Advice on roasting a turkey in a roasting oven
I have a dilemma of having to roast 2 turkeys this year (couldn't get a big enough turkey so had to go with 2 smaller ones) and so I got a hold of a roasting oven to cook them in.
However, I've heard bad things, good things, half and half, etc. on how a turkey turns out. What's your advice on cooking the turkey this way as well as what's some of your successes/disasters as far as using a roasting oven for cooking a turkey.
was it stuffed or unstuffed? Did the stuffing turn out soggy?
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5 Comments:
We got one a few years ago for a baby shower and it went right back in the box after and I took it back. The turkey does not brown and it was a sad yellow gray color. I did not like that at all.
JerzeeTomato at 12:36AM on 11/25/08
Thanks for the heads up, I'll have to stick it under the broiler if I do end up cooking it like that to get it a little brown.
AlmostaCowgirl at 1:02AM on 11/25/08
smaller birds come out juicie and tender then one big one. I go that way all the time
pjracz10 at 4:43AM on 11/25/08
Agreeing with pjracz10 here, make sure you also use one of those Reynold's cooking bags. The thin aluminum lids on those roasters allow too much heat to escape ... the bag helps retain it, along with the moisture.
LunaPierCook at 5:33AM on 11/25/08
I had my feast already last saturday and used my roaster to heat up a smoked turkey. I wrapped it in foil from the bottom up then again over top. I put a little water in the roaster and it heated fine. You have to be careful with the roaster because anything that ntouches the side will cook the most. I would deately wrap it in foil or use one of those bags. And puta big sheet of foil across the top under the lid. I do a lot of catering and use the roaster as a 3rd burner for heating things.
joanpieroni2 at 9:01AM on 11/25/08