# I got my turkey fryer!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-turkey-fryer/136303 "2002-11-11T18:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-turkey-fryer/136303/21 "2002-11-25T17:12:28Z")
Reviving the thread: I tested the fryer last night before I take it down to Florida. Deep fried a chicken. OH MY GOD!!! It took about about 15 minutes to warm up the oil, then I put in the whole fryer (the chicken) rubbed with Tony Chachere’s Creole seasoning. In 20 minutes, I had the best chicken I’ve had in my life. There were no fires (though I did have the extinguisher handy), and the 17 quarts of oil will be reusable for 3 or 4 more uses. As to brining, my mother bought one of the new Butterballs that has the brine injected. I’ll give a report after Turkey Day. ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-turkey-fryer/136303/22 "2002-11-25T17:22:53Z")
I don’t use them mainly because you can’t make gravy when you fry the bird. You do get a nice moist meat but without gravy, it just ain’t the same. Those that use them: please be careful and don’t let the kids anywhere near the fryer. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-turkey-fryer/136303/23 "2002-11-26T04:10:08Z")
I could not even fathom the thought of using one of these indoors. Our fried turkey comes on Christmas day in the Chicago burbs; thanksgiving turkey is baked. Fried turkey always cooked outside and well away from the house, even the bitter cold years… Mmmm, only a month away now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-turkey-fryer/136303.md?page=1)