sounds yummy I was wondering if you could use this for frying chicken??

My turkey turned out awesome! The turkey was really dark, which got everyone asking if I'd burnt the bird, but all jokes ceased when they tasted it. It was my 1st time frying a turkey but it won't be the last. My family picked the bird clean. For the 1st time ever, there were no turkey leftovers.

Everyone really like this! We also melted some butter and mixed the rub in and injected it, gave the bird a little extra kick!

The turkey turned out so juicy! My whole family loved it!!

Extremely tasty. Will use this recipe again and again.

Very good.

I gave this recipe to my brother who was frying the family turkey this year. It was excellent! Tender and juicy. He followed the recipe exactly. We will be doing this for Christmas too!

OK, This was my first time frying a turkey so I looked all over for advice and recipes. This recipe seemed to be the best. Like all the other reviewers I was a bit taken back by all the pepper but I pushed through it. WOW, this is fantastic. I have VERY picky kids. They will not eat anything spicy, ever. They loved this. All the women came over and said "it is burnt" "why is it so black". I tented it for 15 min., carved it, brought it to the table, the only thing left was 1/2 a breast and one leg, skin and all. Did I mention it was a 20lb turkey for only 10 people.

I used this recipe last year and it was absolutely wonderful! It was my first time frying a turkey, so I was fearfult that the marinade would make the turkey too hot. Boy was I wrong! The flavor of the turkey was perfect. It was so perfect that people have been asking for me to do the turkey again this year and I, therefore, and to come back to find it. Others have tried to order turkeys from me? Thanks for a great recipe.

This will be the third Thanksgiving we use this recipe. We rub the turkey the night before. The turkey is gobbled up in minutes. Everyone loves the flavor and the juiciness.

I hate to sound like a broken record BUT this marinade is amazing. I did get to inject my turkey but (do to bad planning) we only got to marinate it for 3 hours (15# bird). It was still awesome. The skin was simply delicious and the meat was tender and juicy with such great flavors. We used Peanut Oil, approx. 325 degrees for right at 45 minutes. I cannot wait to use this again!

This makes the best and flavorful crust on the turkey and it may seem like alot of cayenne but it's not. My daughter who is 7 ate it and my nephews. This will be one to keep for frying turkeys for us.

5 adults just enjoyed a 16+ pound turkey and all agree it's a 5 star hands down!!! It's not a rub, it's a paste, and yes, the turkey comes out black, but YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM!!!! I was certainly nervous about the amount of pepper but I didn't change a thing and it was PERFECT!!! Next time I may inject it, but it's not necessary...and my mother who has enjoyed 70 Thansigivings requests that this is how we make it for the next, I wonder if we can really wait 7 months before making this awesome turkey again??

This made the best turkey ever! You must give it the proper marinating time.

Used it at christmas and it was pretty good. Everyone loved it but i expected the skin to be crispier and the inside to be more tender. I even injected with 1/2 bottle of italian dressing but didn't much like that taste. I did cut down on the pepper some and I won't do that next time, and next time I will inject with beer and let sit for 2 days or so.

This was the best turkey we have ever fixed. We fixed a 16.2 lb. turkey and this made plenty of rub. I may cut the recipe in half for the next one. I also sneezed and coughed while fixing it and while washing the dish I marinaded it in, but it was well worth it. Be sure to wear gloves while putting it on the turkey. All that pepper can make your hands burn. We will use this rub forever more.

I am so glad I read the reviews! This recipe was GREAT! The turkey does look like it is burnt to a crisp. My husband was horrified when he saw it. However, after I cut it up and gave him a taste he just smiled. Even the skin tasted wonderful. I also rubbed some of the spices under the skin.

Yes, I was nervous about trying this recipe, but trust me it's delicious. Decided to search on-line for a new recipe for Thanksgiving and this one was a WINNER. The flavor is awesome!! In the pass my family complained the turkey is to dry, not this one. Very juicy. Our 10lb turkey was eaten in 1 day. I will pass this recipe on to others.

This is so good there are not words that will describe this rub. I will defiantly use this for all my birds I deep fry. I was a little worried when making it, when it started to make me sneeze and cough. Even washing out the platter that the bird was sitting on made me cough. But this is the most tasty and juice bird that we have ever done. Don’t worry about the spices it really does mellow when you deep fry the bird. I also used a Creole butter injector which gave the inside a little kick too. Loved it. We just couldn't stop eating it.

We loved this recipe. this was our first time to make the turkey for thanksgiving and we have tough critics in my family. the only thing we did different was we brined the turkey for about 14 hours before marinating it with the rub for about 12 hours. My uncle (the self proclaimed king of the turkey) had me write the recipe down before the meal was over.