Talking Turkey Safety With 'Biscuits' The Turkey

Thanksgiving is a fun time for families and friends to come together, eat tasty food and reflect on the year behind them, but few put safety at the top of their holiday list. That's why Thanksgiving is the peak day for cooking fires.

According to The National Fire Protection Agency, firefighters across the U.S. saw 1,760 fires on Thanksgiving day in 2015. That's a frightening thought, but you don't have to let poor planning ruin your holiday.

Fire Marshal Stacy Singleton from the Burleson Fire Department joined forces with Biscuits, a helpful turkey, to educate their Facebook friends on kitchen safety.

According to Biscuits and Singleton, the key to kitchen safety is staying alert. Whether you're risking it all to deep fry a turkey or simply cooking on the stove indoors, awareness is important. Singleton said cooks should be extra careful if there are kids in the home, as he has seen reports of kids burned by grease.

But most Thanksgiving injuries come from trying to deep fry turkeys. When the birds are wet or frozen, hot grease bubbles and pours over the edges of the frying vat. The grease then hits the open flame below the vat and quickly bursts into a sky-high fireball. This is dangerous for a number of obvious reasons.

Singleton and Biscuits made a two-part video series explaining how to avoid these dangerous fires, which you can watch below.

Watch Singleton And Biscuits Talking Turkey (Safety):

Singleton and Biscuits returned to the big screen later to teach everyone how to fry a turkey the right way:

Singleton told Patch not to worry about Biscuits. The turkey spends his days on a farm instead of in a kitchen. Biscuits is a show turkey who belongs to a member of the agricultural program at Burleson High School, and he is now back on the farm, probably trying to forget what he saw. Biscuits on-screen premier has 81,500 views on Facebook.

You can learn more about Thanksgiving kitchen safety at the National Fire Protection Agency's website.

Image via Burleson Fire Department, used with permission