{"id":11915,"date":"2022-11-21T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T16:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2022-11-21T19:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T00:16:04","slug":"are-you-frying-your-turkey-today-follow-these-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=11915","title":{"rendered":"How to fry a turkey safely on Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Thanksgiving<\/a> is the leading day of the year for home fires involving cooking equipment. Many of these fires are due to turkey fryers. If you’re planning to fry your Thanksgiving turkey, you’ll want to make sure you know how to fry a turkey safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, the dangers associated with turkey fryers include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Turkey fryers can easily tip over spilling hot oil across a large area. Use your turkey fryer only outdoors on a sturdy, level surface well away from things that can burn. Make sure to have a \u201c3-foot kid- and pet-free zone\u201d around your turkey fryer to protect against burn injuries.
\u2022 An overfilled cooking pot will cause oil to spill over when the turkey is placed inside. Determine the correct amount of oil needed by first placing the turkey in the pot with water.
\u2022 A partially frozen turkey will cause hot oil to splatter. Make sure your turkey is completely thawed before you fry it.
\u2022 Turkey fryers can easily overheat and start a fire. Check the temperature often with a cooking thermometer so the oil won\u2019t overheat.
\u2022 The pot, lid and handles of a turkey fryer can get dangerously hot and cause burn injuries. Use long cooking gloves that protect hands and arms when you handle these items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you aren’t feeling as adventurous and are planning to use your oven and stove for meal preparation, the following safety tips are shared by the National Fire Protection Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The kitchen is the heart of the home, especially at Thanksgiving. Kids love to be involved in holiday preparations. Safety in the kitchen is important, especially on Thanksgiving Day when there is a lot of activity and people at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Stay in the kitchen when you are cooking on the stovetop so you can keep an eye on the food.
\u2022 Stay in the home when cooking your turkey and check on it frequently.
\u2022 Keep children away from the stove. The stove will be hot and kids should stay 3 feet away.
\u2022 Make sure kids stay away from hot food and liquids. The steam or splash from vegetables, gravy or coffee could cause serious burns.
\u2022 Keep the floor clear so you don\u2019t trip over kids, toys, pocketbooks or bags.
\u2022 Keep knives out of the reach of children.
\u2022 Be sure electric cords from an electric knife, coffee maker, plate warmer or mixer are not dangling off the counter within easy reach of a child.
\u2022 Keep matches and utility lighters out of the reach of children \u2014 up high in a locked cabinet.
\u2022 Never leave children alone in room with a lit candle.
\u2022 Make sure your smoke alarms are working. Test them by pushing the test button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanksgiving is the leading day of the year for home fires involving cooking equipment. Many of these fires are due to turkey fryers. If you’re planning to fry your Thanksgiving turkey, you’ll want to make sure you know how to fry a turkey safely. According to the U.S. Fire Administration, the dangers associated with turkey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":43675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10348],"tags":[8486,9076,9097],"class_list":["post-11915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-you-can-use","tag-cobb-county","tag-thanksgiving","tag-turkey","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}