Fried Turkey for Thanksgiving Can be Dangerous

[Renew Deal]

[Xyzse]

1. Yep, especially if they don't know to completely thaw the turkey and dry it up first before

Dunking it in that dang thing.

Also need to make sure that they don't overflow the oil.

I'll never do it because I think it is such a waste of oil.

Unless I can get at least 5 people in the neighborhood willing to do it with me, there is just no way.

[hack89]

2. Have you seen the new oilless Turkey fryers that use IR heating?

Here is a review that says they work pretty well:

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/blogs/editor/2007/12/testing-the-oil.html

[Wounded Bear]

3. Mythbusters did a segment on this one...

pretty impressive, in a sort of way.

[mucifer]

4. It's also dangerous for the turkey.

[pinboy3niner]

5. Very true, any way you slice it

[BlueJazz]

6. LOL!

[Frank Cannon]

7. Is it supposed to do that?

Seriously, I've never fried a turkey before. And the people in the video look amazingly calm standing next to the supernovas taking place on their decks.

[Wounded Bear]

8. No, unless you're intentionally demonstrating...

how to have a Jackass moment. It happens when the bird is not completely thawed out and you put it in boiling oil.

[MADem]

9. Why do people do this?

I like the old school slow roast. Done right, it can't be beat.

[Xipe Totec]

11. I've prepared deep fried turkey for the last 15 years

Moist, tender, delicious, and fast.

And not a single mishap.

Then again I always take the necessary safety precautions and follow the steps carefully.

Oh, and no drinking until after the turkey is ready.

[MADem]

12. I've had it once or twice, and it tasted good, but I honestly

don't think it's any better than a well-roasted turkey.

And so long as you don't get hammered, you can raise a glass or two before the bird comes outta the oven!!!

[Xipe Totec]

14. And that's the point. As good as a well roasted turkey

The hard part, the difficult part, is getting a turkey well roasted.

With a fried turkey you get that every time. No guessing. And even if you mess it up, you've only wasted 45 minutes and 1 turkey. If you mess up a roasted turkey you might as well order Chinese food for your guests.

And 45 minutes is not long to wait to start drinking.

[MADem]

17. If you mess it up, you might burn down the barn!!!!

I am not down with the risk-reward end of things. And part of the joy of the holiday is to smell the turkey cooking throughout the house, and get close to starvation while munching on olives and celery sticks. The anticipation is the most fun...

I don't think it's hard to roast a turkey, so long as you know your oven. Even if you don't, you need to be more attentive to it, but so long as you don't hurry the process, you will be OK.


Of course, you have to be careful and make sure the neighbor's dogs don't run through the kitchen and steal the thing while it 'rests'...

[Xipe Totec]

18. If you're cooking in the barn there's your problem right there.

You do it outside, over grass, with clearance all around and a fire extinguisher nearby.

[MADem]

19. Yeah, but if the grass is dry and the extinguisher malfunctions.....

You don't have to be in or even near that barn!!!!!!
I guess one method is shorter with hypervigilance, the other is longer with less vigilance~!!!!

Mmmm, turkey...I do love it!

[Xipe Totec]

21. Gas ovens assplode too!

And letrical ones short circuit.



ETA

The grass is not there as a fire suppressant. The purpose of doing it over grass is to keep the oil from spreading sideways in case of a spill and so that the dirt underneath absorbs the oil. That makes is much easier to put out the fire in that unlikely event. Most 'accidents' with fryers occur when people cook on non porous surfaces like patios, or worse, on wood decks.

[MADem]

22. We got through the holiday safely. The turkey was delicious!

There was waaaaaay too much food.

We're going to repeat it tomorrow with more people and try to make a dent in the leftovers!

[Little Star]

15. I like my stuffing in the bird...

and you can't get that when deep frying. I'll stick with old school too.

[Xipe Totec]

10. It's always dangerous to put turkeys in charge of cooking Thanksgiving dinner nt

[progressoid]

13. Every year deep-fryer fires are responsible for 5 deaths, 60 injuries, the destruction of 900 homes

Every year deep-fryer fires are responsible for five deaths, 60 injuries, the destruction of 900 homes, and more than $15-million in property damage,

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013/11/27/this-state-has-most-deep-fried-turkey-accidents/

[Ryano42]

16. Had great success with Alton Brown's "reverse" roasting...

30 minutes at 550 F then 325 till the thermometer reaches 160 in the breast.

This year I am butterflying or "Spatchcocking" the bird.

It supposedly reduces cooking time to 75 minutes for a big bird due to more surface area directly exposed to heat.

You lose the presentation of the bird but I carve before anyway!

[Odin2005]

20. ALWAYS THAW THE BIRD BEFORE YOU FRY IT!

[love_katz]

23. I love the music.

Seriously,looks pretty scary.

We barbequed ours yesterday. I got to take home most of the left-over meat. Yum!