Smoke Control Areas and wood burning stoves. You need to know if you are in a smoke control area or not as you cannot burn wood if you are (donât panic thereâs a way around it). There is a link at the foot of this article, to the DEFRA website, where this information can be found. Cities are almost always Smoke Control Areas.
1 If you have a deep fat frying thermometer, use it! 2  The best temperature is 350 to 375 degrees F. 3  If you don't have a thermometer, the oil is ready when a 1 cube of white bread dropped into the oil browns in 60 seconds; that oil temperature will be about 365 degrees F.
1 Immediately dip the fish pieces into the batter, remove excess batter and deep fry in hot oil in a deep fryer at 350 degrees until the batter is golden brown, crispy and the fish is cooked, about 8 to 10 minutes depending on the thickness of the fish. 2  Serve with homemade french fries and coleslaw. 3  Yummy!