Since 1918, Pitco Frialator have been manufacturing fryers in the USA and have been offering quality, reliable equipment for professional frying. They have since then been in the forefront of the frying industry. So, what makes Pitco Frialators one of the top brands in commercial frying?
Durability plays a major role in the quality of most Pitco products. Each component is laser cut to an exact specification to assure high tolerance and uniformity for all products. Each Pitco fryer tank is robotically-welded for accuracy and consistency. Their tanks aren’t ground and they’re pressure blasted to provide a smooth surface easy cleaning and no welding scorch marks.
That’s all well and good, but you as a customer need to know what separates Pitco Frialators from other commercial fryers?
Pitco has a unique heating system over most bottom-fired fryers. Their tube-fire heating system creates a large heat transfer area that quickly heats oil to proper cooking temperatures. Considering the less amount of time it takes to cook the food, the food products are less likely to absorb shortening and help retain flavor.
The tubes transfer heat throughout the fryer which is a preventative from scorching your oils. The oil itself has a longer lifespan without adding a carbon flavor to the products. Shortening particles are always a problem with commercial fryers, but Pitco gives you a larger cooling zone to capture the natural sediment that falls through during frying.
Pitco has 30% more heat transfer area that some other areas compared to some other fryer brands. Pitco also has a large cooling zone design for helping to trap particles and prolonging the oil life and preventing a transfer of taste from other foods that are fried afterward.
Pitco’s larger cool zone reduces the area need for cleaning, because they are not heated and particles are much less likely to stick and carbonize. Pitco was the first company to reduce “cool zones” and minimize taste transfer and maximize the shortening life.
Another good reason to buy a Pitco fryer is because they are cost-saving products. Filtering helps increase your oil life of fryers in particular saves 40% to 50% of your oil. It also helps filter out products that could otherwise taint the oil such as crumbs, suspended fatty acids, salt and water and helps make for cleaner, purified oil. The basket lifts that are provided with most models reduce the labor and help improve consistency for less shortening waste.
What is so great about the Economy gas fryers?
The Economy tube fired gas fryers like the PITC35C+, PITC45C+ and PITC65C+ are stand alone fryers with long lasting, high temperature alloy stainless steel heat baffles that are mounted in the heat exchanger tubes to provide maximum heating and combustion efficiency.
The new Solstice line is one of the best line of fryers that Pitco offers because they are all Energy Star qualified fryers that provide 35% less gas and the same production rate as most other fryers. There is an atmospheric blue flame burner with simple filter drawer assembly. There are no temperamental infrared ceramic burners to crack on most of these fryers.
