Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
Slip we DEFINITELY found out about lowering the turkey thing the hard way. I thought 10-15 secs would be plenty.....WRONG!!!...... :wtf:

The book I have says to strain the oil because of the crap in it (like you mentioned) and to refrigerate it between usings. They actually said I should treat the oil (after use and for storage issues) as a "meat product." Does this sound right to everyone? And when you guys DO really get rid of the oil....what do you do with it? It's not like motor oil or something is it????
lol... no..

just put it in a container and put that container in the trashbag right before you drag it out to thhe curb or w/e. or if you got a buttload of it call up a resturant and ask them if they take old used cooking oil for recycling...

never heard of refregerating it, but you are definatley supposed to keep it cool (70 or lower?)

fi you're just gonna strain it, i'd suggest finding a way to incorperate using either a coffee filter or cheese cloth or something (unless you have a strainer with very small mesh)

also, make sure you let the oil sit awhile before straining it so all the sludge floats to the bottom, and leave an inch or two of oil in the bottom (don't try to strain it all) just throw the left overs away.