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Deep Fried Turkey (Read 5649 times)

Jul 6^th, 2010 at 9:00pm

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My mate that does his own smallgoods and make cheese at home, did Christmas in July on Sunday.
I was unable to attend due to limited mobility.
On Monday he turns up with a picnic pack of left overs and photos of the deep fried turkey.

He built a pulley system under a trestle.
Lowered the turkey into a tall pan with 18 litres of oil at 250C over a gas burner.
Cooked for 30 minutes.
It tasted very good and was moist.

If you look closely, you can see that he is a colleague of mine.

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Reply #1 - Jul 6^th, 2010 at 9:07pm

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Have seen that done on US websites. Quick cook hey.

Love the tape around the cooking area Aart. Hahahahahaha.

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Reply #2 - Jul 7^th, 2010 at 7:23am

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Does the meat get greasy or fatty RT? (KFC)?
I have seen Turkey deep fryers & flavoured oils for sale in Cabelas & often wondered how the meat would taste.

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Reply #3 - Jul 7^th, 2010 at 12:09pm

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skiproosel wrote on Jul 7^th, 2010 at 7:23am:

Does the meat get greasy or fatty RT? (KFC)?
I have seen Turkey deep fryers & flavoured oils for sale in Cabelas & often wondered how the meat would taste.

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I didn't see the turkey come out of the fryer.
Pete said that the oil needed to be just a little hotter, hence the skin was not as crispy as was required.
Next time he will do it with a better gas flame underneath to maintain that 250C whilst deep frying.
He said after the turkey went in it did not return to the 250C as expected
The meat was notlike KFC..

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Reply #4 - Jul 7^th, 2010 at 4:11pm

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Its fascinating Aart, wish you had the full range of start to finish photos its making my fingers twitch Cheesy

Looks a bit like a sacrifice though especially with blue and white ribbon around Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 6:37am

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That looks good, I have not had turkey deep fried Sad

I have however, heard many a story of things going wrong during the deep frying.

Turkey still frozen = large explosion. Shocked

Too much oil in the pot = oil spills and ignites with 7 meters of flame. Shocked

Entire setup too close to or in building = loss of building. Cry

Stay safe,
Duncan

In Service,
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Reply #6 - Jan 11^th, 2011 at 6:32pm

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It must be fun cooking in your neighborhood,duncan Grin

cheers George

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Reply #7 - Jan 12^th, 2011 at 6:59am

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hotwelder wrote on Jan 11^th, 2011 at 6:32pm:

It must be fun cooking in your neighborhood,duncan Grin

cheers George

Greetings George,

Fortunately no one I know or live near has had a fire due to deep frying a turkey.

I am the cook in my house and my wife doesn't cook herself, but complaines about how I cook things, i'm half tempted to turn over the cooking to her. Wink