To provide an intermittent rotary frying machine capable of properly releasing the moisture of food materials and enabling uniform heating cooking to provide tasty dishes, and to enhance a heating efficiency of a pot to contribute to energy saving and cost saving, and to elongate the life of the pot preventing the partial degradation of the pot.

The intermittent rotary frying machine has the pot rotatably supported by a frame body in horizontal or inclined condition, a driving mechanism for rotating the pot, a heating means for heating the pot, a rotation control means for controlling the rotation of the pot, is characterized by that a cycle of the rotation and stop of the pan is continuously done, and stop positions of the pot are different at every time of the stop of the pot.