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In Thanksgiving Day Cooking Fires, Texas Is Tops

Thanks to a taste for deep-fried turkeys, the Lone Star State leads the U.S. in Thanksgiving Day cooking- and grease-related fires, according to State Farm

 
               
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Adam Bonislawski
Nov. 19, 2015 10:35 a.m. ET
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Where there’s smoke, there’s…turkey?

Thanksgiving is famously a day for stuffing yourself and watching football.

According to State Farm, it’s also prime time for house fires. In an analysis of insurance claims for cooking- and grease-related fires over the past 10 years, the insurer found that Thanksgiving sees roughly twice as many such incidents as the typical November day.

One bit of good news, though—claims for cooking-related fires, both throughout November and on the holiday itself, have been declining in recent years after spiking around the start of the decade.

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In 2009, for instance, State Farm received an average of 31 such claims a day during November and 56 claims on Thanksgiving. Last year, on the other hand, State Farm customers made an average of just 18 cooking-related fire claims a day, with that number rising to a relatively modest 30 incidents on Thanksgiving itself. The company had 27 million fire policies in effect at the end of 2014.

                   

What’s behind this cooling trend? A slowdown of the short-lived, but exceedingly dangerous deep-fried turkey craze, says Dave Phillips, spokesman for Bloomington, Ill.-based State Farm.

“As people started doing the whole deep-frying thing, turkey fires became a big thing,” he says. “That seemed to peak about five years ago. People were using this new concept of cooking, and they were getting sloppy with it.”

 

Texas ranks first in claims for cooking-related fires on Thanksgiving Day, with a total of 39 made from 2005 to 2014. Ohio and Illinois tie for second with 28, with Pennsylvania and New York rounding out the top five with 27 and 25 claims, respectively.

The turkey-frying trend has flamed out in recent years, says Greg Lofts, senior food editor at Martha Stewart Living. “I’ve heard almost nothing about deep-fried turkeys in the last year or two.”

Instead, State Farm has seen a return to good old-fashioned stove fires, says Mr. Phillips. “Whether it’s a pan or a grease fire or a burner igniting a potholder as you rush around with your preparations.” ENLARGE  



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Well, everyone has to have some claim to fame....

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They are yummy.

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So, they now have these Turkey fryers that you close up. Are those safer?

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Lawyerlady wrote:

So, they now have these Turkey fryers that you close up. Are those safer?

I would think so, LL. But, I don't know, for sure.

Fried turkey is yummy.

But, I'm too big of a klutz to attempt frying one. (An ER visit on Thanksgiving, would take all the fun out of it.wink)

Plus, I'm not about to try to find room to store something that big, when I'd only use it once a year.

What really made me laugh was Ohio and ILL being tied for #2.

I would have guessed southern states.biggrin

 



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Ok, now that I watch QVC I saw a countertop one that you put a lid on. Looked good.

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We have a turkey fryer. DH does it out side, away from the house, every year. We've never had a problem.

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Never had a fried turkey. I want to try it.

The problems with deep frying, people don't completely thaw the bird. Or they use too much oil. Or a combination of both.



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lilyofcourse wrote:

Never had a fried turkey. I want to try it.

The problems with deep frying, people don't completely thaw the bird. Or they use too much oil. Or a combination of both.

I bet those two reasons cause a lot of the problems.

I'd also bet, that too many beers, cause a fair share of them, too!wink 



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In TX the third one is probably the best guess. In seven years we have never had an accident or a problem.

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Beer is the problem? hehehe

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TrudyML wrote:

Beer is the problem? hehehe

 Usually the over consumption paired with open flames.



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LOL. Yup, I can see beer as being a leading cause of turkey fryers fires.

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LOL Yup. The more beer the less hot the flames look. And your decision making, at the smart kind, diminishes rapidly.

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Yeah, drunks and hot stuff do not mix well together. LOL

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