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Posted by: mad max beyond eggdome on 2007/12/22 23:50:20
In Reply to: Mad Max Turkey questions/problems posted by Hustling Hare on 2007/12/22 23:38:06
Hustling Hare,
well, you got me regarding the speady cook. . .19 pounds at 325 dome temp should have taken a good 4 1/2 hours. .. . only thing i can say there is that somehow the temp where the bird sits is higher than that. ...now, one difference could be how high your bird is in the pan. .. as you know i don't use a v-rack, just that trivet thing, so my bird sits pretty far down in the pan. . .although as you can see in my pics there is still plenty of it above the pan edges. . .so i don't know .. ..also, with the two sticks of butter and the half bottle of wine, i'm never lacking for basting liquid in my pan and i never get burnt stuff. ... so either our temp gauges aren't as accurate as they seem and you are cooking at higher temps, or possibly i'm cooking at lower temps than my gauges are reading. . . either way, to insure success, don't worry too much about time. . . if your bird is done, its done, don't worry about it being done too early, just tent it good and it will be fine for hours. . . but maybe try getting the temp at 325 at the pan edge ... . as for the drippings, if you get too much evaporation, just add liquid (apple juice, some of the broth from the stove, even some more butter) ... also make sure that when you are basting that you pull some of the liquid from the cavity of the bird and baste with that as well .. . .HTH ... .
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