What would you could a 46 pound turkery in?

[bigmike&nan]

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I still think splitting the bird down the middle into two pieces and roasting it on a very large sheet pan will roast it fastest and safest.

 

[al6517]

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This is also what I use for my big Turkey's and I have had some in excess of 48lbs, it works great, is plenty big and very sturdy which is a must, it was cheap if I recall around 13- $16.00. So keep looking you'll find one.

AL

 

[DuckLady]

I knew of someone on another board who had a huge turkey. She called the local grocery store with an in store bakery and they cooked it for her in their big oven after they were done baking for the day on Christmas eve and before starting Christmas morning.

It might be worth a shot since you want to have it whole and I don't blame you. What an impression that will make! The worst they can say is "no" right?

 

[MeatKing]

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Found out from a nieghbour, he had this done!! And is lending it to us

It's made of stainless, the nicest pan I ever saw!!!

Hubby has already took measurements, to try to weld one himself...

 

[MeatKing]

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That looks aweasome!!! Thank-you for sharing!!

How long did you cook yours for? Did you stuff it?

 

[MeatKing]

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This is also what I use for my big Turkey's and I have had some in excess of 48lbs, it works great, is plenty big and very sturdy which is a must, it was cheap if I recall around 13- $16.00. So keep looking you'll find one.

AL

Thank-you Al

We never did find anything big enough at store, but I know how the plans for a custum job

 

[bigmike&nan]

Good Luck Meatking,

I've been diligently reading your thread and we're all pulling for you.

http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Lets_Talk_Turkey/index.asp

You asked "for how long" - well at say 325 I would say 15 minutes per pound - unstuffed. If you have one of those quick read thermometers the chefs use it should read 165 in the meatiest part of the breast and down near the thigh.
So that means 46 divided by 4 gives you the number of hours the bird needs to cook... That's one heck of a bird. Love to see photos of that bad boy when it's done...


Merry Christmas everyone !!!

 

[MeatKing]

Thank-you BigMike&Nan

The turkry is in the oven

It's been in since 4:45 am, we stuffed it, I know they reccomend not too, but it was wispering to me... You want stuffing, Fill this whole, stuff me

I will be taking pics as we go, then I will try to figure out this upload thingy (I've only ever figured out the avater)


My Mom cooked a 26 pounder yesterday, it was dry, and a little burnt

(I never told her that)

My Grandma was helping her, I don't know how it happened, but when I got there, they had drained all the jucies (fat) turkery was in oven with no jucie.. My mom pulled it out, my grandma said she can't make gravy with that (all bits carmlized to bottom of pan) My mom looked like she was gonna cry, I took the pan and added water and got the bits up, and made gravy... Not too sure why all the jucies were taken out've the pan?(grandma? helps) Gonna have to ask my mom... But it does concern me, cause my mom is a great cook... but had never cooked a bird this big, and got thrown off by it... Although it never helps, to have your mom, my grandma telling her how to do it.... So I really hope ours is not dry ect...

 

[MeatKing]

oh, I also forgot to mention, we have an injecter for when we do deep fried turkery, so we injected lots of flaver into it. My dh, made some type of juice, not to sure what he put it in the flaver juice, he just adds spices, water, a smidge of BBQ sauce and who knows what else... Injected all throughout the bird

This should help with the dryness factor!! I hope

 

[bigmike&nan]

MeatKing,

I got up in the middle of the night to check your progress, I didn't know that you were doing the bird TODAY, but still am pulling for you. Doesn't matter how long you've been around or how long you've cooked - you always got room to learn something. I never roasted a bird as big as the one you're doing so I figure to learn something here - from the safety of my home though. LOL

Keep us posted. Doing the photos: you load them on a photo hosting site like Photobucket, then bring up the photo you want to post and copy the link, and then paste it in here. If I see your post and you do it wrong I can probably copy it so folks can see it for you. OK ???

Good luck

Mike (with 3 1/2 week baby parakeets getting ready to come out of their nest box for the first time as we speak).