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 Temperature. Other than a deep fryer, a. deep pan or wok can be used. Other than a deep fryer, a deep pan or a wok can be used instead. Fill up the cooking vessel to about 1/3 to 1/2 full of oil, but no more than 2/3 full so as to avoid boil-overs. Heat the cooking oil until it reaches the smoke point of 375Â°.