Actual Items

December 2, 2006 on 12:12 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

So I was looking through some catalog for no reason what so ever, and this caught my eye:

Make your bird explode with flavor!

I give you the Turkey Cannon.

If I hadn’t seen this in a printed catalog, I would have thought it was one of those Actual Items from Conan’s show.

Yet it’s real. Some company expects people to pay nearly 30 dollars for some wiring and a part of a car’s tailpipe (with built-in handles, possibly a safety feature). In return, they get to make their birds explode with flavor.

I wonder if the result of a shot from the Turkey Cannon is anything like a Ham Explosion.

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  1. Any chance you have to get a ham explosion shoutout, you gotta take it!

    Comment by Levy — December 2, 2006 #

  2. I noticed your comment about the Turkey Cannon. Conan does some pretty funny stuff and I like your “ham explosion” quip and photo.

    I’m a skeptical guy too. I’ll preface my remarks first by saying I work for Camp Chef, the company that makes the Turkey Cannon (I actually work for their PR agency and we’ve had the account for just a couple months).

    The Turkey Cannon is a little funky looking (I had a chef say they were “horrified” and “repulsed” when they first saw it) and at first blush the claims are hard to believe, but I gave one to all my family members to try for Thanksgiving and all went well (No explosions).

    With my turkey, I poured an apple juice, cranberry, thyme and basil broth into the roasting cylinder and the meat turned out realy moist and the meat had a taste of apple and cranberry to it.

    The biggest advantage is you can roast a bird in half the time (i.e. 12 pound bird in less than 90-minutes), which means less time in the kitchen and more time watching TV.

    If you want one to try out, let me know. It’s not just for turkey’s either, it can be used to roast chickens, geese, etc.

    I know it looks wild, but it works.

    Comment by Chip — December 4, 2006 #

  3. Is this payola I’m sensing here?

    King Tom, you lucky dog!!! :)

    Comment by tony — December 7, 2006 #

  4. The corporate sponsorship might be a good thing for the kingdom. And it’s surprising, because I really didn’t expect to be taken seriously with this post.

    Thanks for the offer Chip, but I’m going to pass. I like to cook, but turkey isn’t my bag.

    Comment by King Tom — December 7, 2006 #

  5. What about a Furkey cannon for the Vegan in your life or maybe Spam cannon for Cletus in your life. This product is limitless for new veriations!

    Comment by J-Dog — December 13, 2006 #

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