The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey

The Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey Deciding how to cook the thanksgiving turkey can be stressful. In fact I recently read this poll: the average person will make “3 frantic phone calls for family help when cooking TG dinner this year” and even if they aren’t cooking, 61% will still get stressed out (SWNS 2020). But a switch went off in my brain when I realized it’s pretty much the same thing as just roasting an extra large chicken. We can do this! There’s a few things we need to prioritize: 1. Crispy skin 2. Juicy dark and white meat 3. Timing The key to all of these is “spatchcocking”. Crispy skin: The flat shape of a spatchcocked turkey faces all the skin upwards, allowing us to cook evenly at a higher temp. Juicy meat: The exposed dark meat will cook faster and finish 20F degrees hotter than the lean white meat, for optimal internal temps (If cooked whole, the turkey would need to be pulled at around 160-165F, at which point the white meat would be