A turkey fryer is an apparatus for deep frying a turkey. Fried turkey has been a long time favorite in the southern part of the United States, and has recently become popular in other parts of the country as well because of the reduced time needed to cook a turkey through a deep frier vs. other conventional methods such as an oven or a rotisserrie grill.

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Previously on NYD we’ve cooked a whole pig in a giant cinder block box and fried a turkey. Now I’m thinking about investing in a turkey fryer. I mean guys: you can fry anything!

How to get people involved in Thanksgiving.

An oil-less fryer for fried turkey?

These guys take a box of trendy stuff and put it all on the line against their homemade "wheel of destruction." In the video on the front page, you will see them do everything from cooking an iPod in a turkey fryer to running over things with bulldozers. This is a must see!