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.
Turn the deep fryer on and heat the oil to 350 degrees F. Donât let it get too much warmer: The BCCDC states that frying oils should not exceed 355 degrees F. If your deep fryer has a frying basket, remove it and place a handful of cut potatoes into the basket. Otherwise, place sliced potatoes into a metal skimmer. Slowly lower the basket or skimmer into the hot oil. Be sure to use an oven mitt to protect yourself from the hot oil.