Posted on 11/23/2005 9:16:21 AM PST by Abathar
EUGENE, Ore. -- Construction workers using a deep-fryer to cook an early Thanksgiving dinner committed the ultimate no-no.
They used the fryer in the garage of a vacant house they had just built in Eugene, Ore.
It's an annual tradition by the crew, but the workers said the oil inside got too hot. Flames spread through the garage and up the front of the house, into a second-story room.
Firefighters said the blaze caused about $75,000 in damage.
The house was unsold, and the loss was insured.
Undaunted, the workers bought a second bird and cooked it in the back yard of a house across the street.
At least they saved the deep fryer...
Somehow I don't think they are "workers" anymore.
There'll be a few more turkey-fry stories like this before the weekend is out.
I know of a couple who set up their cooker on the covered sunporch. The only problem was, it was about ten feet away from their Christmas Tree.
You can guess the rest.
, but the workers said the oil inside got too hot.>>>
Translation, we forgot to use the gloves and instead of slowly placing the turkey in the oil a splatter of oil hit there fragile construction hands and they dropped it into the oil which in turn blew out and caught fire.Or they overfilled it to begin with.
Depends if they are Union workers or not. "Oh Steward!"
"the oil inside got too hot."
Huh? Is that possible?
A sizable number of people burn down their houses deep frying turkeys each thanksgiving. Doing it in the house, next to the house, or away from the house but near a tree, etc...
Always cook you turkeys in your drive way or in the back yard if you fry them. We keep it atleast 10 feet from the house and keep a dry chemical fire extingisher handy.
</sarcasm>
And all of them could be prevented if they followed directions. Every one of them are darwin award nominees in my book.
Fer sure. But those suckers are tasty especially if cooked in peanut oil.
Tenacious and hungry...
Turkey fryers need to be at least 10' in every direction from anything flammable, as a little oil always splatters when the bird is dropped slowly lowered in to the pot. And never even think about using a covered area.
"Partially frozen turkeys placed into the fryer can cause a spillover effect. This too, may result in an extensive fire."
Sad, but true.
Kinda reminds me of the first snowfall in the Twin Cities.
Inches of Snow Accumulation times pi minus the days before the 15th of November (or plus days after the 15th) divided by a randomly generated number equals the quantity of fingers lost to snowblowers blades because the operator was too stupid to turn the darn thing off before clearing the wet leaves from the jammed blades.
Almost the same exact scenario happened in my neighborhood about 20 years ago. A Family had a new house built, finished it and decided to have a house warming party. Left a deep fryer on the stove while they went to the grocery store for something and when they got back their home was gone........
Yes, I good friend of mine was doing the same thing in his garage a couple years ago. Almost burnt down their home. Fortunately they had a fire extinguisher on hand.
Apparently, this cooking technique is too dangerous for the average public school-educated American. It must be regulated, requiring training, strong warning placards, a local permit (like a fire permit), per-instance insurance fees and 10% of all cooker profits must be given to newly created federal burn unit fund.
I think we now know where some of those unemployed GM workers went.
Extensive fire is right. I saw the outtakes from a cooking show once where they had attempted to deep fry a turkey. The turkey went in, the oil spilled over and splattered, burning as it splattered. It was quite a sight -- a plume of flame rising from the fryer, surrounded by flaming oil spreading along the ground. The hosts had wisely chosen to do the frying outside, so no damage done. Indoors it would have been a disaster.
Brine the turkey and just bake it.
Safer and tastier.
Was alcohol involved, perchance?
Didn't know illegals ate turkey.....
Yep. I did one, put it in a roasting bag at 315 degrees. When the brests started falling away from the carcass, it was done. Took the breast off in one piece and carving was a cinch. very tender. Dark meat just about fell off the bones.
I never tried a roasting bag. Might have to do that this year.
I've always gone the no-stuffing, hi-temp route. Very fast way to cook it.
What can I say, I am impatient.
You're making me SOOOOO hungry!
Buncha turkeys!
Our neighbors fry a mean turkey and I love it but I would never do it at my house in a million years. I love my house much more than I love tasty turkey.
I cook our Thanksgiving Day turkey in a huge clay pot in the oven. Best turkey cooking method ever.
I'm on a Paid-on-Call fire department. I'm heartened by these stories
you should ALWAYS, ALWAYS extingush the fire BEFORE slowly putting the turkey into the fryer..
Capons make better turkeys, juicier, and a good reminder of our GOP Senators.
They warmed the house at least.
Wife uses a large paper bag coated with peanut oil. Amazingly it doesn't catch fire in the oven and the turkey comes out brown and moist.
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