I was up all night watching late night TV, or rather, what's left
of it, and I saw the last 15 minutes of the Butterball Indoor
Turkey Fryer infomercial.

It does appear as if they're using a 6-pound, maybe 7 at the most,
turkey or chicken in the demonstration. But they did say a couple
times that it supposedly fry's a 14lb turkey. I don't see how,
though.

I'm pretty cynical and pessimistic when I watch these things (and
when I read Usenet), and this infomercial makes every marketing
claim in the "Infomercials for Dummies" book. In this case,
"Dummies" refers to the audience, not the producers.

Of course when you call, you can ask about upgrading to the "20lb
fryer" version. But you have to call. Because the whole time they
never tell you the price of either of the fryers being offered.

I will bet anybody that they make up the price when you call. The
price is dependant on how gullible you seem. It is *that*
deceptive of a commercial.

Cooking wise, the sheer size of the thing is prohibitive. It's
looks to be about 19" square, and solid. Of course it also steams
and boils, and can cook everything may ever need. It replaces
hundreds of pots and pans, so you no longer need stove or an oven.
That makes it all worthwhile.

I flipped through a few other infomercials after that, but the
Butterball fryer won the bullshit award by a large margin.
Butterball is scum.

-sw