It’s a lot of meat and bones and the whole day hinges on your ability to cook it to perfection.

Cooking a turkey in the oven upside down. Web when roasting a turkey, the oven is likely between 375℉ and 400℉. Tuck the legs and wings back underneath the bird before putting it in the oven. Lower the heat to 325.

Refrigerate at least overnight and up to 24 hours, to allow seasoning to penetrate meat. Web with turkeys weighing an average of 30.5 pounds, nearly twice as much as in 1960, according to insider, there is risk for a dry bird. Leave the lid on throughout cooking, removing it as little as possible to avoid slowing the cooking process.

Let stand at room temperature 1 hour. Preheat oven to 425° with rack in lower third of oven. How to cook a turkey in the oven?

Web by cooking your turkey upside down, all of the juices that normally drip to the bottom of the pan—the ones you’d use to baste your turkey—naturally seep into the breast. Cut the top of the oven bag off, and then, loosen the skin of the turkey. Grab your favorite roasting pan and place the onion, celery and carrots at the bottom.

Remove the neck and giblets and. A version of this article originally appeared on myrecipes.com. Cook turkey at 500 degrees for 30 minutes, turn oven down to 350 and cook for 1 1/2 more hours.

Web place the turkey upside down on the roasting rack and place in the oven. Place the turkey on the roaster oven rack or other meat rack so the turkey is raised out of the juices that collect in the bottom of the oven liner. Web preheat the oven to at least 325 °f.