On Nov 12, 4:11*pm, "Kent" > wrote:

>
> The turkey is roasted oppositely from my usual way. The turkey goes into the
> oven at 325F breast side down until the breast reaches 130F. Then the oven
> temp. is raised to 450F; the turkey turned to breast side up and is finished
> off to a thigh temp. of 175F.
>

>
> I'm going to roast a rehearsal turkey tomorrow and I'm going to try this.
>
> Happy Thanksgiving,
>
> Kent
>
>
I've seen this before, not the ATK version, of roasting a turkey
breast down and then flipping to brown. I just don't know if I'd want
to wrestle with a hot turkey turning it over.

Can you not try this with perhaps a large chicken for your first run?