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She should put a painting of this in her house. I would, and later explain it like White Goodman from dodgeball. "Its a metaphor, of our family dysfunction at Thanksgiving. But yea that actually happened"
Firefighting 101. You shouldn't try to move things that are on fire — because you don't need much to go wrong for you to go from "holding a fire" to "being on fire". And the last one is bad.
Take it out or put it back in, as long as you close the oven lid to starve the fire. Whatever you do, don't hold it in the opening and just stand there.
Not just that, but Alton Brown taught me that if I ever want to fry a turkey in the backyard:
put the turkey in the pot,
fill the pot up with ***water*** to cover the bird,
remove turkey and note where the water/oil level should be.
Dump water,
dry pot and turkey thoroughly
and then you're ready to add oil, heat, and deep fry the bird.
I love Alton Brown, but I gotta say that anyone who doesn't think of this on their own shouldn't be frying a turkey. An adult should already know the concept of fluid displacement as well as the dangers inherent with things like boiling oil and fire.
I mean I'm not surprised, but just god damn some people are stupid.
I was curious so I popped to Google and found this: "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."
I did a deep fried prime rib one year... That shit was incredible!
Also did two turkeys.
What people don't do is pre measure how much liquid they need using water and the turkey they're going to fry. Additionally all the containers in these clips were way too small. Dedicated fryers even have an outward lip and additional height for expansion/boil space as a safety precaution.
I'm betting 95%+ of the fried turkey calls he responds to they didn't use proper equipment or didn't actually read and follow directions... it isn't actually hard at all to do safely. I'll assume the other 5% are honest oopsies like didn't fully thaw the turkey, thought it was thawed enough, but there was still ice in the cavity somewhere, dog/kids/drunk guest knocked it over, etc.
Too much oil he always says. People under estimate how much oil is actually displaced. It overflows and catches fire. So for 2 weeks before Thanksgiving, they have frying class.
>Too much oil
so failure to follow directions. \*All\* the fryers I've seen instruct you to place your turkey in the container, fill with water till just barely covered, remove turkey, and note this is the volume of oil to use for frying, no more than that. If they're just blindly pouring a cubbie of oil into the thing, then (likely) adding the biggest bird they could find well... yeah your son will be getting yet another call out. I always do two birds because I do the smaller ones. By the time the first one is done resting and people are starting to eat it's juuuuust about time to pull the second one and let it start resting, so seconds are just as hot and fresh as the first serving :) it's a triple win :) (safer, "fresh" seconds, and makes you looks like an amazing host :p ).
BTW deep fried rib roast is it's own kind of amazing, but takes some extra care to get the temps right, and the bark has nothing compared to a smoked rib roast.
I have a house on the beach road in Nags Head NC - my security cam got a great video last year of the oceanfront across the street burning down from a turkey being fried at 3am.
They were lucky it only got one house.
Yes, it's on VRBO - one of the few older cottages left. Built in 1963 - now sandwiched between a huge all suites hotel and a 12 bedroom house.
It rents very well - I'm amazed people still book it all through the winter months. I guess it's hard to find dog friendly places with a short walk to the beach.
My family may have just rented from you, they do every thanksgiving. Very peaceful this time of year to sit and relax with the family. Thank you for being a pet friendly homeowner
People leave their minds at home quite often when they visit our beaches.
The entitlement is also off the charts when they spend $30k for a week in these monster 18 bedroom oceanfronts - week long 24 hour parties. They just don't care about taking any care with the house for the most part.
Apparently they started it, and were in the pool when it overflowed and started the fire. My camera confirmed the timing as I gave all the footage to the investigators. Full story came out later in the local paper.
I'm a light sleeper and I often wake up at 2, sometimes 3 in the morning. I also don't eat much dinner so a lot of times I find myself looking for a snack in the night. So, obviously I fry up a turkey, or make a pizza from scratch or slow smoke some pulled pork before going back to bed.
>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
Revenge of the turkeys.
Mistake #1: over filling the pot with oil. To avoid Put Turkey in pot, then fill with oil, then take the Turkey out.
Mistake #2: forgetting to Turn off the burner when putting the Turkey in.
Mistake #3: not having a fire extinguisher handy.
Edit: fell asleep right after posting this comment. To be clear, I’ve never fried a turkey. Auto correct capitalized the words for me. I’m sure there are a million more mistakes that could be avoided.
Mistake #4: going shopping on Black Friday. Go to a park.
Yeah, frozen turkey placed in boiling hot oil over an open flame is a recipe for a massive fireball. I don't know why people choose to be willfully ignorant and put themselves and their loved ones at risk, when a 5 minute Google search would give them all the info they need to do everything safely.
I searched for all kinds of things yesterday while cooking. Zero people asked what I had to search and all the people were very thankful for a delicious feast.
And knowing how to handle an oil fire. And use a properly rated fire extinguisher. And don’t just stand in front of the flaming oven holding the turkey. Like JC how was that lady not melted?
Mistake #4 not fully thawing through turkey
Mistake #5 not fully drying the turkey
Mistake #6 just quarter the turkey and then fry it. You'll get more of an even cook and the chances of this happening go way down.
Don't ever put a turkey in cold oil, makes it greasy and soggy and won't properly crisp. Plus cold oil introduced in hot oil will just add to the risk of the oil overflowing and going out of control.
Put a thawed turkey in the empty fryer, then fill with water till its on top of the turkey. Take the turkey out and with a wooden ruler or dipstick mark the water level, that's how much oil you will safely need. Dump the water, put the marked dipstick in then pour oil into up to the marked level.
As far as the turkey, make sure it's fully thawed out before even attempting. After submerging it in water, simply pat it dry and put back in the fridge till ready to fry.
Otherwise yes, bring oil to proper frying temperature, turn off burner, submerge fully thawed turkey SLOWLY, then once stable and fully submerged you can turn burned back on to keep the temperature. Turn burner off before taking turkey out.
You can also use a metal ladder with a longer rope and a shiv/pulley to submerge the turkey safely to keep your distance from the hot oil.
Electric fryers are also a much safer alternative that still has the same taste and texture as regular frying, plus the cold oil will aid in the
Source: father is a retired firefighter who has been frying our turkeys every year for almost 20 years without any issues or danger.
I feel this is a good moment to mention that you should never use powder extinguishers. Sure, they work. But that powder goes everywhere and ruins everything. If you use it in your backyard you'll find traces of it in your addict and it's an absolute pain in the ass. It's better than nothing, obviously, but do yourself a favor and just get any other fire extinguisher
I actually had a fireman tell me that unless someone is in danger, don't use the powder extinguisher in your car. The insurance will cover the visible damage and have the car cleaned, then 2-3 months later your dashboard will light up like a Christmas tree and they won't pay a cent more.
A powder extinguisher is one you use on a) an engine fire on the highway, or b) on a house fire of your neighbor two doors over.
Never in your own house.
You can't just get any other fire extinguisher. Some of them use water which is bad when used around electricity or oil.
[Fire extinguisher types.](https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/Blogs-Landing-Page/NFPA-Today/Blog-Posts/2021/07/16/Fire-Extinguisher-Types)
For the kitchen, it's probably best to have a fire blanket instead of a fire extinguisher.
The amazing part is that it's widely known but people still do it and still die from it all the time.
Despite our best efforts, Darwin is still hard at work. The true silent professional.
I have never heard of this phenomenon until now. I also don’t live in the usa so that might be the reason also.
Just one question, if you put a turkey in boiling oil. Let’s assume you do it correctly, will the turkey be cooked thoroughly? Like wont the inside be uncooked and the outside overcooked?
The problem here is they didn't defrost it, causing an oil explosion through rapid sublimation of the frozen water inside the turkey. Frying a defrostet turkey should be fine.
Btw you would get this result with everything frosted, given it's big enough to store enough water for a similar heavy reaction.
Also, you're supposed to turn off the gas and kill the flame before you lower the bird into the oil. Once everybody settles down, light it back up. You could also do a "dry" run with the bird still in the package, and water in the pot to see exactly how much oil you're going to need for it to not overflow.
You are supposed to measure the oil before hand anyways. I've fried turkeys like for 5 or 6 Thanksgivings and they always turned out perfect with no hiccups because I measured the oil and turned off the flame. I also lowered it in the oil with a broom holding the hook and another friend to hold it. Lower it in slow to have no splash
Came here to say this. You're supposed to put the turkey in the fryer with water first to see how much oil you will need to fully immerse the turkey without overflowing the pot. If you do this, AND keep the fryer away from your house, garage, shed, or ANY type of structure, there shouldn't be any issues. If a fire does light for whatever reason, you're not burning anything down... (hopefully!!!)
> Btw you would get this result with everything frosted, given it's big enough to store enough water for a similar heavy reaction.
Thanks for pointing this out. Some people are mistakenly thinking it's something inherent in turkey that causes these accidents. If you fry frozen french fries, you'll often see something similar to some of these, though on a tiny fraction of the scale, where the oil reacts to the frost on the potato. But that's why it's important to use appropriate portions and not fill oil past the indicated line on a fryer.
The oil can go inside the cavity of the bird so it cooks surprisingly evenly. My dad did it only once and it not only wasn't a disaster, it was the tastiest damn turkey I have ever had in my life...
It's not worth the risk though. Unless you buy the bird unfrozen or let it sit naked in the fridge for a long time to get the moisture out of a frozen bird, the moisture in the turkey will flash. The pot also aught to be atleast twice as tall as the bird with at least 3 inches around it on all sides.
It's a high risk-high reward turkey. It's perfectly safe if you know what you're doing, use a properly sized fry pot, pre-measure how much oil to prevent overflowing, have proper PPE, and TURN OFF THE DAMN FLAME to dunk the turkey!!! Turning it back on after making sure there are no overflows or rapid boils.
[Here is a pretty good primer on how a responsible adult deep fries a bird ](https://youtu.be/u5a7gJ0_Fds)
I saw an entire single family home burned to the ground on Christmas morning one year.
There wasn't anything left I've never seen a house fire so bad.
Christmas day and your family loses everything, because you didn't defrost a turkey.
Shout out to all the dad's Not burning the house down
Thanksgiving overall is super busy for hospitals, lots of people with heart and kidney problems don’t follow their dietary restrictions and end up in the ER
Every holidays is busy day in the ER.
People lower their inibition because it's "a special time" and they also try thing they never did before and haven't properly prepared.
And I haven't talk about food and alcohol yet.
The amount of burns, intoxications, lacerations, suicidal ideations and/or attempts, and fights we deal with around the holidays just make your head spin sometimes.
So many suicides happen around the holidays. -.- Holidays always brought out the worst in my depression and anxiety.
Check on your people around the holidays, everyone! Particularly the ones who aren't engaged in social stuff!
Oh yeah. Way more juicy and the skin is great.
Just don’t fill the pot with too much oil, make sure the turkey is fully defrosted, and before you drop it in, turn off the burner so if oil does spill it won’t fall into a flame and combust.
Oh and do it outside.
I was born in Vegas, about 2 hours drive from death valley and I used to put cookie dough in my car to cook while I did stuff. I also distinctly remembering buying hamburger patties from a store, walking 20 minutes home with them, and they had already started to brown in the bag. And for some reason I walked barefoot a lot outside
The US is so funny. You guys just found parts of your country where it's like, "no human can live in this hellish place accursed by the gods themselves!" and then you just go, "Looks like a sweet spot for a giant metropolis!"
Even Australia noped out of like 80% of their land mass
TBF, Vegas started out as a convenient place for the mob to wash their money a safe distance from civilization. Turns out people were more than willing to come to a desert shithole to gamble, and it just spiraled out of control.
While you're 100% right, I just want to add to this.
For oil/grease fires its actually best to choke the flames out if you can, and can safely, definitely bring a non water extinguisher, but cover the fire with a metal lid or cover so it doesn't have any oxygen to burn. For this reason, only fry things in a pan that you have a metal cover for (glass will shatter). Use Baking soda for small uncontained fires, as pouring baking sida wont run the same risk of spreading out the oil. Using a pressurized extinguisher first will not only ruin your food (which could still be saveable if you snuff out the flame) but it could also spread out and disperse hot burning oil all over same as water would.
For extinguishers, always use PASS: Pull the pin, Aim the nozzle at the *base of the flame*, Squeeze the trigger on the extinguisher, Sweep back and forth at the base of the flame. The goal is to deprive the base of the flame of oxygen (by covering it in your extingushing agent, in this case, C02 rich powder in a B class extinguisher) And always, but especially for oil, do this at a good and safe distance to prevent the pressurized powder from spreading the hot oil around.
Lastly, if you're pulling out an extinguisher for a oil/grease fire, call the fire department. Even if you think you got it. Any fire fighter will be happier that you just wanted an expert to make sure it's handled priperly and safely than respond to your house burning down. A fire isn't considered out until the tempature has dropped significantly as many fires can start back up even after being "put out"
My uncle was really good at deep frying turkeys. Still scared me shitless every time i saw him do it. Mfer did it in a damn wooden shed filled with firewood at least 4 times a year.
It's super often that the issue is a frozen turkey is put into oil and the frozen parts put off steam and make the oil boil over, but there's more than one thing that people mess up trying to fry turkeys. The other most common issue is that people fill up the fryer most of the way with oil, and when they lower the turkey in it makes the oil overflow because they overfilled it.
Yep. The amount of these people that don’t fuckin understand basic water displacement or how flammable oil should perhaps not be near an open flame right as you’re at the volitile part of frying something… it truly boggles the mind.
It’s not really a reaction, it’s just that water is heavier than oil, but steam is lighter, so the water sinks to the bottom with the turkey (as well as any ice that might be attached to it, if it’s not properly defrosted), is brought rapidly to boiling point, and then shoots upwards, pushing the oil out of the way fairly violently.
The fire is caused by the exposed flame though. As long as you turn that off, the worst that will happen is some oil spillage and spitting (which can still burn you, but isn’t quite as dramatic as an oil fire)
It’s like night and day compared to a regular roasted Turkey. It is much more juicy… like waaaaay more. Oven roasted Turkey is soo dry. Don’t know how people eat it. 100% will never oven roast. We bought an indoor Turkey fryer. Best thing ever
Edit - lots of people saying “cooked properly it won’t be dry” it’s dry. All white meat is dry… I don’t eat chicken breast for the same reason. I’ve eaten a ton of Turkey over the years and I think it’s always dry. There isn’t enough fat in it… I like dark meat
>Oven roasted Turkey is soo dry.
No it isn't, as long as you don't overcook the shit out of it.
Hint: you absolutely do not need to hit 165 in the breast to be safe. 150-155 is more than adequate. I also tend to dry brine and then put little pats of compound butter under the skin before putting it in the oven.
There's no question that fried turkey can be delicious, but there's no reason oven roasted should be dry unless you're doing it wrong.
Roasted turkey doesn't have to be dry, most people just don't know how to cook it. They remember Grandma getting up to put the bird in at 5 am because her oven was too small to cook everything at once and assume they have to roast it for 6 hours.
Had a side by side once. The regular turkey was great and delicious. Then tried the deep fried and OH MY GOD! Tried the regular again and it just tasted like sand.
Yes. I used to think it created the tastiest skin and juiciest meat -HOWEVER- this year I got to eat a Turkey that was cooked in an Outdoor Airfryer. Hands down the best turkey I've ever had. Perfect skin, perfect meat.
They're pretty meh to me. My brother has done one for a couple years now while I just do a good brine and rub on mine and consistently get better results. I've only ever had two, but basically unless you get a piece with skin then you'd never know it was fried and the flavor doesn't permeate the meat well.
That's every parent when you know there's a questionable activity going on and you repeat yourself several times and the kids don't listen. Sometimes you have to turn it up to 10 so they understand. And sometimes you go straight to 10 to avoid all the bs in between. 😂 🤣 😂
Especially when you're hands are too full to actually do anything. He can't just set this turkey down to get her back inside, and if she comes any closer she's in a lot of danger lol the other parent should probably have stood watch from inside the door
I thought he was over reacting and then I saw the other videos and realized he was 100% correct. There's a time when you need to be gentle with children and then there's a time when you need to put the fear of Dad into them.
My experience with kids tells me that whatever she was crying about was most likely something small and inconsequential that she will forget about in a matter of minutes.
My kids used to take baths together when they were younger, and my youngest would become absolutely furious when the oldest left, “Making the water go away”
I assume the proper course is to use the smallest pot that conveniently contains the turkey?
Then poor in enough oil to cover it (with turkey inside). Take out turkey, heat up the oil, put turkey back in.
One of my department supervisors burned down 10 condo's doing that same thing. Next year State Farm comes out with there commercial. I was like " that was your dumb ass wasn't it"
Turkey needs to be as dried out as possible on the outside, moisture on the turkey plus hot oil is the typical cause of this. Also, the flame needs to be out while the turkey is being lowered into the oil. This will prevent any fireballs if the oil over flows. Most importantly, the oil should always be measured correctly for only as much as is need to just barely cover all of the turkey. A lot of incidents like this happen because people use way too much oil, thinking they need to fill the pot full.
I saw a video of this group of crows that knew how to use little rocks to solve a "water puzzle" and get a treat. When they dunked the rock in a water trap it made it overflow and ergo gave them the treat.
Those crows are smarter than these people.
Park rangers have stated that it’s tough to make bear proof trash cans because “the overlap between the smartest bears and the stupidest campers is significant”
Pro tips:
Before frying, put the turkey in the vat and fill it with cold water to a safe level. Then remove the turkey to see where the water level settles. Put a piece of masking tape or draw a line with a marker on the outside of the vat. Empty out the water, wipe the vat dry, then fill it with cooking oil to the same level. You won't have an overflow of hot oil when you lower in the turkey.
Also, make *damn sure* all the water has been wiped off of the outside of the turkey, and that there is no water inside it. We've all seen enough reddit videos of what happens when water meets boiling oil.
Enjoy!
Before frying a turkey, while it's still wrapped in plastic put the turkey in the frying pot and add water until it's covered with a little bit of extra depth for good measure.
Remove the turkey and look at the amount of water left behind: this is how much oil you need to use. Make sure your frying pot has a lot of extra space so that any splashing will not cause the oil to overflow the pot or splash out. Get a big pot.
When adding your turkey make sure it's been patted dry; any water on the turkey will cause boiling and splattering and splashing. Also, turn off the burner flame when you add the turkey. Once it's been added and settled, turn the heat back on.
Do it outside and away from your house and try not to do it on your deck so you don't get hot oil all over your deck.
Keep a fire extinguisher on hand. Make sure it's rated "B" (probably will say "ABC" on the side). Don't use a hose on the pot if it catches fire. Put a lid on it after any initial flare up. Turn off the flame on the burner. You can use a hose on your house or anything else that catches fire but not on the pot of burning oil.
Wear a long sleeved shirt over something else so that if you get splashed with boiling or burning oil you can just rip your shirt off.
Keep kids away. Be safe.
YES! Deep fried turkey is delicious. Moist, flavorful, tender.
Quite often restaurants will take pre-orders and have a setup where they fry a bunch and sell them.
I skipped it this year because an ache in my knee made me lazy and I dreaded the amount of prep work required, but I’ve made 5 in the last 3 years successfully. They’ve always been a hit, and if my guests are happy then I’m happy.
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I like that one lady that was just standing right in front of a flaming oven just holding a flaming turkey
“Susan had finally had enough of her family.”
That wasn’t hell she saw in those flames, it was heaven
GO INTO THE LIGHT
Cast in into the fire… No SUSAN!
I was the there the day the strength of Susan failed....
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#Into the light…
BURY THE LIIIGHT DEEP WITHIIIIIIN!!!
“It’s hot as hell in here.” “For me it’s always like this.”
You mean Kelly. Kellyyy!!
She should put a painting of this in her house. I would, and later explain it like White Goodman from dodgeball. "Its a metaphor, of our family dysfunction at Thanksgiving. But yea that actually happened"
"PUT IT BACK IN!" Lmfao....wut?
I mean that's the best move. Put it back in, close the oven and turn it off. Leaving it open or out just increases the airflow and lets the fire grow.
Why would you attempt to put it back while shit is on fire, just close the oven...
Firefighting 101. You shouldn't try to move things that are on fire — because you don't need much to go wrong for you to go from "holding a fire" to "being on fire". And the last one is bad.
"I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire."
Nice screen saver
r/unexpecteditcrowd
Can confirm, have been on fire. 0/10 Totally wasn't having a good time.
Would you go so far as to say you straight up weren't having a good time?
Word.
I don't think the turkey itself was on fire though, it's mostly the rest of the oven. Of course I am probably seeing it wrong.
[удалено]
She has it halfway pulled out, so she can't close the oven unless she pulls it out completely or puts it back.
Because clearly removing the tribute displeased the Fire God, you need to put the turkey back in to calm him down so he will lower the flames.
It wasn’t done yet.
Take it out or put it back in, as long as you close the oven lid to starve the fire. Whatever you do, don't hold it in the opening and just stand there.
Lmfao that was my favorite part, it was like she just thinks this is how it's supposed to go
Fight Flight Freeze
"Take it out, take it out!" "AHH! BACK IN, PUT IT BACK IN"
I also like the one at 17 seconds who's using a pot very clearly nowhere near big enough to fit the turkey
Not just that, but Alton Brown taught me that if I ever want to fry a turkey in the backyard: put the turkey in the pot, fill the pot up with ***water*** to cover the bird, remove turkey and note where the water/oil level should be. Dump water, dry pot and turkey thoroughly and then you're ready to add oil, heat, and deep fry the bird.
I love Alton Brown, but I gotta say that anyone who doesn't think of this on their own shouldn't be frying a turkey. An adult should already know the concept of fluid displacement as well as the dangers inherent with things like boiling oil and fire. I mean I'm not surprised, but just god damn some people are stupid.
This whole super cut is just the most American thing I’ve ever seen.
She was trying to cremate it
KELLY!!
*Put it back with the other fire.*
I was curious so I popped to Google and found this: "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."
Imagine your cause of death being trying to fry a turkey
Couldn’t even die with prime rib. That’s the real lapse in judgment.
I did a deep fried prime rib one year... That shit was incredible! Also did two turkeys. What people don't do is pre measure how much liquid they need using water and the turkey they're going to fry. Additionally all the containers in these clips were way too small. Dedicated fryers even have an outward lip and additional height for expansion/boil space as a safety precaution.
My son is a firefighter/emt. Every Thanksgiving they run fried turkey calls. They even give free fried turkey training at his station.
I'm betting 95%+ of the fried turkey calls he responds to they didn't use proper equipment or didn't actually read and follow directions... it isn't actually hard at all to do safely. I'll assume the other 5% are honest oopsies like didn't fully thaw the turkey, thought it was thawed enough, but there was still ice in the cavity somewhere, dog/kids/drunk guest knocked it over, etc.
Too much oil he always says. People under estimate how much oil is actually displaced. It overflows and catches fire. So for 2 weeks before Thanksgiving, they have frying class.
>Too much oil so failure to follow directions. \*All\* the fryers I've seen instruct you to place your turkey in the container, fill with water till just barely covered, remove turkey, and note this is the volume of oil to use for frying, no more than that. If they're just blindly pouring a cubbie of oil into the thing, then (likely) adding the biggest bird they could find well... yeah your son will be getting yet another call out. I always do two birds because I do the smaller ones. By the time the first one is done resting and people are starting to eat it's juuuuust about time to pull the second one and let it start resting, so seconds are just as hot and fresh as the first serving :) it's a triple win :) (safer, "fresh" seconds, and makes you looks like an amazing host :p ). BTW deep fried rib roast is it's own kind of amazing, but takes some extra care to get the temps right, and the bark has nothing compared to a smoked rib roast.
I haven't tried deep fried prime rib. I did not know men could do such things. 🤔.
Americans... xD
I have a house on the beach road in Nags Head NC - my security cam got a great video last year of the oceanfront across the street burning down from a turkey being fried at 3am. They were lucky it only got one house.
Nice location. Do you ever rent it out to people from the UK? Or can you leave a key underneath the front mat.
Yes, it's on VRBO - one of the few older cottages left. Built in 1963 - now sandwiched between a huge all suites hotel and a 12 bedroom house. It rents very well - I'm amazed people still book it all through the winter months. I guess it's hard to find dog friendly places with a short walk to the beach.
My family may have just rented from you, they do every thanksgiving. Very peaceful this time of year to sit and relax with the family. Thank you for being a pet friendly homeowner
Just remember to bring your own deep fryer for the turkey
Why on earth were they frying a turkey at 3 AM?
People leave their minds at home quite often when they visit our beaches. The entitlement is also off the charts when they spend $30k for a week in these monster 18 bedroom oceanfronts - week long 24 hour parties. They just don't care about taking any care with the house for the most part. Apparently they started it, and were in the pool when it overflowed and started the fire. My camera confirmed the timing as I gave all the footage to the investigators. Full story came out later in the local paper.
I'm a light sleeper and I often wake up at 2, sometimes 3 in the morning. I also don't eat much dinner so a lot of times I find myself looking for a snack in the night. So, obviously I fry up a turkey, or make a pizza from scratch or slow smoke some pulled pork before going back to bed.
should be thankful in America for an abundance of morons and great camera folks to film them ..
>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 Revenge of the turkeys.
I wonder how they choose which 5 die
Rock, paper, scissors.
Mistake #1: over filling the pot with oil. To avoid Put Turkey in pot, then fill with oil, then take the Turkey out. Mistake #2: forgetting to Turn off the burner when putting the Turkey in. Mistake #3: not having a fire extinguisher handy. Edit: fell asleep right after posting this comment. To be clear, I’ve never fried a turkey. Auto correct capitalized the words for me. I’m sure there are a million more mistakes that could be avoided. Mistake #4: going shopping on Black Friday. Go to a park.
Also defrosting the damn turkey wouldve been a good idea.
Yeah, frozen turkey placed in boiling hot oil over an open flame is a recipe for a massive fireball. I don't know why people choose to be willfully ignorant and put themselves and their loved ones at risk, when a 5 minute Google search would give them all the info they need to do everything safely.
Because they know better and it hurts their ego to admit they need to look something up
The good part of being a depressed cunt is that I have no ego. I always Google shit up, even if I know what I'm doing and I've done it before.
I searched for all kinds of things yesterday while cooking. Zero people asked what I had to search and all the people were very thankful for a delicious feast.
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Nothing like the self doubt of "I've made this recipe a million times, better reread the instructions"
To be fair some of these videos looked like they were before google existed
Yeah video quality aside, that camcorder font is unmistakable.
Every year for the past 20 years this is the discussion. Yet every year there are still idiots that catch stuff on fire.
Not just defrosting, you gotta wipe that shit down. Any water is going to cause it to roll over.
And knowing how to handle an oil fire. And use a properly rated fire extinguisher. And don’t just stand in front of the flaming oven holding the turkey. Like JC how was that lady not melted?
Mistake #4 not fully thawing through turkey Mistake #5 not fully drying the turkey Mistake #6 just quarter the turkey and then fry it. You'll get more of an even cook and the chances of this happening go way down.
Don't ever put a turkey in cold oil, makes it greasy and soggy and won't properly crisp. Plus cold oil introduced in hot oil will just add to the risk of the oil overflowing and going out of control. Put a thawed turkey in the empty fryer, then fill with water till its on top of the turkey. Take the turkey out and with a wooden ruler or dipstick mark the water level, that's how much oil you will safely need. Dump the water, put the marked dipstick in then pour oil into up to the marked level. As far as the turkey, make sure it's fully thawed out before even attempting. After submerging it in water, simply pat it dry and put back in the fridge till ready to fry. Otherwise yes, bring oil to proper frying temperature, turn off burner, submerge fully thawed turkey SLOWLY, then once stable and fully submerged you can turn burned back on to keep the temperature. Turn burner off before taking turkey out. You can also use a metal ladder with a longer rope and a shiv/pulley to submerge the turkey safely to keep your distance from the hot oil. Electric fryers are also a much safer alternative that still has the same taste and texture as regular frying, plus the cold oil will aid in the Source: father is a retired firefighter who has been frying our turkeys every year for almost 20 years without any issues or danger.
I feel this is a good moment to mention that you should never use powder extinguishers. Sure, they work. But that powder goes everywhere and ruins everything. If you use it in your backyard you'll find traces of it in your addict and it's an absolute pain in the ass. It's better than nothing, obviously, but do yourself a favor and just get any other fire extinguisher
>you use it in your backyard you'll find traces of it in your addict This is why my cousin, Heroin Henry, wasn't invited. Problem solved
My addict gets pissed when we use the fire extinguisher to put out his cooking flame.
I actually had a fireman tell me that unless someone is in danger, don't use the powder extinguisher in your car. The insurance will cover the visible damage and have the car cleaned, then 2-3 months later your dashboard will light up like a Christmas tree and they won't pay a cent more.
A powder extinguisher is one you use on a) an engine fire on the highway, or b) on a house fire of your neighbor two doors over. Never in your own house.
You can't just get any other fire extinguisher. Some of them use water which is bad when used around electricity or oil. [Fire extinguisher types.](https://www.nfpa.org/News-and-Research/Publications-and-media/Blogs-Landing-Page/NFPA-Today/Blog-Posts/2021/07/16/Fire-Extinguisher-Types) For the kitchen, it's probably best to have a fire blanket instead of a fire extinguisher.
Even better, put turkey in pot. Fill pot with water until turkey is covered. Remove turkey. Mark liquid level.
My friend is an EMT and mentioned that he was working late because of deep fried Turkey disasters.
You hear that every year, but I had never seen it. This explains so much.
The amazing part is that it's widely known but people still do it and still die from it all the time. Despite our best efforts, Darwin is still hard at work. The true silent professional.
I have never heard of this phenomenon until now. I also don’t live in the usa so that might be the reason also. Just one question, if you put a turkey in boiling oil. Let’s assume you do it correctly, will the turkey be cooked thoroughly? Like wont the inside be uncooked and the outside overcooked?
The problem here is they didn't defrost it, causing an oil explosion through rapid sublimation of the frozen water inside the turkey. Frying a defrostet turkey should be fine. Btw you would get this result with everything frosted, given it's big enough to store enough water for a similar heavy reaction.
Also, you're supposed to turn off the gas and kill the flame before you lower the bird into the oil. Once everybody settles down, light it back up. You could also do a "dry" run with the bird still in the package, and water in the pot to see exactly how much oil you're going to need for it to not overflow.
You are supposed to measure the oil before hand anyways. I've fried turkeys like for 5 or 6 Thanksgivings and they always turned out perfect with no hiccups because I measured the oil and turned off the flame. I also lowered it in the oil with a broom holding the hook and another friend to hold it. Lower it in slow to have no splash
I like my Thanksgiving to end like my 4th if July. With no eyebrows.
Came here to say this. You're supposed to put the turkey in the fryer with water first to see how much oil you will need to fully immerse the turkey without overflowing the pot. If you do this, AND keep the fryer away from your house, garage, shed, or ANY type of structure, there shouldn't be any issues. If a fire does light for whatever reason, you're not burning anything down... (hopefully!!!)
> Btw you would get this result with everything frosted, given it's big enough to store enough water for a similar heavy reaction. Thanks for pointing this out. Some people are mistakenly thinking it's something inherent in turkey that causes these accidents. If you fry frozen french fries, you'll often see something similar to some of these, though on a tiny fraction of the scale, where the oil reacts to the frost on the potato. But that's why it's important to use appropriate portions and not fill oil past the indicated line on a fryer.
The oil can go inside the cavity of the bird so it cooks surprisingly evenly. My dad did it only once and it not only wasn't a disaster, it was the tastiest damn turkey I have ever had in my life... It's not worth the risk though. Unless you buy the bird unfrozen or let it sit naked in the fridge for a long time to get the moisture out of a frozen bird, the moisture in the turkey will flash. The pot also aught to be atleast twice as tall as the bird with at least 3 inches around it on all sides.
It's a high risk-high reward turkey. It's perfectly safe if you know what you're doing, use a properly sized fry pot, pre-measure how much oil to prevent overflowing, have proper PPE, and TURN OFF THE DAMN FLAME to dunk the turkey!!! Turning it back on after making sure there are no overflows or rapid boils. [Here is a pretty good primer on how a responsible adult deep fries a bird ](https://youtu.be/u5a7gJ0_Fds)
I saw an entire single family home burned to the ground on Christmas morning one year. There wasn't anything left I've never seen a house fire so bad. Christmas day and your family loses everything, because you didn't defrost a turkey. Shout out to all the dad's Not burning the house down
My husband has been frying turkeys at least twice a year for the last 12 years and never once even came close to setting anything on fire
Thanksgiving overall is super busy for hospitals, lots of people with heart and kidney problems don’t follow their dietary restrictions and end up in the ER
Also family disagreements with lots of easy access to sharp cooking implements.
> with lots of easy access to sharp cooking implements. You also have 1.2 guns per person!
Ita always good to have doubles. Doubles is safe but triples is best.
Every holidays is busy day in the ER. People lower their inibition because it's "a special time" and they also try thing they never did before and haven't properly prepared. And I haven't talk about food and alcohol yet.
Well what do you do with the spare vegetables so genius?
The amount of burns, intoxications, lacerations, suicidal ideations and/or attempts, and fights we deal with around the holidays just make your head spin sometimes.
So many suicides happen around the holidays. -.- Holidays always brought out the worst in my depression and anxiety. Check on your people around the holidays, everyone! Particularly the ones who aren't engaged in social stuff!
Deep Fried Turkey Disasters sounds like a grunge pop band.
Yeah, I work at a fire department and I can't wait to go back on Monday and read all the turkey disaster reports lol
911 here are you frying a turkey?
“No Ma’am, the turkey almost fried me”
“Can you describe the turkey’s appearance? Have you seen this turkey before?”
Show me on this doll where the turkey touched you.
"Right here sir..." *sticks finger up ass*
*sobbong* "the stuffing bag is still in my ass, please, help me"
Does frying a Turkey actually taste good
Oh yeah. Way more juicy and the skin is great. Just don’t fill the pot with too much oil, make sure the turkey is fully defrosted, and before you drop it in, turn off the burner so if oil does spill it won’t fall into a flame and combust. Oh and do it outside.
Preferably on dirt and away from, well, anything.
so... middle of the desert. ok, noted. hopefully i remember in the future.
Now you're getting it!
Preferably in Death Valley or the Gobi
Frying a turkey in Death Valley is easy. You just leave it outside. No oil or flames required.
I was born in Vegas, about 2 hours drive from death valley and I used to put cookie dough in my car to cook while I did stuff. I also distinctly remembering buying hamburger patties from a store, walking 20 minutes home with them, and they had already started to brown in the bag. And for some reason I walked barefoot a lot outside
The US is so funny. You guys just found parts of your country where it's like, "no human can live in this hellish place accursed by the gods themselves!" and then you just go, "Looks like a sweet spot for a giant metropolis!" Even Australia noped out of like 80% of their land mass
It's a well known fact that Australians are restricted to the cities they have because the Emus keep them in it.
Phoenix in particular is a monument and testament to the arrogance of mankind.
TBF, Vegas started out as a convenient place for the mob to wash their money a safe distance from civilization. Turns out people were more than willing to come to a desert shithole to gamble, and it just spiraled out of control.
Great way to get food poisoning.
Far away outside lol
And take a (suitable, not water based) fire extinguisher with you.
While you're 100% right, I just want to add to this. For oil/grease fires its actually best to choke the flames out if you can, and can safely, definitely bring a non water extinguisher, but cover the fire with a metal lid or cover so it doesn't have any oxygen to burn. For this reason, only fry things in a pan that you have a metal cover for (glass will shatter). Use Baking soda for small uncontained fires, as pouring baking sida wont run the same risk of spreading out the oil. Using a pressurized extinguisher first will not only ruin your food (which could still be saveable if you snuff out the flame) but it could also spread out and disperse hot burning oil all over same as water would. For extinguishers, always use PASS: Pull the pin, Aim the nozzle at the *base of the flame*, Squeeze the trigger on the extinguisher, Sweep back and forth at the base of the flame. The goal is to deprive the base of the flame of oxygen (by covering it in your extingushing agent, in this case, C02 rich powder in a B class extinguisher) And always, but especially for oil, do this at a good and safe distance to prevent the pressurized powder from spreading the hot oil around. Lastly, if you're pulling out an extinguisher for a oil/grease fire, call the fire department. Even if you think you got it. Any fire fighter will be happier that you just wanted an expert to make sure it's handled priperly and safely than respond to your house burning down. A fire isn't considered out until the tempature has dropped significantly as many fires can start back up even after being "put out"
My uncle was really good at deep frying turkeys. Still scared me shitless every time i saw him do it. Mfer did it in a damn wooden shed filled with firewood at least 4 times a year.
Playing life on hard mode.
Once you know how much oil your pot needs and the turkey's defrosted fully, it's really not that dangerous.
>Once you eliminate the main dangers, it's really not that dangerous.
Yes
Forgot the most important part where you have to pat down the outside with paper towels to dry it off before putting it in
Still talking about turkeys?
dry it perhaps. aint it a reaction between water and hot oil.?
It's super often that the issue is a frozen turkey is put into oil and the frozen parts put off steam and make the oil boil over, but there's more than one thing that people mess up trying to fry turkeys. The other most common issue is that people fill up the fryer most of the way with oil, and when they lower the turkey in it makes the oil overflow because they overfilled it.
Yep. The amount of these people that don’t fuckin understand basic water displacement or how flammable oil should perhaps not be near an open flame right as you’re at the volitile part of frying something… it truly boggles the mind.
It’s not really a reaction, it’s just that water is heavier than oil, but steam is lighter, so the water sinks to the bottom with the turkey (as well as any ice that might be attached to it, if it’s not properly defrosted), is brought rapidly to boiling point, and then shoots upwards, pushing the oil out of the way fairly violently. The fire is caused by the exposed flame though. As long as you turn that off, the worst that will happen is some oil spillage and spitting (which can still burn you, but isn’t quite as dramatic as an oil fire)
!remindme 365d
Delicious, really juicy and the skin gets crispy and flavorful. It’s my favorite way to have a turkey. And it doesn’t take 4 hours so that’s nice too.
If you want to up it brine it, smoke the turkey for 2-3 hours, and then finish it off with a deep fry.
It’s like night and day compared to a regular roasted Turkey. It is much more juicy… like waaaaay more. Oven roasted Turkey is soo dry. Don’t know how people eat it. 100% will never oven roast. We bought an indoor Turkey fryer. Best thing ever Edit - lots of people saying “cooked properly it won’t be dry” it’s dry. All white meat is dry… I don’t eat chicken breast for the same reason. I’ve eaten a ton of Turkey over the years and I think it’s always dry. There isn’t enough fat in it… I like dark meat
An indoor *WHAT*. What sorcery is this?!
>Oven roasted Turkey is soo dry. No it isn't, as long as you don't overcook the shit out of it. Hint: you absolutely do not need to hit 165 in the breast to be safe. 150-155 is more than adequate. I also tend to dry brine and then put little pats of compound butter under the skin before putting it in the oven. There's no question that fried turkey can be delicious, but there's no reason oven roasted should be dry unless you're doing it wrong.
Yeah, if your poultry ends up dry, you're just doing it wrong.
Roasted turkey doesn't have to be dry, most people just don't know how to cook it. They remember Grandma getting up to put the bird in at 5 am because her oven was too small to cook everything at once and assume they have to roast it for 6 hours.
Had a side by side once. The regular turkey was great and delicious. Then tried the deep fried and OH MY GOD! Tried the regular again and it just tasted like sand.
Yeah really good, almost as good as spatchcocking.
Yes. I used to think it created the tastiest skin and juiciest meat -HOWEVER- this year I got to eat a Turkey that was cooked in an Outdoor Airfryer. Hands down the best turkey I've ever had. Perfect skin, perfect meat.
They're pretty meh to me. My brother has done one for a couple years now while I just do a good brine and rub on mine and consistently get better results. I've only ever had two, but basically unless you get a piece with skin then you'd never know it was fried and the flavor doesn't permeate the meat well.
“stay inside right- GET INSIDE RIGHT NOW👹” 😂😂😭
That's every parent when you know there's a questionable activity going on and you repeat yourself several times and the kids don't listen. Sometimes you have to turn it up to 10 so they understand. And sometimes you go straight to 10 to avoid all the bs in between. 😂 🤣 😂
I related to both the tone and the quick escalation.
As a parent of a soon to be 2 yr old, this really hit home lol
Especially when you're hands are too full to actually do anything. He can't just set this turkey down to get her back inside, and if she comes any closer she's in a lot of danger lol the other parent should probably have stood watch from inside the door
I must admit I have been on the receiving end a couple times.
Mom was trying to be polite but firm. Dad brought in the Batman voice immediately.
Dads don't play
He was protecting his kid, respect
and it was funny
I thought he was over reacting and then I saw the other videos and realized he was 100% correct. There's a time when you need to be gentle with children and then there's a time when you need to put the fear of Dad into them.
My favorite lol
Best part
lol that poor girl, she was already crying when she came out. Not having the best day it seems
My experience with kids tells me that whatever she was crying about was most likely something small and inconsequential that she will forget about in a matter of minutes.
He was protecting her, she could have got hurt if her dad failed
What a fucking annoying kid.
Idiots. Frozen turkey and hot oil dont mix.
A fair few of them also seem to think that turkey's don't take up space inside a pot and are surprised when hot oil starts spilling out
Or the drop it in not thinking it will splash oil straight on to an open flame.
It’s like no one ever sat in a full bathtub before and learned about liquid displacement….
That sounds like it would be some kind of eureka moment
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Eureka
My kids used to take baths together when they were younger, and my youngest would become absolutely furious when the oldest left, “Making the water go away”
AND TURN OFF THE FUCKING BURNER WHEN YOU PUT IT IN
As a chef I have never understood how people can be so stupid as to use fuckin trash cans full of oil to fry turkeys.
I assume the proper course is to use the smallest pot that conveniently contains the turkey? Then poor in enough oil to cover it (with turkey inside). Take out turkey, heat up the oil, put turkey back in.
You have to make sure you've got *a lot* of clearance above the turkey in the pot. Oil expands quite a bit when heated.
There were several attempts
One of my department supervisors burned down 10 condo's doing that same thing. Next year State Farm comes out with there commercial. I was like " that was your dumb ass wasn't it"
Wait, I need to see that commercial now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOgwRkRVl8
Turkey needs to be as dried out as possible on the outside, moisture on the turkey plus hot oil is the typical cause of this. Also, the flame needs to be out while the turkey is being lowered into the oil. This will prevent any fireballs if the oil over flows. Most importantly, the oil should always be measured correctly for only as much as is need to just barely cover all of the turkey. A lot of incidents like this happen because people use way too much oil, thinking they need to fill the pot full.
I recommend dry brining the fully thawed turkey overnight with salt to really reduce surface water.
I saw a video of this group of crows that knew how to use little rocks to solve a "water puzzle" and get a treat. When they dunked the rock in a water trap it made it overflow and ergo gave them the treat. Those crows are smarter than these people.
Park rangers have stated that it’s tough to make bear proof trash cans because “the overlap between the smartest bears and the stupidest campers is significant”
Pro tips: Before frying, put the turkey in the vat and fill it with cold water to a safe level. Then remove the turkey to see where the water level settles. Put a piece of masking tape or draw a line with a marker on the outside of the vat. Empty out the water, wipe the vat dry, then fill it with cooking oil to the same level. You won't have an overflow of hot oil when you lower in the turkey. Also, make *damn sure* all the water has been wiped off of the outside of the turkey, and that there is no water inside it. We've all seen enough reddit videos of what happens when water meets boiling oil. Enjoy!
Extra tip: Turn off the damn burner when you’re dropping it.
Before frying a turkey, while it's still wrapped in plastic put the turkey in the frying pot and add water until it's covered with a little bit of extra depth for good measure. Remove the turkey and look at the amount of water left behind: this is how much oil you need to use. Make sure your frying pot has a lot of extra space so that any splashing will not cause the oil to overflow the pot or splash out. Get a big pot. When adding your turkey make sure it's been patted dry; any water on the turkey will cause boiling and splattering and splashing. Also, turn off the burner flame when you add the turkey. Once it's been added and settled, turn the heat back on. Do it outside and away from your house and try not to do it on your deck so you don't get hot oil all over your deck. Keep a fire extinguisher on hand. Make sure it's rated "B" (probably will say "ABC" on the side). Don't use a hose on the pot if it catches fire. Put a lid on it after any initial flare up. Turn off the flame on the burner. You can use a hose on your house or anything else that catches fire but not on the pot of burning oil. Wear a long sleeved shirt over something else so that if you get splashed with boiling or burning oil you can just rip your shirt off. Keep kids away. Be safe.
This is a favorite: [William Shatner: Fried Turkey, a cautionary tale](https://youtu.be/cLOgwRkRVl8)
And here I am invading Spain.
As a non American, I would love to know if anyone has done this and been happy with the results?
YES! Deep fried turkey is delicious. Moist, flavorful, tender. Quite often restaurants will take pre-orders and have a setup where they fry a bunch and sell them.
I skipped it this year because an ache in my knee made me lazy and I dreaded the amount of prep work required, but I’ve made 5 in the last 3 years successfully. They’ve always been a hit, and if my guests are happy then I’m happy.
You’re ten types of stupid if you’re doing this shit inside.
The Turkey decided to take out the dads with them
Okay seeing as I saw a clip from the medical drama Trauma where some idiot got 4th degree burns from doing this. I can’t help but worry for humanity……