I just realized I don't have oil. I have to brave Walmart after work. Ugh!

I won't have a left over turkey carcass this year so my friend has volunteered to bring hers so I can make the turkey soup from Mary Beth's recipe - my husband's favorite.

There's no auto parts store on the way home?

Fire departments are gearing up for the first time deep fat fryer users who fill the pot with oil, get it real hot and put the turkey in.

First time users - do it in the driveway rather than the back porch. Some of the best fires on youtube come from when the hot oil is displaced from the pot by the turkey, and comes into contact with the flame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSI79ZftCpU

My mother's turkey dressing. It truly is more of a casserole type dish, but is completely homemade. Cornbread, potatoes, chopped pickles, shredded turkey, and I don't know what else - but I look forward to that more than any other single dish all year.

She always makes extra, put back in a large bowl just for me to take home..... and it never survives the weekend!

And those of you deep frying your turkeys - watch for little kids - or even people in general. Years ago the nephew of friend of mine caught his foot on the corner of the fryer. Needless to say it was a horrible and life altering event.

Now you are speaking to my heart.....but I'm an okie too.

For sure frying the turkey can be very dangerous. We did the propane version for years. While the indoor version isn't fool proof it's definitely safer. It's worth the money I spent on it. It was not super pricey.

My brother is a firefighter and on duty tomorrow... he is figuring his house will have at least three such calls tomorrow.

Anyone tried the oilless fryers? I've heard they work well, but never have tried one.

I tried some shrimp that was cooked in one ......didn't care for it.

i have had turkey done in an oilless fryer, it was good, but note as good as one done in oil

For the last few years my brother has cooked the turkey in an oilless infrared fryer. It has always come out very good. Even the white meat is tender and juicy.

My daughter has / uses one, she has done potato wedges and sweet potato chunks in them with great success and cheese sticks (slightly less successful.) The recipes that came with it are pretty interesting - cake, cheesesteak, pizza.... I kind of feel like it's a novelty and probably won't get used much past maybe March.

I will also say, she dropped the basket and the handle cracked off; apparently that is a known problem with a lot of them. So just beware on that. Also it's pretty big / takes up a lot of counter space.

Is an oilless fryer a/k/a air fryer or a different beast?

Tardy for the party, but...if you're deep frying your turkey first fill the pot with tap water. Insert turkey and allow excess water to overflow (do this outside or in a shower). Pour out water to bring it to the maximum fill level. Remove the turkey and mark the water level (use a marker on the outside of the pot). Pour out remaining water and completely dry the pot!! Now you can fill with oil up to the mark and fire it up. When you drop the bird, it won't overflow.

showering with your turkey, that sounds dirty

Truffle, similar concept but different setup. It's a propane fueled cylinder with a metal canister that uses infrared heat to cook the turkey. Google, Charbroil The Big Easy.

I love mine. Always get a crispy outside and juicy inside. (turkey, pork, beef, etc.) Key is to use a sugarless outside rub and inject with goodness. For turkey, I inject with a butter and hot sauce mix and I will never go back to an oven turkey.

Carolina, how does the cooking time compare with an oven?