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The Top 5 Benefits Of Pressure Frying with Henny Penny

Ever since Henny Penny introduced the first commercial pressure fryer to the world 50 years ago, they’ve been helping globally renowned chains earn billions of dollars in profits. The pressure fryers ability to create delicious food while saving on oil and labor costs is unmatched in today’s market.

But what is pressure frying? How does it work? Does it really make a difference?

At a glance, pressure frying utilizes a fry pot lid to create pressurized and completely sealed cooking environment. This method of cooking allows you to cook fried foods in high volumes and at a faster pace.

Here is Henny Penny’s Corporate Executive Chef, Chef Greg, explaining the difference between open frying and pressure frying. You can read more about it on Henny Penny’s Blog. He outlines how one of the first things to consider when choosing between open and pressure frying is the desired end-result. Crispy? Juicy? Crunchy? Tender?

Here are the top 5 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.

2. More Menu Possibilities

While poultry remains one of the most popular products made in a Henny Penny 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.

3. Better Food Quality

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.

4. Cleaner Cooking Methods

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.

5. Consistently Great Taste

Henny Penny 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 customer testimonials.

See what Chef Greg has to say here!

But how does Pressure Frying work?

Are you looking for more information about Henny Penny Pressure Fryers? 
Click here to learn more and explore different pressure fryers.

3 Reasons Foodservice Operators Love Pressure Assist

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Pressure Assist is a new feature available on all Henny Penny 4-Head Pressure Fryers with C8000 controls. Exclusive to Henny Penny, Pressure Assist uses an external means of developing pressure within the fry pot for small product loads, which otherwise would not build optimum pressure levels on their own.

Cook smaller batches when you need them

Gone are the days of being forced to pressure fry a large batch of product! Pressure Assist enables you to cook to-order, making it ideal for off-peak periods.

Maintain product quality and consistency

Until now, consistent quality for small orders has never been easy to achieve. Pressure Assist allows you to maintain your brand’s premium quality standards with confidence.

Eliminate unnecessary food waste

By cooking only what is needed, Pressure Assist helps eliminate food waste. It’s no longer necessary to use a full load of product for only a few small orders.

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Pressure Assist Now Available!

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What is Pressure Assist?

Pressure Assist uses an external means of developing pressure within the fry pot for small product loads, which otherwise will not build optimum pressure levels on their own. This assures that smaller product loads cook to the same quality and consistency as larger product loads, which develop optimum pressure levels on their own.

How does Pressure Assist work?

Electric Pressure Transducer
Pressure Assist Air Pump

A dedicated pressure assist air pump (compressor) pressurizes the fry pot by pumping air into the plumbing on the pot side of the deadweight assembly. A check valve assures that pressure generated by the assist pump can be transmitted to the fry pot, but pressure from the fry pot cannot be transmitted to the assist pump. Pressure Assist is also equipped with an electronic pressure transducer, allowing the control to monitor the pressure level within the fry pot.

This transducer determines whether pressure assist is needed for a given cook cycle. If the air pump is activated, the transducer reading is then used to determine when the desired pressurization level has been reached. The air pump is automatically turned off or on as needed to maintain optimum pressure level. For each individual menu item, you can customize pressure assist activation settings.

Which Henny Penny fryers offer Pressure Assist?

Pressure Assist is available on 4-Head Pressure Fryers with C8000 controls.
For additional information, please contact us today!

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The Ghost Kitchen Series: Velocity Pressure Fryer

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Our Velocity Pressure Fryer was made to sustain the highest-volume bone-in chicken programs, making it easy for wing-concept ghost kitchens to sacrifice two feet of wall space for extreme productivity.

Our Velocity series cooks 8-heads of chicken with 25% less oil than other high-volume fryers and provides up to four times longer oil life.

Batch cooking is a breeze when you combine a Velocity with any of our holding cabinets – Henny Penny sheet pans can be secured by a lip on top of the fryer.

Two half racks are then placed on each sheet pan and slid into the holding cabinet, allowing workers to skip re-racking and reducing product handling.

While product is being transferred to hold, Velocity filters automatically between every single load. Learn more about the Velocity series here.

The Ghost Kitchen Series: Evolution Elite (Single Well)

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In this series, we will highlight our top 4 best solutions for ghost kitchens.

Less is more with our single-well Evolution Elite, making it the ideal open fryer for any ghost kitchen. A smaller vat that requires 40% less oil means more ROI in the form of oil savings while maintaining the same throughput as a traditional 50 lb vat.

Employees won’t need to spend too much time taking care of the Evolution Elite – top-off-level sensors monitor the oil level and add fresh oil as needed, and Smart Touch Filtration alerts automatically with just one button-push required to activate a 4-minute filter cycle.

Models with two or more wells can filter one vat while cooking in another. Use a single-well fryer to prepare for the rush by pairing with SmartHold to cook in batches and hold for hours. Click here to learn more about the Evolution Elite open fryer.

The Ghost Kitchen Series: SmartHold Holding Cabinet

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In this series, we will highlight our top 4 best solutions for ghost kitchens.

In 2019, ghost kitchens (also referred to as dark kitchens and virtual kitchens) were simply an emerging trend to watch out for. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of these delivery-only kitchens in a big way. Just 15% of restaurant operators were using ghost kitchens before the pandemic, by May that number had risen to 51% (Technomic, 2020). The demand for off-premise dining options skyrocketed, creating an opportunity for operators to invest in ghost kitchens and even virtual brands.

The average ghost kitchen is only a few hundred square feet, meaning available space must be optimized and designed to operate with minimum labor. Luckily, the SmartHold Holding Cabinet can help with each of these factors while also making life easier for both operators and their staff.

Our SmartHold Holding Cabinet is just over two feet wide and can be configured half-sized to fit under a countertop or stacked to manage cooking in large batches. Precise humidity control sets SmartHold apart by creating the ideal holding environment for any food and keeping it fresh for hours instead of minutes. This holding cabinet also has proofing capabilities, saving operators the expense and floorspace of a separate proofing cabinet.

With SmartHold, ghost kitchens can also keep labor down by cooking and holding products before peak periods of high demand. We’ve got a couple of blog suggestions for anyone wanting more on SmartHold – learn more about optimal SmartHold settings for common menu items or discover more on how SmartHold brings value to any kitchen.