Fish & Chips

There are a few key appliances you need when you’re running a successful fish and chip shop, and you’ll find them all here at REO. To keep your produce and fish chilled at food-safe temperatures before cooking, we offer a wide variety of commercial refrigeration. We especially recommend considering bench fridges, which have easy access to your ingredients while also serving as a convenient space to prepare food, whether that’s getting things ready to be cooked or wrapping up your finished product to serve to customers. 

If you want to have food on display for quick checkout at the counter, you’ll also find a range of hot food displays. Whether you’re looking for a compact countertop model or something bigger for high volumes of food, we have options to suit the needs and space available in your business. For the point-of-sale upsells, you might also want to consider a drinks display fridge. We stock both countertop models and large, free-standing drink fridge options. 

When it comes to food prep, the most important appliance you’ll need is a deep fryer. We have a wide range of models from top brands with different specifications to suit both the space you have available and the volume of fried fish and chips you need to cook. 

If you’re looking for something capable of cooking high volumes of food, the best deep fryer for fish and chips for you will be a freestanding deep fryer model. They have a higher oil capacity and often come with extra features like oil drains and multiple baskets, making it easy to prep multiple orders at once. 

Each commercial fish fryer we stock is capable of reducing your oil consumption with proper care. How much oil you need to use will depend on a few factors, including the kind of oil you cook with, the temperature you set it to and how well you filter it. By regularly cleaning your deep fryer, looking after the oil and following proper technique when using your deep fryer, you’ll get up to 10 uses out of each batch before it needs to be replaced. 

Maintaining your equipment, whether that’s a dedicated industrial chip fryer or commercial fish fryer, is important for both food quality and safety, along with helping to get the best return on investment. As standard, you’ll need to do a daily clean at the end of each shift. Remove the baskets, drain and filter the oil and thoroughly clean out the deep fryer itself.

For a deeper clean, you’ll want to do a boil-out around once a week. It helps to prevent grease build-up and can also help you get more uses from your oil and reduce the risk of oil fires, making the conditions in your kitchen safer. Get a dedicated boil-oil cleaner and fill your deep fryer with water and the cleaning solution. You’ll then need to bring the water up to boiling point before taking it down to a simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. You can then drain it once it’s cooled and clean out any soapy residue with a brush, scrubbing away any food debris that’s stuck. Finally, rinse well with clean water, and your fish deep fryer will be ready to use again. 

Many deep fryers will come with additional oil filtration, making it easier to catch any stray pieces of batter or chip debris between each cooking session. If you’re looking for the best way to extend the number of uses you get from each batch of oil, we recommend considering adding a dedicated oil filtration system to your kitchen to remove any debris, keep it fresh and deliver the best possible results for longer.

While oil filtration will help extend the number of uses you get from each batch, you’ll generally need to change it every 8 to 10 uses. You’ll know it’s time if it smells off, is foamy or becomes dark and discoloured.

Absolutely! Along with offering larger appliances like freestanding commercial fish fryers and industrial chip fryers, we also have plenty of smaller options. If your space is limited, consider looking at models that can fit into your bench space.

We have a broad range of cooking appliances that are more compact, including benchtop gas griddles for preparing grilled fish instead of battered options. For deep-fried dishes like fish and chips, you can get benchtop fryers, and if you have menu extras like dim sim, you can either fry those or get a dedicated dim sim steamer.

If you’re limited on space and want to find the best combination of appliances for your commercial kitchen, you can contact the team at REO anytime for a personal recommendation.

Yes, we have options that make it easy for you to get everything you need at a lower cost, along with comprehensive shipping options all over Australia. Explore our Shop More Save More options, along with our dedicated fish and chips basic bundle, to find an option that suits your needs.