The turkey is cooked when the thigh juices run clear ... joint can vary greatly in terms of preparation, size and cooking time. Sometimes the two breasts are left connected, and the space between ...

Cooking a full turkey ... Diestel recommends thawing a turkey in the fridge, allowing 24 hours of thawing for every 4 to 5 pounds of bird. "If you're in a time crunch," she says, "you can thaw ...

To calculate the cooking time, add the weight of the turkey and stuffing together ... knife into the thicktest part of the meat, into the thigh; the juices that run should be clear, with no ...

Every Time At the four-hour mark, my instant-read thermometer read 152°F in the breast and 158°F in the thigh. I loosely ...