Commercial Fryers
ENERGY STAR certified commercial fryers, with shortening capacity, cooking energy efficiency and idle energy rate.
168 models · 29 brands
- Best
- 92%
- Median
- 57%
- Worst
- 50%
Efficiency across 168 models that report it.
Commercial fryers are rated by shortening capacity (pounds of oil in the vat) and cooking energy efficiency. Higher efficiency means less energy wasted heating oil that does not reach the food. Heavy-duty fryers handle continuous production; standard-duty units suit intermittent use.
Oil capacity determines batch size: a 50-lb vat can fry roughly 25 lb of food per batch. Recovery time — how quickly the oil returns to frying temperature after a cold load — depends on both burner output and efficiency.
Most efficient
Ranked by efficiency, an efficiency ratio that does not scale with size.
| Model | Brand | Shortening | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFE-513 | Henny Penny | 30lb | 92% |
| OFE-514 | Henny Penny | 30lb | 92% |
| 1FQE60U | Frymaster | 63lb | 91% |
| FPEL#17 | Frymaster | 33lb | 91% |
| 1FQE80U | Frymaster | 80lb | 90% |
| SE184 | Pitco | 60lb | 90% |
| SEF184 | Pitco | 60lb | 90% |
| SFSE184 | Pitco | 60lb | 90% |