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Submitted by BornInAA on

Although a mighty delicious tradition, deep-frying a turkey on Thanksgiving can be risky. 

Every year deep-fryer fires are responsible for five deaths, 60 injuries, the destruction of 900 homes, and more than $15-million in property damage, according to the National Fire Protection Association.

For the last seven years, Texas has led the country in most grease- and cooking-related insurance claims on Thanksgiving Day, with 38 according to insurance company State Farm.  Illinois follows, with 27 reports and Pennsylvania and Ohio are tied for third with 23.  New York ranked fourth, with 22 claims and South Carolina and Georgia claimed fifth with 16 claims each. 

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swan flu

November 27th, 2013 at 6:57 PM ^

Been deep frying my turkey for years. Never had any issues because I'm not a godamn idiot. Just like anything else, it's completely safe if done properly.

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Clarence Beeks

November 27th, 2013 at 7:06 PM ^

Exactly this. We've deep fried almost every cut of meat imaginable (prime rib is by far the best, by the way) with absolutely no problems. There are two really simple rules: (1) thaw it completely and (2) don't have too much oil in the pot. That is literally it. I don't know how people continually struggle with this.

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GoBlueBorderBattle

November 27th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^

We ALWAYS get our turkey straight out of the freezer, cut the pesky frozen wrapper off and then straight into the 350°oil. ALWAYS, and I mean always fill the oil all the way to the brim. This is key to a successful and delicious Thanksgiving.

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treetown

November 27th, 2013 at 11:03 PM ^

I heard originally the notion of deep frying a turkey was a deep south invention, but I've had it in Buffalo and elsewhere. All that hot oil requires some basic sound judgement as others have noted. But the question I wonder is why this delicious food isn't available commercially. Deep frying a turkey in a commercial fryer could be done easily - ? If there can be honeybaked ham franchises why isn't there a deep fried turkey place ? Or why doesn't one of the family restaurant places who have several commercial size deep fryers offer it as a seasonal treat? Seems obvious - is there some reason why?

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treetown

November 28th, 2013 at 9:44 AM ^

I guess I wonder why a whole deep fried turkey isn't available for purchase.

It would be a seasonal thing but for a commercial place (who already have the electric fryers, thermometers, and most of all, gallons of oil, large refridgerator), this would seem to be a slam dunk.

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Clarence Beeks

November 28th, 2013 at 11:34 AM ^

The big reason why most places don't do this is that they aren't open on Thanksgiving and some ridiculously high percentage of all turkey consumption is on Thanksgiving Day, and I don't think most people even think about buying it the day before and just heating it up (although they do it all the time with ham).

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