I should have posted this a few days ago. The Los Angeles Fire Department (no kidding) produced posted this video on why you should never use one of those turkey deep-frying thingies. They may have overreached to make their case but it is true that those cookers have a pretty high accident ratio. [CORRECTION: The video was produced by the folks at Underwriters Laboratory. But the L.A.F.D. put it on their website and on YouTube.]