An automated fryer having a storage container for food, the storage container having an outlet opening, a cooking drum for accommodating liquid fat or oil, the cooking drum having a loading opening and a removal opening a rotatable turner provided in the cooking drum for moving the food in the cooking drum and transport means for transporting the food from the outlet opening of the storage container to the loading opening of the cooking drum in an operating position of the automated fryer, the outlet opening of the storage container is located below the loading opening of the cooking drum, and the transport means being designed to comprise a drive in order to transport the food upward from the outlet opening of the storage container to the loading opening of the cooking drum.
