Turkey with cheap this week at the store, so I bought one and

You'll be fine. That's the time most charts recommend and the heat from your oven will kill anything on your pan once it's in the oven.

>>8253712
Sweet, thanks for the quick reply.

I think the real question is what the fuck are you going to do with 20 pounds of turkey? Do you run a shelter for stray cats?
One thing you could do is remove a leg and smoke it to use in soup. Where I live making wild rice soup with thanksgiving leftovers is pretty common.

>>8253748
>Where I live
no on cares where you live

>>8253748
That's not bad. I know it's odd that a single guy living alone would want to make a huge fucking turkey for himself. I plan to cook it all and then freeze large amounts of it for later. The idea is to have a good supply of meat on hand for quite a while.

Do you have a certain recipe that you (or people you know) use for that wild rice soup? I might be up to making some of that, after all with this much turkey I'll have to get creative.

>>8253797
Not really, I am sure you can find something online.
It is basically mirepoix with some chicken stock, wild rice, and turkey. Some people add almond slivers for some texture but I'm not a fan. Also if you dont smoke the turkey you could throw in a ham hock, pretty common.
Wild rice is probably going to be expensive but if you have never tried it, it is worth a shot.

>>8253769
Great post, maybe you could share what you do with leftover turkey?

>>8253828
Yeah, I do know wild rice and it's good, but I do already have a lot of brown rice. I'll see if there aren't any good recipes using brown rice as a substitute.

>>8253880
I forgot cream is added, lots of cream. Not the healthiest soup.

>>8253880
I like to add chopped shitake mushrooms to my wild rice soup in addition to the mirepoix. I use brown rice if I don't have wild rice on hand and it's the same except for a longer cooking time.

>>8253906
>>8253931

I see. Thanks for the input. I may pass if it's really not that healthy but we'll see.

I JUST PUT IT IN THE OVEN FROZEN, UNCOVERED, COOK ON 325 FOR A PERIOD OF TIME (5-6 HOUR?) UNTIL BROWN ON TOP AND IT COMES OUT PERFECT EVERY TIME

I don't make stuffing inside the turkey and use the innards for the cats, make gravy from the pan drippings after turkey is done cooking

>>8253692
Why don't you simply clean the pan once the turkey is thawed before actually starting to cook it ?
Put the turkey aside on some paper towel or something while you scrub the shit out of your pan for 2 minutes.

It's a bit of a no brainer, I don't see the issue.

>>8254015
considered it, wasn't sure of what I'd do with the thawed turkey during that time lol, as stated it won't fit in any other tray or container I own. But fortunately based on above posts it shouldn't matter much, so I should be good either way.

>>8254084
I don't know, drop it your cutting board, or even balanced on a couple of plates ? No need to overthink it.

I used to do a lot of pan/tray/plate switching like that in my previous kitcken, which was very small and forced to keep a limited array of gear.

Enjoy your turkey, OP, it makes me hungry.

My mom always uses and thing called a 'turkey bag' or something and there is instructions on the box. Anyways the bag comes with a thermometer that will tell you when the turkeys done. Also I think the pan shouldn't be a issue... but idk.
Really my family only bake turkey on thanksgiving holiday