1. Food  Discuss in my forum  Deep Fry a Turkey?  Is it Safe to
Cook a Turkey in the Deep Fryer?   Deep Fry a Turkey?  Deep
frying a turkey can cause a fire.  Photo © Underwriters
Laboratories  Deep Fry a Turkey?  Every Thanksgiving, people all
across the country search for some way to solve the problem of
dry, flavorless turkey. Hence the growing popularity of cooking
turkeys in the deep fryer.  The allure of a cooking technique
that promises a perfectly cooked moist turkey is powerful
indeed. But before you drop your Thanksgiving turkey into a vat
of boiling fat, you might want to consider whether it's worth
the risk.  Turkey fryers are responsible for dozens of
Thanksgiving day fires each year, causing $15 million in
property damage and scores of injuries.  That's because turkey
fryers are inherently unsafe. So much so that Underwriters
Laboratories, the independent product safety group whose "UL"
logo appears on billions of products, refuses to certify any
turkey fryers, citing the potential fire hazards