Frying Turkeys

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Originally Posted by steve

The other important thing to do is NOT overfill the pot with oil!

I take the bird (still in it's wrapper usually) and place it in the clean pot. Then fill the pot with water (with the turkey still in it) until the water just covers the bird. mark the outside of the pot with a marker, drain the water, and prepare the bird.

When you are ready to fry the bird up, fill the pot up with oil to the level you previously marked. I usually go ojust a little shy. I figure the only part of the turkey that will possibly out of the oil is the knuckle bones of the legs and even then, the oil is boiling up around them.

Steve, shouldnt you remove the bird and THEN mark the level of the water inside? If you were to fill up the pot to the level when the bird was in the pot, the turkey will displace all of that excess oil....

Was that a misprint, or am I just assuming incorrectly??