Even if you have the best deep fryer on the market, you still need to be sure to follow these important safety tips.
- Don't overdo it, use only as much oil as you need! You want to put the turkey in the pot and fill with water until it covers the bird. Then take the turkey and mark the water level. Dump out the water and fill the pot with oil to your mark. In this way, you have the perfect amount of oil.
- Make sure to dry the turkey before putting it in the fryer. Water and hot oil do not mix, and there can be some scary consequences if you don't follow this. Any water on the birds will instantly boil and spit incredibly hot oil out and possibly on to you.
- Peanut oil is because it is preferred because it has a high smoke point, but it will burn if it gets too hot. Keep it below 375, max.
- Never leave your fryer unsupervised. You need to be keeping an eye on the oil temperature, and any curious children or pets could be severely injured.
- Do this outside, and obviously away from anything which might be flammable. Make sure you have a fire extinguisher around. Don't use water to put out an oil fire, it just makes it worse.
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