The article explains that the dark meat and wings tasted better fried, which makes sense. They have more fat and connective tissue, and can handle the direct heat better. So if that's all you eat, go get a bunch of dark meat and wings and fry them up. I certainly wouldn't stop you.

It might be worth doing an experiment to cut up a turkey into it's parts, fry them separately, and see how it turns out. I could almost guarantee it would be better than frying the bird whole.

Some of you sound like you think if a woman is lighter than a duck, that she's a witch.

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Frying a turkey and roasting a turkey both yield great meat if you know how to do it.

My personal prefered method is to roast the turkey breast meat down. I becomes self basting at that point. The white meat is to the bottom near where the liquids collect and the dark meat (the fattier, oilier meat) is above. As the dark meat cooks it melts the fat that is in it and the fat drips down over the dry, white meat. See? Self basting. If you cook the white meat up, you can bet if you go just the tiniest bit too long, it'll be dry.

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Some of you sound like you think if a woman is lighter than a duck, that she's a witch.

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No, some of us have actually fried a turkey on more than one occasion and did it right. This numbnuts tries it once, ****s it up and decides to prove via science why it wasn't good to cover his butt. Al Gore and his merry band of scientists say farting cows is going to put the Statue of Liberty under water in 30 years, but that doesn't mean it's going to happen.

I'm usually plowing my way through a handle of Jim Beam on turkey day getting ready for the Ags vs sips, and I don't give a shat how the bird is cooked.

That's because everyone knows that Al Gore is full of bs.

I've had some decent fried turkeys. The dark meat was great. The white meat close to the skin is always dry. There is no way of avoiding that. There is just too much energy next to that part of the meat to not overcook it. There will certainly be parts of it that will be perfect and juicy, but it won't be that way throughout the white meat.
If that floats you're boat, by all means, fry to your heart's content.

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No, some of us have actually fried a turkey on more than one occasion and did it right. This numbnuts tries it once, ****s it up and decides to prove via science why it wasn't good to cover his butt.

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Agreed.

Am I the only one that thinks that in the first photo the Turkey looks slightly over cooked?

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If you fry a turkey and any part of it outside the wing tips and the nubs of the legs end up dry, you don't have a clue what you are doing.

Fried Turkey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Smoked Turkey>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Roasted Turkey

There really is no argument.

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My grill dome does the same! Far better bird than any other method of cooking it.

Baked, smoked, or deep fried, it still is only good if enough flavors are added, in whatever form, to cover up otherwise tasteless meat.

Debone the bird, make cutlets out of all that you can, chicken fry, and make plenty of mashed potatoes and cream gravy. That is the way to eat turkey!

I usually feed 20- 30 on Thanksgiving. I make one of each; roast, fried, smoked.

My favorite is roast turkey followed by fried and smoked in that order. To me, nothing beats a properly roasted turkey thigh. I love it all however.