So, I went to the store mid-morning. One item on my list was a little bit of some kind of meat. I saw frozen turkeys for $0.79 / pound. So, I bought a 12.5 pound turkey. It's rainy here today so I figured I'd go ahead and cook it for lunch. 
I brought it home and stuck it in hot water for 30 minutes. Then I kept wedging my fingers into any frozen slot I could. Soon I had both wings loose, cut around them, snapped the joint, put them in my air frier, and turned it on.
Then I cut/broke free both leg quarters. Then I slowly worked my way into the neck cavity, removed all the stupid included item, and tossed them into the trash. I then cut and broke away the lower part of the bird. It left me with a nice open full breast.
I put all the items, except the winds, into my BBQ grill to partially cook them. I left every thing cook for about 20 minutes. The wings were finished with an internal temperature of 175F and they were crunchy.
After lunch I put the leg quarters and breast into the air frier. I pulled all the meat off the bones from the other parts and pan fried them while adding water occationally to steam the meat a little bit. Then I stored that meat in the frig for all kinds of things. Tomorrow I'll make a spicy turkey noodle soup. Mmmm.
The legs and breast was finished in about an hour and 10 minutes. I really like using my air frier/mini-oven. The internal temperature was 205F and the outside was very crunchy. I ended up putting all of that into the freezer. I'll use it for meals for the next couple months or more.
So, the turkey went from completely frozen to completely cooked in about 2 hours. Something everybody says don't do or can't be done. Yes it can. I kind of like cutting the raw turkey apart. It's easier to work with individual pieces. Plus they cook much better and faster that way.
I brought it home and stuck it in hot water for 30 minutes. Then I kept wedging my fingers into any frozen slot I could. Soon I had both wings loose, cut around them, snapped the joint, put them in my air frier, and turned it on.
Then I cut/broke free both leg quarters. Then I slowly worked my way into the neck cavity, removed all the stupid included item, and tossed them into the trash. I then cut and broke away the lower part of the bird. It left me with a nice open full breast.
I put all the items, except the winds, into my BBQ grill to partially cook them. I left every thing cook for about 20 minutes. The wings were finished with an internal temperature of 175F and they were crunchy.
After lunch I put the leg quarters and breast into the air frier. I pulled all the meat off the bones from the other parts and pan fried them while adding water occationally to steam the meat a little bit. Then I stored that meat in the frig for all kinds of things. Tomorrow I'll make a spicy turkey noodle soup. Mmmm.
The legs and breast was finished in about an hour and 10 minutes. I really like using my air frier/mini-oven. The internal temperature was 205F and the outside was very crunchy. I ended up putting all of that into the freezer. I'll use it for meals for the next couple months or more.
So, the turkey went from completely frozen to completely cooked in about 2 hours. Something everybody says don't do or can't be done. Yes it can. I kind of like cutting the raw turkey apart. It's easier to work with individual pieces. Plus they cook much better and faster that way.
yep that looked real good hungry now
