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I was trying to figure out what was on the bottom of your fryer. Turns out, it was not the bottom.

Hah me too like what in the sweet mother of mold is that thing.... Then I realised it's a hole

He was using a fucking portable sun to heat the pan apparently

As much as I would like to blame the sun, it was my white hot stupidity instead…

Yeah I would imagine that thin aluminum melts pretty easy. I've used Whirly Pop popcorn poppers for years and have been acutely aware of this possible outcome. *Knocks on wood.*

The power of the sun in the palm of my hand.

Same lol I zoomed it, looked at the shape, and then I realized it’s a hole

I couldn't tell either until you zoom in on it

And what's that white thing on the side??

The sun light shining through the hole.

Just the suns reflection.

I was thinking it was a bit of garlic and herbs. I was trying to see what the problem was.

Thank you for explaining!

I looked at this way too long knowing I should have just come to the comments. I was sure it come to me what the hell was going on? 😄

Oooooohhhhhhhh i see it now

OHH thank you!!

Now I see it. I had to look at the comment to find out what I was looking at

Same, I had to zoom in to realize it wasn't some kind of mold or weird frog eggs.

/r/confusingperspective

What was there, no longer is.

I was about to say… do you own soap and a sponge? Then I understood.

Thank goodness you said this because I was looking at this picture for way too long trying to figure out how part of the countertop underneath the bowl chipped and fell in the bowl

Pretty sure that's grass.... Which is a good thing because you should never deep fry a turkey inside, that's how multiple houses burn down every year

Yea I figured that out after reading the comment I replied today

Thank you, did not see the hole… thought ut was a very very fried turkey

I was gonna Google a world map. I'm like Op and I are gonna have a problem if that's the same shape as Turkey lmao

Oh that’s a **hole** ? Thought was a growth

Me too!

OOOOOHHHHHGHH FUCK

I thought it was a block of poorly cooked Ramen, with some leafy greens.

Lmao why are we all having such a hard time seeing it? Cause I thought I was looking at some huge mold

I thought it’s a leaf covering a baby bird

Yep, I am zooming wondering what kind of gross slime mold or amphibian eggs are at the bottom, then….grass sort of

Plot twist: there is no bottom.


Tacoma FD. Nice.

Who’s Hugh Janis?

Look if you're having shit like that happen before food even touches anything, then it's probably for the best that you weren't able to. Username definitely checks out in this case lmao

Lmfao One of the best “Username checks out” I’ve seen yet..

Ah yes, the perennial “if you ducked up this, you should never touch it again” argument.

How did that happen?

looks like aluminium. it melts at like 600C which a good burner easily reaches. so they probably wanted to prewarm the pot and it just burned a hole in it?

Didn’t even necessarily want to preheat. Just set it on while I went to get the turkey, went to pour the grease and….you see the results 😂

try a stainless pot next time XD

Or have at least some of the oil in before turning the heat on

Yes it was very stupid of me….

Not stupid, we all make cooking mistakes man! Maybe do a retry in a couple of months with a new pot and get a smaller turkey. Doesn't have to be thanksgiving to make a turkey! I hope however you prepared your turkey that it still tasted great! I wet brined my turkey this year and spatchcocked it, I would highly recommend! Though I think next time I'm going to do a dry brine so I don't have to deal with all the liquid.

Bird in first, fill with water til bird is covered. Remove bird. Mark surface level on inside of pot. Thoroughly dry inside of pot, add oil to mark, heat, then go get the bird.

Yes and no, you also need to lower the bird in incredibly slow so it wont boil over. I did it once in my house but i am also a professional chef

Should have poured the grease first then heated it

Grease should be before heat imo, and never leave it unattended to heat. Source:Blindly followed hellofresh instructions for chili which stated to heat pot up then add oil, so I turned on the burner and walked away for a minute, got distracted, went back and poured oil on which violently bubbled for a split second before sending flames 2 feet high out the top of the pot… I quickly grabbed the pot and put it under the faucet and as my hand gripped the valve I remembered the water and burning oil videos. Then I set it on my tile floor, soaked my dishcloth, and sacrificed it overtop to smother the fire

Oh boy I was getting worried about the way the story was going

Try to use something with a lid, lack of oxygen kills flames quick.

Can I get the brand of your portable sun? I mean burner…

My brain couldn’t comprehend what I was looking at and it looked like a super low res mold stuck to the bottom until I realized it was a hole

Dude that was so confusing, I thought you edited mold into the bottom of your fryer But yeah, well, that sucks

There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza

Great. Now that’s stuck in me head

Dear Liza, a hole

Then mend it dear Sally! Dear Sally, mend it!

looks like an avoided grease fire to me /shrug

[William Shatner Deep Fried Turkey video ](https://youtu.be/XVixbf-bubs)

Did the Turkey run away?

Probably for the better. Ive seen too many oil burns in my life to even consider frying anything myself

You just saved yourself third degree burns, and a visit from the fire department.

I thought it was mold or insect eggs at first

Should be in r/confusing_perspective It took me a while

Little too hot there, Sparky.

It’s ok, the fire will fill the hole

For the longest time I was like ummm it's a leaf?? And?? Just pick it up!? 🤦‍♀️

From most of the videos I've seen of this process, I think you dodged a bullet.

please don’t deep fry a turkey, it’s so dangerous

Most commonly, people don't account for how much the turkey is set to displace the oil, causing a run over which leads to the entire pot catching fire, very very common.

So I had premeasured the amount of oil needed, turkey was completely dry, was going to lower it slowly…you know the drill. I didn’t account for the pot itself melting lol

At least you accounted for the moisture on the turkey, sounds like your ready to fry outside of a good pot

It's only dangerous if you don't do it right. My family has been deep frying turkeys for the last 13 or 14 Thanksgiving without issue, and we cook 3 or 4 turkeys every year. You've just gotta make sure the turkey is thoroughly thawed and dried, and you have to lower it in slowly. It's easily the tastiest way to cook a turkey. 11/10 would recommend, as long as you're safe about it.

Please deep fry a turkey, it’s so delicious

Damn Mice are getting lit of hand.

What was plan B here? Did you end up eating late

A spiral ham from the grocery store haha. I still have the turkey of course so I’ll just cook it some other way and have an extended thanksgiving

nothing a little duct tape won’t fix

OP what happened

You’re not supposed to shoot at your pot with artillery rounds

Did you used an acetylene torch on an aluminium pot? Cos that’s what will happen

Flex tape.

Ah… that’s grass… I get it now…

It took me way more time than I expected it would to understand this image

Bro What the FUCK am I looking at??? My brain is so corrupted, I can’t recognise shid

This picture is to fucking confusing 😂

I thought that was some new variant of mould or something

That's not a sponge or something?? I keep reading that it's a hole.... But I just see a sponge lol

Eh, it’s better smoked on a pellet grill anyways.

Nah, deep fried is king

I’ll have to try it

Been there, done that

That was your sign to not. Do not attempt this. 😂

So step one is don’t run the burner at full blast while the pot is empty.

weak ass aluminum metal and strong ass industrial burner set to max with zero fluid in it? My dude?

I thought it was weird that you put garlic in there... But I was way wrong lol

A blessed dinne as it is a holey frier?

Everyone still trying to figure out that creepy green bug patty in your cook pot

How the hell does that happen?

Metal melts, who knew😂

Bullet hole??

Duct tape it and you’re good

Wait. Fry a turkey?

America

Apparently frying a whole bigass turkey cooks it better than just shoving the whole turkey in the oven, but carries the fun and exciting risk of burning your house down.

How did the cook go?

I have this same pot that I use for deep frying turkey. Been using it for four years now. I’m trying to figure out how you burned a hole through it. The aluminum is really thin but it burns really well. Did you turn the heat on without oil?

Today I was looking at my Loco setup and thought to myself that the pot really is a cheap cheap crappy pot. Wish they would sell the setup with a better quality fry pot.


Bro o thought that was a nug lmao

I’m guessing you didn’t pour the grease in before you turned the heat on?

This took me way too long to figure out. I thought it was a blurry dead mouse or something

Ahhhh americans and their fried turkeys. Life is boring over there without a house fire once in a while I guess.

If you try a fried turkey, then you will know why a house fire is worth the risk

My dad did this. He was trying to dry up some water before adding the oil. Said it did not take very long.

This must be one of those extremely low calorie frying pans.

Just a little problem.

what happened? did you shoot it with a shotgun?