Deep Fry Turkey Danger

You may not be aware of the extreme danger in deep frying a turkey. This message was sent out to Tim's Newsletter Readers in his November 24, 2015 AsktheBuilder Alert.

Watch this video and don't make the mistakes you see here.

Here's the short list:

• Do NOT overfill the kettle.
• Do NOT fry next to a building.
• Do NOT fry in a building, garage or shed.
• Do NOT try to put a fire out with water.
• Do NOT put a frozen turkey in hot oil.

Be SURE to look at the photos below the video of the aftermath of a REAL hot oil fire.

This could be your home if you make a mistake.

I'm very fortunate to have some good, no, great, virtual friends that are subscribers to my newsletter.

One of them is Mike Cyr, who lives in Presque Isle, Maine. Mike and I have never met, but that's going to change the summer of 2016.

Mike saw my newsletter announcement and sent me the following photos of one of his apartment buildings.

A tenant on a lower floor decided to fry FROZEN chicken nuggets in very HOT oil. Here's the mistakes she made in order:

1. Dropping FROZEN nuggets in hot oil. The ice immediately melts, expands and causes an instantaneous oil EXPLOSION.
2. She PANICKED, grabbed the pan and took it to the kitchen sink.
3. She THREW it in the kitchen sink where the hot oil SPLASHED on the wall and the fire spread.
4. A running air conditioner in the window FANNED the flames.
5. The air conditioner fell out of the window, the flames spread up the wall to the soffit and entered the attic where there are RARELY fire breaks.

You see what happened next.....

This could be your home next. For the same reason, NEVER grill out next to a wall where there is a roof overhang. If the grill catches on fire and the soffit is GREASE-COATED from lots of previous cooking, your attic will explode with fire.

Thanks Mike for sharing these photos.