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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. Re:Why so full? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Normal" and "dry cleaned turkey" don't logically fit, at least in my universe. In fact, I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around a dry cleaned turkey.

      Please don't invite me over to your house next Thanksgiving. Nothing personal.

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  2. Re:Err... by bmo · · Score: 4, Informative

    1. You're missing out.
    2. You don't have deep fryers in jolly ol'?
    3. Deep frying is basic cookery.
    4. The turkey comes out juicy and not dried out.
    5. It akes 30-45 minutes.
    6. Crispy turkey skin.
    7. It's safe if you read the instructions and warnings and *pay them heed.*

    You can take your American bashing and shove it.

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    BMO

  3. Re:Better video... by tkohler · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This one by State Farm is better... and it shows the ice in the oil trick!

    Everything is better with Shatner.

  4. I learned that the hard way as a teenager. by meldroc · · Score: 5, Informative

    My very first job, I worked at an A&W, and they put me to work at the deep fryer. The procedure there (OSHA would not approve) was to take a big bag of fries out of the freezer, cook some of them, put the fries back in the freezer, and repeat for a few iterations. They freeze-thaw cycles would cause the fries to get covered with ice crystals.

    One particularly frantic dinner rush, I was scrambling to get fries out, and I jammed a whole bunch of ice-covered fries in the deep fryer. Of course, the crystals flashed to steam, and splashed my arm with napalm-hot frying oil. I still have the scars.

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    Meldroc, Waster of Electrons