Talk:Turkey fryer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Use

We used our turkey fryer for the first time today. The oil took about 15 minutes to heat up, and the turkey took about 20 minutes to cook. I thought the turkey tasted quite good. The only thing is that a lot of caution needs to be taken when using a turkey fryer, or property damage and injuries can occur.

JesseG 03:43, Nov 26, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Exploding turkey

"There is also a possibility that an overheated turkey fryer can explode."

Wasn't there a MythBusters episode where they tried it out and found that it just spattered a lot, and didn't actually explode? --Bash 19:59, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Found it- it was the 2004 Holiday Special. It looks like the UL video shows them dumping a quantity of water into the boiling oil. Never a good thing to do. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 21:11, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] how to deep fry a turkey?

It seems like this article should explain how to safely deep fry a turkey, rather than simply saying what not to do. It doesn't have to be a recipe, maybe just a simple explanation of what to do. If we leave it to people to figure it out themselves they are just going to go light themselves on fire while spilling hot oil everywhere. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gary2863 (talk • contribs).

While this should not be a how-to, I did expand the safety section. --Gadget850 ( Ed) 20:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)