"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Here's a tip. Before you fill that fryer with oil, fill it with water and
> dunk one of the birds in. If it splashes out, it is too full. You don't
> want this to happen with boiling hot oil
>
> Jill

A modification of this tip:
Put the bird in the fryer first. Then put the water in to desired level.
Remove the bird and you will have the exact level of oil to put in.