[Serb5150]

It just sounds so greasy... I can't knock it till I've tried it, but I'm just imagining how KFC turns the cardboard box completely clear with all the drippings. Ugh.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Yes, the outside has a surface grease. But not the meat inside. (you never use internal stuffing either when deep frying). The trick to low fried grease is having the oil bath at the right temperature. Same with french fries, (freedom fries, I mean) and KFC. To reduce the ingested grease, don't eat the skin on a deep fried turkey, cut it away while carving, and the same goes for KFC (except that the grease and spicy skin are the best part-- sorry, there are only three taste sensations, sweet, sour, and grease-- I do like grease, and yes, I need to lose weight too.

[Ichneumon]

but I'm just imagining how KFC turns the cardboard box completely clear with all the drippings. Ugh.

KFC is covered in batter, and the porous batter holds a lot of the oil. A fried turkey is *not* battered, and the oil rolls off the bare skin when you take it out.

You don't get much more oil than you would from the oil-or-butter basting of a regular roasted turkey, but the bird is a lot more juicy and crispy brown on the outside.