Turkey Time: All my tips for cooking the perfect turkey
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Turkey doesn't have to be boring or dry, just follow these tips!
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***CORRECTION: Cook the turkey at 275 F the ENTIRE time, I misspoke at one point in the video.
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lol! Girl! I have never laughed as hard as I did watching you “give CPR” to that turkey! 😂 you are literally winded … and… the hair! 😂😅
I have thoroughly enjoyed this! ❤
This was the most delicious turkey I’ve ever had! The white meat wasn’t dry! Thank you!
I saw a video the other day that someone said they cooked turkey frequently enough that they bought some garden shears in order to have a better grip on spatchcocking the turkey. She showed that it was way easier to cut that backbone out with the garden shears then trying to use a knife or kitchen shears. Since it's that time of year where all of the garden stuff is on clearance, I'm thinking that's a great idea to have something a little heftier to use in the kitchen. Thanks for sharing your technique!
I'm sure this wasn't supposed to be funny but you flattening that turkey was hilarious. I Love Lucy came to mind.😂
Looks delicious! Plus I got a good laugh during the 'cpr', thanks!
Looked like my chiropractor !😂😂😂 Thanks for all of the effort you put into this video! Educational AND entertaining ❤
I watched the whole thing 😂😅 I guess you are just that entertaining lol !! Thanks for sharing !
Yes, I wash ALL my meat. To get any dirt off, and also, I don't know how clean the hands of the meat processors are - and each piece of meat is handled by more than one person. Also, I don't know what's on the surfaces at the processing place/ factory. Often, after I wash my poultry, the pieces feel squeaky clean, rather than slightly slippery. I don't spray the meat with a stream of water, so meat water doesn't get sprayed everywhere (I'm a microbiologist): I fill a bowl (or sink) with water than add the meat, wash, then gently pour the wash water out. Once I'm done, I wash the bowl and sink.
I loved the "unhinged" video. I learned alot. Thanks.
Thanks for the video Laura, I’ve thought about spatchcocking for years but was always intimidated. It was your cpr reference that sold me, as a cardiac nurse I know I can do cpr so this should be no problem on my turkey 😂! We will have spatchcock turkey this year!
We 💜 unhinged Laura!
Thank you for sharing!! I am going to do this!! Your son was so cute cutting the butter.
My husband smoked a turkey last week! Spatchcocked and found a clean brine recipe, so so excellent!!! It was smoked on a rack with a pan so we have smoked turkey fat and smoked turkey concentrate broth 🤤 so good we're doing it again tomorrow! 🤣 39 cent a pound at LIDL! $6 whole turkey!!!
Love it. Reminds me of Julia Child and the roast chicken.
Lol unhinged, hahaha that's what made it interesting and real. I don't like fake content. You definitely are real and that's why I stick around.
I really loved this video because it showed the step by step instructions and you made it look so easy. I've only ever cooked a turkey once, the Norman Rockwell variety, and it was pretty good, but this looks even better. I'll wait until I have the Meater probes though, I think they're pretty essential to the turkey not getting dried out. I've never seen an injector before, that was new to me, too.
That "neck" piece was actually the tail.
Aye she took the class 😂 tail neck same difference that long thingy
It’s the neck! Lol
It is the neck
@@rebeccasmith6945 at 5:23 she says: "we'll call this the "neck" piece." That is the tail.
@@danielleewing6405at 5:24 she ssys: "we'll call this the "neck" piece." That's the tail.
It's not necessary to wash your meat! It's cleaned before packaging. Spatchcocking is good for whole chickens as well, but a whole lot easier! 😂
For future turkeys or chickens, you can just put them in the smoker on the cooling rack. Makes moving them around, and taking them off very easy. Looks delicious 😋
That looks amazing but more effort than I would put into it, I don't even have the strength to do that. The past 2 turkeys I have done a wet brine though and I thought they were better than my previous turkeys so I'll probably do that again. Also, unhinged Laura is just keeping it real which we all appreciate!
Looks delicious Laura. Thanks for keeping it real! Love your channel.
Great video! Try a dry salt brine a la Alton Brown. It's the best moist turkey you'll ever have! 🦃
Thank you for the video. I’ve spatchcocked a turkey before. You made it look hard but I got a good laugh out of it.
Very helpful video! I saw it a week or so ago when I was busy, but I wanted to remember- it took quite a while for me to find you again, even entering Laura Spath, spatchcock. So glad I found you, it is so helpful to see you do the work, now I know what I am heading into.
Well, I tried it, on a 21 pounder. 😂 I’m about the same build as she is. With her tips, I got the spine out but could not break the breastbone. I had to call in hubby, who grabbed a wedge tool and a mallet. It’s sitting in the fridge now, hopefully it will cook up well tomorrow.
Update: it cooked beautifully and was the best turkey I’ve ever had!
That turkey looks amazing!
Wow!! I would attempt that and it would turn into a Lucy Ricardo movie and I would have to have Ethel assist me with my foot on the counter as well, 🤣🤣. You did great😜..
That was a blast to watch! So funny. Definitely a motivator to try it.
Thank you so much Laura! This is fantastic and so helpful! I will be trying this and I am so excited! Looks delicious
Turkey is delicious. Especially leg, wing, thigh. For white meat, just pour melted butter and drippings over it.
Your misery, my enjoyment. I chuckled because I saw myself doing this.
It looks delicious!
I usually buy an extra turkey (or two) when turkeys are cheap. I roast one and the other one(s) cut up like a big chicken and freeze the parts I meal sized portions.
Man this was the best video ❤ I love seeing in this environment….btw we all look same while cooking 🧑🍳
Amazing! What a trooper you are!
i have a hard time spatckoking a chicken i dont know how ill do the turkey but i do agree its the best way to cook it evenly
Thanks!
I cover mine stick it in the oven with foil all night long on 200 and right before we eat I remove the foil and turn the oven to 400 and brown comes out juicy everytime
Made it all the way. Quite the workout🦃Looked luscious! Happy holidays everyone 🎄
Great video! I really appreciate you Laura. Watching you standing on a chair giving CPR to the turkey was almost as entertaining as Mr. Bean with a turkey on his head. 😂
Absolutely 💗💗💗 these types of videos!!! So nice to see you having so much fun too🫶🏻🥰
Love this vid
Ur so put together all the time
This time was real life!
Looks great. I love to part the turkey out because it takes less time to cook and every piece cooks differently and has different finishing temps. This method I use as well when I don’t feel like butchering the whole turkey. 👍🏼. I also only low and slow smoke it, but for a hour at 200 to 225F, then I crank up the heat to 325F to crisp up the skin.
Yes I rinse and pat dry. Love this video…thank you!
This was so helpful! Thanks for sharing!
💚 Very entertaining, Laura 😂, as well as informative! I may try this this year! I thought you said 275° when mentioning the oven, but later you said 225°? Looks dee-lish! Your son enjoyed cutting off the Butter Turkey's head😅 💚
I did see your note about cooking at 275°, thanks!
Great video! So fun to watch you cook, Laura. Actually, I wonder if you'd be interested in cooking a goose and a duck too. I think these birds are underrated or underused in most people's menus.
Made it to the end!!! This method looks amazing. One question: what brand smoker do you all use? That turkey would not fit in my smoker.
Great job Laura! Looks so delicious!
I loved your unhinged video. I find that you present yourself so genuine in every video you make! Years ago I watched a video with Julia Child and she said the same thing as far as the Norman Rockwell turkey look, it doesn't happen! As an aside while I studied my journalism years ago the fellows in marketing and advertising, they would use shoe polish to give the turkey that dark brown roast! Julia proceeded to cut the turkey apart just like you do a chicken and to then put them on a flat tray. Julia wrapped the breast up tightly in foil because it was bigger and thicker🎉, but as each and every piece was roasted to her standards, she would remove them while they were at the juicy stage! 🎉❤
Love this idea!
Looks delicious
Awesome Laura, thank you!
This was fun Laura - thanks :)
We got a ham and now I’m going to try your spatchcocked turkey ( great demo really who needs Chris just kidding). Thanks so much for everything!!!!❤️
I quarter my bird just like a chicken. That way if breast cooks faster, I pull them and leave dark meat on for a longer cook. Great video. I also smoke mine we real oak and pecan.😊
Beautiful bird!!
We spatchcock our turkeys and smoke them too. But I am going to make sure I dont poke a bunch of holes this time 😂
Laura I wash the poultry & wear gloves & disinfect the sink & counter tops before & after prepping poultry! Our fav is deep fried poultry! 😋❤️😋❤️🙏
Nope I don't wash my meat before I cook it. Great video!! We deep fry ours turkey every year. This year though we bought an extra turkey breast and I'm gonna air fry it. So that I can eat fried turkey.
Good Idea!
@@renaedrinkwater4598 Who does that? LoL
@renaedrinkwater4598 Deep fried turkey sounds good; post how it turns out in the air fryer!!!
I normally just dry brine the bird with good salt and a bit of pepper. I used to inject it with a commercial injection liquid. Don’t do that anymore. Normally I am just serving the 3 of us at this point so I just smoke a 7 lb turkey breast that I dry brine and I smoke several turkey wings. Much easier and just enough leftovers for my leftover casserole I make the next day.
Omg! That was the best! 😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏼I’ve always wanted to know how to do that
Thank you so much for this. I want to incorporate Turkey into our carnivore diet too. Not sure I can get it halved like that but I do appreciate you showing me how to. Don't worry about the haters if they didn't need advice and had it all figured out they wouldn't be on yt looking for help❤
60 Thanksgivings and have never heard of or even seen spatchcocking any type of fowl?? Looks amazing!!
Umm that fatty piece you called a neck piece was the tail! 😂 Fun video. I have spatchcocked a chicken but not a Turkey. I watched my Dad prepare and cut enough birds that I grew up knowing the process. I no longer cook Turkey- my son is allergic and I’m not fond enough to do a Turkey just for me.
I don’t normally wash the meat. The only time is when there are a lot of bone fragments from processing something like ribs.
Terrific video! Thank you.
Great video! Looks delicious and would love to eat a turkey butter sculpture. lolol
It was really good butter actually! haha
I deconstruct my turkey so everything cooks perfectly.
Same. But the spatchcock method is still better cooking whole.
Lmao!!!!
You were really fighting that Turkey!!!!!
sorry off turkey topic....where you get your sweats outfit from?? 😍
That's actually the turky tail, not the neck piece.
Many call it the "Pope's Nose " 😂
Last piece over the fence.😂
I often spatchcock my turkey I love it like that takes way less time to cook only about the same amount of time as a chicken but I love when I dry brine my turkey then it doesn't get all wet and Soggy dry brining gives it much more flavor and you don't have to wash it off everything is all seasoned up when you put it in the oven however I am curious I wonder what it would be like if I also injected it after dry brining it I don't use a extremely salty dry brine mixture if I didn't use an extremely salty injection mixture I wonder if it would just double up the yummy ...thoughts?
Episode of Niptuck…sorry, this is funny. Lol. Love it! Thanks Laura, made me smile. Turkey looks delicious!
Which model Traeger smoker is that, looks pretty nice.
I don't know why I laughed out loud when suddenly it cuts to Laura on a chair to cut that damn turkey.
Meat washer here!!! Thanks for the tips!!!
Damn looks so delicious 👩🍳👨🍳
Best video 😂❤
I don’t rinse poultry.
For us single people . Crock pot is the way to go . Set it and forget it . Time to eat 😋
There’s a vid from a gravy guy on here that does his spatchcocked but he removes wings also. I might even take off the leg quarters then I bet it would be even easier to break it flat.
Anyway he roasts a sheet pan full of onions, garlic, celery and carrots with wings, neck & back on top. Then he makes broth from that panful, deglazing the pan too. So he has broth ready to go (for the gravy) before even starting the turkey. I think it’s brilliant.
I would simmer any organs and use that broth also.
I would also simmer my carcass and make broth. Most of the white meat would be made into turkey salad as it’s so lean & unless you’ve got a high msg brine in it, tasteless. Or given to kids out of the house lol
I’m all about poultry for broth & organs but that’s it (besides chicken wings!)
I hope to find decent turkey cheap in my next shopping trips till Jan anyway…
You need an apron that’s my biggest pet peeve is not wearing an apron in the kitchen… Great video.
Gir’ use your knee to break the turkey back & breast bone 😂😂😂
Where did you buy that pasture raised turkey??
BIG feels about washing poultry 😂 Some people need to get fresh air and not spend so much time looking for rage fodder.
How cute are you Miss Laura to do this video for us! Martha Stewart has nothing on you! We all wish you and Chris were our real life neighbors. If one of our kids accidentally swallowed dental floss somehow you would know what to do. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
What temp for the smoker? I thought I heard you say 275 then later 225? Never smoked a turkey, so thank you for showing how it can be done!
In the smoker or oven do it all at 275, if I ever said 225 that was a mistake sorry!
@@LauraSpath Thank you! It was probably my hearing.
I foolishly scheduled my annual wellness exam the day after Thanksgiving. I plan to fast for 2 days prior to my Friday appt. 😆
@Edu_Kate FYI, I follow Dr Fung, who is all about fasting. They do not recommend fasting bf your blood labs. Eat 2-3× a day for 3 days and only fast the minimal hours it calls for. You can get skewed results.
@exchangestudent2
TY. I did not know that.
I think I have one of his books, but never read it. (I have way too many unread 📚)
Spread your turkey Eagle ladies and push 😂 ohhh dear
After this video I ran to the market to look for a turkey!
I don’t wash my meat. It just spreads germs in the sink.
Agreed!
Exactly
Don’t we all really wash the sink afterwards, I’m sure that’s what she did
I wash my sink. Lol
Right, there's no need the oven kills the germs
How often do u eat meat:chicken laura?
Lol this video made be belly laugh- not for the faint of heart lol
I am definitely going to give it a try!
That round fatty thing is not the neck...its the butt..LOL! Where tje tail feathera go. 🦃🦃 I love your videos Laura!!😊
Quite entertaining! Lol
That’s not a neck piece that’s dangling, that’s the butt.
what pound is that turkey you did?
Blessings always I watch you a lot ☝🏼⭐️💯🙏. What does the surgery cost after you loose all the weight and want to get that skin fixed and also does your insurance cover it ?please let me know I do need the price and if you insurance covers it ! Thank you so much you and your husband are a beautiful couple ❤️YALLL did it ☝🏼💯👏👏👏👏⭐️
Hey Laura, that piece you pulled out that you said was a turkey neck is a turkey butt just saying
You have the potential for going into chiropractic care.😃
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