How many brewers are abusing their kettles to fry a turkey for Thanksgiving?

I used mine one year to fry seafood for Christmas eve. The only problem is getting all the oil residue out of the pot. I soaked in dish detergent and scrubbed with Brillo and rinsed well. Didn't have any problems with the beer.

Tom

snip about MIS-using 'turkey fryers' to fry turkeys ... what the? ;-)

Been there; done that ... sort of. I've fried turkey's before, and have also used it to boil crawfish and fixin's (corn, potatoes, mushrooms boiled in cajun seasoning). Never noticed a problem whatsoever with either the food or with the homebrews later. Like I said, just a bit of work is all.

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Come on bro's keep thinking of dedication.. (i'm just playin around) My old lady teases me all the time about havin more money in my brewin cookware then the kitchen cookware.. lol

Keep cookin' up the brew..

Years ago, I bought a turkey fryer for the purpose of brewing. Great for a 10 gallon batch. So, I guess I am guilty of "reverse abuse!"

Try taking it to your local hand car wash, unless you already have a pressure washer. A couple dollars in quarters, plus the mess is somewhere else.

Red...new to the group

No, that's what they're really for among those who know what's going on.

Not me, I did brew a stout in it today before I put the turkey in the oven.

-- William F. Morris RN, BSN

Never underestimate the power of denial. Ricky Fitts

PBW is your friend durning your clean-up process ... make sure you get ALL of the grease out of that kettle.

Oxyclean might work as well, but has less protection against pitting the metal [reportedly].

Amen! I don't brew that often but I still brew more batches than I cook turkeys every year. Besides, my favorite turkey is slow smoked on the BBQ pit with mesquite and oak. The skin turns to leather during the process and helps retain the juices. When I do them this way the breast squirts juice as I slice, yum! I've been snapping up cheap turkeys with every shopping trip and dumping them in the freezer. I'll be able smoke 4 more turkeys through next labor day.

Mark R

I bought my "turkey fryer" for the purpose of being a brew kettle. Works fantastic. I also found out that yes, it can be used for it's labeled purpose and am now hooked on fried turkeys. Also use it to make mongo huge batches of wings, soft-shell crabs, fish-n-chips, even do a good ol' fashioned clambake with corn, potatoes, lobstah, clams, mussels, etc. Great for family picnics.

Cleaning is pretty easy after dumping out the oil, a thorough wipe out, then I put it in my Bosch dishwasher. Stuff comes outta there looking power-washed and polished. Best DW I've ever seen or used in a home setting, and is damn near silent. Has a removeable top rack to do kettles and such. Now if I could only get my bottles in there w/o them clanking around....

Deep fried? Nah, I prefer to gill my turkey. My brother has a dedicated deep frier and it makes an EXCELLENT bird. On the holidays we get together, cook one of each, & and give everyone a choice. My favorite recipe -

'3 Best damn gravy EVER - especially goes great on a fried bird.

Without the recipe, I wouldn't have figured out what you ment by "gill my turkey". I thought you were talking about fish.

Bob

I thought it was like a TurDuckIn, where you stuff a Duck, into a Chicken, and then into a Turkey, except that you stuffed a Fish into a Turkey. But now that you mention it, that theory does sound a bit fishy I guess.

:-P

Ricky

I considered using my ss rig for frying a turkey, but it seemed sacreligious to put 35 lbs of oil in my kettle - not to mention getting everything around my rig greasy...

For the record, next year I'm doing a "snakrabsalad". I'm feeding some lettuce to a rabbit, feeding the rabbit to a snake, and then cooking the whole thing. Mmmmm, goood!

Fred