Frying a turkey for the first time:RECOMENDATIONS?

[hook'em_horns]

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[Texas Law]

Buy a fire extinguisher.

Watch Good Eats episode on frying a turkey.

 

[locohorn93]

--test the displacement first with cold water, then back off about 15% due to oil expansion when it's heated.
--use a broom handle and get a partner to help you lower it into the oil. might could put some tape on that broom handle to make sure the coat-hanger deal doesn't slide around.
--make sure the bird's thawed out.
--no sudden movement.
--make sure the bird's thawed out.
--make sure the bird's thawed out.
--don't run it at max temp per the directions, try to keep it about 10-20 below that or it will be burnt on the outside and raw inside
--make sure the bird's thawed out.
--do it well away from the house.