I hate the internet - Thanksgiving Edition

[OnTheWarpath58]

Cooking a 22 pound bird tomorrow for only the second time in my life. (long story) Was putting together my schedule for tomorrow to at least try to time everything correctly and made the mistake of looking at multiple websites to try to determine an approximate cooking time for this beast.

The plan is to roast it unstuffed, in the oven, at 325*. Bird is sitting in a brine as we speak.

I've been to 10 different websites, and they all seem to say something different. I'm seeing times ranging from 3.5 hours all the way up to 6.

Help a brother out - roughly how long is this bird going to take?

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vegas

then his 22 pound turkey is done in an hour. that isn't right at all if he's roasting. I think your mixing up roasting times with deep frying times which I thought he was roasting his.

Yep. He's looking at 3-4 hours at 350 in a roaster. as always though, the temperature of the meat is the deciding factor.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by Brock

Yep. He's looking at 3-4 hours at 350 in a roaster. as always though, the temperature of the meat is the deciding factor.

Bingo

[OnTheWarpath58]

Originally Posted by Brock

Yep. He's looking at 3-4 hours at 350 in a roaster. as always though, the temperature of the meat is the deciding factor.

This is the plan.

It went in at 10:00, I'll check it with a thermo at 1:00 and go from there.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by Brock

Yep. He's looking at 3-4...

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My bad, reflex. Have a good turkey all...

[Bwana]

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[OnTheWarpath58]

4 hours and 5 minutes and it was perfect.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all.

[cdcox]

Boom.

Originally Posted by cdcox

I always buy Butterball turkey's because they come with directions and they are no fail (I've done over 20 of their turkeys).

At 325 unstuffed and uncovered you are looking at 4 hours plus or minus half an hour. Doneness is determined by temperature. You want the breast at 165 and the thigh at 180. Getting the thermometer in the thigh at the right place is a little tricky.

"The tip of the meat thermometer should be placed in the thigh muscle just above and beyond the lower part of the thighbone but not touching the bone, and it should be pointing toward the body. For the stuffing temperature, the tip of the thermometer should be in the center of the body cavity." http://www.butterball.com/tips-how-t...turkey-is-done

Cover the breast with foil about 2/3 the way through cooking.

[crazycoffey]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

4 hours and 5 minutes and it was perfect.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all.

happy bird day to you too buddy!

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58

4 hours and 5 minutes and it was perfect.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all.

Congrats. happy Thanksgiving to you too
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[Bugeater]

Originally Posted by cdcox

Boom.

You probably cheated by using some fancy turkey cooktime forecasting software.