My bil set his carport on fire one thankgiving when he over filled the deep fat turkey fryer with oil and dropped the bird in it. Once all that oil hit the flames it was all down hill.....and very entertaining. He had spread news paper out under the fryer to keep any grease splatters from staining the cement. There is a reason they say oil and water don't mix.....once the water from the hose hit that paper and oil it looked like a scene out Tora Tora Tora...large fire barges floating on the water setting fire to everything in its path.
@Wingnut @Bigun And that, dear friends, is why you never try to put out a grease fire with agua.
I've fried a few turkeys, and I love them. Mrs. Liberty, not so much so we don't do it very often.