For years, pressure frying has been utilized by many food chains across the globe. Global chains love using pressure fryers (also referred to as pressure cookers) because they create a delicious, healthy product attractive to today’s consumers, while at the same time saving on oil and labor costs. 

So, you might be wondering, how does pressure frying work? Pressure fryers and Open fryers offer quite similar methods of cooking, but pressure frying utilizes a fry pot lid to create a pressurized, completely sealed cooking environment. This cooking method provides consistently great flavors and can cook fried foods in high volumes at a faster pace.

Now, let’s look at the top SIX benefits of pressure frying:

1) Faster Cook Times

One of the top benefits of switching to pressure frying is how much shorter the cook times are. Frying in a pressurized environment leads to faster cooking times at a lower oil temperature than traditional open frying. This allows our customers to increase their overall production more than a conventional fryer, so they can cook faster and serve even more people in the same amount of time. This is crucial for a fast-food restaurant like KFC, where speed is essential to meet customer demand efficiently.

2) Moisture Retention

Pressure frying helps to seal in the moisture of the food, resulting in juicier and more tender fried chicken. The pressure locks in the natural juices and flavors, creating a delicious and satisfying product for customers. With this method of cooking more moisture and juices are retained in the food, meaning less shrinkage. Pressure frying gives customers a tender, delicious product that’ll keep them coming back for more.

3) Consistent Results

Pressure fryers provide consistent cooking temperatures and pressure levels, ensuring uniformity in the texture, taste, and appearance of the fried chicken. This consistency is vital for maintaining KFC's brand standards and customer expectations across all locations.

4) More Menu Possibilities

While poultry remains one of the most popular products made in a MJG pressure fryer, it is a highly versatile method of cooking. This versatility gives our customers the ability to all types of options on their menu, including meat, poultry, seafood, veggies, and so much more! With a wide variety of menu items, restaurants will have the opportunity to market to consumers with all sorts of tastes and preferences.

5) Cleaner Cooking Method

With pressure frying, all that oil-burdened steam is captured and exhausted into a hood above. This reduces greasy film and odors from building up in the surrounding area. With less grease and odor build-up, fewer labor hours can be spent on cleaning and more time can be spent on making profits.

6) Consistently Great Taste 

MJG pressure fryers utilize advanced foodservice technology that enables quick cook times and a consistently great flavor since the food’s natural flavors and nutrients are sealed in while any extra frying oil is sealed out. Our customers are consistently raving about how great their product is with our equipment, but don’t just take our word for it. Check out some of our case studies.

MJG offers more different variations of pressure fryers, the first being our flagship PFE 800/PFE-1000 series (4-Head) pressure fryer. The PFE 600/PFG 800 Pressure Fryer provides a healthier, great-tasting product while only taking up 20 inches of wall space.

The second variation we offer is the High-Volume Pressure Fryer. Our High-Volume Pressure Fryers provide our operators the ability to cook reliably and at high output.

Our third and final option is our Velocity Series Pressure Fryer. The Velocity Series Pressure fryer is a newly designed fryer that allows our operators the ability to cook in large volumes at a lower cost.

One of the key features that our customers love about MJG pressure fryers is the built-oil filtration systems. This automatic system helps extend oil life and reduces the maintenance required to keep your pressure fryer functioning. At MJG, we believe in making the most effective system possible, so this built-in oil filtration system comes standard on all our pressure fryers.

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