thanksgiving
Toys
The Revenge of the Lego Turkey Mecha
5:00AM Jesus Diaz | You are probably still eating the corpse remains of the 47.5-ton turkey your mum did for Thanksgiving. Which is cool. Unless the brother of that turkey has access to bricks and constructs a weaponised Lego Turkey Mecha to wipe your fat turkey-eating arse out of the face of this planet. This thing seems deceptively inoffensive until you activate the attack mode and it transforms into the amazingly complex beast of destruction and feathered apocalypse that it really is, full of missiles, lasers, and doom-thingie launchers: More »
Regulars
10 Gadgets For The Ultimate Thanksgiving Food Fight
6:00AM Sean Fallon | Whenever a bunch of relatives gather around a table with copious amounts of alcohol, it is only a matter of time before things turn ugly. This year, try and let the anger and frustration out by throwing your food instead of fists and insults. Not only is it effective, it is a lot of fun too. The following ten gadgets will help give you the edge in the event a turkey war breaks out. When the dust settles, only you will be left standing. Then again, that could be the tryptophan kicking in. More »
Random Stuff
16 Examples of Turkey Fryer-Fueled Mayhem
8:00AM Sean Fallon | Frying up a turkey poses two health hazards—one from clogged arteries and another from the fryer itself. The folks at OObject have put together a list of 16 videos involving everything from proper use of a turkey fryer, to elaborate turkey fryer contraptions to deep fryin’ hillbillies holdin’ guns. And oh yes, there are several examples of things going very…very wrong. A turkey cooked with thermite? You had better believe that’s an explosion. [OObject] More »
Home
How To Safely Microwave a Turkey
5:40AM Mark Wilson | Don’t look at me that way. You know that you’ve at least considered it. This Thanksgiving, why slave away all day over a hot oven baking a turkey when you have space age microwave technology right in your own kitchen? According to the USDA, “Turkeys can be successfully cooked in a microwave oven–whole or in parts.” And they’ve kindly included a complete set of useful tips on their site. More »
Gadgets
Turkey Fryer Uses No Oil, But It Uses No Oil
12:00AM Mark Wilson | I’ve always wanted to fry a turkey for Thanksgiving, but the safety aspects concern me (what if the oil spilled, what if the turkey threw me into immediate cardiac arrest). Plus, I’m more than a little baffled over what one does with the 100 or so leftover gallons of peanut oil. The Oil-less Turkey Fryer solves all of these issues, cooking with propane while blasting the turkey with infrared to make a crispy, succulent 16-pound bird at 8 to 10 minutes a pound. Of course, there is one catch to this $US199 oil-less fryer…it doesn’t technically fry. [Frontgate via bbGadgets] More »
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How Gizmodo Celebrates Thanksgiving (With a Lightsaber)
11:23AM Mark Wilson | Disclaimer: This commercial may be super old or something, but we’re accustomed to ripping our juicy entertainment free from the stinky shell of advertising, to consume with our bare hands, the pulp and syrups flowing down our arms. And besides, any commercial that uses a lightsaber to carve a turkey is pretty much a must post on our part. Man, we’d love to see this guy go to work on the pie next. [superpunch] More »
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