Thanksgiving 2009: Deep-Fried Turkey Part 1

Behold: a TWENTY POUND TURKEY! It's been marinaded and seasoned with Cajun rub like crazy for 30 hours. It's the biggest turkey that I've ever deep-fried. So monstrous that I nicknamed it "The Beast".

And it's about to go into a pot of 350-360 degree Fahrenheit cottonseed oil for 75 minutes (cooking at 3 1/2 minutes per pound).

As you can see I was exceedingly cautious - more than usual even - when it came time to lower the turkey into the pot. There's plenty enough reason why this is one of the most dangerous cooking activities you can undertake. I found that lowering and slightly raising it back up before gently putting it in further gives the oil extra time to fill the turkey's internal cavity. So it was that in spite of this being the biggest turkey I've done yet, the oil was far short of the top of the pot.

Be sure to watch Part 2 when I take the golden succulent bird out!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• cooking
• turkey
• frying
• food
• thanksgiving
• 2009

[lnchmny]

Was the camera person was cross eyed and thought they had the camera on the Turkey? I saw more of the person than the actual deep fry.

[mugubasher]

Never seen turkey frying before, much more exciting than boring cooking in the oven.

[electrontau]

whoever shot this, does not know how to shoot.

[RobsMemoryLane]

That's a big bird! We also deep fried a turkey this year. It was yummy