Cajun "Oil Less" Fryed Turkey.

Happy Hapgood · Nov 23, 2012

Wednesday night Family and Friends over for our annual turkey injection ceremony.

Used one jar or this:

BNL got the honors this year:

Used SM Pecan Rub on the bird this year:

Into the Fridge overnight and into the Big Easy Thanksgiving Morning. At about 2 hours:

Out and resting at 3 hours - 14lb bird:

Did not have time for plated pics but the best we've had.Carved remaining today. :

Hope everyone had a Great Thanksgiving!

Thanks for Lookin'

4uweque · Nov 23, 2012

Looks great!

tortaboy · Nov 23, 2012

Best color I've seen on a bird. Nice job.

gtr · Nov 23, 2012

Most hittable indeed, sir - nicely done & Happy Thanksgiving! :clap2:

MisterChrister · Nov 23, 2012

Sexy bird pr0n!

cholloway · Nov 23, 2012

Atta boy. Looks great.

deepsouth · Nov 23, 2012

i got one of those last christmas, but haven't used it yet. really wanting to after seeing that bird.

Happy Hapgood · Nov 24, 2012

Thanks for the replies.

One good thing about oil less is that a rub will stay on.

tpope · Nov 24, 2012

Great looking bird. Thanks for sharing how the cooker does its thang.

Happy Hapgood · Nov 24, 2012

deepsouth said:
i got one of those last christmas, but haven't used it yet. really wanting to after seeing that bird.

I'll be pulling it out at Christmas to do another turkey and it also does a great job on chickens.

code3rrt · Nov 24, 2012

Fine lookin' bird!

oldschoolsdime92 · Nov 25, 2012

ive used my big easy the last three years. This year I used my gasser, but ive always had rave reviews on the big easy! Looks wonderful

Gore · Nov 25, 2012

Beautiful!

Phubar · Nov 25, 2012

Yummm!

QTEX · Nov 25, 2012

Looks really good. I saw one of those "oil less" fryers at Academy, can you please explain how the heck do you "fry" without the oil? Is it more of a roasted turkey? Just curious.

Bonewagon · Nov 25, 2012

Fantastic lookin' bird! :thumb:

Happy Hapgood · Nov 25, 2012

QTEX said:
Looks really good. I saw one of those "oil less" fryers at Academy, can you please explain how the heck do you "fry" without the oil? Is it more of a roasted turkey? Just curious.

Like This:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWCmhrQapXI"]The Char-Broil Big Easy Oil-Less Turkey Fryer - YouTube[/ame]

It works Great for Birds.

Sway · Nov 25, 2012

But does it taste like its been deep fried? I been looking to get one but not sure yet?

Happy Hapgood · Nov 25, 2012

Sway said:
But does it taste like its been deep fried? I been looking to get one but not sure yet?

Brother, You asked and I'm telling. Yes it does.

I've Cajun fried hundreds of turkeys over the years and have gone through hundreds of gallons of peanut oil in the process. Here's some first hand facts.

1. It only takes about 45 mins to deep fry a 14lb bird @ 350*F in clean oil.
2. It takes about 30 min's to get peanut oil up to temp depending on the BTU rating of the burner used.
3. Then you have cool down of oil and cleanup. Add 2.5 to 3 hours.
4. Peanut oil is expensive! Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, I have spent over $100. I'm not going to fry a bird in dirty oil to save money.

On the other hand (Oil less)

1. I spent (can't remember exactly) between $75 and $99 on my rig. It paid for itself the first holiday season I used it in peanut oil savings.
2. Super easy clean up.
3. I would put my oil less bird up against any bird I've ever deep fried.

Just an observation from many years of doing them.

Thanks for asking! :grin:

QTEX · Nov 27, 2012

thanks Toast

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