This week Reactions is looking into the chemistry behind deep fried turkey for your Thanksgiving dinner. There’s a lot of science that goes into cooking that bird. But before you whip out that deep fryer, you’re going to want to watch this video. Today we’re bringing you the do’s and don’ts of turkey frying, all the better to help you not burn your house down this year.

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Writer/Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski

Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski

Scientific consultants:
Diane Bunce, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers

Music:
Roberto Daglio – Flores Da Fortuna
Vogelaudio – Death From Above

SOURCES

On Deep Frying oils – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1111/j.1750-3841.2007.00352.x/asset/j.1750-3841.2007.00352.x.pdf?v=1&t=iulx78gv&s=73382d07fe812fcfbd1aa5ed28c83f29115b669b

Smoke Point – http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/cooking-fats-101-whats-a-smoke-point-and-why-does-it-matter.html

How Deep Frying Cooks a food – http://www.cookingforengineers.com/article/224/Heat-Transfer-and-Cooking

Cooking Oils – https://bcachemistry.wordpress.com/2014/03/27/the-oil-about-oils-structure-smoke-point-and-health-effects-of-cooking-oils/

Cool Guide on how to use different oils – http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/healthy-eating/everything-you-know-about-cooking-with-oil-is-wrong/

How to Deep Fry A Turkey W/O Killing Yourself – https://www.wired.com/2015/11/how-to-deep-fry-a-turkey-without-killing-yourself/

Turkey Fry Safety – http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/food-safety-education/get-answers/food-safety-fact-sheets/safe-food-handling/deep-fat-frying-and-food-safety/ct_index

Autoignition of cooking oils – http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/11333/Buda_Ortins_ResearchPaper.pdfn

Flavors in Frying – http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-06222013000100001

Polarity of water and oil – http://mocomi.com/why-oil-and-water-dont-mix/

Maillard Reaction Infographic – http://www.compoundchem.com/2015/01/27/maillardreaction/

The Science of Deep Frying – https://scienceandfooducla.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/fair-food-deep-frying/

Polar Representation – http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_soZ6GfrKb8E/TI09yIJQdxI/AAAAAAAAAy0/FLK77qQdGgw/s1600/712px-Water-elpot-transparent-3D-ballsv.png

Steam is 1700 times original volume of water: https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=30776&t=water-expanding-as-steam

Sources:

Turkey Fryer Fire – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYvMWIvghnQ
Ace Media, LLC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3KDQECL2qg
Andrew Bench – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zxgEGoVLAE
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvyItuuXbLM

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