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Turkey Thaw & Roast Planner (Thanksgiving Calculator)

Enter your guest count, dinner time and how you'll thaw the turkey. The planner sizes the bird and gives you the thaw start date, the USDA roasting time at 325°F and the time it needs to go in the oven.

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Leave blank to size it from your guest count.

Times follow USDA guidance for a 325°F oven. They are estimates: the turkey is done when a food thermometer reads at least 165°F in the innermost part of the thigh and wing and the thickest part of the breast (and in the center of the stuffing, if stuffed).

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