Product Safety Tips: Turkey Fryers

Subject:
Holidays & Observances , Consumer Research & Advocacy , Business , Fish, Meat, & Dairy , Holiday Foods, Beverages, and Recipes , Product Safety , Holiday Safety , Turkey , Turkeys

Description:
The Underwriters Laboratory uses this site to explain why it has not certified any deep-fat turkey fryers. A dramatic video demonstrates how easily fires are started by this equipment, and also shows how easily these units can be tipped over. Includes a list of other hazards associated with these fryers, and tips for "safer use" for those backyard cooks who "absolutely must use a turkey fryer."

Publisher:
Underwriters Laboratory Inc. (UL)

Language:
English

Source:
http://www.ul.com/consumers/turkeys.html

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