Thanksgiving sees the highest number of home-cooking fires — deep fryers cause around 60 injuries, 5 deaths, and $15 million in damage each year, per NFPA. Fry outdoors in a cleared, dry, level area — ...

In Connecticut, it's time to talk turkey, at least for local fire departments. That's because, as Thanksgiving nears, first responders are providing guidance on how to safely deep-fry a turkey, to ...

Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires in the United States. Turkey frying accidents can cause severe burns from exploding hot oil. To prevent kitchen fires, avoid overheating pans and ...

Millions of Americans will deep-fry their Thanksgiving turkey this year, but only one video of exploding poultry will be good enough to be win The Atlantic Wire's award for holiday public service ...

Join MinuteFood as we investigate the science behind deep-frying turkey explosions, revealing the real dangers beyond just cooking a frozen bird. With help from the Boulder City Fire Department, ...

There is a mystique around turkey frying. It sounds wild to people who haven't seen it, or who have only seen videos of it going very wrong. When my brother Bruce Inskeep started frying turkeys at his ...

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Deep frying a turkey can seem daunting, but it is incredibly simple and produces a superior turkey that is unexpectedly juicy and far more forgiving in far less time than conventional roasting. It is ...