Leaving your oven on while you sleep

[wishesuponastar]

We fried it. It was nice & juicy too!

That's amazing how quickly it cooks. Never had a fried turkey. Glad yours was tasty.

 

[pampam]

If it's electrical, it can fail. The food won't start on fire but the electrical can fail.


Me too. I take naps and baths at the same time too LOL.

Now, THAT sounds dangerous. I'd probably drown if I tried that. Sounds quite relaxing though.

 

[PanamaMike]

Funny how nobody talks about turning off furnaces or water heaters.

Those two high heat appliances (either electric or gas) operate in our homes when we're there, when we're out, when we're sleeping.

 

[sam_gordon]

That's amazing how quickly it cooks. Never had a fried turkey. Glad yours was tasty.

It's the second time we've done it. I've had it before we got our fryer, and it's always been the juiciest turkey I've ever had. It's actually pretty easy.

 

[Minnesota!]

I refuse to let my dryer run at night or if we are going out. My bff, when we were in our early 20s, was house sitting for her parents while they were on vacation. She threw a load in the dryer, ran down the street to get Arbys, and by the time she got back, the house was burned down dryer fire took out the whole house.

Can you imagine having to.call your.parents on their vacation and telling them that?

Nope!

 

[cijay]

Now, THAT sounds dangerous. I'd probably drown if I tried that. Sounds quite relaxing though.

I can NOT stay awake while submerged in hot water or a steam room. Unfortunately, there's no smiley to go along with my 'relax to the max' method.

 

[BellsFam]

According to the Butterball website. Stuffed added about an hour.
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Yes, but again, that is an estimate. My butterball said on the bag 4 1/2 hours... it definitely took longer! I don't care how long you're "supposed" to cook it for, I'm cooking it until the thermometer reads 160deg or higher and at a low temp so it doesn't burn, your meat can dry out. (PS I sound like I'm being rude, I'm not intending to be...this is just my opinion...)

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

Yes, but again, that is an estimate. My butterball said on the bag 4 1/2 hours... it definitely took longer! I don't care how long you're "supposed" to cook it for, I'm cooking it until the thermometer reads 160deg or higher and at a low temp so it doesn't burn, your meat can dry out. (PS I sound like I'm being rude, I'm not intending to be...this is just my opinion...)

You're not being rude I prefer direct people in my life.

 

[ronandannette]

Um... in what world does a 25lb turkey take only 5 hours! I just cooked a 21lb yesterday, at 325deg it took 6 hours... plus an hour to set... we eat at 2pm not dinner time... please don't lump us 5am-ers into this category...

2 words - Turkey Bag! It greatly accelerates the cooking time; 5 hours would be more than enough (including stuffing). I haven't cooked a turkey "naked" in years; I love turkey bags. I can get up early, get 5 pies in and out of the oven in the morning, put the turkey in at 11:00'ish and have dinner on the table around 4:00.

 

[NewRVLady]

we used to keep oven on overnight -very low oven-when DH made jerkey

Also a BIG thumbs up for Turkey Bags-or the smaller ones for a chicken-always out juicy!

 

[tvguy]

We fried it. It was nice & juicy too!

The fire department usually comes on our show to demonstrate the safe way to use a deep fryer, and they usually cook 2 small turkey's over a 2 hour show. I swear....probably because they were small turkeys......that they were cooked in less than 30 minutes each. We didn't have them on this year for some reason, but that is darn tasty turkey cooked that way. The cost of the peanut oil though is pretty steep unless you are cooking more than one turkey.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

The bottom coil of our oven caught fire two months ago. The actual coil split in half and there were sparks everywhere. It was scary! I will never leave my oven unattended.

 

[wenrob]

Um... in what world does a 25lb turkey take only 5 hours! I just cooked a 21lb yesterday, at 325deg it took 6 hours... plus an hour to set... we eat at 2pm not dinner time... please don't lump us 5am-ers into this category...

I think you might need to get your oven calibrated? I cooked a 22.5 lb, stuffed turkey in 4 hours Sunday. Five hours is easily doable for a 25lb turkey.

It depends on what it is. As a PP mentioned we had a crazy amount of drippings from ours this year. No issues but because of that I wouldn't leave one overnight. I did grow up around people who did and never had issues.

 

[wenrob]

2 words - Turkey Bag! It greatly accelerates the cooking time; 5 hours would be more than enough (including stuffing). I haven't cooked a turkey "naked" in years; I love turkey bags. I can get up early, get 5 pies in and out of the oven in the morning, put the turkey in at 11:00'ish and have dinner on the table around 4:00.

I was thinking about this after I posted. We put ours in a paper bag and leave it alone, no basting, no opening the oven and it browns itself too.

 

[kimmar067]

Someone I know bakes their turkey while they sleep. I would be so nervous of a fire.

....yikes!

 

[manning]

First time out we had a cold turkey. Put it in the fridge to thaw the night before. Popped it into the oven for the required time. It wasn't done. Figure that one out. Well examining the bird I discovered it was still frozen in the center. To look at it you would never know it was frozen. Turns out there was a supper cold spot in the back of the fridge that would not allow the bird to thaw completely. Needless to say dinner was late that day.

 

[pampam]

That reminds me of the time I was getting our turkey ready for the oven. So, I'm washing it, inside and out, and removing giblets and neck, but there was still some frost in the bird. I'm wrestling with this thing, and DH walks into the kitchen and asked what I was doing. I said, "I'm trying to get the neck out of this bird". He replied incredulously "Through it's a**h**e?"

 

[mombrontrent]

First time out we had a cold turkey. Put it in the fridge to thaw the night before. Popped it into the oven for the required time. It wasn't done. Figure that one out. Well examining the bird I discovered it was still frozen in the center. To look at it you would never know it was frozen. Turns out there was a supper cold spot in the back of the fridge that would not allow the bird to thaw completely. Needless to say dinner was late that day.

I'm a vegan and even I know it takes more then overnight to thaw out a whole turkey. My guess is it takes a good 3-4 days.

 

[Art 1]

First time out we had a cold turkey. Put it in the fridge to thaw the night before. Popped it into the oven for the required time. It wasn't done. Figure that one out. Well examining the bird I discovered it was still frozen in the center. To look at it you would never know it was frozen. Turns out there was a supper cold spot in the back of the fridge that would not allow the bird to thaw completely. Needless to say dinner was late that day.

You may want to consider a fresh turkey.

 

[sam_gordon]

I swear....probably because they were small turkeys......that they were cooked in less than 30 minutes each.

3 to 3 1/2 minutes per pound. Add some time to get the oil up to temperature.

First time out we had a cold turkey. Put it in the fridge to thaw the night before. Popped it into the oven for the required time. It wasn't done. Figure that one out. Well examining the bird I discovered it was still frozen in the center. To look at it you would never know it was frozen. Turns out there was a supper cold spot in the back of the fridge that would not allow the bird to thaw completely. Needless to say dinner was late that day.

It's not that hard to figure out... you need more than a day to thaw a turkey. We got our 14 pound (frozen) bird on Sunday afternoon and put it in the fridge. On Wednesday evening (three full days) we took it out to brine and there was still some (not much) frozen areas. Butterball even recommends 24 hours in the fridge for every four pounds... http://www.butterball.com/how-tos/thaw-a-turkey