When properly cooked, fried turkey can be an explosion for your taste buds. But if it's not completely thawed, that turkey can explode in a pot of hot oil and spark a dangerous fire.

For cooks, the fried turkey is a logistics game changer. It frees the oven for baking rolls or accommodating that guest who shows up with a surprise casserole she needs to pop in for a half-hour.

There is nothing better than a deep fried turkey for Thanksgiving. The meat is so moist and juicy, and the crispy, crackly skin is to-die-for. Our family fries one every year.

There are varying ideas about how to prep a turkey (I prefer Kenji’s osmosis by salt, myself). Former Lifehacker senior food editor Claire Lower suggested I just “dry rub the thing," but I was ...

Meat Church BBQ reveals how to fry turkey done right for summer cookout glory.

In other words, a 15-pound turkey will take approximately three days in the fridge to defrost. “Everybody knows it takes 45 minutes to an hour to fry a turkey,” King said. “Don’t wait ...

Turkey fryers overheat easily, so check the temperature with a thermometer to verify it is at the correct temperature. Gently place your turkey in the deep fryer – never toss or drop it in. Keep ...

A person is pictured while preparing to deep fry a turkey in Nashville, Tennessee on November 24, 2020. Experts say that deep frying a turkey carries significant, but mostly avoidable, safety risks.