How will I know when a turkey is done? Grab your meat thermometer, and insert the probe in the thickest part of the turkey thigh. When it reads 165°F, your bird is cooked.

(For an unstuffed bird, we're talking roughly 15 minutes per pound.) If you want to cook a frozen turkey, it will take at least 50 percent longer than the recommended times. How Long To Cook A ...

You can expect 30 minutes of thawing per pound of turkey. That’s still a long time. If you have a 12 pound turkey, which is on the smaller side, you’re looking at around 6 hours.

Every holiday, whether you’re cooking your first turkey or you’ve cooked 70 of them, making the perfect turkey recipe can be a beast to tackle. There are a lot of sides recipes to juggle, oven times ...

Allow about 30 minutes per pound—so about 8 hours for a 16-pound bird—and change the water every 30 minutes. You should be ready to cook the turkey immediately after it has thawed. No time for ...

Cook a 10- to 14-pound turkey at 350 degrees for 1½ to 2 hours to achieve moist cooked meat. Becky tested the recipe on a bird as large as 24 pounds and found that it took 2½ hours to roast.

Six minutes per pound is a rough estimate, so if you have a 10-pound turkey, it would take an hour to thaw in the microwave. If it’s double that size at 20 pounds, it would take about two hours ...

You can expect about 30 minutes of thawing per pound of turkey. The refrigerator thawing method is preferred and is the least labor-intensive, but requires much more time.

The trouble is, while many great turkey recipes tell you how to roast a 10- to 12-pound turkey, or even 16 to 18 pounds, few tell you how long to cook a 30-pounder. We're here to help.

Every holiday, whether you’re cooking your first turkey or you’ve cooked 70 of them, making the perfect turkey recipe can be a beast to tackle. There are a lot of sides recipes to juggle, oven times ...