March 3, 2012

Oil-less Turkey Fryer!

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For my Husbands birthday this year my parent’s gave him a Charbroil Oil-less Turkey Fryer to go in his outdoor cooking collection. It works like the fryers that were popular a few years ago when every one was deep frying their turkeys for Thanksgiving. Except that it uses propane and infrared to cook whatever you put inside. There’s no huge vast full of oil that could explode if your Turkey is too frozen when you drop it in. That’s a big pro in my book because all the exploding fryers was terrifying. Not only does that make is safer, but much healthier. The no oil actually makes it easier to use because you don’t have to watch it as closely, and you have a little more freedom while cooking. Their tagline with this fryer is “The Big Easy” and it really is so easy to use.

 

So far, Matt’s cooked a couple whole chickens, a pork butt and ribs in our Big Easy. The chicken and pork butt both came out amazing, they were perfectly cooked on the inside with just the right amount of char on the outside. The ribs were a little too crispy, but I think that’s because we had to cut them before cooking to make them fit inside. It’s also hard to get them to lay right so the heat circulates around the ribs evenly. There is an accessory you can get to help stand the ribs up properly. We may have to invest in one of those and try again.
Last weekend we had some friends over and we decided to try cooking a pork shoulder in the fryer. We put it in the fryer at 3:15 and it took 3.5 hours, it came out amazing!! He tried something new and not only seasoned the outside, but also injected flavor inside of the roast. We picked up an injector kit and it makes it so easy to add the flavor to the inside. The picture on the right below is after injecting the flavor, looks interesting but trust me it’s make for an amazing meal.
After all the seasoning and flavor was injected, we let it sit and marinate for a few hours before transferring it to the fryer. Another tool that makes cooking easy is having a wireless thermometer. There’s on end that you stick into the middle of the meat your cooking, it transmits the temperature to the other half. On the handheld piece you can choose the type of meat you’re making which sets the appropriate temperature the meat needs to reach to be “done.” It tracks the current temperature and cooking time and lets you know when your food has reached the proper temperature. It makes it so you don’t have to constantly keep returning to the fryer itself to check temps.
** Tip: Make sure you check a few different points on the meat to make sure it’s completely cooked at all points.
Once it’s reached temperature and you make sure it’s cooked completely in all parts you’re ready to take it out and enjoy the deliciousness! Our came out nice and crisp on the outside and full of flavor on the inside. Look how Delicious that looks!!! YUMMY!!
Overall I think the fryer is 100% worth the investment. You get the same great taste of friend turkey at Thanksgiving without the risk and all the grease. There’s so many things you can cook in this fryer and it’s the perfect size that it doesn’t take up too much storage room on your porch or in your garage. If you decide to get on and give it a try make sure you share what you’re cooking on Instagram or Facebook and be sure to tag me so I can see all the good things. You can find all my social info over there on the right hand side. Be sure to give us a follow on Facebook and twitter. Also be sure to join our mailing list so you can be sure to get notified of new posts!
Till next time!

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