Cooking time varies depending on the following:
Covered Roasting Pan?
Uncovered Roasting Pan ?
Oil cooking?
Stuffed or not?
Oven Temperature used/set on?
Best answer for traditional cooking time for a 17 lb. uncovered and stuffed Turkey with oven setting @ 325 degrees is 6hrs.
Best answer for traditional cooking time for a 17 lb. covered and stuffed Turkey with oven setting @ 450 degrees would be 3 1/4 hrs.
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Submitted by: SAN
The average guidance is 20 min. per pound regardless of method, but test the turkey for 175F at the thigh and 165F at the breast before removing it.
You should cook a turkey for about 15 minutes per pound.
You should cook a turkey for about 15 minutes per pound at 325F.
You should cook a turkey for about 15 minutes per pound at 325F.
You should roast a turkey for about 15 minutes per pound at 325F.
A stuffed turkey should be cooked for about 20 minutes per pound at 325F.
You should cook a stuffed turkey for about 20 minutes per pound at 325F.
Thirteen minutes per pound. Two hundred and sixty minutes total.
On average, it takes about 15 minutes per pound to cook a turkey.
twenty mimutes to a pound, unstuffed, 30 for a stuffed turkey
The recommended cooking time for a stuffed turkey is about 20 minutes per pound.
20 minutes per pound plus an extra 20 minutes. In this case 5 hours 15 minutes.
You should cook a turkey for about 13-15 minutes per pound at a temperature of 325F.