troymeister
Assistant Cook
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2005
- Messages
- 2
The first time I tried to deep fry a turkey some years ago the weather was extremely cold and was extremely windy. When the oil was up to temperature, I put the turkey in and and the oil temperature dropped well below 350 degrees. Because of the wind and cold, the oil would not rise back to temp. The fryer was losing heat as almost as fast as the burner could replace it.
Result: A substandard oily turkey due to the peanut oil at too low a temp. Was a dissapointing Thanksgiving day.
This Thanksgiving, the weather was 20 degrees and 20 mph wind gusts
Solution: Using items I found in my garage, left over piece of drywall (4'x4'), 2 small piece of 2x4's and approx. 2'x2' piece of plywood.
I built an enclosure for the turkey fryer. I cut the drywall in half and then scored the remaining 2'x4' pieces down the middle, folding them to make half a box, screwed the corners togetether with the 2x4's. Put the 2 halves together to form a box and put the piece of plywood to make a lid. I left the lid partially open for air and exaust to escape.
One can make a box using anything (non-flamable preferred) Being Thanksgiving day I had to use whatever I had layin around.
The result was spectacular. The enclosure blocked the wind, held in the heat, perfect turkey!! Prefect turkey day.
For saftey I did keep a fire extinguisher nearby
Troymeister
Result: A substandard oily turkey due to the peanut oil at too low a temp. Was a dissapointing Thanksgiving day.
This Thanksgiving, the weather was 20 degrees and 20 mph wind gusts
Solution: Using items I found in my garage, left over piece of drywall (4'x4'), 2 small piece of 2x4's and approx. 2'x2' piece of plywood.
I built an enclosure for the turkey fryer. I cut the drywall in half and then scored the remaining 2'x4' pieces down the middle, folding them to make half a box, screwed the corners togetether with the 2x4's. Put the 2 halves together to form a box and put the piece of plywood to make a lid. I left the lid partially open for air and exaust to escape.
One can make a box using anything (non-flamable preferred) Being Thanksgiving day I had to use whatever I had layin around.
The result was spectacular. The enclosure blocked the wind, held in the heat, perfect turkey!! Prefect turkey day.
For saftey I did keep a fire extinguisher nearby
Troymeister