ProTherm Continuous Fryer is a specialized high-performance system designed primarily for coated products like chicken nuggets, breaded fish, and tempura vegetables. While many industrial fryers struggle with breadcrumbs and batter debris, the ProTherm is engineered to manage these sediments while significantly reducing oil costs.

1. Key Performance Advantages

• Massive Oil Reduction: The ProTherm utilizes 2/3rds less cooking oil than conventional fryers. A lower "oil charge" means you spend less money filling the machine and less time filtering the volume.
• 5-Hour Turnover Rate: Because it uses less oil, the oil is "refreshed" much faster. While most fryers turn over oil every 7–12 hours, the ProTherm achieves a 5-hour turnover, keeping Free Fatty Acids (FFAs) extremely low and preventing the "burnt" taste.
• Sediment Removal: It features a built-in automatic sediment removal system. This is critical for nuggets because breading that falls off will carbonize and turn into "black flakes" if not removed immediately.

2. Technical Specifications

3. Why it is Ideal for Nuggets

• Tempura Ready: If you process tempura-coated nuggets, the machine includes a Teflon belt infeed section. This prevents wet-coated products from sticking to the metal mesh before they are flash-fried.
• Thermal Efficiency: The unit integrates the product conveyor, heat exchanger, and sediment removal into a single unified unit. This "unibody" design retains heat much better than modular systems.
• Improved Yield: By maintaining a very precise temperature ramp across the three zones, it reduces "cooking loss" (shrinkage), meaning your nuggets weigh more after frying, increasing your profit per kg.

4. Comparison: ProTherm vs. Standard Belt Fryer