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On 4-Sep-2007, John Reber > wrote:

> Pierre wrote:
> > On Aug 31, 3:56 pm, "Moe Jones" > wrote:
> >> Brick wrote:
> >>> On 31-Aug-2007, "Moe Jones" > wrote:
> >>>> "The Big Easy" the oil-less turkey fryer that uses infrared energy
> >>>> instead
> >>>> of hot oil
> >>>> http://charbroilgrilling.com/?p=295
> >>>> Times are a changing.
> >>>> --
> >>>> Moe Jones
> >>> I'll pass thank you. I don't see how this $150 gadget which requires
> >>> storage space can improve on my rotisserie and smoker. Speed
> >>> is not much of a benefit.
> >> Thanks for the price. I never checked on it.
> >>
> >> But I still think it cool to see what they are coming out with. I like
> >> you
> >> use my smoker on my turkeys but I can see where you do not have to
> >> hassle
> >> with all that oil.
> >>
> >> When I have done the oil fried turkey, I would share the cost of the
> >> peanut
> >> oil with others and not worry about cleaning up and saving the oil. I
> >> do
> >> have to say I would think it is safer to use when you hear of persons
> >> that
> >> are pulling the turkey out of the container when the handle breaks and
> >> the
> >> turkey drops back in the hot oil and burns the person. :-(
> >> --
> >> Moe Jones
> >> HVAC Service Technician
> >> Energy Equalizers Inc.
> >> Houston, Texaswww.EnergyEqualizers.com- Hide quoted text -
> >>
> >> - Show quoted text -

> >
> > Try kills the person:
> >
> > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,1913171.story
> >
> > Boy dies of burns in turkey-fryer accident
> > Tribune staff report
> > 4:48 AM CDT, August 30, 2007
> >
> >
> > A 5-year-old Wheeling boy severely burned by hot oil when he
> > accidently knocked over a turkey fryer while riding his bicycle around
> > his home three days ago died late Wednesday night of his injuries.
> >
> > Israel Hernandez, of the 500 block of East Merle Lane in the north
> > suburb, was pronounced dead at 11:17 p.m. Wednesday at Loyola
> > University Medical Center in Maywood where he had been been airlifted
> > after the accident on Sunday, the Cook County medical examiner's
> > office said.
> >
> > The boy was riding around the house about 1 p.m. on Sunday when his
> > bike crashed into the fryer, set up alongside the home's driveway and
> > filled with boiling cooking oil, Wheeling Fire Lt. Bart Burns said.
> > The oil spilled over nearly 60 percent of the boy's body.
> >
> > "We found him with severe burns from his shoulders on down," Burns
> > said. Burns added that the boy's parents received minor injuries on
> > their hands while trying to help their son.
> >
> >
> >
> > Pierre
> > PS That really ****ing blows.
> >
> >

>
> Alton Brown on FoodTV showed a turkey fryer going up. I never seen
> anything so out of control so fast. He lowered the turkey into a too
> full pot of oil, the oil overflowed onto the flames and instantly flared
> up, a second later the line to the propane tank ruptured and flames were
> shooting out everywhere.
>
> He did of course have a fire team standing by to extinguish it.


Here's a link to a demo of that Turkey fryer fiasco. It's not the
actual Alton Brown demo, but one done by Underwriters Laboratories/
Consumers. Pretty corny. They dunked a partially frozen turkey into
an overly full fryer at 350°F.

http://www.ul.com/consumers/turkeys.html

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