On 2/10/2019 11:37 AM, jmcquown wrote:

>>>
>>> Not a southern thing...It was just a short lived fad maybe 15
>>> years ago. Do it once and not worth a repeat, imo. An oven
>>> roasted turkey packed full of stuffing is more the Southern
>>> tradition, imo. At least it is in my area.Â*
>>>
>>> With me at least, one of the nice things about a thanksgiving or
>>> Christmas turkey dinner is the nice smells in your house all day
>>> as it cooks. With the deep-fryed outside in the yard, you lose
>>> that.
>>>
>>
>> I have had itÂ* and it was okay. Not worth going out and buying the
>> equipment. The whole process scares me. I don't like the idea of
>> dropping something that big into a pot of hot oil over an open flame.
>> It is an accident waiting to happen. It doesn't help that the cooks
>> are usually half in the bag when they do it.
>>
>>
> There's (allegedly) a method to not setting your house on fire if you're
> going to deep fry a turkey.Â* First rule is, you fill the fryer or a same
> size deep pot with water to where you think the oil should be.Â* Then you
> immerse the turkey or something the same size and weight as the turkey
> and see how much liquid splashes out.Â* If it splashes out, oh boy,
> you're probably going to catch your house on fire.Â* Even if not, you'll
> have a huge mess of wasted oil to clean up.
>
> Jill <---not interested in deep fried turkey

I've done it twice. Good, but a lot of work and oil. I had the pot and
burner out on the lawn.