waiting for the thermometer to pop

[STEVE IN MASS]

Fishsmith.....if you were waiting for one of those pop-up timer's, ya waited TOO long. Those things are engineered to pop at 180 degrees.....WAY to hot for a nice juicey bird. But they are set at that temperature to protect the turkey manufacturers from liabilty, cause the FDA, in their infinite non-wisdom, recommends 180.

160 in the thigh on an instant read thermomenter is all ya need. And if ya roast the bird on it's side, turning to the opposite side halfway thru, you'll get the leg/thigh to 160 without getting the breast to about, well, dry and overdone.......