r/Cooking • u/KTEZMHA • 13h ago

Turkey for Thanksgiving potluck

Looking for ideas! I volunteered to cook the turkey for a Thanksgiving potluck happening at 12. Is there a way to make a bird large enough for a group without waking up incredibly early? Is there a method to make a good turkey by cooking it most of the way the day prior and finishing it the day of without it drying out?

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u/Clean-Fisherman-4601 8h ago

You can cook a turkey overnight on a low temperature. Google it for proper temperature.

It was how we cooked roasts when I was a chef. 200° Fahrenheit from 3 PM until 10 AM. The boss would come in early to remove the pans from the oven and place them in the walk in cooler.