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24 aluminum boat
24 aluminum boat
new to convection oven. wish to cook 15lb. turkey?


i've been playing with it for the last week. i realize it seems to cook faster and a little warmer than an oven at a regular setting. i'm not going to stuff my bird this year, i'll be making stuffing via the electric stove-top which kinda sucks. electric in so different than gas!

anyway, i plan to stuff turkey with fresh herbs and some oranges to keep it moist, just not sure of cooking times and temps? i have this thermometer that says poultry should be at 180, which i have also never used. i did some research that said 175 was the time to take it out and let it rest...

thanks!

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients:

* 1 6- to 24-pound dressed turkey, fresh or frozen (allow 1 pound per serving for birds 12 pounds or under, and 3/4 pound
* Kosher salt and ground pepper
* Dried herbs and spices of choice: sage, thyme, garlic powder, onion powder
* Dressing (stuffing) of choice, optional
* Vegetable oil
* Turkey Gravy

Preparation:
To refrigerate fresh turkey:
A whole turkey purchased fresh (not frozen) may safely be refrigerated up to 2 days before roasting.

Click here for how to thaw frozen turkey.

To prepare the turkey for roasting:
Do not stuff the turkey until immediately before roasting. When ready to roast the turkey, rinse the outside and cavities of the bird under cold, running water. Cut away and discard any fat remaining on the bird. Place the turkey on several layers of paper towels to drain. Using additional paper towels, pat the outside and cavities dry. Sprinkle cavity liberally with salt and pepper.

To stuff the turkey, stand the bird on its tail end in a large bowl; using a tablespoon, stuff the neck cavity loosely with dressing. Pull the neck skin over the dressing and fasten it to the body with a poultry skewer. Turn the bird and place the neck end in the bowl; stuff the body cavity loosely with dressing. It is important to stuff the dressing fairly loosely in the bird because dressing expands during cooking.

Remove the turkey from the bowl and lay the bird, breast side up, on a piece of waxed paper or directly on a clean work surface. Pull the legs close to the body and tie the ends together with cotton string. If the tail has been left on the bird, tie the legs to the tail to partially close the body cavity. Some frozen turkeys are packed with a metal clamp to secure the legs, in which case it is not necessary to tie the legs with string. Fold the wings under the bird to provide a platform for roasting.

Place the turkey, breast side up, on a wire rack in a shallow roasting pan. Brush all the exposed surfaces with vegetable oil. Sprinkle liberally with your choice of herbs, spices, salt, and pepper. Insert a meat thermometer into one of the inner thigh areas near the breast, making certain the tip of the thermometer is not touching bone. While many commercial turkeys are packed with a disposable thermometer preinserted into the breast which is designed to pop up when the bird is done, a standard meat thermometer, inserted into the thickest part of the thigh at the time the turkey is placed in the oven for roasting, is considered a more reliable means of determining doneness. Also, a standard meat thermometer makes it possible to know how close the turkey is to being done -- an aid in timing preparation of the remainder of the meal.

To roast the turkey:
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Cover the turkeyloosely with extra-heavy aluminum foil, leaving space between the bird and the foil. Lightly tuck the foil around the front, back, and sides of the bird. Do not add water to the pan. Roast the turkey until the meat thermometer reaches 180 degrees F. and the juices run clear. (Click for approximate roasting times.)

The roasting time may vary up to 30 minutes, depending upon the bird and the oven. Use the meat thermometer to check the temperature of the dressing. The center of the dressing inside the bird (or in a separate baking dish) must reach a temperature of 165 degrees F. for food safety.

Remove the aluminum foil about 30 minutes before the turkey is done to complete the browning of the bird.

When done, remove the turkey from the oven and place it on a serving platter or carving board; cover loosely with aluminum foil and let it stand 10 minutes before carving. Meanwhile, make the Turkey Gravy. Remove all the dressing from the neck and body cavities before carving the turkey. Pour the gravy into a gravy boat and pass at the table.

To roast unstuffed turkey:
Follow the instructions above, omitting the dressing (stuffing). Roast the turkey until the meat thermometer reaches 180 degrees F. (Click for approximate roasting times.) Traditional turkey side dishes include mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes or yams, cranberry sauce, and of course, pumpkin pie.

Yield: Calculate 3/4 to 1 pound turkey serving per guest



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DanOblacksmith September 14, 2010 at 12:56 pm

Nice bud!

Dave & Janet on ALEGRIA July 2, 2011 at 1:10 am

Hi Angie & Bruce,

In muddy or dark water, having fish, sometimes large fish, bang into the hull is very common. Especially at night. I assume that they see the bioluminescence of a smaller fish moving near the hull and attack it at a high speed, not realizing that the 'brick wall' of your hull is right behind the prey.

In warm waters, lots of fish hunt this way at night. We were anchored in the Gulf of California, outside Puerto Escondido one VERY calm night and were watching the bioluminescence and the drama of “no matter how big and mean and hungry you are, there is always someone bigger, meaner, and hungrier” next to our boat.

We accidentally discovered that if I stomped my foot on the deck of our 38' sailboat, that the entire sea for over 100' in all directions would erupt with a feeding frenzy! It was quite amazing.

Another mystery noise is made by pistol shrimp. They have a special claw that makes a loud for its size noise that stuns the shrimp's prey. For more info:

In many harbors, there are lots of them and the sound carries, so it sounds like high pitched popcorn or a crackling sound as hundreds snap. Each snap is one shrimp, but the snap is 200 decibels, louder than the Concord jet engines, if you are close to one of the tiny shrimp.

A friend invited us to spend the night aboard the wooden sailboat that he'd just bought. As we were laying there, going to sleep, he asked what that crackling noise was.

Ever the comedian, I said, “Teredos. And from that much noise, you must have a lot of them. Didn't you get the boat surveyed?”

(Teredos are a marine worm that loves to eat wood and riddles unprotected wood with holes, that as the worm grows, can be big enough to put a man's finger into. One of the terrors of owning a wood boat.)

Well, I'd over done it and he was terrified! It took about an hour to calm him down and get to sleep.

We enjoy getting your news. If you need any 'scare the aluminum boat owner' stories, just say the word.

(In case that actually worried you, aluminum has its special needs, like any material, but is arguably the best boat material as it is VERY tough in the engineering sense of being able to withstand rocks and collisions without leaking. Or as I like to put it, “A metal boat allows the captain to make one more mistake than any other hull material. They have hit reefs in mid ocean, been bounced over the the reef by the surf and then sailed almost 2000 miles to a harbor for repair, without taking on any water. Amazing stuff!”)

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