Danger of Turkey Fryers - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yObDuYTfudY)

That time of year again. Please be careful.

Don't you always get dressed up like that to cook or at least fry a turkey? :rotf2:

I guess the question is which turkey gets fried?

Simplest thing to do so you don't burn the house down....

Put the turkey in the empty pot, fill it with water until it is just above the bird, pull the bird out....where the water line is, thats how much oil to put in.

people alway try to eyeball it and then don't realize how much oil the turkey displaces....comes over the side and burns there house down....

The bottom line is, common sense.......

Twinkies..... Mmmmmmm.....

I'm IN :hee:

Yeah um,if you submerge a turkey in water before frying it you are going to have problems. Turkey should be dry entering the oil to prevent such disasters.I've been doing this for ten years without incident, but I still wouldn't attempt it on my porch.I second the common sense thing.

Yeah Umm..You could always just keep it in the bag...

Huck's Hut TV: Deep Fried Turkey safety short - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WunvSbk2gZ4)


drying it off afterwards is always an option too....in case you are using a fresh caught bird. Maybe even put it in a large plastic trash bag.

you just want to check the level so it doesn't surge over the top when you put the bird in.....thats what causes most of the fires when deep frying a turkey

No matter whether you use it to draw the oil line level as TDF describes or if you just go right out of the package , you want to be sure it fully thawed and you want to pat it down with paper towels to temove as much external water/moisture as possible.

I watch the food channel Thanksgiving program and Alton Brown was saying never do it indoors , etc and one of the other cooking stars (new one who's name I don't know) was arguing with him that it was OK to do it inside the house!

I do 4 or 5 a day when I do it. The actual cooking time is like 45 min for a 13 pound bird while the set up , cool down , drain , clean up etc takes so long I can't see doing just one bird.

You should try a Trashcan Turkey...we do those on campouts all the time....they just fall of the bone :drool:

The only thing we do different from these directions is A) Don't use Matchlight...burns out to quick and B) put a Bundt Cake pan down before you stake the turkey....catches the drippings so you can make a gravy.

TheTrashCanTurkey.com (http://thetrashcanturkey.com/)

Looks good but 1 hour for a 12 pounder sounds pretty risky to me. I guess a thermometer is a must to check it.

You should try a Trashcan Turkey...we do those on campouts all the time....they just fall of the bone :drool:

The only thing we do different from these directions is A) Don't use Matchlight...burns out to quick and B) put a Bundt Cake pan down before you stake the turkey....catches the drippings so you can make a gravy.

TheTrashCanTurkey.com (http://thetrashcanturkey.com/)

Trash can turkey is the best....

The bottom line is, common sense.......

Yes, and an asbestos suit helps. :hihi: