With Thanksgiving less than a week away, it’s time to create your holiday to-do list.
- Upgraded Wi-Fi connection to stream as many football games as humanly possible? Check.
- A list of nonpartisan topics for dinnertime conversation? Check.
- Proper footwear and hydration for your nightlong Black Friday shopping spree? Check.
Only one pertinent question remains. How are you going to cook your turkey? If you’re thinking about taking the plunge and deep-frying your bird this year, YouTube channel Tech Insider has your back. A recent video offers details precautions you need to take to avoid a complete catastrophe. But most important, you get to watch turkeys transformed into oil-soaked firebombs. Happy Thanksgiving!
About the Author
Alexis GajewskiAlexis Gajewski
Senior Content Strategist
Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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