# Deep frying turkey

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-turkey/222691>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 4, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-turkey/222691 "2004-01-04T20:05:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Badbug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Badbug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badbug)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-turkey/222691/1 "2004-01-04T20:05:27Z")

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How do you deep fry a turkey? Other than the requisite pot, what temp. and how many minutes per lb? Any suggested spices and how to apply and at what stage?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-turkey/222691/2 "2004-01-04T20:15:53Z")

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[A Deep Fried Delicacy: The How-To on Deep Frying Turkey](http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/cookinfo/fryturk.html)

[Jim’s Cajun Deep-Fried Turkey Page](http://www.tznet.com/lwittman/turkey.html) includes:

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> This is definitely an outdoor activity. Apparently several houses have burnt to the ground in New Orleans when this recipe was tried inside.

There are many more such pages.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-turkey/222691/3 "2004-01-04T20:20:34Z")

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[Google is your friend.](http://www.eatturkey.com/consumer/cookinfo/fryturk.html)

A friend of mine did this a few weeks ago at a holiday party-injected marinades, and it was very good. Took a little over an hour, IIRC.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-frying-turkey/222691/4 "2004-01-04T20:22:12Z")

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> This is definitely an outdoor activity. Apparently several houses have burnt to the ground in New Orleans when this recipe was tried inside.

I could not agree more.  
I did it once, in my driveway. A gravel driveway covered with snow.

Be prepared for a mess. And if you have dogs, kids running around, you will need to ‘guard’ the deep fryer. I ended up buiding a quick fence around mine. And still had to keep an eye on it.

When I was done, I ended up building a fire (wood) on the drive to get rid of all the oil that splattered out.