Batch fryer for kettle-style potato chips
Achieve uniform kettle-style chips with our compact batch fryer, designed to optimize frying conditions and ensure consistent texture and flavor through automatic stirring and efficient discharge.
Produces Kettle-Style Potato Chips Efficiently
The Mastermatic LDKF Batch Fryer from Heat and Control is an industrial solution designed for efficiently producing kettle-style potato chips. This compact fryer utilizes direct gas-fired longitudinal heat transfer tubes, allowing you to customize cooking conditions for various chip qualities and potato grades. Suitable for snack food manufacturers and potato chip producers, it ensures uniform, high-quality output with a capacity of up to 300 lbs. (136 kg) per hour. Featuring an enclosed stainless steel hood and optional Chip-Stirr system, it automates slice stirring and prevents clustering, enabling consistent batch quality. Integration into existing lines is seamless with its PLC control system, enhancing process efficiency. The durable construction supports extended use, while the easy maintenance design simplifies cleaning and reduces downtime.
Benefits
- Ensures consistent chip quality with automated stirring and precise frying controls.
- Increases production efficiency with a capacity of up to 300 lbs. per hour.
- Reduces manual supervision, allowing one operator to monitor multiple fryers simultaneously.
- Enhances safety and maintains cooking environment with an enclosed stainless steel hood.
- Integrates seamlessly into existing lines with PLC control for streamlined operations.
- Applications
- Snacks, Food processing, Potato chips, Hard-bite chips, Kettle chips
- End products
- Gourmet potato chips, Hard-bite potato chips, Crispy snacks, Kettle-style potato chips
- Steps before
- Potato Handling, Potato Unloading, Storage, Cutting, Peeling / Grading
- Steps after
- Seasoning, Packaging, Inspection, Oil Cooling, Product Cooling
- Input ingredients
- potato slices, raw potatoes
- Output ingredients
- kettle-style potato chips, hard-bite chips
- Market info
- Heat and Control (Mastermatic) is known for manufacturing industrial engineered-to-order food processing equipment, specializing in frying and cooking systems, and is recognized for high-quality, innovative solutions and reliable customer support in the food production industry.
- Capacity
- 300 lbs (136 kg) per hour
- Automation
- Automatic slice stirring (Chip-Stirr system)
- Cooking environment
- Enclosed frying area with stainless steel hood
- Heating method
- Direct gas-fired longitudinal heat transfer tubes
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Batch
- Automation level
- Manual / Optional Chip-Stirr System
- Cleaning method
- Manual / Enclosed frying area for improved cleaning
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Ideal application
- Kettle-style potato chips (hard-bite)
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Basket shape
- Enclosed frying area
- Hood type
- Stainless steel
- Discharge method
- Automatic slice stirring with Chip-Stirr system
- Control panel type
- Motorized screw jacks for hood
- Discharge method
- Automatic slice stirring with Chip-Stirr system
- Compact footprint
- Compact batch fryer design