Turkey in oven while "preheating"

[pulykamell]

@Omniscient

Yup, only matters for foods the benefit from the initial shock of high temperature to brown the surface of the food before overcooking the middle. Stuff that cooks a long time will be fine without.

I agree. If you’re talking about something that cooks up in, say, under ten or fifteen minutes at a high temperature, the preheating is vital. For a turkey that’s going to cook for hours at 350? Not going to make a damn bit of difference.

[Kimballkid]

@sitchensis

Things to remember with the bags:

The turkey will cook a lot faster; base your cook time on the instructions that come with the bags and not on how long it usually takes.

The bag will expand as the air heats up on the inside, one time I had the bag expand to the point that it came in contact with the top of the oven and a small portion of the bag melted. From then on I have been leery about the plastic touching hot metal in the oven.

This will be the most moist, fastest, easiest and best turkey you have ever made.

From what I remember from the instructions on the bag box, you’re supposed to put a little flour in the bag and poke some holes in it. That should prevent some of the over-inflation.

[JohnT]

nm… already been said about a zillion times.

[Labrador_Deceiver]

I guess the top element doesn’t come on during preheating in your ovens. It does in mine, and will quickly blacken the top of a turkey if I start it in a cold oven.

[Moonlitherial]

How was the turkey?