Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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I watched video on YouTube today of turkey mishaps. As a species, I'm really surprised we have survived as long as we have. People dropping a turkey into oil that is already on fire wearing shorts and a tee shirt with no gloves was a favorite pastime of some of the dumber ones.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
I fried turkey breasts for a few years. They were delicious, but I never could get whole turkeys to cook evenly. If I'm cooking a whole bird, I've been smoking them.
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I like smoked turkey and will do a bacon wrapped breast in addition to a fried bird when the wholedamnfam is here but my drethers is fried for a whole bird.
 
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hog88 said:
No, I’m not an amateur.
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I've fried one turkey in my life and while it was good, there was no damn way in hell I was going through that again. I spent over $200 on a turkey frier and 6 gallons of peanut oil to cook a $20 turkey. Once the turkey was done and sent into the house, I had to spend an hour cleaning up an oil splatter mess and dealing with the oil and equipment.
Fast forward 20 years and I now have a smoker and it is the holy grail of cooking turkey's. Screw the ER method, I'm only going to cook with a smoke from here on out.
 
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VolStrom said:
I've fried one turkey in my life and while it was good, there was no damn way in hell I was going through that again. I spent over $200 on a turkey frier and 6 gallons of peanut oil to cook a $20 turkey. Once the turkey was done and sent into the house, I had to spend an hour cleaning up an oil splatter mess and dealing with the oil and equipment.
Fast forward 20 years and I now have a smoker and it is the holy grail of cooking turkey's. Screw the ER method, I'm only going to cook with a smoke from here on out.
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I’ve started using an electric fryer and it beats the hell out of the pot on the cooker stand.
 
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VolStrom said:
I've fried one turkey in my life and while it was good, there was no damn way in hell I was going through that again. I spent over $200 on a turkey frier and 6 gallons of peanut oil to cook a $20 turkey. Once the turkey was done and sent into the house, I had to spend an hour cleaning up an oil splatter mess and dealing with the oil and equipment.
Fast forward 20 years and I now have a smoker and it is the holy grail of cooking turkey's. Screw the ER method, I'm only going to cook with a smoke from here on out.
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The initial investment is tough, but we use the fryer for fish, etc.
 
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clarksvol00 said:
The initial investment is tough, but we use the fryer for fish, etc.
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The oil investment alone is a small fortune. Fried anything tastes good though. I'm not condemning anyone's choice to fry, it's just not for most people, especially the ones that drink and don't have a clue of how hot to get the oil, what type to use and how much to use.
 
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newokie03 said:
Turkey was great, injected with jalapeño garlic butter and rubbed with Creole seasoning. I wish I was camping, but I was actually using the camper as a wind break at the house, lol.
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Ahh. We were at Fall Creek Falls last weekend camping and when we were pulling out a bunch of people were coming in for the week, told my wife we just might spend next Thanksgiving camping somewhere.
 
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