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This Is What Happens When You Deep Fry a Frozen Turkey

Posted by timothy on from the arson-excuse-maker dept.

Too late for many east-coast Americans, but perhaps in time to stop a blaze or two in California, an anonymous reader writes with this video of "a controlled demonstration of why it is a bad idea to fry a frozen turkey." My brother this morning assembled (despite poor directions and questionable parts fit) a deep fryer for a Thanksgiving turkey; we're optimistic, and the turkey seems to be fully thawed at least.

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  1. Why so full? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Every video of the turkey being put in results in an overflow of displaced oil which catches fire.

    The water will 'boil' due the very high oil temp.. but most of these videos seem to fail at 'use the proper amount of oil'.

    1. Re:Why so full? by fustakrakich · · Score: 4, Insightful

      This one failed at "use the proper amount of 'film in the camera'". Why was it cut off while it was still interesting? So lame... There needs to be legal penalties for posting bad videos.

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  2. Maybe it's just me by paiute · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I can't help thinking that the average Slashdot reader has already watched every episode of Good Eats and knows not to do this already.

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