Cook it outside
More than one-third of fires involving a fryer start in a garage or patio. Cook outdoors at a safe distance from any buildings or trees and keep the fryer off any wooden structures, such as a deck or patio.
William Shatner is starring in Eat, Fry, Love, an entertaining State Farm Insurance public service announcement created to raise awareness about the dangers of turkey fryers. They are encouraging people to use the hashtag #ShatnersFryersClub to comment on the video and to let them know how you are keeping safe from turkey fryer fires.
And in a complementary video, they demonstrate what an actual turkey fryer fire looks like with the help of Illinois Fire Service Institute:
