Just be careful not to set the whole trailer park on fire!
(1) Deep Fried Turkey Accidents - YouTube
(1) Deep Fried Turkey Accidents - YouTube
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I like to fry in an old tractor disk over a live fire.... marvelous results.Attached FilesComment
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WOW, folks! Just WOW!
I thought someone would have needed an alternate fuel source that didn't involve normal resources…
I advise a Scout leader, who already knows more than I did at her age… so the reason for this question was two-fold… 1. To answer her questions… 2. For my own use, as I have two drums buried deep in the woods with fish/hunt camp provisions…
We keep most everything we need stashed there… we only need to pack in replacement commodities… Fuel is one… oil, another…
Charcoal deep frying had never been needed but could have been used due to limited dry wood in the rainy season… Besides, a chimney will keep coals off a damp ground…
Now I have my answers, and if anyone needs to know how to use a half chimney of KBB to fry a small onion to flavor the oil, then fry two batches of Idaho potato fries, remember this post and I’ll fill you in how to replicate what I did…
Oh! And have enough hot charcoal to fry the trout afterwards!Attached FilesLast edited by Washblue; November 28, 2022, 12:28 PM.Comment
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That is a little different than what I imagined from your original question. I had a vision of actually setting the DO directly on the chimney, which would be a very sketchy thing to do. It all makes sense now, and I do something similar for paella as well. -
I re-read my original post…
Deep frying… on a charcoal chimney…
November 26, 2022, 06:58 PM
I’m looking for advice in deep frying in a DO, using charcoal…
If you have some…
Please share some…
It didn’t take long for bad advice to fly!
We all learn from advice… even bad advice…
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I did this test in my pit… and used the small chimney and #8 DO, for convenience…
I will not hesitate to use a large chimney and #10 Griswold for larger servings…
The Scouts will hang their DO on a tripod as texastweeter does, with an adjustable hook or chain and hook where a chimney can fit appropriately to provide the heat…
We’ll use rebar and rocks in the backwoods…Comment
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My only suggestion would be to wire tie the rebar at the intersections -
The rebar and rocks are probably actually more stable. Fried many a bluegill in a Dutch oven or deep skillet over a campfire. -
I agree texastweeter … I’ll check the Scout gear to make sure it can adjust down near the chimney, where the chimney itself will prevent the DO from tipping far enough to spill when loading and removing food…
Fish straight from cool water to hot oil is hard to beat…Last edited by Washblue; November 28, 2022, 02:05 PM.
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You could hang a pully off a tree branch and run a wire through it to the Dutch Oven so you could raise and lower it over the chimney to mimic the action of a Santa Maria grill.Comment
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Many times, we’re under a tarp, where much apparatus isn’t applicable, but definitely that is an option in good weather…
The fire pit has a campfire set, but again, in inclement weather, we’re not using it…
In good weather we will suspend the DO… in bad weather, we’ll support it….
But the charcoal chimney is definitely a option we’ll have from now on…
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Also, do you folks keep an emergency kit in your vehicle?
It’s the season to have a well stocked box in your vehicle…
Charcoal and a chimney stay in my box…
Now I may keep a DO and a pint of oil there too…Last edited by Washblue; November 28, 2022, 01:28 PM.Comment
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I do. It gets pretty disorganized sometime. It's a medium sized storage tub and various non-emergency things make it in there, but there's some first aid stuff, water proof matches, space blankets, fire starter, flash light, water purification and some tools and such, and probably some stuff I'm not thinking of. -
Does a bottle of Four Roses under the seat and a .45 in the console count as "Emergency Supplies"?
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