KEN: WELCOME BACK.
COMING UP ON 13 MINUTES AFTER
6:00 AND YOU KNOW THAT TOMORROW
IS THANKSGIVING.
THAT IS THE DATES A COW OUR
BLESSINGS AND ALSO THE DAY FOR
MANY OF US TO COOK AND MOST
IMPORTANTLY EAT.
,BUT IF YOU
ARE COOKING THE
TURKEY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU
DO IT SAFELY.
SO, KOHR HARLAN JOINS US WITH
SOME HELPFUL TIPS ON HOW YOU CAN
FRY A DEEP-FRIED TURKEY
.
YOU SHOULD TAKE SOME SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.
KOHR: IF YOU AND I WERE
ROOMMATES, IF YOU AND I WERE
INMATES -- ROUTER PROBABLY --
ROOMMA
TES, YOU AND I WOULD
DEEP-FRIED A TURKEY EVERY WEEK.
THE PROCESS FOR DOING IT IS NOT,
LOCATED BUT BROUGHT WITH DANGER.
THERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS TO
REMIND AND PORTLAND FIRE AND
RESCUE OF THE WORD NOT ONLY
ABOUT BEING SAFE WITH THE DEEP
FRYING OF THE TURKEY, BUT WE
HAVE THE OIL HEATING UP HERE
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO DROP A
FROZEN TURKEY INTO THE OIL IN A
HALF HOUR JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME
OF THE DANGERS.
THE FIRST NO NO
OF DEEP FRYING A
TURKEY'S DO NOT PUT OF FROZEN
TURKEY INTO HOT OIL.
THE WATER AND
THE ICE IN THIS
INTERACTS WITH THE OIL AND IT
CREATES AN EXPLOSIVE EFFECT THAT
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU.
RICH, THE OTHER
-- THERE ARE
COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT TURKEY
FRYING AND THE PADDING
THEM AND
GETTING THEM DRY IS THE FIRST
ONE.
RICH: IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT.
THE DANGER OF THAT TURKEYS THAT
WHALE ENCAPSULATES THE WATER IN
THERE.
THAT WATER IS KIND OF EXPANDING
AND A CAUSE FOR AN EXPLOSION.
KOHR: DO NOT DO THIS IN GARAGE.
RICH:
CORRECT, NO COMBUSTIBLES
ANYWHERE WITHIN 10 FEET OF HIS
BURNER AND THE HOT OIL.
KOHR: EVERYONE WHO WATCHES THAT
-- OUR SHOW REGULARLY KNOWS
THAT MY DOG, MAX IS DUMB.
RICH: WITH THE OPEN
FLAME AND
HOT OIL, IT IS A RECIPE FOR A
TRAGEDY.
KOHR: NO PLASTIC
DECKS,
EITHER,.
WE ARE GOING TO DROP THIS IN
AND
A HALF HOUR TO TELL YOU AND SHOW
YOU SOME OF THE DANGER IS THAT
RICH IS TALKING ABOUT.
IT IS ALSO
TIME TO REMIND PEOPLE
ABOUT NORMAL WINTER FIRE DANGERS
AND SPACE HEATERS ARE THE NUMBER
ONE THING THAT YOU ARE FOCUSED
ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE WINTER
MONTHS, RIGHT?
RICH: YES, BE SAFE
WHEN YOU ARE
COOKING AND TO BE SAFE WHEN YOU
ARE HEATING YOUR HOME.
IT IS GOTTEN A LOT COLDER LAST
TWO WEEKS AND WE KNOW THAT FOLKS
ARE USING
HEATERS.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE WORKING SMOKE
ALARMS.
KOHR: THEY ARE PUTTING OUT HOT
AIR, SO IT IS JUST
NOT GOING TO
CATCH ANYTHING ON FIRE, IT IS A
NEW HEATER, NOT AN OLD ONE, IT
SHOULD BE FINE -- IT IS REALLY
NOT TRUE, IS IT?
RICH: THE NEW HEATERS HAVE
SAFETY MEASUREMENT --
MEASURES
AND YOU HAVE IT NEAR
COMBUSTIBLES, KEEP IT AWAY FROM
THE HEATERS.
KOHR: IT IS A GOOD REMINDER,
SMOKE ALARMS, TOO.
THEY SUGGEST CHANGING THE SMOKE
ALARMS WHEN THE TIME CHANGES.
THAT IS PASSED LAST WEEK, SO IF
YOU HAVE NOT DONE THAT, THAT IS
A GOOD IDEA.
BOTH THE SMOKE ALARM AND THE
CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR, TOO.
PEOPLE IN GAS
HOUSES, IT IS A
HAZARD AND IT CAN KILL PEOPLE.
THESE CARBON'S ARE GREAT
REMINDER.
RICH
: YEAH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
PEOPLE ARE GETTING THEIR
SERVICES SERVICED
REGULARLY.
KOHR:
HANG IN WITH ANOTHER HALF
HOUR BECAUSE THE GREASE IS
HEATING UP AND WE ARE GOING TO
GO THROUGH SOME OF THE FINER
POINTS OF DOING THIS AND SHOW
YOU JUST THE DANGERS THAT ARE
INHERENT IN FRYING A
TURKEY.