How to Check a Turkey's Temperature. Remove the turkey from the oven completely (closing the door so it doesn't lose heat). Insert the instant-read thermometer into thickest part of the thigh ...

Guillard recommends cooking your turkey 12 to 13 minutes per pound if you're cooking an unstuffed bird it at 350 degrees (that’s about 3 hours for a 12- to 14-lb. turkey).

Possibly the most surprising thing, at least to me, is cost. Many companies sell equal weight seasoned and cooked frozen turkeys for around the same price, or less, as the raw frozen birds they ...

I loosely covered the turkey with foil and continued cooking it for another hour. At five hours, the turkey temped at 160°F in the breast and 165°F in the thigh.

It’s essential to allow your dry-brined turkey time in the refrigerator (at least 12 hours and up to 3 days), uncovered, before roasting it. That might sound lengthy, but the brine needs time to ...

The safest way to cook stuffing is outside of the turkey. Stuffing can absorb the juices from the raw turkey, and if it doesn’t get hot enough (165° F), you and your guests could be susceptible ...

The story of this turkey begins in 1990s Bahrain, where a young Niya Bajaj read about Thanksgiving at school — and persuaded her parents to cook an all-American feast (with local and imported ...

$14.88 at . The best place to stick your instant-read thermometer is in the thickest part of the turkey's thigh. Since it's one of the meatiest areas of the bird, it takes the longest to cook so ...