Fryer and Gas Equipment Check Sheet
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Kitchen and catering · KC-20
Fryer Oil Filtering and Change Log
A free printable fryer oil log: each fryer's oil and change trigger, then a line a day for skimming, filtering, topping up, changing, testing and chip colour.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Track each fryer's oil from day to day against your own trigger for changing it. It also shows the colour checks that help keep acrylamide down.
Who it is for
Chefs, fry cooks and managers in fish and chip shops, pubs, takeaways, cafes and any kitchen with one or more deep fat fryers.
How to use it
- List each fryer once with its oil, capacity and the trigger you change it on, from your supplier or test kit.
- Write one line per fryer per day, ticking what was done and noting how much oil was added.
- If you use a test kit, write the reading; check chips against your colour chart and mark the result.
- Record every oil delivery and every collection of used oil at the foot of page two.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Each fryer listed once with its oil and your change trigger, then a line per fryer per day: skimmed, filtered, topped up, changed, tested, and the colour of what came out.
Your trigger, not ours. No oil life, frying temperature or test-kit limit is printed. When to filter or change depends on what you fry, how much, the oil and your supplier's or test kit's advice: write your own trigger for each fryer below. Check chips and other potato products against your colour chart, as frying them darker raises acrylamide.
Write-on lines: Kitchen or site · Week beginning · Oil supplier · Test kit, if used
Fryers — one line per fryer
Table, 4 rows: Fryer · Use · Oil type · Capacity · Change when · Kit limit
Daily oil record — one line per fryer per day; tick what was done
Table, 21 rows: Date · Fryer · Skimmed · Filtered · Top-up · Changed · Test · Colour · Cleaned · Notes or action · Initials
Page 2
Oil delivered and used oil collected
Table, 4 rows: Date · In or out · Quantity · Supplier or collector · Ticket or note no. · Initials
Questions
Why does the sheet not say when to change the oil?
Because it depends on what you fry, how much, the oil you use and your supplier's or test kit's advice. A printed number would be wrong for most fryers. Write your own trigger for each one at the top, whether that is a test reading, a colour, a smell or a number of days.
How is this different from the gas and fryer safety check sheet?
That sheet is a daily safety look at each appliance: oil level, baskets, flames, valves and extraction. This one is the oil's own record, from skimming and filtering to a full change, with the colour of what was fried.
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