No. It is adviseable to cool it at room temperature before putting it in the refrigerator.However if you put a hot turkey in a refrigerator it will use up more energy /cooling in the refrigerator.
You can just be sure it doesn't melt anything.
you put it in a container and saran wrap it and then put it in the fridge
you put it in a container and saran wrap it and then put it in the fridge
Yes, chill ( hold) in fridge before second cooking. Best to not put it in fridge while it steaming hot.
yes you can, but you have to put on either a glass dish or metal dish
If you put in warm food it will keep it warm without cooking it further.
Yes - why would you put raw stuffing in a cooked turkey? :P
Nothing major. The meat can keep cooking if it is hot enough, or it can warm the contents of the fridge. Not putting hot meat into a fridge is a holdover from true ice boxes, where the hot meat could melt the ice.
The meat should have been thawed in the fridge. You can put it back in the cooler, but it is possible it will not keep as long as if it had thawed under refrigeration. It might not even keep a week before it will go bad and it will not last as long as frozen meat does. Quick thaws - like microwave and water baths - should be used only if the meat is going to be cooked promptly upon thawing.
You should place the turkey on a scale and cover it in brine with an inch to spare. Then put it in the fridge and let the turkey sit in the brine for about 1 hour per pound.
While cooking a turkey you should always stuff the turfiest in the oven order to get the taste for the turkey.if you are cooking a turkey then you should clean it then put seasons on the turkey then after stuff the turkey. it will have more taste. and you can taste the flavor on your turkey when its all done . iam a mom i would know.
Burners, ovens and other cooking equipment will put off heat. Also, the physical exertion of cooking will make you feel warm.
The best way to defrost anything is in the fridge. It keeps the food out of the danger zone, but it does require more time to thaw. If you plan to eat your turkey on the weekend I'd say pull it as early as monday and put it in the fridge on a tray.