July 8, 2026 - Budderfly's Vishal Patwari, Lead Engineer Developer for Ultra-High Performance projects, authored a data-driven analysis in QSR Magazine on the true cost of holding onto older commercial fryers. Drawing on 12 months of site-level cooking oil consumption data across 27 restaurants in a single franchisee portfolio, the piece found that newer low-oil fryers used 44% less oil on average, cutting annual oil costs by roughly $11,000 per site.
The article also breaks down where those savings come from — equipment design versus automatic filtration — and covers the added energy efficiency and utility rebate opportunities available with ENERGY STAR-certified fryers, along with three practical tips for operators evaluating a fryer upgrade.
Read the full article here.