Yeah, no alcohol before and during the frying! I fried one before and had too much oil in the fryer and some of it came out when I put the turkey in and some one slipped in it and about knocked over the fryer. That could have ended badly! I love the fried turkey, but I like the challenge of baking one to perfection and my daughter wants to help so that will be a cool thing to do. We put some rub on the turkey tonight and did some marinade so it should be ready for the oven in the am.