anyone know how to cook a turkey

[stillcool]

that won't frigging cook? It's been in and out, and in and out of the oven since 5pm when it was supposed to be done.

[edbermac]

1. Is your oven on?

That might help. ;)

[Inchworm]

2. Job it with a thermometer while it's in the oven

I go for 180 degrees because I'm a scaredy cat, but someone here will probably know the correct temp.

Mmmmmmm turkey...
:9

[Inchworm]

7. 180 in thigh - 170 in middle breast

I looked it up.

All the rest is extra.

G'luck.

:)

[Inchworm]

13. USDA says 165 degrees throughout

I guess I'm just safe.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Lets_Talk_Turkey/index.asp

:toast:

[seemunkee]

3. Stuffed or unstuffed?

What temp is the oven?
Was it completely thawed?
How much does it weigh?

[stillcool]

5. it weighs about 10 lbs.

it was stuffed, but it isn't now. It had some ice crystals when I took it out this morning..it was defrosting in the fridge for 3 days..but I'm not sure the real insides were done. I pre-heated the over to 400, and then turned it down to 325. He's been in and out of the oven for an hour now. The latest temp was 140. I'm hiding in the kitchen, telling everyone it will be ready 'soon'.

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Why are you taking it in and out of the oven?

And I hate to deliver sad news, but a ten pound turkey is not, in any way, shape, or form, going to cook in one hour. Especially not if you keep taking it in and out, the meaning of which phrase I don't even understand.

[stillcool]

8. because it's supposed to be done...

I took it out, and 'let it rest', and stuck the thermometer in, and it wasn't done so I put it back in. I cranked up the oven, and took it out 15 mins. later, and I've been repeating the process. I didn't want to dry it out.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Take the temperature before you take it out of the oven.

Only let it rest when the internal temp has come to where it should be - say, 165 or so.

That will go a long way to helping it cook quickly.

At 325, you aren't going to dry it out unless you cook it up to 200 or something.

[stillcool]

12. thanks..can I put the thermometer..

in the oven..in the turkey?

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Depends on the thermometer. Unless you know for sure, best not to leave it in.

But you might want to get one of those fancy electronic ones that has a probe that goes in the meat, and the cord comes out and attaches to the unit - I have one, and I can set it to beep when the temperature gets to what I want.

That way I don't have to guess as to whether to take the meat out in 30 minutes or 45 minutes or whatever. Just set the thing, and go do other stuff, waiting for the beep.
Works like a charm!

[tigereye]

16. yes, they are made that way - that's what the spike is for, to stick in the

turkey, I think near the thigh bone, but not ON the bone.


You have to let it cook. If you keep taking it in and out, it will never be done. That size probably takes a couple hours - a 1-2 pound breast would take an hour, but not a 10 pounder.

[stillcool]

18. thanks..just did that..

[seemunkee]

9. 10 lb unstuffed will take ~3 hours

Start serving cocktails until no one remembers about dinner

[stillcool]

11. I'll break out the Jägermeister

that'll work!

[hedgehog]

14. If it's at 140, figure another 20 to 40 minutes at most

But quick peaking! Your poor oven is heating the house, not the turkey every time you open the door!

[stillcool]

17. thanks! I'm almost there

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. One thing that will help is keeping it IN the oven.

[CatholicEdHead]

19. I heard one way not to do it

it involves a frozen turkey and a hot deep fat fryer. ;)

[Wapsie B]

20. Quickest and IMHO best way to oven cook a turkey is to use oven cooking bags.

Reynolds makes them and they cook a bird so well. And it's a lot faster than doing without one.
I've fried turkeys too and love 'em that way as well.

[machI]

21. Turkey with popcorn stuffing

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Prepare turkey as you would prepare any turkey for smoking. I like to brine the turkey overnight.

Pack cavity loosely with pop corn stuffing.

Pop corn stuffing

• 3 cups of dry, stale bread
• 1 medium onion - minced
• 2 stalks of celery – minced
• ½ lb of hot pork sausage, fried and drained and crumbled
• 1 cup of seedless raisins
• 2 sweet eating apples cut up in small pieces – you do not have to peal the apples
• 1 tsp allspice
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 TBL ground sage
• ½ cup of raw (un popped) pop corn – I use high quality white pop corn

Mix all ingredients and moisten with chicken broth (from the store). Don't use so much that the
stuffing gets soggy.

Gently pack the body cavity and neck cavity with stuffing.

Place stuffed turkey on smoker.

With a cool cooker temp – 180* – 190* smoke heavily for one to two hours. I like to start with Hickory
for the first hour and then add Mesquite. After two hours on heavy smoke, increase the temp of the
cooker to 250* to finish cooking.

Turkey is done when the back end blows off and the lid to your cooker goes into orbit.

http://www.barkingpigbarbarque.com/Turkey-Popcorn.html

[zanne]

22. THE TURKEY THAT WOULDN'T DIE!

Take the turkey out of the oven. In the morning, it will be alive and its feathers will start growing back. But be careful; make sure to leave it outdoors, because by 3:00 pm, it will kill anything in its path. This turkey has been born again! (And my niece doesn't like me to tell her kids bedtime stories. Sheesh.)

[AwakeAtLast]

23. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Turkey?

:shrug:

;)