Cooking A Stuffed Turkey Overnight At 250 Degrees. Preheat oven to 500 degrees f. Turn oven on 250 and cook overnight.
Never ever bake a turkey below 250 degrees. Rinse turkey remove giblets and neck. Lower heat to 200 degrees f and cook 40 50 minutes per pound.
It seems strange but you can cook the turkey to temperatures that by intuition should result in a dessicated horrible bird think 200 degrees internal and instead end up with a bird that s moister than a bird cooked to 160 using the normal methods.
Remove turkey legs from the plastic holder if needed rinse out the inside of the turkey really well both ends the cavity and the neck. Preheat oven to 500 degrees f. That 50 degrees does make a. The bigger the bird the worse the effect.