5 food safety tips for Thanksgiving

The report further states that home cooking fires peak on major USA holidays that traditionally include cooking, such as Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Thanksgiving is the peak day for home cooking fires. Most units do not have thermostat controls; if you do not watch it carefully, the oil will continue to heat until it catches fire. Move things that can burn away from the stove. “We encourage all Kansans to take common sense precautions to prevent a fire tragedy on their holiday”.

Roasting: Cooking times vary depending on the weight of your turkey and whether or not you plan on stuffing your bird.

While Woody said there are not a lot of fires caused by outdoor activities like bonfires, one activity is becoming increasingly responsible for problems.

Don’t overfill the pot with oil. “It’s becoming an animal all of itself”.

“Turkey prices this year at the wholesale level are down about 10 percent from a year ago”, Miller says. However, turkey contains many other amino acids that probably blunt the impact of tryptophan.

Use turkey fryers outside only and away from your home.

Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said Georgians should make sure that recipes include caution in the kitchen. It will continue handing out turkeys until they are all gone.

Frying dominates the cooking fire problem. “They are either too full or not thawed enough”. It turns out that there are quite a few holiday meals that raise red flags when you have a bun in the oven. But this simple fact will change how you cook the turkey.

Once you are ready to cook your Thanksgiving turkey, give yourself plenty of time because this bad boy may not fit in your microwave.

Keep a 3-foot “kid-free” zone around all cooking appliances.

Never leave the fryer unattended while cooking. My goal is just to get every person to the table. It’s not that all people don’t know what they are doing.

Butterball, jointly owned by Seaboard Corporation and Maxwell Farms, is the biggest turkey producer in the United States and accounts for about a third of all the whole birds purchased in the country during the holiday season. “Please follow these simple guidelines to ensure a fire safe Thanksgiving Day meal”, said Maryland State Fire Marshal Brian S. Geraci in a news release. “Everybody goes and passes out simultaneously, so we want to make sure that we’ve got working smoke alarms”. These fires resulted in 480 civilian deaths, 5,540 reported injuries, and $1.1 billion in direct property damage per year.

Typically the fire calls come in during the late morning or early afternoon, he said. It just compounds the problem.