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Goes into the oven and ends up like this beautiful turkey here. he followed our directions but he put it in the oven and instead of turning it to 325, our recommended temperature, instead he turned the oven to clean. if you ve ever used the self-clean, it s kind of hot. so, you know, it was a moment of panic, but we walked him through it and got the oven open and saved the turkey. we get all kinds of off-the-wall questions, people storing their turkey in a snowbank, can t find the turkey after a storm. it s entertaining and unusual. what s the one single piece of advice for turkey chefs today? the most important piece of advice. the most important piece of advice is know what you re doing before you go into it. there s still time to do that. it s still early in the day. if you don t have a game plan, give us a call, 1-800-butterball, we can give ....
Still time to save the day. you can thaw it in cold water in the sink, change that water every 30 minutes, and it s going to expedite the process and you can thaw it over several hours. it will thaw at the rate of about one pound every 30 minutes. typically we tell people to put it in the refrigerator about a week ahead of time, but if you haven t done it yet and you re not familiar with it, give us a call, 1-800-butterball. we have experts standing by for questions. so happy you guys are working on thanksgiving day. that number is on our screen for everybody. what are some of the strangest questions you ve heard over the years? we ve had quite a few. we ve been in business for 41 years, starting out with six operate or thes taking calls, now up to a staff of about 50 experts. we get calls there was a gentleman, he never made a turkey before. we talked him through the process, from taking it out of the package, how to put it into the pan, what to do before it ....
Inspiring hosts to get cooking for the last 40 years, they can call us this morning at 1-800-butterball. there is still a little bit of time, the turkey is a little bit frozen, they can to our cold water find method that speeds up the thawing process and you want to get the turkey thought before you put it in the oven. what is the proper way to stuff the turkey? you want to prepare your stuffing right before roasting your turkey, lightly place in the cavity because as it cooks it is going to expand and you definitely need to take the temperature with the meat her mom and her. it needs to reach 165 degrees in the center of the stuffing to know it is safe to eat. you don t want to get salmonella on thanksgiving. how long does the turkey need to roast and to the other question what temperature? butterball recommends ....
Super popular question this year. this one is a little more in depth. i want to remind everybody you can call us at 1-800-butterball or text 844-877-3456. we are there on thanksgiving and we can help you cook no matter how you want to cook your turkey, whether you want to deep fry it or grill it if you re looking we celebrate all those techniques because there are all kinds of ways to do thanksgiving, call with your deep frying questions and do it safely. rob: don t light the kitchen on fire. thank you, we will get more questions, thank you. jillian: let me see state given day balloons are inflated but will they fly? we are live on the parade route next. rob: let s see what is coming up on fox. it didn t hurt. there is misinformation. jillian: we will talk about this later. ....
reporter: and they ve heard it all turkeys accidentally stuffed with match boxcars, turkeys dressed in a bikini, freezer. there is nothing that stumps these talk line verafaly that was they had ten turkeys in the tub in the hotel. ten turkeys in a bathtub. yeah, i know. reporter: once it s thawed here it goes. reporter: the magic begins look at that! it looks like it s done because it s a beautiful color, but you can t tell by color. what you need is a meat thermometer. reporter: thanksgiving is a time to celebrate and if you need a little help? 1-800-butterball. reporter: and then sit back, relax and dig in kevin tibbles, nbc news, naperville, illinois superheroes of the dinner table that is nightly news for isst holt.for l of us at nc news, thank you for watching and good night. because it s a bittersweet ....