OMG!! We were just talking last Thursday about a Marine I worked with (he is actually pictured, blindfolded, in Newsweek as one of the Marine Guards from the Iranian Hostage situation). He knew I fried a turkey every year and said he wanted to try one. He asked me how do you do it? I explained you put the oil up to 400-425 degrees, make sure the turkey is dry, use a broom stick or rake handle in the hanger and SLOWLY lower the bird into the boiling oil for 20-25 mins. He followed ALL my orders. I neglected to tell him to thaw the bird before wiping it dry. He could not understand why the oil blew up.
I personally witnessed a former neighbor in Florida (before I moved back here to West-By-God-Virginia) try frying a frozen turkey, and fortunately he only burned down his garage which was detached from his house, and that convinced me I would stick with the traditional way of cooking turkeys.
Mom never tried deep frying a turkey, and that’s good enough for me. lol