Deep Fried Turkey Accidents

[yuiyoshida]

[tblue37]

1. Wow. I had no idea those things did that. I have

never even seen a turkey fryer in real life, much less seen one used. Do they always flame like that--or even often? If they are so dangerous, I wonder why people use them, or why they are even on the market at all.

[yuiyoshida]

2. Apparently the Fire departments have reported many

house fires each year from people deep frying Turkeys!

[tblue37]

3. I just now read some articles about them, how they work, and how these fires happen.

I think most people can't be trusted with them, because most won't be careful enough.

[yuiyoshida]

4. as my friend would say

"sounds legit".

[JHB]

5. They don't always do that, if you use use your head...

...but people can be lazy, sloppy, and stupid, which can create some spectacular fails with this particular form of cooking.

[tblue37]

6. As I said in my most recent post above,,

I think most people can't be trusted with them because they are not careful enough.

[roguevalley]

7. that happens when they aren't patted dry. make sure they are

dry and put them in very slowly. don't overfill the thing and check the temp. water makes the pot explode

[Thinkingabout]

8. Flame ups happen by the grease splashing over into the flame,

Too much grease and dropping in a turkey into the grease and you get an overflow. A turkey between ten to twelve pounds is large enough and check to see how much oil will be displaced before firing up the burner and leave room for the rolling boil of the oil.

Now they have an oil less turkey fryer, they are wonderful. They are not good to cook a ham because the sugar tends to burn but are great to cook roasts, pork loins, chicken, etc. Have drilled a hole in corn on the cob and used the kabob holders to roast. Ribs are great also.