Home Storage
Traditional Turkeys up to 8.17kg (18lb Farm Weight) should fit into a standard household fridge.
- Clear the bottom section of your refrigerator.
- Place the turkey breast down on a plate.
- Pull the skin on the neck open to allow air flow.
- Cover loosely with tinfoil.
- Check that the temperature of your refrigerator is below 5*C and that the door is kept firmly shut.
Preparation
*Please use the chart below as a guide only, every oven will vary so use the Pop-Up cooking timer provided as your final guide. Once the internal temperature of your turkey reaches 81*C the timer will pop up like a golf tee indicating that it is fully cooked & eliminating the need to skewer.
Everyone will have their own method of cooking a Turkey but ours is as follows:
- Remove Giblets
- Place Turkey breast down on a roasting tray, cover with streaky bacon if desired.
- Cover with tinfoil (shiny side inwards).
- Preheat your oven to the highest possible temperature.
- Once full heat is achieved place the turkey in the oven & immediately turn the temperature down to: Fan Oven 160*C. Non-Fan Oven 180*C. Gas Mark 4 for the duration of cooking.
- With 30-40 minutes of cooking time left turn turkey onto back and remove the tinfoil to allow the skin to brown & bacon to crisp up.
- Watch out for the timer popping – it may pop before or after estimated cooking time – remove the fully cooked bird from oven.
- Cover the cooked Turkey with tinfoil & a couple of clean tea towels to keep the heat in & allow the turkey to rest for 30-60 minutes before carving.
- Leftovers will keep for 3 days in the fridge or can be frozen to use later.
Stuffing your Turkey
There are many opinions on this, but we think that stuffing the neck with breadcrumb stuffing makes for the tastiest stuffing at Christmas, with the turkey juices adding extra flavour & moisture to the stuffing.
Stuff the turkey 30 minutes before cooking (stuffing any further in advance than this is not recommended as it blocks the airflow through the cavity of the uncooked bird).
If you choose to stuff your Turkey please add an additional 20 minutes to your calculated cooking time.
Cooking Times
*Weights & Cooking times are approximate & meant as a guide only – we supply a Pop-Up Cooking Timer with all our turkeys which will let you know exactly when your turkey is fully cooked.
Cooking Temperature: Fan Oven 160*C. Non-Fan Oven 180*C. Gas Mark 4
| Oven Ready | Oven Ready | Approximate Cooking Times* |
| Weight lb* | Weight kg* | Unstuffed |
| 10 lb | 4.6 kg | 3hr 20m |
| 11 lb | 5 kg | 3hr 40h |
| 12 lb | 5.3 kg | 4hr |
| 12.5 lb | 5.7 kg | 4hr 10m |
| 13.5 lb | 6.1 kg | 4hr 30m |
| 14.5 lb | 6.5 kg | 4hr 50m |
| 15 lb | 6.9 kg | 5hr |
| 16 lb | 7.3 kg | 5hr 20m |
| 17 lb | 7.6 kg | 5hr 40m |
| 17.5 lb | 8 kg | 5hr 50m |
| 18.5 lb | 8.4 kg | 6hr 10m |
| 19.5 lb | 8.8 kg | 6hr 30m |
| 20 lb | 9.2 kg | 6hr 40m |
| 21 lb | 9.5 kg | 7hr |
| 22 lb | 9.9 kg | 7hr 20m |
| 23 lb | 10.3 kg | 7hr 40m |
| 23.5 lb | 10.7 kg | 7hr 50m |
| 24.5 lb | 11.1 kg | 8hr 10m |
| 25 lb | 11.5 kg | 8hr 20m |