re: how do i fry a turkey

Don't listen to these guys. Make sure it is completely thawed. Other than that, though, you can just drop it right in the oil. If you lower it too slowly, it will cook unevenly, so literally hold it above the oil and drop it in. Also, make sure you do it in the grass instead of the driveway so you don't stain the cement with grease.

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now wife wants fried

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Pics or gtfo. You should know this.

I'd recommend the following re: frying a turkey.

1. Don't do it.
2. Seriously, don't fricking do it.
3. Tell wife to STFU and make a sammich already.
4. After the swelling goes down, make sure the homeowner's insurance bill is paid.
5. Throw frozen bird in boiling oil and walk away.
6. Use payout from insurance company to rent a DeLorean.
7. Travel back in time to yesterday.
8. Order a fried bird at Calvin's Bocage.

Its not hard at all. Listen to the 2 decent responses you got on this thread and you will be fine. OB had a thread earlier this week with good tips.
OB Turkey Thread

Smoked turkey is awesome. You can’t beat that flavor.

That said, don’t do this baw:



Or this:



If something tells you you should use a 15’ pole to dip your turkey into the fryer, stop because you’re doing it wrong.

I started frying about 3 years ago and I haven't burnt down the house yet and have had good results.

I have one of these:

Turkey pot

Makes it easy to lower the bird into the oil

With above pot, it takes about 3.5 gallons of peanut oil, has a max fill line to prevent overflow.

Essentially what I've been doing is:
1) 12-15lb bird - anything bigger is more at risk of either overflowing the pot or not having enough oil to cover the entire bird while frying

2) make sure the bird is thawed completely. Make sure you take the giblets out and any frozen ice in the cavity if the bird. If there's plastic holding the legs together, I'd take it off.
3) I bring it out of the fridge a few hours before I'm gonna fry it. Inject it with Cajun butter and rub it down with Tony's or creole seasoning of your choice

4) fire up the jet burner and watch the oil temp rise up to 350-375 - maintain it there.

5)turn down jet burner to nearly off. drop the bird in slowly, wear some protective gloves for any splash back. Turn jet burner back up.

Temp will usually drop around 50-100degrees and take about 5-10mins to get back up to the right temp with jet burner going

Fry the turkey 3mins per lb at 350-375

Turn off the burner, take it out, let it rest for a few mins, carve and enjoy.

6) take the carcass, make a kick-arse stock and enjoy your gumbo with it.

This dude is going to blow his house up no doubt



Who asks this at 10 pm the night before? Does he even have a frier?

Huck it in there and hope for the best.

Better results if you throw it in there frozen.

If you're just now coming up with plans to fry a turkey tomorrow, just don't do it. It won't end well. I love frying turkey, but you need to plan better.

We need the update.