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Use weight as a guideline: As noted above, for every four pounds of turkey, you need to plan for one day of thawing in the refrigerator. If using the cold water method, you need to budget 30 ...
Thaw times by weight. 10-pound turkey: 1 hour of thawing in the microwave. 12-pound turkey: 1 hour, 12 minutes of thawing in the microwave. 14-pound turkey: 1 hour, 24 minutes of thawing in the ...
12-pound turkey: 1 hour, 12 minutes of thawing in the microwave. 14-pound turkey: 1 hour, 24 minutes of thawing in the microwave. 16-pound turkey: 1 hour, 36 minutes of thawing in the microwave ...
If you are short on time, you can thaw your turkey in cold water in its original packaging, which will take six to 10 hours (one hour for each pound of turkey). Refresh the cold water every 30 ...
A quicker method to thaw the turkey is by submerging the bird, still in its original wrapper in cold water. This way requires 30 minutes of thawing for every pound of turkey , according to Butterball.
A 16-pound turkey will need about 8 hours of cold-water baths. You’ll need 10 hours to get a 20-pound turkey thawed out. A big, 24-hour turkey will need at least 12 hours of cold-water bathing.
The USDA recommends thawing your frozen turkey in a refrigerator as the safest method of defrosting it and suggests allowing one day for each 4-5 pounds of weight. But of course, in a busy ...
The 12-pound turkey in the video would take about six hours to thaw, because this trick requires around 30 minutes per pound. Watch the video above to learn how to quickly thaw your turkey.