I’ll never forget the Thanksgiving when the turkey didn’t finish in time for dinner. As a professional recipe developer, I knew how long to cook a turkey, but my experience must have made me flippant.

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A great Thanksgiving turkey starts long before it hits the oven — it starts in the grocery store. So we asked professional ...

When it comes to cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving, roasting a full-sized bird can sometimes be a challenge regardless of your skill level. That’s because there are a lot steps involved, and while ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. I’ve been against roasting Thanksgiving turkeys in roasting bags this whole time. It seems to me an easy way to end up with a soggy-skinned bird, when ...

When we’re putting together our Thanksgiving menu each year, the turkey is usually the first thing on our minds. When you think of the bird sitting front and center on the holiday table, the image of ...

The number one question the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line fields every year is how long it takes to thaw a turkey. This isn't surprising, considering the answer is longer than most people want to hear.