Masterbuilt Butterball Indoor Electric Turkey Fryer

Anyone have one?  If so do you like, dislike, etc?

I had seen an article about this recently:
http://www2.journalnow.co...es-much-of-the-danger/

Thanks to the built-in thermostat and time, cooking this bird was easy. Getting it out of the basket wasn't, though, because the skin stuck to the sides. The manual doesn't mention this, but I'd recommend spraying the basket with cooking spray before adding the bird.
Carving up this bird revealed meat that is as moist and juicy as any outdoor fryer. And the turkey skin came out just as crispy.

My parents bought a different brand of electric fryer a couple of years ago and I thought it worked great.  The last time I did one with a propane fryer, I nearly tipped it over which caused my heart to almost stop.  The results were just as good as the propane method.

From the Columbus Dispatch:

\Butterball Turkey Fryer ($119 at Lowe’s)


   Frying a turkey indoors, cooking and safety experts say, is a bad idea. The hot oil can spill, causing damage or serious injury. Even frying outdoors with the right equipment poses risks.
   So the Butterball Turkey Fryer by Masterbuilt intrigued me.
   The enclosed standalone fryer plugs into an electrical outlet. You heat oil in the main compartment, lower the whole turkey, close the lid and fry away.
   The fryer isn’t cheap: about $120. Add to that the costs of a turkey ($20 or more) and the oil ($30), and you have an expensive meal from the start.
   The fryer is also limiting. The instructions say it can hold a 14-pound turkey, but I’m doubtful. The 12-pounder I chose fit tightly in the fry basket.
   It does have many positives, though. Fried turkey tastes sublime, with its crispy skin and moist interior. And it cooks in a fraction of the time of a roasted turkey — about 4 minutes a pound, or less than an hour for my 12-pounder.
   The fryer works well, reducing many of the risks. It can also be used to fry other foods (fish, for example) and as a steamer (just replace the oil with water). 
  

We bought one.  While my outside cooker does a better job, this thing was worth it. Yes, I doubt I could get a 14 lb turkey into it, it did an admiral job on an 11 lb I tried.  It uses less oil so the temp doesn't come back up to 375, so it is not as crispy and it takes a little longer to cook (just over 4 min/lb).

The convenience makes it work for me.  Cleanup was easy; it has a spigot.  I also felt it was designed for safety.  We already bought one as a gift.

If you order it from the web site and use coupon code BBETF , the price is $119.95 and free shipping.

https://www.masterbuilt.com/mbtv08/index.aspx

I saw a chat board collapse when this question was asked, but we're a much better group:

How do you dispose of the oil from the fryer?

Kozel, thanks for the link.  It looks interesting and the spigot might sway me.  I worry about too many aspects of a deep fryer to ever have owned one.

a review by white trash BBQ
http://whitetrashbbq.blogspot.com/2009/11/cooking-with-butterball-in-door-turkey.html

Be careful with those fyers... I have seen a few pople get burns from them.If you do not know what you are doing, get help from someone who has done it before.

I fried a 10 pound turkey last night.  It took 35 minutes and tasted great, not oily at all

I used a propane fryer that uses oil.  I bought it at Bass Pro.  Do not buy a cheap one of these things get a good one.  One with where the pot sits down inside rails on the base, helps prevents knocking over the pot.  Also make sure the pot has a drain hole/spigot.  I let the oil cool then use a funnel and filter paper and filter the oil back in to the container, as long as you filter the oil it can be used several times, when the oil is spent take it to an oil recycling center.

The main thing is read the directions and follow them. Make doubly sure the turkey is fully defrosted and dry all the water off before taking the plunge.

 I have no idea about the  electric ones it seems to me it would leave the house with a fried smell and I know when I make french fries the house smells for a couple of days even when I have the exhaust fan on while making the fries.

charlottesailor was this like a rehearsal or "wet-run" for Thanksgiving?

Popular Mechanics has a pretty thorough guide to everything turkey deep-fried.

charlottesailor was this like a rehearsal or "wet-run" for Thanksgiving?

Popular Mechanics has a pretty thorough guide to everything turkey deep-fried.

I'll always let the other person do the turkey frying.

When I owned my shop we did not sell them.  My liability insurance would have gone up.

Too many accidents occur from not reading instructions when you're excited to set it going.

  www.tigerdirect.com  has them on sale for $89.99 right now.

We had a turkey in the freezer and  my wife is getting another one from work so we had to make room.   Plus my wife works on Thanksgiving so I guess that was it; I'm already eating leftovers.  I like to get an early start. 

I heard an Allstate ad it said 2,000,000 people fried a turkey last year and it caused 15 fires, sounds like pretty good odds to me.

We had a turkey in the freezer and my wife is getting another one from work so we had to make room.

I love when good excuses just present themselves