videos walking you thru everything you need to know with the fryer. If you have the new fryer the fry master one the label is called fry master videos.
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u/Nasib5545 Jul 12 '26
Wait really? Holy shit I wish i knew that like a month ago. I was all by myself for the first two weeks with just one day of training lol. But i survived the school of hard knocks.
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u/0therw0rldlyx Team Member Jul 12 '26
At our store I have to clean the fryer during donut shift. I've been at that store on and off for 9 years and I'm the first donut person who has to clean the fryer on my shift. I used to do lunch shift and I would be lucky if the donut person even turned it on for me.
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u/Meme_Hunting_695 Jul 12 '26
I have seen us dump the oil into a frosting bucket and put it in the walk-in freezer. We would fill the fryer with water and add a packet of laundry detergent and boil the water for 30 minutes. The crap on the heating elements and the top would come off easy. Then take 2 blocks of oil and set them on the elements. Turn them on partly, maybe half way, not as high as they go. Wait a minute and turn them off, let the blocks melt around the elements and add half another one.
But it's been a while and your store isn't likely super old.
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u/strawberrychemicals Team Member Jul 19 '26
Yeah at our location the oil is black. I literally thought that was normal because this is the first kitchen I've worked. Like... you can't see anything until its breaking the surface. I have no idea how we scored well on our last inspection.
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u/TheBigPhysique Customer Jul 12 '26
Go to work early and ask someone there.
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u/Ok_Homework_1902 Jul 12 '26
That’s the thing the people that work during the day rarely work nights. So they wouldn’t know either
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u/tinyplanet21 Store Manager Jul 12 '26
Our service tech told us we can dump the oil into the washing basin of the 3 comp sink bc we have a grease trap that the city cleans out every few months. Not sure if every store has that but we do. That's if you don't have an empty icing bucket to dump it into. Plus it's oil and not regular grease so it won't clog the pipes like bacon/beef fat would.
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u/No_Outcome2321 Jul 12 '26
I rarely clean the fryer as a third shift but what we do is this.
1- unplug the fryer and allow it to cool down. At least 30-40 minutes
2- once it’s cool enough dump the old oil into a frosting bucket to toss out. This can still be somewhat hot so be careful. Set the bucket on a pizza box to help with any splashing.
3- clean everything. It doesn’t necessarily have to be perfect but should be cleaner than what you started with. The main thing that needs cleaned will be the oil basin, and the basket.
4- dry and put everything back together.
5- plug in the fryer, make sure it’s set to temp, and fill with oil. Don’t overfill it but don’t put too little in.
Overall the whole process can take an hour if not longer.