Great Christmas Turkey! Reviews Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer

The Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer is awesome!! Go out and get one you will not be disappointed and your family/friends will be impressed. Hands down, 100 times better than a regular fryer!!!! Way juicier than anything I've ever had out of a regular fryer. It is amazing! It is so easy to use-- we will be using this often.

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Traditional oil frying may take much less time per pound but you have to heat the oil for an hour and then you have several hours of cooling, disposal, and cleaning time remaining. My husband said this is the only we are eating chicken from now on, lol. He even said it's better than KFC! I asked my coworkers one day if any of them had a turkey fryer. One of them got real excited about NOT buying an oil fryer and that I should really buy this "Big Easy" oiless fryer.

• Char-Broil's patented infrared cooking technology prevents flare-ups, eliminates hot and cold spots, and delivers juicy, crisp, and flavorful results every time
• Prepare perfect turkeys (up to 16 lbs.), chickens, beef roasts, pork tenderloins, and other large cuts of meat with injectable marinades - or use seasoned rubs on the outside (not an option with traditional fryers)
• No hot oil to burn, splatter, or spill! Save money and stress without having to purchase or dispose of any oil - and, of course, the food is healthier, too!
• Includes cooker, cooking basket, lifter, meat thermometer, and quick start cooking guide
• Measures 24.5"H with a 21.1" diameter and weighs 30 lbs.

I've cooked three 15 lb turkeys since getting this cooker before Thanksgiving. All have come out perfect. I brined all three overnight, and inserted the thermometer in the thickest part of the breast during cooking. No un-cooked areas.

The food is so good, cooks fast without having to hover around a hot grill and cleanup is a breeze!! My dad said I could borrow his, but I knew after that weekend I'd use this cooker often... so I bought my own and used it throughout the year for turkey breasts (put rosemary, oil and misc seasonings between the meat and skin), pork roast and fish.

TIPS

• If you cover the turkey with olive oil, the turkey will darken so if you like the blacken turkey or dark turkey, coat the turkey with oil. You don't need to put oil on the turkey because the turkey will have a pretty brown color without the oil.

• Pull the skin back in place and season the inside of the turkey. The lemon came out juicy so I squeezed the lemon on the turkey. On Thanksgiving, we fried two turkeys, one with oil and one with the Big Easy. The skin was crisp as you cannot tell the difference between the oil fried turkey and the Big Easy turkey. The Big Easy is healthier than the oil fried turkey. The turkey did not stick to the basket. 

Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer not only gives you the same crispy skin and incredibly moist flesh as traditional frying but you can also -
- use a dry rub without having it wash off in the oil
- put some "savories" in the cavity
- use fine wood chips for a light smoke flavor
- make "beer can chicken" or similar recipes
- baste during cooking

I've also used it for chicken (whole & parts), duck. leg of lamb, and various cuts of pork & beef and had great results every time. My only complaint is that it comes with a basket, and then Char-broil wants you to buy the hinged "Easy Out" basket as an accessory for $20. They should have made the original basket an easy out. It is a pain trying to get a hot, 15 pound turkey out of the basket.

We all continue to fry turkeys once or twice a year. THE BIG EASY is an everyday cooker we continue to use! I cannot say enough about how easy this is to use. I'll probably buy another grate so i can double deck/cook two chickens too.

This Char-Broil The Big Easy TRU-Infrared Oil-less Turkey Fryer product earned 425 customer reviews and 92% are satisfied (as 11/22/2013). 

My mind is turning like crazy thinking about all the great things I can good in this. The food is GREAT, it is economical to use, it cooks quickly and easy to cleanup.