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.
Deep Frying. 1  1. Boil water in a 5-quart (5-liter) pot. Heat the water over medium-high heat. 2  2. Dunk the sweet potato wedges in the boiling water. Cover the pot and allow the wedges to boil for 10 minutes before removing them. 3  3. Fill a 5-quart (5-liter) deep fryer or Dutch oven with oil.