diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/cooker.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/cooker.dm
index 45612e918c2..555b65540d7 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/cooker.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/cooker.dm
@@ -41,15 +41,24 @@
 /obj/machinery/cooker/proc/checkValid(obj/item/check, mob/user)
 	if(on)
 		to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>[src] is still active!</span>")
-		return 0
-	if(istype(check, /obj/item/reagent_containers/food/snacks))
-		return 1
+		return FALSE
 	if(istype(check, /obj/item/grab))
 		return special_attack(check, user)
 	if(has_specials && checkSpecials(check))
 		return TRUE
-	to_chat(user, "<span class ='notice'>You can only process food!</span>")
-	return 0
+	if(istype(check, /obj/item/reagent_containers/food/snacks) || emagged)
+		if(istype(check, /obj/item/disk/nuclear)) //(1984 voice) you will not deep fry the NAD
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>The disk is more useful raw than [thiscooktype].</span>")
+			return FALSE
+		var/obj/item/disk/nuclear/datdisk = locate() in check
+		if(datdisk)
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You get the feeling that something very important is inside this. Something that shouldn't be [thiscooktype].</span>")
+			return FALSE
+		if(check.flags & (ABSTRACT | DROPDEL | NODROP)) //you will not deep fry the armblade
+			return FALSE
+		return TRUE
+	to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You can only process food!</span>")
+	return FALSE
 
 /obj/machinery/cooker/proc/setIcon(obj/item/copyme, obj/item/copyto)
 	copyto.color = foodcolor
@@ -119,6 +128,14 @@
 				to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>That is already [thiscooktype], it would do nothing!</span>")
 				return
 	putIn(I, user)
+	for(var/mob/living/L in I.contents) //Emagged cookers - Any mob put in will not survive the trip
+		if(L.stat != DEAD)
+			if(ispAI(L)) //Snowflake check because pAIs are weird
+				var/mob/living/silicon/pai/P = L
+				P.death(cleanWipe = TRUE)
+			else
+				L.death()
+		break
 	sleep(cooktime)
 	if(I && I.loc == src)
 		//New interaction to allow special foods to be made/cooked via deepfryer without removing original functionality
diff --git a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/deep_fryer.dm b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/deep_fryer.dm
index 681ddb591a2..3bf50dbad16 100644
--- a/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/deep_fryer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food_and_drinks/kitchen_machinery/deep_fryer.dm
@@ -43,6 +43,18 @@
 	var/obj/item/reagent_containers/food/snacks/deepfryholder/type = new(get_turf(src))
 	return type
 
+/obj/machinery/cooker/deepfryer/examine(mob/user)
+	. = ..()
+	if(emagged)
+		. += "<span class='warning'>The heating element is smoking slightly.</span>"
+
+/obj/machinery/cooker/deepfryer/emag_act()
+	if(!emagged)
+		to_chat(usr, "<span class='warning'>You short out the fryer's safeties, allowing non-food objects to be placed in the oil.</span>")
+		playsound(src, "sparks", 75, TRUE, SHORT_RANGE_SOUND_EXTRARANGE)
+		emagged = TRUE
+		return
+
 /obj/machinery/cooker/deepfryer/special_attack(obj/item/grab/G, mob/user)
 	if(ishuman(G.affecting))
 		if(G.state < GRAB_AGGRESSIVE)