Compact continuous fryer for food service applications
Streamline your frying operations with a compact continuous solution designed to handle a variety of products efficiently, enhancing throughput without compromising on quality.

Continuously Fries Diverse Food Products
The Mastermatic Compact Continuous Multi-Product Fryer from Heat and Control is engineered to maximize efficiency and versatility in food processing environments. This fryer excels with its compact design, ideal for limited-space environments while providing an impressive frying capacity. The multi-product capability allows for seamless integration into diverse food production lines, handling items like chicken nuggets, potato chips, and plant-based products with ease. Operating as a continuous fryer, it ensures consistent cooking quality, supported by self-contained, pre-wired systems for straightforward installation and operation.
Equipped to process both solid and liquid products, the fryer maintains energy efficiency through optimized heating elements and a lift-out conveyor design that also ensures easy cleaning and maintenance. Built to USDA standards, it supports compliance with food safety regulations and enhances operational uptime. Offering a small footprint without sacrificing performance, the fryer caters to the needs of food service operators, snack manufacturers, and alternative meat producers by delivering high throughput with minimal energy consumption.
Benefits
- Optimizes space utilization with minimal floor footprint, enhancing facility layout flexibility.
- Enhances production efficiency by accommodating a wide variety of food products in a single unit.
- Supports regulatory compliance with USDA standards, ensuring food safety and quality.
- Streamlines maintenance through easy-access components, reducing operational downtime.
- Boosts operational efficiency with self-contained, pre-wired systems ready for immediate use.
- Applications
- Seafood, Snacks, Meat, Noodles, Meatballs and patties, Egg rolls, Alternative meat products, Potato chips, Fried chicken parts, Kettle chips, Poultry, Plant-based foods, Onion rings, Prepared foods, Fish sticks, French fries
- End products
- Chicken nuggets, Crispy tofu bites, Crispy chicken tenders, Corn fritters, Korean corndogs, Vegan meatballs, Seasoned curly fries, Vegetable tempura, Falafel balls, Battered eggplant sticks, Breaded zucchini sticks, Fish fillets, Breaded onion rings, Coconut shrimp
- Steps before
- Battering, Breading, Blending, Corn Cooking, Soaking, Corn Grinding / Masa Preparation, Filling, Cutting, Electroporation, Corn Milling / Masa Preparation, Conditioning
- Steps after
- Seasoning, Product Cooling, Packing, Oil Removal, Washing, Dewatering, Inspection, Ovens
- Input ingredients
- chicken nuggets, meatballs, patties, egg rolls, chicken parts, onion rings, fish sticks, noodles, meat alternative products
- Output ingredients
- fried chicken nuggets, fried meatballs, fried patties, fried egg rolls, fried chicken parts, fried onion rings, fried fish sticks, fried noodles, fried meat alternative products
- 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.
- Frying area
- Up to 7 sq. ft.
- Cleaning method
- Easy-to-remove hood and lift-out conveyor
- Standard compliance
- USDA standards
- Footprint
- Compact
- Automation
- Self-contained operating controls
- Installation
- Pre-wired, ready for operation
- Automation level
- PLC / Self-contained
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- Easy access for cleaning
- Changeover time
- Fast due to easy maintenance
- CIP/SIP
- Not explicitly mentioned
- Footprint
- Compact
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Product variety
- Chicken nuggets, French fries, meatballs, egg rolls, etc.
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Frying area
- Up to 7 sq. ft.
- Design style
- Countertop / Free-standing
- Easy access for cleaning and maintenance
- Yes
- Hood type
- Easy-to-remove
- Heating elements
- Suspended
- Control panel type
- Pre-wired, ready for operation
- Compact footprint
- Yes
- Discharge method
- Easy-to-remove hood, lift-out conveyor
- Cleaning method
- Easy access for cleaning and maintenance