Cooking apparatus for deep fat frying

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COOKING APPARATUS FOR THE DEEP-FAT FRYING OF A FOOD PRODUCT COMPRISING A FRYING TANK ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A FRYING LIQUID, A FRYING BASKET ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A FOOD PRODUCT IMMERSED IN FRYING LIQUID IN SAID FRYING TANK, HEATING MEANS FOR HEATING FRYING LIQUID TO AN ELEVATED DEEP-FAT FRYING TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE SENSING MEANS IN SAID FRYING TANK TO CONTACT WITH, AND RESPONSIVE TO, THE TEMPERATURE OF FRYING LIQUID AT A LOCATION REMOTE FROM SAID FRYING BASKET FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONTROLLING SAID HEATING MEANS AND FOR MAINTAINING AN ELEVATED DEEP-FAT FRYING TEMPERATURE, A TEMPERATURE SENSING PROBE ADJACENT SAID FRYING BASKET AND REMOTE FROM SAID TEMPERATURE SENSING MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SENSING A TEMPERATURE CONDITION OF FRYING LIQUID ADJACENT SAID FRYING BASKET, SAID TEMPERATURE CONDITION BEING DIFFERENT FROM AND LESS THAN SAID ELEVATED DEEP-FAT FRYING TEMPERATURE, AND MEANS COUPLED TO AND UNCOUPLEABLE FROM SAID TEMPERATURE SENSING PROBE TO INDICATE, WHEN COUPLED THERETO AN INCREMENTAL TEMPERATURE RISE OF SAID TEMPERATURE CONDITION OF FRYING LIQUID FROM A LOWER TEMPERATURE CONDITION TO A HIGHER PREDETERMINABLE TEMPERATURE CONDITION OF FRYING LIQUID WHICH HIGHER PREDETERMINABLE TEMPERATURE CONDITION IS LESS THAN AND DIFFERENT FROM SAID ELEVATED DEEP-FAT FRYING TEMPERATURE.