Next week, when you're preparing your turkey dinner, you can do it the traditional way, and let it roast in the oven for 8-10 hours, basting it every half hour or so, and still risk drying the crap out of it... or, you can drop that sucker in a deep fryer and enjoy a crisp and juicy bird in a fraction of the time. And not have to stand out in the cold to do it.

Butterball has teamed up with Masterbuilt to give us this electric countertop fryer, capable of taking up to a 14-pound turkey and cooking it to deep fried perfection in about 4 minutes per pound. For you math whizzes, that means what used to take all day, can be achieved in just under an hour.

All you need to do is pour about two gallons of your favorite cooking oil into the porcelain-lined inner pot, turn the adjustable thermostat control to the desired temp, and let the oil heat up. Then take your fully thawed bird (and I can't stress "fully thawed" enough... you don't want to experience what happens when ice hits hot oil), season it to taste, put it in the fryer basket, and slowly lower it into the oil. The built-in timer let's you know when it's time to pull it out and drain it.

Butterball sent me one to try, and since I couldn't find a thawed turkey and wanted to fry a bird immediately, I used a 9-lb oven roaster chicken. After injecting marinade and seasoning with my favorite dry rub, I lowered it into the fryer, and set the timer. 36 minutes later it was done. Incredibly crisp skin with the juiciest chicken I've ever had underneath. My girl, who never eats fried anything, asked me to make another one a few days later.

I've also fried up 3-lb batches of wings, and according to the manufacturer, you can not only fry just about anything in it, you can also use it to steam and boil. So I've got an after-Thanksgiving crab boil on tap.

It's available from major on-and off-line retailers like Amazon, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Target, for about $145. Which works out to about $15 per hour for the 9-10 hours you'll save slaving over a hot oven. Priceless when you think of the uninterrupted football you'll be able to watch.