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It’s time to turn to the second method Butterball recommends: cold water thawing. Here's what to do: Take a dip: Submerge your turkey fully, breast side down, in cold water (not hot!).
Butterball and most professionals recommend thawing a frozen turkey in the refrigerator. This can take several days or up to a week, depending on the weight of the bird.
The amount of time it takes to thaw a frozen turkey depends on its size. For every four or five pounds, it will take 24 hours to thaw in the refrigerator, according to the USDA.
“Cold water thawing is the other safe way to thaw your turkey,” she says. “Place the turkey in a bucket of cold water and refresh the cold water every 30 minutes. For every one pound of ...
To compare the cook-from-frozen bird to a regular turkey, I also roasted a thawed Butterball at the same time. A thawed turkey of approximately the same size took three hours and 15 minutes in a ...
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 ...
Using this quick thaw method, the turkey will defrost at the rate of 30 minutes for every one pound of bird. So a 12-pound turkey should be completely thawed in 6 hours, and a 16-pounder in 8.
“Rotate the turkey and change the cold water every 30 minutes to keep the turkey at a safe temperature during the thawing process,” Carlyle recommends. Estimate about 30 minutes per pound of ...