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How to cook a turkey in a roaster oven. Secure the neck skin in position with skewers and tie the turkey legs together at the top of the drumsticks to give a neat shape. Your turkey is done when the meat thermometer. Web the best temperature to cook a turkey in a roaster oven is 325f.

Web just set the temperature and let it roast! Web place chopped onion, carrots and celery in the bottom on the pan; Web how to pick the correct roaster size.

Cut a hole in the turkey skin between tail and body (to affix legs); Cut a hole on each side of the turkey beneath each. I start my turkey at the highest possible temperature for about 30 minutes to brown and start to crisp the skin, then turn it down to 325f for the remainder of the cooking time.

Leave the lid on throughout cooking, removing it as little as possible to avoid slowing the cooking process. Arrange the turkey on the roasting rack, breast side down. Rub the olive oil all over the turkey skin, getting it covered well.

Salt and pepper the outside of the bird and in the cavity. Web how to properly roast a turkey. Web either brine the turkey beforehand or salt the inside and outside of the bird generously, then stuff the cavity with aromatics, like lemon halves, wedges of onion, and herbs.

Add 2 cups of water to your roaster. Fill the cavity with stuffing. The usda says that washing it could cause a spread of salmonella poisoning.