Use the it with an old cast Iron pot to make sinkers, great to cook crabs or lobster so you don' t smell up the house on the lil ol lady, cooking Turkey takes 1-2 tries to get it perfect, you have to follow directions. oil too hot and you burn the skin middle will be uncooked. Oil not hot enough and the bird will dry out before it is cooked. Check with a thermometer half hour before it is supposed to be done.