Ask any professional fire fighter - they'll tell you -- every Thanksgiving they answer a slew of emergency calls... Maybe you've seen the videos of decks or houses going up in flames because of careless turkey frying?

After some thinking, sketching, a few trips to the hardware store... the Turkey Derrick was invented as an ideal way to intelligently and safely fry a bird.

Download the instructions to construct the derrick and fry the bird. Be patient, it's about a 2 meg pdf.

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What I'm reading and watching these days?? Food oriented books are always piled high around the hive and at present aviation tomes have joined them. I'm gonna finish that private license this year if it kills me.

The TV shows, the books, the speeches - they all start with lots o' research. Here are some of our best sources for excellent info, gear, edibles, you name it.

Thoughts, theories, issues, that kind of on-my-mind stuff.

I still say -- banish the Uni-tasker. If it doesn't perform multiple functions, it doesn't belong in the kitchen (except for the fire extinguisher, of course). Here's a list of the necessary and the practical, to my way of thinking. Plus, a way to acquire most of them online.